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  • Dwight L.moody Was Once Preaching A Sermon Where ...

    Contributed by Richard Harsell on Nov 24, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
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    Dwight L.Moody was once preaching a sermon where he used the 103’rd Psalm as his text, and he came to verses 1&2 which read "Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inermost being, praise His holy Name.......Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits" He suddenly stopped and said to ...read more

  • Philip Yancey's Book The Jesus I Never Knew ...  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Mar 5, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,462 views

    Philip Yancey’s book The Jesus I Never Knew (1995,p.188) picked up on this, and he noted, of the many biographies he had read, “few devote more than ten percent of their pages to the subject’s death – including biographies of men like Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi, who died violent and ...read more

  • In Front Of Our Own Church, Our Church Sign Has ...

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on May 21, 2003
     | 2,931 views

    In front of our own church, our church sign has been tampered with. Today, on it is the phrase, “Jesus Loves You”. Kids recently jumbled up all the letters and made it read other things. I placed it back in correct order and found 6 letters missing. I think a christians life is to say to others ...read more

  • What Am I?

    Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 23, 2004
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    Dear Lord, I have been re-reading the record of the Rich Young Ruler and his obviously wrong choice. But it has set me to thinking. No matter how much wealth he had, he could not -- ride in a car, have any surgery, turn on a light, buy penicillin, hear a pipe organ, watch TV, wash dishes in ...read more

  • Alex Grant, Pioneer Missionary To The Straits ...  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Jun 23, 2005
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    Alex Grant, pioneer missionary to the Straits Settlements and China, once got up in a meeting in Singapore, and read solemnly Habakkuk 3:17— “Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines, the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall...yield no meat: the ...read more

  • Listen To This Quote By British Justice Peter ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 30, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,042 views

    Listen to this quote by British Justice Peter Smith, that I found on Foxnews.com: "Merely because an author describes matters as being factually correct does not mean that they are factually correct. It is a way of blending fact and fiction together to create that well known model ’faction.’ The ...read more

  • Diana L. James' 3 Yr Old Grandson Visited With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 17, 2006
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    Diana L. James’ 3 yr old grandson visited with her while his parents were on a weekend trip. In their home, it was their practice to bow their heads and pray out loud before each meal. And little Daniel watched every time his grandpa prayed. On the day his parents came to pick him up, they all ...read more

  • S. I. Mcmillen, In His Book "None Of These ...

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Aug 22, 2007
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    S. I. McMillen, in his book "None of These Diseases," tells a story of a young woman who wanted to go to college, but her heart sank when she read the question on the blank application that asked, "Are you a leader?" Being both honest and conscientious, she wrote, "No," and returned the ...read more

  • Are You Careless In The Way You Talk To Your Wife ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Oct 29, 2007
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    Are you Careless in the way you talk to your wife or your husband? I read in a book on marriage that it takes 100 compliments to balance out ONE criticism from a husband or wife. I don’t know about you, but I’d have trouble coming up with 100 compliments! It’s a lot smarter --- guys --- to ...read more

  • I Heard About A Church That Had Bought A New ...

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 10, 2008
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    I heard about a church that had bought a new organ, and they invited a talented musician to play that organ during the dedication recital for that organ. The organist came and sat down at the organ to begin playing. And as soon as he touched one of the keys there was silence - nothing. A ...read more

  • A Human Example Of Faith

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    Let me give you a human example of faith. • You go to a doctor who you do not know. This doctor is a human, made of flesh and blood. • This doctor gives you a prescription you cannot read. • You take that prescription to a pharmacist you have never met. • The pharmacist gives you a chemical ...read more

  • Last January Our Family Went To Disney World. The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,101 views

    Last January our family went to Disney World. The kids loved it until we took them on one particular ride. Jordan was a little apprehensive when he read the name, “The Tower of Terror”. But I said to him, “Just go inside and see what happens.” He went inside and his attitude about Disney was ...read more

  • More Than The Sum Of Their Parts

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 1,354 views

    MORE THAN THE SUM OF THEIR PARTS I once read the story is told of a horse pulling contest in Canada. The winning horse in the contest pulled 9,000 pounds The runner up pulled 8,000. Together you’d expect them to pull 17,000 lbs. but not so! When teamed together, they pulled 30,000 lbs – nearly ...read more

  • As D. L. Moody Was Nearing Death, He Told A ...

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Feb 23, 2009
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    As D. L. Moody was nearing death, he told a friend, "Someday you will read that D. L. Moody is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it. At that moment I shall be more alive than I am now. I shall have gone higher. .. . I was born in the flesh in 1837; I was born of the Spirit in 1856; That which is ...read more

  • Every Celebration Of The Eucharist, In Fact, Is ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 21, 2009
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    "Every celebration of the Eucharist, in fact, is led by the Bishop, "either in person or through priests who are his helpers."(160) He is helped by a deacon, who has specific duties during the celebration: he prepares the altar, assists the priest, proclaims the Gospel, preaches the homily from ...read more

  • A Letter For Joe

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jun 8, 2010
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    A LETTER FOR JOE Joseph Parker was a popular preacher in London, England in the late 1800's. He was the pastor of the large City Temple. One Sunday as he was going to the pulpit a woman in the balcony tossed a piece of paper on the platform before him. He picked it up and read it. It contained ...read more

  • Defeated...

    Contributed by Patrick Nix on Jul 9, 2010
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    DEFEATED... On June 15, 1815, as Napoleon came against England in the Battle of Waterloo, reports came back from the front lines... The last message before the fog rolled in: "Wellington Defeated." Later that day, their sorrow of defeat was transformed into the joy of victory when then were able ...read more

  • Billy Graham Describes An Experience He Had ...

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Oct 5, 2012
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    Billy Graham describes an experience he had walking down a street, and a drunk man recognized him, and accosted him, stinking of liquor, claiming “I became a disciple at one of your meetings”. Billy Graham said “he must have been one of my disciples. He certainly wasn’t a disciple of Jesus”. (I ...read more

  • Outa-Order

    Contributed by Tim Secrist on Oct 24, 2012
     | 2,524 views

    OUTA-ORDER A man pulled into a gas station, walked over to a soda machine, and stared at the sign, which read, "Soda: $2.00." "Two dollars for a soda--that’s incredible," the man said. "Wall, it ain’t really two dollars," said the attendant. "That machine’s broke. I put up an outa-order sign, ...read more

  • How To Find Your Mom In A Supermarket

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 3, 2013
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    HOW TO FIND YOUR MOM IN A SUPERMARKET I read a story about a six-year-old boy who was separated from his mother in a supermarket. So he frantically called, "Martha! Martha! Martha!" That was his mother's name and she came running to him quickly. "But, honey," she admonished, "you shouldn't call ...read more