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  • A British Publication Once Offered A Prize For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Feb 15, 2004
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    A British publication once offered a prize for the best definition of a friend. Among the thousands of answers received were the following: "One who multiplies joys, divides grief, and whose honesty is inviolable." "One who understands our silence." "A volume of sympathy bound in cloth." "A watch ...read more

  • The Movie Shadowlands Is About C.s. Lewis’ ...  PRO

    Contributed by Alan Stokes on Dec 9, 2000
    based on 71 ratings
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    The movie Shadowlands is about C.S. Lewis’ relationship with his wife Joy. In the movie, Lewis’ colleague’s praise him and affirm that C.S. Lewis’ faithful prayers were getting God to help his wife. In response C.S. Lewis says that when he prays because he can’t help himself not to get any gain ...read more

  • Ah, Dearest Jesus, Holy Child  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,579 views

    Ah, dearest Jesus, holy Child, Make thee a bed, soft, undefiled, Within my heart, that it may be A quiet chamber kept for Thee. My heart for very joy doth leap, My lips no more can silence keep, I too must sing, with joyful tongue, That sweetest ancient cradle song, Glory to God in highest ...read more

  • The Fruit Of The Spirit Begins With Love...love ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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    "The fruit of the Spirit begins with love...love is the first thing, the first in that precious cluster of fruit. Someone has said that all other eight can be put in terms of love. Joy is love exulting; peace is love in repose; long-suffering is love on trial; gentleness is love in society; ...read more

  • Boy Defined: Natures Answer To That False ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Boy defined: Natures answer to that false belief that there is no such thing as perpetual motion. A boy can swim like a fish, run like a deer, climb like a squirrel, balk like a mule, bellow like a bull, eat like a pig, or act like a jackass, according to climatic conditions. He is a piece of skin ...read more

  • The Best Definition Of A Friend

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 21, 2011
     | 1,740 views

    THE BEST DEFINITION OF A FRIEND A British publication once offered a prize for the best definition of a friend. Among the thousands of answers received were the following: "One who multiplies joys, divides grief, and whose honesty is inviolable." "One who understands our silence." "A volume ...read more

  • Jesus Is Coming To Dinner

    Contributed by Charles Jones on Sep 3, 2011
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    JESUS IS COMING TO DINNER One of the greatest compliments an individual can pay to another is to invite him/her home to dinner. The Church reminds the world today that Jesus is coming again and the world should get its house in order, for the master of the universe is coming to dine in the hearts ...read more

  • Condoleeza Rice, Sec. Of State Recently Said ...

    Contributed by John Herrmann on Nov 7, 2008
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    Condoleeza Rice, Sec. of State recently said after another failure of Peace talks in Israel and Palestine that Peace will not come in a sudden and dramatic event, but rather gradually.” Not so this second coming of Christ. It is an act of God confronting us as something from the other side, ...read more

  • C. S. Lewis, "Indeed, If We Consider The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    C. S. Lewis, “Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when ...read more

  • When America First Entered Baghdad And Overthrew ...

    Contributed by Darrin Hunt on Jul 2, 2007
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    When America first entered Baghdad and overthrew Saddam, the people cheered. Shortly after, however, their cheers turned to jeers and anger. The crowd in Jerusalem had seen and heard about Jesus, the Prophet/King/Messiah. Some of them had been healed. Others had been fed. All had jumped on the ...read more

  • Encouragement: -- There Were Four Boys, All ...  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Thornton on Nov 23, 2006
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    Encouragement: -- There were four boys, all brothers, walking along the banks of a stream, and playing as they went. Like most boys, their idea of fun was to go as far into danger as they could, and at length one of them fell into a deep place. He could not swim, but immediately his brother who ...read more

  • Adoniram Judson Returns To The Lord

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 13, 2011
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    ADONIRAM JUDSON RETURNS TO THE LORD Adoniram Judson graduated at the top of his class in college, then he headed to New York City to seek fame and fortune as an actor and/or writer. He had left the God of his father, thinking he was beyond such "primitive notions." But such a life was empty for ...read more

  • A Test For Delinquency  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on May 9, 2002
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    A TEST FOR DELINQUENCY Harvard University sociologists developed a test with a 90% accuracy reading to determine whether or not a five and six-year-old would be delinquent. They discovered four factors necessary to prevent delinquency: ’the father’s firm, fair, and consistent discipline; the ...read more

  • Something Somewhere

    Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 2, 2025
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    I once read a novel about a father and son wandering through a burned, ashen world. Everything alive was gone. They survived on scraps, dodging others who had turned to cannibalism just to stay alive. When they finally reached the sea, the boy looked out over the gray horizon and asked, “What’s ...read more

  • Nicky Gumble Why And How Should I Read The ...

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Nov 18, 2002
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    Nicky Gumble Why and How should I read the Bible: “Sometimes God speaks to us in a very specific way. God spoke to me very clearly about my father after he died on January 21, 1981. I had become a Christian seven years earlier and my parents’ initial reaction was one of complete horror. Gradually, ...read more

  • Some Time Ago As A Mother Was Tucking Her Little ...  PRO

    Contributed by James O. Davis on Oct 28, 2003
    based on 21 ratings
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    Some time ago as a mother was tucking her little girl into bed when the young daughter asked, “Mother, can you tell me the greatest day of your life?” The mother thought for just a second and then said, “Honey, I can tell you the greatest day in my life. As you know, my father was a man who ...read more

  • Hudson Taylor Learns About ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2010
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    Hudson Taylor Learns About Giving One wonderful testimony of faith from church history is that of Hudson Taylor, the first missionary to the interior of China (in the mid-1800s). He was a great evangelist because he learn “to move man, through God, by prayer alone.” To prepare for the loneliness ...read more

  • I Watched Another Movie Where A ...

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on May 20, 2008
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    Illustration: I watched another movie where a teenage delinquent let his life spiral out of control because of drugs and bad friends. It tore his family apart. His parents were on the verge of divorce, his younger brother was experimenting with drugs, his sister had gone from honor role to ...read more

  • There Was A Little Boy Who Was Asked By His ...

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 11, 2007
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    There was a little boy who was asked by his father if he would move a fairly large stone in the backyard. The boy said, "Yes, I’ll do it. I’ll try." He tried very hard, but he couldn’t budge the stone. The father said, "Son, give it all you’ve got." He tried again and strained very hard. The ...read more

  • If Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the ...read more