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  • Years Ago ,a British Missionary Asked The Former ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Years ago ,a British missionary asked the former Prime Minister of India Dr. Gandhi If he would consider becoming a Christian. Gandhi said no The missionary said why Ghandi had seen how the so called Christians in South Africa had treated non whites . Gandhi the English educated man of non violence ...read more

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  • John Wesley Is Quoted As Saying,.in Essentials ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    John Wesley is quoted as saying,.In essentials unity,in non-essentials ...read more

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  • Poem: Invictus By William Ernest Hensley

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Poem: Invictus by William Ernest Hensley Out o the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be for my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance, I have not winced nor cried aloud, Under the bludgeonings of chance, my head is bloody, but ...read more

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  • Philip Henry, Brother Of The Well-Known Puritan ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Philip Henry, brother of the well-known Puritan Matthew Henry, calling one day upon a tanner, found him so absorbed in tanning a hide, that he did not notice his pastor’s approach until he tapped him on the shoulder. In confusion the man said, “Sir, I am ashamed you found me thus.” “Nay,” replied ...read more

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  • There Were Two Churches Of Christ In The Small ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There were two Churches of Christ in the small north Texas town. The church where I ministered had split from the older church years before over some petty differences. I was beginning a sermon series on the "One-another" passages of the Bible, when Gabe, a former elder, got up and walked up to ...read more

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  • In 1929, The Berlin Municipal Council Recognized ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In 1929, the Berlin Municipal Council recognized Dr. Einstein’s 50th birthday by awarding him a country villa with a lake view. But on visiting the house, his wife found it already occupied and the occupants unwilling to move. An embarrassed Council discovered it had previously given the ...read more

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  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer Said, "He Who Is Alone With ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Dietrich Bonhoeffer said, “He who is alone with his sins is utterly alone. It may be that Christians, not withstanding corporate worship, common prayer, and all their fellowship in service, may still be left to their loneliness. The final breakthrough to fellowship does not occur because, though ...read more

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  • Brennan Manning Who Is One Of My Favorite ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Brennan Manning who is one of my favorite authors describes it like this. He is a recovering alcoholic and he said, no matter how long I am sober, no matter what I do I will always be a recovering alcoholic. I will always lay that card down on the table, my past does not change. He says, when we ...read more

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  • In His Book Mortal Lessons, Dr. Richard Selzer, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In his book Mortal Lessons, Dr. Richard Selzer, writes, “I stand by the bed where a young woman lies, her face postoperative, her mouth twisted in palsy, clownish. A tiny twig of the facial nerve, the one to the muscles of her mouth, has been severed. She will be like this from now on. The surgeon ...read more

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  • Sgt. Juanita Wilson Was On Patrol Outside ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Sgt. Juanita Wilson was on patrol outside Baghdad when a roadside bomb exploded beneath her vehicle. She was trying to help her driver after the explosion when she felt something unusual. When she looked down, her hand was gone. Less than two years after her injury, she is demonstrating her ...read more

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  • Chuck Colson Tells This Amazing Story: "Nbc Has ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Chuck Colson tells this amazing story: “NBC has been running a gripping series on the emergency military triage facilities in Iraq. Last Thursday, NBC showed wounded Iraqi insurgents [terrorists] being brought to Camp Speicher near Tikrit. Two of them had been caught placing an explosive device on ...read more

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  • People Seem To Believe Now As Hollywood Has ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    People seem to believe now as Hollywood has taught that the more things and the more money you have the better your life will be. This though is the furthest thing from the truth. "I wish all of this never would have happened." The wife of a record-setting Powerball jackpot winner says she wishes ...read more

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  • During A Dismal Morning In Wwi, David Lloyd ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    During a dismal morning in WWI, David Lloyd George stood grimly before the members of the British cabinet. The seriousness of the situation was evident. The prime minister said, “Gentlemen, we are fighting with our backs ...read more

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  • Bishop Sheen Has Pointed Out That Sixteen Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    : Bishop Sheen has pointed out that sixteen of the nineteen great civilizations that have passed away from the beginning of ...read more

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  • Alexis De Toqueville's Statement Is Oft Quoted ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Alexis de Toqueville’s statement is oft quoted but still a concise clarification of the place of integrity in American life. “America is great,” said the Frenchman, “because America is good. If ever America ceases to be ...read more

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  • An Outstanding Concert Violinist Found Her ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    : An outstanding concert violinist found her energies consumed by peripheral matters. The violin received the tail end of her day, or was neglected altogether. Success came when she made the decision to concentrate. “I deliberately planned to neglect everything else,” she said, “until my practice ...read more

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  • A Friend Of Chewing Gum Magnate, Wrigley, Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A friend of chewing gum magnate, Wrigley, was sitting by him on a plane. He asked Wrigley why he continued to advertise so extensively when his business was already so successful. The astute businessman responded, “For the same reason the pilot of this airplane keeps the engines running when we are ...read more

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  • When S. M. Lockridge Received The Outstanding ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    When S. M. Lockridge received the Outstanding Alumni Award from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in June, 1980, he said, “With this honor comes a new surge of desire for ...read more

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  • Houston Pastor John Bisagno ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    ILLUSTRATION Houston pastor John Bisagno describes a time when his daughter Melody, age five, came to him and asked for a doll house. John promptly nodded and promised to build her one, then he went back to reading his book. Soon he glanced out the study window and saw her arms filled with ...read more

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  • A Little Girl Went To Visit Her Grandmother For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A little girl went to visit her grandmother for the weekend. Her grandmother went to an old fashioned Church that kept the Sabbath by forbidding all work, fun, laughing and playing. The little girl woke up Sunday and started right off playing and laughing, as little girls do. Her grandmother ...read more

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