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PATIENCE MAKES IT HAPPEN
"The history books are full of stories of gifted persons whose talents were overlooked by a procession of people until someone believed in them. To name a few ...
"Einstein was four years old before he could speak and seven before he could read". Einstein became one of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 5, 2002
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CHOOSING COURAGE; FINDING PEACE
By Steve Goodier
http://www.LifeSupportSystem.com
"Do you know what my son James dreamed about last night?" a friend
asked me. "He dreamed about YOU," she went on.
"James told me this morning that in his dream he was being chased by
King Kong. Then he met
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 10, 2002
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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CHRISTMAS TO AMERICANS
The Barna Research Group poll, conducted for the Lutheran Hour Ministries found that:
37% of adults in the national survey (88% of whom identified themselves as Christian) said the birth of Jesus is the most important aspect of Christmas.
More than
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Contributed by Troy Brewer on Dec 16, 2002
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The Plan
People do not have any control over when they are born, to whom they are born.
The local, national or worldwide environment that they are born in. If Jesus is the messiah, the anointed one, God made to be a man that is here to complete a perfect task, then the time and place of his
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2003
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HUGGING THE ENEMY
Barbara Brown Taylor tells the story of her nephew Will’s first birthday party. The family was gathered around for the usual traditions of birthdays, the cake. And the presents. Will let them know how pleased he was by doing his new dance-a slow twirling movement that he had
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Contributed by Truuke Ameigh on Mar 2, 2003
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Hi Kids!
Today we are talking about prayer and I have a special demonstration for you that shows how prayer works.
First, I’m going to give each one of you a little bottle of food coloring. Be careful with it so we don’t stain the carpet or our clothes.
Now, do you see this jar of water here on
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One day while working in the oilfield we were "breaking out" and removing old, abandoned pipelines. These were old "flow lines" and "gas lines". Natural gas has a tendency to dry out the threads of pipe and this, coupled with their age, make screwing the pipe apart very difficult. It was necessary
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Baptist
Contributed by Ray Ellis on Jan 27, 2004
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Maxie Dunnam, President of Asbury Theological Seminary in his book, “This is Christianity” tells a remarkable story about Dr. Maxwell Maltz, a plastic surgeon. A man had been injured in a fire while attempting to save his parents from a burning house. He couldn’t get to them. They perished. His
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Free Methodist
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One of my favorite Christmas stories, is about a 7th-grade boy by the name of William Spurling. William Spurling was big for his age, & a little slow mentally. But he was a good boy & all the kids liked him. In fact, they wanted him for a friend because he was big enough to take their part if they
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Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Dec 28, 2004
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Charles Smith was a Jehovah’s Witness, working his way up in the organization for 37 years. Outside one of their meetings, he noticed someone with a sign that simply said, “1 John 5:13.” He decided he would read it later.
“These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of
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Baptist
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I found a great article which addresses the question “Does God Play Favorites? On page 1562 in the Quest Study Bible: Listen to what it says: The whole Bible teaches that God is fair and just (Psalm 11:7). It also states that God does not take pleasure in the death of the wicked (Ezek. 18:23), but
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Contributed by James Jack on Jun 9, 2007
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I’m writing school reports at the moment. It’s something I hate doing. We have a system where you’re expected to write 50-100 words per student so that in the end over all your reports you’ve written tens of thousands of words most of which begin or end with “Johhny needs to be more focused in
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Anglican
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Maximilian Kolbe was a Catholic priest, who was put in a Nazi concentration camp for his faith. On May 28, 1941, he was transferred to the concentration camp at Auschwitz. One day a man in Kolbe’s block escaped. All of the men from that block were brought out into the hot sun and made to stand
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Done to Escape Consequences
A fellow named Louie, deep in debt, was thinking of ending it all. "That’s ridiculous," says his neighbor, who was a chemist. "Look, I can give you a pill that will put you in a state of suspended animation. I’ll say you died - but then I’ll ship your body to another
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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When I was in the media, I spent a week in Culion, Palawan. In fact, it was a holy week. Yes, that’s part of Palawan. But I don’t think you would like to go there. Culion was a leper colony. That’s where we quarantine or exile people afflicted with leprosy or Hansen’s disease in the past.
When I
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