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                    CRADLES OF EMINENCE
In a famous study by Victor and Mildred Goertzel, entitled Cradles of Eminence, the home backgrounds of 300 highly successful people were investigated.  These 300 subjects had made it to the top.  They were men and women whose names everyone would recognize as brilliant in
                    
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                    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Nov 29, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Cradles The Shaped The World
An example Charles Swindoll uses is the year 1809. The international scene was tumultuous and turbulent that year. Napoleon Bonaparte was sweeping through Austria on his quest to rule the world, and blood was flowing freely. Nobody cared much about babies being born in
                    
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                    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 7, 2004
                
                
                
                    The cradle of the church was the marketplace.  From the preaching and public ministry of Jesus to the daily acts of the apostles, the central scene was the marketplace.  Perhaps the greatest need for our day is the need to market Jesus Christ.  The church must become expert in marketing:  Not in
                    
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                    Contributed by Ken Pell on Dec 25, 2011
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    KEEPING JESUS IN A CRADLE
The World prefers to keep Jesus in a cradle where He is innocent and powerless. the dare not allow Him to be Lord and God much less our suffering servant.
When the Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci went to China in the 16th century, he brought samples of religious art to
                    
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                    Contributed by Ken Pell on Dec 25, 2011
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    KEEPING CHRIST IN A CRADLE
The World prefers to keep Jesus in a cradle where He is innocent and powerless. the dare not allow Him to be Lord and God much less our suffering servant.
In the movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (a movie I could not watch in its entirety and has no
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    THE CROSS
The Son sets us free by becoming a curse for us and thereby removing the curse from us, by taking all our guilt on Himself thereby clearing us of guilt, and by "binding the Strongman" through His death, thereby setting us free from Satan's kingdom. Oh, what a cross!
Alexander Whyte "It
                    
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                    Carry A Cross-----Carry a cross that leads to a kingdom,
carry the scars for the sake of His Name, it will be worth it to enter God’s city, it will be worth all the heartache and pain.
Carry a cross that will take you to glory,
no matter the struggle just keep moving on,
for there is a mansion just
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    IRONY AT THE CROSS
Only at the cross of Christ does man see fully what it is that separates him from God; yet it is here alone that he perceives that he is no longer separated from God. Nowehere else does the inviolable holiness of God, the impossibility of overlooking the guilt of man stand out
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 11, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    CROSSES ARE HEAVY  
   In March of 1997, Scott Mathews wanted the young people of Carthage, Missouri to understand the love of God.  The theme for youth group that month was, “The Cross.” So they built a 500 lb, 8 by 14 foot redwood cross.  It took ten students to move it.  Crosses are heavy, you
                    
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                    CROSSING THE RIVER
 Max Lucado, in his book, “Six Hours One Friday,” tells the story of a missionary in Brazil who discovered a tribe of Indians in a remote part of the jungle. They lived near a large river. The tribe was in need of medical attention. A contagious disease was spreading across the
                    
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                    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 28, 2006
                
                
                
                    Story – Cross Country.
	I ran was on the Cross Country team for a year 
– but being a sprinter, I found it boring.
When we would have a meet, we would Line up and go when we heard the Gun.
	Everyone would take off as fast as they could.
		Being a sprinter in 10 yards I would have a comfortable
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    CROSSING OVER
The story is told of old Bishop Warren Chandler, after whom the school of theology at Emory University was named. As he lay on his death bed, a friend inquired as to whether or not he was afraid. "Please tell me
frankly," he said, "do you fear crossing over the river of
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Cross (S)
Imagine with me for a moment…
Pretend that a man from South America is speaking here. His name is Jose Samblanco, and having just arrived, he proclaims the good news to us that a Peruvian peasant by the name of Carlos Hernandez was electrocuted on the electric chair for your sins. 
He
                    
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