The Carpenter An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer contractor of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by. The contractor was sorry to [...]
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The Carpenter
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The Burning Hut
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The Burning Hut The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forth coming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from [...]
Impact of One life
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The Impact of a Life Edward Kimball was a Sunday School Teacher who went to visit one of his students. He had the opportunity to lead that young man to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. That young man was Dwight L. Moody. Dwight L. Moody was holding a meeting in the late 1870′s at [...]
The Sea Lion
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A paraphrase of the Sea Lion story from John Eldredge’s book, “The Journey of Desire” Once upon a time there lived a sea lion who had lost the sea. He lived in a country known as the barren lands. High on a plateau, far from any coast, it was a place so dry and dusty [...]
Road of Life
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Road of Life (Author unknown) At first, I saw God as my observer, my judge, keeping track of the things I did wrong, so as to know whether I merited heaven or hell when I die. He was out there sort of like a president. I recognized his picture when I saw it, but I [...]
