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                    In a sermon several weeks ago I referred to a man I couldn’t reach.  John was ex-Navy, a heavy drinker and a violent man.  He was very personable when you first met him; when he drank enough beer the demons took over.  I must confess that, until I met John I always thought people were born with a
                    
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                    I believe that God called me to preach in the summer of my freshman year in high school.  He gave me a dream about one of my best friends who was somewhere in eternity screaming in pain:   He was crying out to me, "You never told me.  You never told me!  Larry, you talked to me about baseball.
                    
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                    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jul 5, 2025
                
                
                
                    [121].  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – FROM WHERE DID GOD ORIGINATE?
The real title of this poem is HE IS BEFORE ALL THINGS, AND IN HIM ALL THINGS HOLD TOGETHER but the title is too long for SermonCentral to accept, so I changed the title.
This is a dialogue poem.  There are 4 speakers.  Speaker 1 is a
                    
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                    	I will close with a record of something God did 130 years go in New York City. It illustrates how God has started every harvest time in history, through the concerted prayer of his people. Toward the middle of the last century the glow of earlier religious awakenings had faded. America was
                    
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                    MY PENANCE 
The story of George C. Wallace sounds like something from Paul Harvey’s “the Rest of the Story.”  It comes in two parts: the sad, earlier life and the hard but hopeful remainder.  Even more dramatic is a tragic event in the middle that brought life-changing consequences for the man
                    
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                    	I read a recent magazine article about a pastor and his encounter with some unbelievers while having breakfast.  Here is how he tells the story: “My wife and I were vacationing in Estes Park, Colorado, and had breakfast in a coffee shop.  It was empty except for four men at another table.  One was
                    
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                    Brenda was a young woman that wanted to learn to go rock climbing. Although she was scared to death she went with a group and they faced this tremendous cliff of rock. Practically perpendicular. In spite of her fear, she put on the gear and she took a hold of the rope and she started up the face of
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
                
                
                
                    ILLUSTRATION	THE FLOOD IN CONTEMPORAY TERMS
AUSTRALIA -  rising flood waters stranded 500 people… The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting more heavy rain… high alert for severe weather and flooding. Local rivers are already at their peak. Many roads and bridges are underwater and the town of
                    
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                    Today I want to conclude by sort of turning the tables and say that now we’ve got this great stuff of how we can be set free for ourselves, how can we now turn around and help other people find freedom through Christ.
I’m particularly thinking about this because of a story from a Major who is part
                    
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                    JOHN TODD--Heaven is very real. Here is one of the loveliest stories I have ever read:
In October of 1800 a boy named John Todd was born in Rutland, Vermont. Shortly afterward, the family moved to the little village of Killingsworth. And there, when John was only six years old, both his parents
                    
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