Is there anybody here who has ever told somebody a secret?  What’s the first thing you say, when you are about to tell somebody a secret?  Right-Don’t tell anybody.  But if the secret is some really good news,  and you’re the person who is being told the secret,  your face lights up, your eyes get
                    
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                    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 9, 2007
                
                
                
                    Before World War II, Nora Waln wrote a book exposing Hitler and his Nazi plotters.  The book, Reaching for the Stars, was intercepted in the German mails on its way to an American publisher.  She fled to London, rewrote the book from memory and sent copies to Heinrich Himmler, the Nazi hangman.  He
                    
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                    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 11, 2007
                
                
                
                    “Christianity asserts that every individual human being is going to live forever, and this must be either true or false.  Now there are a good many things which would not be worth bothering about if I were going to live only seventy years, but which I had better bother about very seriously if I am
                    
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                    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 21, 2007
                
                
                
                    One of my pastors as a young man used this illustration.  A guy was asking another guy about his plans for the future.  He asked him what are your plans.  The guy responded, "I plan on graduating from college and getting a good job."  The first guy said, "and then what?"  The second guy said, "I’ll
                    
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                    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 20, 2007
                
                
                
                    Rico Tice makes an interesting observation in his book, Christianity Explored: “I didn’t have a particularly religious upbringing myself. In fact, my experience of Christianity was limited to a few dull sermons, slightly spooky people in strange garments, hanging about in dank halls and religious
                    
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                    Contributed by John Quigley on Dec 8, 2007
                
                
                
                    General and President, George Washington, went with his troops into battle. Spent the winter in Valley Forge with the troops not at home with his wife in their well heated home place. As a general he said: "We have therefore to resolve to conquer or die: Our won Country’s Honor, all call upon us
                    
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                    Contributed by  Rick D Brackett on Feb 15, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A man went to his neighbor and asked to borrow his chain saw. The man said, “I can’t, because I’m eating black-eyed peas”. The
neighbor said, “No, I’m serious, I have a tree laying in my drive way and I need to borrow your chain-saw” The man said, “I can’t be-
cause I’m eating black-eyed peas”. The
                    
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                    Contributed by Gregg Rustulka on Mar 29, 2008
                
                
                
                    Ill:  	One day John Wesley was walking with a troubled man who expressed his doubt as to the goodness of God. He said, "I do not know what I shall do with all this worry and trouble." At the same moment Wesley saw a cow looking over a stone wall. "Do you know," asked Wesley, "why that cow is
                    
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                    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 5, 2008
                
                
                
                    This was the best wine they had ever tasted
Jesus took wash water, and turned it into GOOD WINE
I don’t drink enough water
They say you should drink 8 glasses a day
I have a hard time drinking enough water. 
I don’t like the taste of water
That is why God invented Diet Dr Pepper
These people didn’t
                    
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                    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Dec 12, 2006
                
                
                
                    William Cary was a shoemaker when one day he heard of the millions of people in India who had not heard the Good News of Jesus Christ.  He believed the great commission to “Go into all the world and preach the gospel.”  He believed that that verse was speaking directly to him. 
So he volunteered
                    
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                    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 26, 2008
                
                
                
                    GIVE YOURSELF RIGHT NOW
Those in recovery groups talk about seeing what he or she can “pack into the stream of life.” Many addicts and alcoholics initially think of themselves as pretty good people who just need to cut back drinking. If they have problems, they happen because of other people.
                    
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                    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 18, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    COUNTERFEIT GOSPEL
Counterfeit money is lacking in authority—-it does not have the backing of the federal government. A good counterfeiter can dupe some people into accepting his copywork as legitimate currency. But eventually, when the fake money is brought before the authorities, it will be
                    
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                    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Sep 7, 2008
                
                
                
                    I’m told that an angel came to Adam before Eve was created and said, “I have a proposition for you Adam. We are going to create for you an individual like you, but a little different – a female!” So Adam said, “Well what will she be all about? What will she do?” The angel told Adam, “She will take
                    
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                    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Oct 6, 2008
                
                
                
                    My Passion
William Booth once had an audience with King Edward VII of England. His Majesty highly commended the salvationist for his unflagging zeal and wonderful work among the poor. How revealing was Booth's reply to the King's glowing words! He said, "Your Majesty, some men's passion is for
                    
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                    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 25, 2009
                
                
                
                    I might point out the difference between a passion for excellence and a passion for power.  The desire for excellence is a gift of God, much needed in society.  It is characterized by respect for quality and a yearning to use God’s gifts in a way that pleases him.  Recall the words of Antonio
                    
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