Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Feb 11, 2004
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Martin Luther once spent three days in a black depression over something that had gone wrong. On the third day his wife came downstairs dressed in mourning clothes.
"Who’s dead?" he asked her.
"God," she replied.
Luther rebuked her, saying, "What do you mean, God is
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Contributed by Evie Megginson on May 3, 2004
The boys were skating on the river. The weather was getting warmer, and the thaw had begun. The old river man warned the boys of the danger, but one insisted, "Let me make just one more round." And with this he glided out on the river. Soon he reached the middle of the stream where the ice was
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Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 22, 2004
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In one particular M*A*S*H episode, the character of Charles Emerson Winchester III has been on leave, only to have a woman show up at the unit who he had met on leave and claimed to be his wife. He, of course, being a upright person, was appalled to find out he had acted on leave in such a manner
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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A deacon sent in his apologies for the Sunday morning service, claiming that he was ill with flu. One of the members, however, said he had seen the deacon on his way to a ball game. After the service, the minister went to visit the deacon, "Brother," he said, "I have information that you were not
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Aug 25, 2005
In a recent Canada survey, is it reported that one out of every 10 Canadians aged 15 and over, about 2.6 million people, reported symptoms consistent with alcohol or illicit drug dependence, or illnesses from major depression, mania disorder, panic disorder, agoraphobia (open spaces), social
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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When a mother saw a thunderstorm forming in mid-afternoon, she worried about her seven-year-old daughter who would be walking the three blocks from school to home. Deciding to meet her, the mother saw her walking nonchalantly along, stopping to smile whenever lightning flashed.
Seeing her mother,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
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A young business owner was opening a new branch office, and a friend decided to send a floral arrangement for the grand opening. When the friend arrived at the opening, he was appalled to find that his wreath bore the inscription: “Rest in peace.”
Angry, he complained to the florist. After
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 16, 2006
Rick Warren simply defines a servant as one “always on the lookout for ways to help others.” He continues with the definition. “Real servants maintain a low profile. Servants don’t promote or call attention to themselves. Instead of acting to impress and dressing for success, they “put on the apron
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
Story.
A burning in my bosom.
One day at Princeton Theological Seminary.
We had an outside Speaker.
Had a philosophy that directly, plainly contradicted several Scriptures.
Yes, the speaker realized this (Claimed to be Christian by the way).
Question was asked – how do you justify this,
How
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 16, 2006
Eugene Peterson, Earth and Altar - If I am an atheist in my heart, making myself sovereign in place of God, and therefore arranging things in accordance with my appetites and needs and fantasies, I become a pirate in society. I relentlessly look for ways in which I can get what is there for my own
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Stan Coleman on Jan 17, 2007
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Listen to this from R.C. Sproul:
“Perhaps the most difficult task for us to perform is to rely on God’s grace and God’s grace alone for our salvation. It is difficult for our pride to rest on grace. Grace is for other people—for beggars. We don’t want to live by a heavenly welfare system. We want
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When I was a student at Asbury College in the late 1960s, we used to sing the old Gospel Chorus:
Let’s talk about Jesus
The King of Kings is He,
The Lord of Lords Supreme throughout eternity,
The Great I AM the Way, the Truth the Life the door
Let’s talk about Jesus more and more.
On His Glorious
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Broken Dreams As children bring their broken toys With tears for us to mend, I brought my broken dreams to God Because He was my friend. But then instead of leaving Him In peace to work alone I hung around and tried to help With ways that were my own. At last I snatched them back
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
"Between a man, torn with anxiety, tossed with fear, fretting with care, and the good man who calmly trusts in the Lord, there is as great a difference as between a brawling, roaring mountain brook, that, with mad haste, leaps from crag to crag, and is ground into boiling foam, and the placid
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Contributed by Tim White on Jun 19, 2009
HOW CAN YOU FORGIVE SINS?
Suppose Brother Bill hit you in the nose. He just drew back his fist and, bam.
Now, what if I walked up to you both and said, "Brother Bill, you are forgiven."
You would contend that it wasn’t my place to say that. Yet Jesus could say, "If I forgive you, the
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 31, 2009
At Delphi, in ancient Greece, there stood a temple dedicated to Apollo. Carved over the entrance to this temple were two great principles of life: “Know thyself” and “Nothing in excess.” We are concerned here with the first of these wise sayings, “know thyself.” What the Greeks learned by
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