Contributed by Bill Butsko on Nov 17, 2006
“Out of Bounds”
The old shepherd who offered prayer in a Welsh revival meeting put it exactly right when he expressed grief for his backsliding in these words: “Lord, I got among the thorns and briars, and was scratched and torn and bleeding; but, Lord, it is only
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Christian Church
Contributed by David Rogers on Jan 28, 2007
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Heaven Bound
Walking through the storms of life
Facing all the strife
I realize that I am all alone
Facing the lighting and the crash of thunder
Oh How I wonder
Is there no hope of me ever going home
I was walking through the storm all alone.
Fear and despair all around
No hope could be
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Baptist
Contributed by Perry Greene on Feb 28, 2012
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BOUND TO CHRIST
F.B. Meyer wrote about two Germans who wanted to climb the Matterhorn. They hired three guides and began their ascent at the steepest and most slippery part. The men roped themselves together in this order: guide, traveler, guide, traveler, guide.
They had gone only a little way
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"We have the Bible bound in morocco, bound in all kinds of beautiful leather. What we need is
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Contributed by Larry Turner on Jun 4, 2016
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There is a story about a student at Cambridge University in England who entered the classroom on exam day and asked the proctor to bring him cakes and ale. The proctor refused, expressing astonishment at the young student’s audacity. At this point the student read from the four-hundred-year-old
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Foursquare
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"The law of nature and the law of revelation are both Divine: they flow, though in different channels, from the same adorable source. It is
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 11, 2009
STEPPING OUT-OF-BOUNDS
I had missed a game winning free-throw. I swore that would never happen again. So I practiced until I became excellent at free-throws.
In the next big tournament, I swished two free-throws. On the last one, I heard an ear-splitting whistle in my ear. I had stepped over the
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
BOUND: BROTHER ANDREW AND THE GIBBON
In God’s Smuggler, Brother Andrew tells the story of his early life. One section deals with his hell-for-leather days in the Dutch army in Indonesia. While serving in that area, fighting against Sukarno in the late 1940s, he bought a young ape, a gibbon, which
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Denomination:
Brethren
Voltaire was born in Paris, France in 1694. As a philosopher, historian and free thinker, he became a most influential and prolific writer during what has been called the Age of Enlightenment. He vehemently opposed the Christian faith and wrote many rather scoffing works expressing his disdain
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
A blind mans world is bounded by the limits of his touch; an ignorant mans world by the limits of his knowledge; a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
To let oneself be bound by a duty from the moment you see it approaching is a part of the integrity
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 12, 2007
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The Purpose of the Law
Evangelist Fred Brown used three images to describe the purpose of the law. First he likened it to a dentist’s little mirror, which he sticks into the patient’s mouth. With the mirror he can detect any cavities. But he doesn’t drill with it or use it to pull teeth. It can
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Other
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 30, 2008
Lewis ended the essay I quoted saying this:
“These, then, are the two points I wanted to make. First, that human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to behave in a certain way, and cannot really get rid of it. Secondly, that they do not in fact behave in that way.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 26, 2008
C. S. Lewis ended an essay saying this:
"These, then, are the two points I wanted to make. First, that human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to behave in a certain way, and cannot really get rid of it. Secondly, that they do not in fact behave in that way. They
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Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jul 4, 2008
RELIGION & LAW
James Wilson spoke more times than any other Founding Father on the floor of the Convention (168 times). Later he was appointed as a Justice on the original Supreme Court by George Washington. He said, "Far from being
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 22, 2008
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LAW IS LOVE
We have a little 10 lb. Sheltie-Poo at home, and we all love him. He thinks he’s so macho as he stands in our bay window, looking out at the street. A big German Shepherd walks his owner down our sidewalk every day, and our little Teddy goes nuts trying to get thru that window and take
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