One Of My Favourite Stories, (Whether It Is True ...
Contributed by David Moore on Nov 7, 2008
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One of my favourite stories, (whether it is true or not I cannot really say – the Irish love telling “stories”), is about the golfer Seve Ballesteros when he was playing in the Irish Open Golf Championship at Portmarnock. Apparently one of the evenings after play Ballesteros turned up at the Club ...read more
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Denomination: Baptist
Fill Your Lamps With The Oil Of Christ's Love ... PRO
Contributed by Wayne Pfannkuch on Nov 7, 2008
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"Fill your lamps with the oil of Christ's love so that when it is the darkest-midnight-you might hold your lamp brightly before ...read more
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Denomination: Lutheran
A House Of Cards Economy
Contributed by C. Philip Green on Nov 6, 2008
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A House of Cards EconomyIn fact, our current financial crisis is a direct result of this "entitlement," or "free lunch" kind of thinking. According to Terry Jones of the Investor's Business Daily (posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008), President Carter signed the Community Reinvestment Act in ...read more
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Denomination: Evangelical Free
One Woman Called Her Flight Agent To Book A ...
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2008
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One woman called her flight agent to book a flight to New York. She said, "I want to go and see the wonders of Hippopotamus, New York; please book me a flight from Dallas." The agent said, "I'm sorry Madame, but there is no such city. Perhaps you want Albany or Syracuse?" After ten minutes the ...read more
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Ken Hannah Snowboards Off Cliffs, Flies 40 Feet ...
Contributed by Art Good on Nov 6, 2008
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Ken Hannah snowboards off cliffs, flies 40 feet straight up on a bicycle, and jumps out of airplanes on a snowboard. Someone once asked him how he learned to do all those incredible things. He answered, "I'm an extreme person. When I was 6 years old I rode my bike down a flight of stairs. At 7 ...read more
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Denomination: Wesleyan
The Hamster
Contributed by Art Good on Nov 6, 2008
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THE HAMSTERMost of us are more like the story I heard about a hamster and its owner.Each morning Sam hit the wheel, stopping only to snatch a bite to eat. He was driven by some ingrained belief that all his efforts were getting him somewhere.Trudge, trudge, trudge, nibble, nibble, ...read more
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Denomination: Wesleyan
I Have A Video Tape Of My Favorite Basketball ...
Contributed by Art Good on Nov 6, 2008
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I have a video tape of my favorite basketball player of all time. His name is Larry Bird. The name of the tape is “Winning Basketball”.The tape is all about the various skills that are needed to be successful at the game of basketball. It’s sort of an instructional video to make the viewer ...read more
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Denomination: Wesleyan
A Story Is Told Of A Native American Boy Who Is ...
Contributed by Timothy Darling on Nov 6, 2008
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A story is told of a Native American boy who is being initiated into manhood. He is released into an unfamiliar forest to live for a time on his own wits.As he begins scouting the area, he sees a white wolf, and he imagines the status of the prize. To return not only successful, but with the pelt ...read more
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Denomination: Mennonite
Looking Through Clean Windows PRO
Contributed by Charles Steiner on Nov 6, 2008
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LOOKING THROUGH CLEAN WINDOWSA young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hanging the wash outside.'That laundry is not very clean', she said. 'She doesn't know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better ...read more
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The Wise ...
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2008
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The Wise FoolThere is an old, corny story about the young man who was the first in his family to go to college. In fact, he was the first in his small town to go to college. And so when he came home after his freshman year, he was the apple of his father’s eye. His dad, who had never in his life ...read more
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In Wwii When The Marines Captured The Island Of ...
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2008
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In WWII when the Marines captured the island of Saipan, the Japanese ordered the inhabitants to kill themselves by jumping off a cliff. I was in Saipan in 1984, and I was at this very hill where the Japanese ordered their own people to jump off and kill themselves. Hundreds of feet below are the ...read more
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M ...
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2008
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MaterialismMatthew Sleeth is a medical doctor who wrote a provocative book called "Serve God Save the Planet." Dr. Sleeth was a former emergency room doctor and chief of medical staff at a prominent hospital in the northeast. He writes about a colleague named Todd. I think Todd represents the ...read more
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A Couple Found A Beautiful Log House In Color...
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2008
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A couple found a beautiful log house in Colorado that was high in the mountains. It had a beautiful view, and they had their heart set on buying it. They prayed about the house, but one thing after another went wrong. The timing was not right, their financing didn’t go through. They had prayed ...read more
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Meaningless Life
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2008
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Meaningless LifeMark Twain expressed thoughts about the meaningless of life in view of man’s inevitable death. Shortly before his death, he wrote, "A myriad of men are born; they labor and sweat and struggle;...they squabble and scold and fight; they scramble for little mean advantages over each ...read more
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The Day After Election Day I Heard A Lot About ...
Contributed by Jesse Bennett on Nov 5, 2008
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The day after Election Day I heard a lot about the candidate that won the election being a candidate for change. There were a lot of generalizations used about change but really nothing specific about his plan for change. I will say one thing is for certain, “change is coming, things have ...read more
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Denomination: Baptist
Envy, Good And Bad
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 3, 2008
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John Stott writes,"Not all envy is tainted with selfishness, because it is not always either a grudging discontent or a sinful covetousness. At base, envy is the desire to have for oneself something possessed by another. And whether envy is good or evil depends on the nature of the something ...read more
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Denomination: Baptist
Timothy J. Keller, Pastor Of Redeemer ...
Contributed by Todd Leupold on Nov 3, 2008
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Timothy J. Keller, Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC, remarks:"...when Jesus weeps, we see that he doesn't believe that the ministry of truth (telling people how they should believe and turn to God) or the ministry of fixing things is enough, does he? He also is a proponent of the ...read more
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Denomination: Baptist
Belief In The Resurrection PRO
Contributed by Todd Leupold on Nov 3, 2008
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J. Vernon McGee once pointed out: "Martha believed in a resurrection. But listen, it makes less demand upon faith to believe that in a future day we shall receive glorified bodies than it does to rest now on the assuracne that they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. It is ...read more
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Denomination: Baptist
Ingrid Trobisch, Reflecting On The Death Of Her ...
Contributed by Todd Leupold on Nov 3, 2008
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Ingrid Trobisch, reflecting on the death of her husband, Walter – a godly man whose writings have ministers to millions – wrote in an article for Partnership magazine (Sept-Oct. 1985):"It took me many years to learn that no man on this earth can satisfy the deepest longings of a woman's heart. ...read more
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Denomination: Baptist
In The Last Hour, While We Were In Sunday School ...
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 3, 2008
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In the last hour, while we were in Sunday school -- or any hour, for that matter, here is what typically happens in this world.2,738 people died from starvation342 people died from malaria76 mothers died from childbirth9,582 babies died from induced abortion8,898 infants and children were ...read more
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Denomination: Independent/Bible
