By VIN MANNIX - vmannix@bradenton.com
(from Bradenton Herald Aug, 23, 2008)

Bradenton, FL - It happened more times in the past two years than Carol Conboy can count.

Her ailing husband, Tony, had been in the hospital a lot; whenever she took a break from her bedside vigil, she would be stopped by a doctor, nurse or hospital staf
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To see how far Jake Duncan has come, you have to know how far he had to go.
On his birth certificate, it says that Jake was born on November 20, 1981, but he says he was born on May 15, 2001. Or should we say reborn.
Late that night in May, Jake was alone in his apartment near the University of Texas campus. He started crying as he la
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Luke 8:11, "Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God." (read the rest of the parable)

This parable illustrates the importance of the Word of God. God's Word contains power, but it has to be planted in our hearts and allowed to germinate before it releases that power.

The seed is God's Word, and the types of ground are
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God worked a miracle in my life when he saved me my freshman year of college. I grew up in Houston, Texas with a great family, in a great neighborhood, and always went to great schools. If you had known me you probably would have characterized me as a good kid. I worked hard, made good grades, had a lot of friends, and did what I ima
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