Free Christian Stories
<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-47423994-1', 'fortunecity.ws'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> <center> <br> <div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://ad.broadcaststation.net/ads/show_ad.php?width=728&height=90"></script> </div> </center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04600640egdysm.jpg"> <div> <B>Free Christian Stories</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#0000BF" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B>Quick Jump to:</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stories"><U><B>Stories</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Submit New Story"><U><B>Submit New Story</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Favorite Links"><U><B>Favorite Links</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U><B>Contact Me</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Me"><U><B>About Me</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Questions"><U><B>Questions and answers!</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>(A friend suggested that I have a section devoted to people's quesitions)</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="05794943.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="071352f0.jpg" border=0 width="309" height="303" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Welcome to Free Christian Stories, </div> <div> a page devoted to sharing the </div> <div> stories that God has given us, </div> <div> and has asked us to</div> <div> share with others. </div> <bR> <div> Please feel free to read the stories</div> <div> and submit your own. I have not changed </div> <div> the stories in any way, the typo's, </div> <div> spelling errors, or other anomalies</div> <div> are the work of the original author. </div> <div> I do read every story,</div> <div> and the only ones that don't make it to the </div> <div> web page will be my discretion. </div> <div> But everything has made it so far...</div> <bR> <div> If you would like to use one of the stories,</div> <div> then please contact me or the author of the story.</div> <div> That way everyone is happy.</div> <div> I'm sure that it will not be a problem</div> <div> if you want to use one, but it is always nice</div> <div> to give credit where credit is due.</div> <bR> <div> Oh, and if you see a problem with</div> <div> the site, please tell me.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> This "Mind-It" thing works GREAT! </div> <div> It's free, and it tells you when a new story is added.</div> <div> So far, I haven't got any wierd E-mails from them, and</div> <div> they seem to be a very good service.</div> <div> Please use it and that way you will know when </div> <div> FCS is updated!</div> <bR> <div> <!-- Start Gem Mind-it Site Tracking from NetMind --> <!-- SITENAME: http://www.fortunecity.com/westwood/byrite/1075/ SITEURL: http://www.fortunecity.com/westwood/byrite/1075/ USERNAME: wipeout7 SITEDIR: westwood/byrite/1075/ --> <!-- Script required to open NetMind page in a separate window --> <SCRIPT> <!-- Hide from non-script browsers function NewWindow() { window.open("", "SubmitFrame", "toolbar=no, scrollbars=yes, status=yes, resizable=1"); 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