Contributed by Kevin Earls on Oct 25, 2006
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Illustration: It’s a fascinating story that comes out of the 1989 earthquake which almost flattened Armenia. This deadly tremor killed over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. In the midst of all the confusion of the earthquake, a father rushed to his son’s school. When he arrived there he
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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LEIGHTON FORD--Leighton Ford is a minister and a brother-in-law to Billy Graham. Leighton’s son Sandy died an untimely death. Leighton wrote a book about his son. The following is taken from that publication.
"When Sandy was alive, he sometimes made his friends a little uncomfortable by being
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Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
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When the infidel Robert G. Ingersoll was delivering his lectures against Christ and the Bible, his oratorical ability usually assured him of a large crowd. One night after an inflammatory speech in which he severely attacked man’s faith in the Savior, he dramatically took out his watch and said,
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Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Jul 10, 2006
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El Roi, The God Who Sees
Only used once in the Bible, Genesis 16:13, on the lips of Hagar. Sarah had given Hagar to Abraham to have children. This was according to custom in those days, but not according to God. After Hagar bore Ishmael, Sarah treated her so harshly, Hagar
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Charismatic
Contributed by Don Jones on Dec 19, 2006
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My family has always had interesting Holidays, especially when my sister was alive. She was a little weird and so was her husband. I am being rather kind using the word weird but we loved her dearly.
For example, when I was around 12 my sister came to visit from back east. My mom was fixing
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Baptist
Contributed by Ian Barker on Apr 1, 2002
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A few years ago the Spokesman for the American Atheists Inc. entered into a debate with William Craig a Christian with a PH.D in theology, in front of 8000 people and with 100+ radio stations broadcasting this event. During the debate people were amazed to find out that Christianity can stand up
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Brethren
Contributed by Sermon Central on May 13, 2002
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LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
In his book, First Things First, author Stephen Covey writes about Viktor Frankl, an Austrian psychologist who survived the death camps of Nazi Germany. Frankl made a startling discovery about why some survived the horrible conditions and some did not.
"He looked at several
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Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Feb 22, 2008
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Dr. Thomas M. Carter, an ex-convict, tells a thrilling story of his mother who constantly followed him with her prayers. On one occasion while he was in prison, she received a telegram stating that he was dead and asking what she wanted done with his body. Stunned by the news, she opened her Bible
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Baptist
Contributed by Sean Harder on Mar 18, 2010
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HOLDING ON
Let me share a story from Chuck Swindoll.
"Four guys decided to go mountain climbing one weekend. In the middle of the climb, one fella slipped over a cliff, dropped about 60 feet and landed with a thud on the ledge below. The other three hoping to rescue him yelled, 'Joe, are you
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Contributed by Scott Spencer on Sep 17, 2011
DOING THE BEST YOU CAN
There is an old story from the Middle East about a little sparrow:
"A man was traveling on his donkey when he came upon a small fuzzy object lying in the road. He dismounted to look more closely and found a sparrow lying on its back with its scrawny legs thrust upward. At
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Calvary Chapel
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Sacrificial Love
Years ago, a young mother was making her way across the hills of South Wales, carrying her tiny baby in her arms, when she was overtaken by a blinding blizzard. She never reached her destination, and when the blizzard had subsided her body was found by searchers beneath a mound of
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Church Of God
Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 9, 2009
BIBLE BY THE NUMBERS
The number 40 is an important spiritual symbol in the Bible.
Noah’s flood -- 40 days and nights
Moses on the mountain -- 40 days and nights
Elijah in the wilderness headed for Sinai/Horeb to hear the still, small voice -- 40 days
Jesus tempted in the wilderness for 40 days
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