Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 27, 2000
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I read an amusing story about the first Duke of Wellington. An inventor was trying to interest him in a bulletproof waistcoat he had made. It was absolutely marvellous and could save the great man’s life if somebody tried to assassinate him. The Iron Duke asked the man to put it on, and he
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Contributed by Tony Miano on Apr 21, 2001
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R. Kent Hughes, in his book, James—Faith That Works, shares this story.
"It is said that Napoleon, while looking at some papers, let slip the bridle of his horse, which reared so that the Emperor was in danger. A corporal of the grenadiers leaped forward and caught the bridle, bringing the
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There is a story about a monastery in Europe perched high on a cliff several hundred feet in the air. The only way to reach the monastery was to be suspended in a basket which was pulled to the top by several monks who pulled and tugged with all their strength. Obviously the ride up the steep
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 29, 2002
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RUTHLESS TRUST
During times of transition, what we most need to practice is "ruthless trust." Brennan Manning has written a brilliant book by that title and tells the story of John Kavanaugh who went to work for three months at "the House of the Dying" in Calcutta. He went not only to give help,
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Contributed by Roz Mason on Jan 14, 2003
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Hebrews 11:1 "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see."
A number of years ago one of the young men in my youth group bought a 1956 Ford pick-up truck. It didn’t run at the time and hasn’t since. He was going to fix the truck up and started to accumulate
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Contributed by Kathy Findley on Oct 25, 2003
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Shadowlands -- a Broadway play, later made into a motion picture -- tells the story of C. S. Lewis and his wife, Joy . . .of their intense love for one another . . .and of the shadow that was cast across their life. Shadowlands portrays their struggle with Joy’s cancer. After Joy’s death, Lewis
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2004
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Several years ago I was swimming with my 4 year old, Joshua. I was holding him and we were playing and splashing in the water. I wanted to go out a little deeper and while holding him I began to walk. When Joshua realized we were headed out to deeper water he began to cry and fight back saying,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2004
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When I was learning to ride there stood in a field a huge tree trunk, it was massive. Such was the size it made the Channel Tunnel look like a drain pipe, this thing was seriously big. We avoided it like the plague, actually we could never understand why it was there for surely no rider and horse
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 20, 2005
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Recently I ran into Lou Holtz and inquired concering his wife, who has been fighting cancer for several years. He said, "The other day, we were talking and she said to me, Do you know the difference between
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Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 4, 2007
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One day a man went out walking in the woods. He really wasn’t paying much attention to what was going on around him or to where he was. He was just walking aimlessly through the forest. As he walked he came to the edge of a sharp cliff. Like I said, he wasn’t paying much attention to where he
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Now that I know Christ, I'm happier when I'm sad than I was
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2002
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In American history, the Battle of the Alamo stands as a prime example of the kind of decisiveness Jesus calls for. In 1836 a band of fewer than 200 men defended the little mission in San Antonio, against General Santa Anna’s 6,000 Mexican troops. For two weeks they held the Alamo against
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