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  • Where Your Treasure Is...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Aug 31, 2012
     | 2,850 views

    I once read about in one of Richard Wurmbrand’s books. “An elder of a local free Church in Communist Romania was brought before the judge for embezzlement - a crime he had not committed. His defence lawyer started his defence plea by telling the Court of a well known story about the man that was ...read more

  • Story: Excerpt From ¨loving Mercy" By Simon Ponsonby

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Aug 12, 2012
     | 2,140 views

    Story: When Maddy and I were in Oxford at Wycliffe Hall, we used to go to Church in St Aldates. About 11 years after leaving Wycliffe, I was in Oxford one Sunday and so I decided to go to the evening service at St Aldates (08-07-2012). As I walked in. I looked at the bookrack in the entrance and ...read more

  • Bible Marketing ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Aug 9, 2012
     | 2,338 views

    Bible Marketing Plan An Anglican priest, Roman Catholic priest and Pentecostal minister went on a marketing course selling Bibles in Nottingham to supplement their incomes. Before going on the course, they were asked to go around the week before and see how many Bibles they could sell. The ...read more

  • Simon Tells The Story Of Judson Cornwall, An ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Aug 7, 2012
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     | 4,639 views

    Simon tells the story of Judson Cornwall, an American Pentecostal preacher who, after the war, was invited to speak at a renewal conference in Germany. But Cornwall had a deep seated grudge against the Germans and simply threw the invitation into the bin. Remarkably, when his wife emptied the ...read more

  • To Martin Luther's Shame

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jun 21, 2012
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     | 3,444 views

    TO MARTIN LUTHER'S SHAME One of the blots on the career of the great German Reformer, Martin Luther, was his acquiescence to the bigamous marriage of Philip of Hess. In 1530, at the height of the Reformation in Germany and where the Protestant cause was at its most vulnerable, Philip of Hesse ...read more

  • The Ally Of Sufferers

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jun 1, 2012
     | 3,136 views

    THE ALLY OF SUFFERERS The author and church minister Ray Ortlund says this: "Sometimes there is no way to get out of suffering; but there is a way to get through suffering, because God is the ally of sufferers." He also says that ...read more

  • If Jesus Is Like You

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on May 4, 2012
     | 1,837 views

    IF JESUS IS LIKE YOU Richard Wurmbrand was a particular hero of mine, who died a couple of years ago. Wurmbrand was a Christian Lutheran minister who was put in prison for his faith in Romania by the Communist authorities for his faith. While Wurmbrand was in prison, he shared a cell with a ...read more

  • Infidels Read The Bible

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Mar 10, 2012
     | 2,530 views

    INFIDELS READ THE BIBLE When Benjamin Franklin was the US Ambassador to France, in Paris he would often converse with members of the 'Infidels' Club', a group of philosophers who spurned the Bible. These intellectuals spent much of their time searching for and discussing masterpieces of ...read more

  • John Quincy Adams: The Decayed Tenement

    Contributed by Jon Lipka on Mar 4, 2012
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    JOHN QUINCY ADAMS: THE DECAYED TENEMENT In 1846, former president John Quincy Adams had a stroke. Upon his return to Congress the following year, it was apparent that his health was failing. When asked about his health Adams replied, "I inhabit a weak, frail, decayed tenement battered by the winds ...read more

  • Denying Oneself

    Contributed by Jon Lipka on Mar 4, 2012
     | 2,893 views

    DENYING ONESELF "To deny oneself is not to do without something or even many things. It is not asceticism, nor self-rejection or self-hatred, nor is it even the disowning of particular sins. It is to renounce the self as the dominant element in life. It is to replace the self with God-in-Christ as ...read more

  • Roosevelt's Grandmother

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jan 24, 2012
     | 3,384 views

    ROOSEVELT'S GRANDMOTHER I like the story I read about US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Apparently President Roosevelt got tired of the same inane small talk and smiles that he had to put up with at the innumerable White House receptions that he attended. So, one evening he decided to find out ...read more

  • Black And White

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jan 21, 2012
     | 2,422 views

    BLACK AND WHITE A little girl was attending a wedding for the first time. She whispered to her mother, "Why is the bride dressed in white?" Her mother replied: "Because white is the colour of happiness, and today is the happiest day of her life." The ...read more

  • Someone Suggested To Me Recently That If Money ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Dec 23, 2011
     | 2,763 views

    Someone suggested to me recently that if money ever became tight I should consider becoming a joke writer for Christmas crackers. So, I turned to him and asked, "What did the grumpy sheep say when the ...read more

  • Receiving A Wonderful Gift

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 16, 2011
     | 2,451 views

    RECEIVING A WONDERFUL GIFT The only son of a very wealthy man had his 21st birthday on Christmas Day. His mother gave him some gold cufflinks and engraved gold pens. His uncle and aunt bought him a set of TaylorMade R9 golf clubs that combined Flight Control Technology and Moveable Weight ...read more

  • How Amazing Would It Be

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Dec 15, 2011
     | 1,605 views

    HOW AMAZING WOULD IT BE For 33 years God lived on earth as a man – Jesus, and walked amongst us. How amazing would it be if Queen Elizabeth II decided to come and live here in Billericay? How amazing would it be if the Queen decided to come and live next to your school? How amazing would it be if ...read more

  • What Are You Waiting For?

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Dec 4, 2011
     | 2,449 views

    WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? On February 17th this year, Belgium set a record. They had gone for 249 days without a government. Guinness World records no longer accept claims for long periods of sleep or sleeplessness. However, it appears that the record for the longest period without sleep is 18 ...read more

  • Waiting To Be King

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Dec 4, 2011
     | 4,385 views

    WAITING TO BE KING In April 2011 Prince Charles became the longest serving heir apparent in British history, having waited 59 years, 2 months and 14 days. Charles overtook the record set by his great-great grandfather king Edward VII; and ...read more

  • Wesley: A Heart Strangely Warmed  PRO

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Nov 28, 2011
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     | 3,054 views

    WESLEY: A HEART STRANGELY WARMED At the first half of the 18th century, England was also in a mess. Gin and gambling were destroying the lives of poor and rich alike. This was the age of Dick Turpin - crime figures were so high, there was so much danger from highway men and footpads that Horace ...read more

  • Napoleon On Christ

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Nov 18, 2011
     | 2,846 views

    NAPOLEON ON CHRIST Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor Napoleon I of France (1769-1821), was one of the greatest military commanders of all time. He conquered the larger part of Europe and did much to modernize the nations he ruled. What did Napoleon say about Jesus? "I know men and I tell you that ...read more

  • Hate The Politics, Not The Person

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 29, 2011
     | 2,017 views

    HATE THE POLITICS, NOT THE PERSON In his book, The Life God Blesses, Gordon MacDonald describes his encounter with a black South African, a high-ranking member of the African National Congress. He was profoundly impressed by the man's understanding of African history and politics and his insight ...read more