Contributed by Joo-Ching Chng on Dec 30, 2007
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One raw winter night a farmer heard an irregular thumping sound against his kitchen storm door. He went to a window and watched as tiny, shivering sparrows, attracted to the evident warmth inside, beat in vain against the glass.
Touched, the farmer bundled up and trudged through fresh snow to open
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Contributed by Joo-Ching Chng on Jan 1, 2008
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One raw winter night a farmer heard an irregular thumping sound against his kitchen storm door. He went to a window and watched as tiny, shivering sparrows, attracted to the evident warmth inside, beat in vain against the glass.
Touched, the farmer bundled up and trudged through fresh snow to open
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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SUNBEAM
This illustration concerns an incident one day when C.S. Lewis was in the tool shed in his garden. He noticed a sunbeam shining across the shed. It was showing up the dust particles. He must have seen the same thing many times before, but this time he was captivated by it.
He traced the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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PAINTING THE PORCH
There was a lady who was preparing her Christmas cookies. There was a knock at the door. She went to find a man, his clothes poor, obviously looking for some Christmas odd jobs. He asked her if there was anything he could do. She said, "Can you paint?"
"Yes," he said. "I’m a
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Contributed by Richard Tow on Mar 20, 2023
Charles Spurgeon tells the story of an archbishop who lived in a small house in Scotland. He had only one employee, but the employee tended to be forgetful. One day the employee got up before the bishop and decided to go fishing. As he headed out, he locked his Archbishop Leighton in the house with
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Contributed by Lynn Malone on Feb 10, 2006
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Dr. Dale Galloway tells the story of a shy, unassuming little guy named Chad. One February before Valentine’s Day, Chad came home and told his mother he wanted to make Valentine’s cards for everyone in his class. Her heart sank for Chad as he told her because she watched every day as the children
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Methodist
Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jul 18, 2008
Can You Be Trusted?
Before the breakup of the Soviet Union, Christians were routinely persecuted for their faith by the Communist regime.
We have many inspiring stories of courageous Christians behind the Iron Curtain who were willing to die for their faith during this difficult period in world
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Aug 5, 2008
Can You Be Trusted?
Before the breakup of the Soviet Union, Christians were routinely persecuted for their faith by the Communist regime.
There are many inspiring stories of courageous Christians behind the Iron Curtain who were willing to die for their faith during this difficult period in world
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Peter Loughman on Feb 24, 2009
THE TEST OF GETTING TO THE TEST
In the late 1980’s I was interviewing at various corporations in the San Francisco Bay Area for a position in one of the fast track executive programs that were being offered to recent college graduates, of which I was one. In many of these corporations I would go
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Contributed by Bernard Dawson on Dec 14, 2002
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ALONE ON CHRISTMAS
George Mason’s life was centered in his business. He lived alone and refused all invitations to socialize. His brother’s family had urged him to visit but the children always made too much noise. Besides, he didn’t want to buy presents for his nephews and nieces. Instead he
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Holiness
ALONE ON CHRISTMAS
George Mason’s life was centered in his business. He lived alone and refused all invitations to socialize. His brother’s family had urged him to visit but the children always made too much noise. Besides, he didn’t want to buy presents for his nephews and nieces. Instead he
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Contributed by Ian Johnson on Dec 15, 2006
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There is no substitute or shortcut to gain the measure of God you desire in your life. Time before God in His presence releases the store house of heaven that is full of blessings and opens the flood gate of revelation you desire! Intimacy with the living God is the hall mark of every great man or
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Brian Menear on Feb 23, 2007
Some Christians don’t believe in Hell or The Devil. We should have 3 problems with that.
1 Calling God a liar-It is written in his Word, therefore it is true.
2 Calling Jesus a liar-He talked about it so it’s true.
3 Setting themselves up for a big shock
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 23, 2009
HABITUAL OFFENDERS
In the world of criminal prosecution, sometimes an individual has a track record of crime; if so, they may try to prosecute him/her as a "habitual offender." As a result, the individual will spend more time in jail because the courts have decided that crime is a way of life for
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