Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Oct 13, 2010
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In 1999 the church I was serving designated a particular Sunday morning service for celebrating the lives of our shut-ins. Every effort was made to get them to the church that day. We highly encouraged their family to make arrangements but had volunteers step up where that didn’t work. After the
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It was early in the year, and I asked myself, “What is the most important things my congregation needs to know.”
I had decided to preach a series on what Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount, or the Plain, if you go by Luke. I mapped out the series, then I began to talk about what Jesus had to
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Contributed by John Stevenson on Dec 26, 2004
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I love the story of the Prodigal Son. You know the story. He went from the love of a father to the stench of a pigsty. An inheritance squandered. A life wasted. Forlorn and dejected. And then he resolved to return home. We read about the speech he had prepared. He would recount his own
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 4, 2001
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Illus.: “Moody Loses His Temper”
One time D. L. Moody was lecturing and a theological student asked a question. Moody snapped back at him. At the end of his talk he paused and confessed, “Friends, I want to confess before you that I made a great mistake at the beginning of this meeting. I
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Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 21, 2000
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Max Lucado says that one of the most difficult truths he has had to come to grips with is that God’s grace is big enough to extend to someone like Jeffery Dahmer. If you recall, Dahmer was the young murderer in Milwaukee a few years ago who cut up the bodies of his victims. While in prison, Dahmer
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Contributed by Chris Tiller on Nov 15, 2005
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“Jesus says in his society there is a new way for [people] to live:
you show wisdom, by trusting people;
you handle leadership, by serving;
you handle offenders, by forgiving;
you handle money, by sharing;
you handle enemies, by loving;
and you handle violence, by suffering.
In fact, you have a
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Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Oct 27, 2004
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-- Bill Bright, founder and president, Campus Crusade for Christ. Men of Integrity
I know two law partners who used to hate each other.
When one became a Christian, he asked me, "Now that I’m a Christian, what should I do?"
I said, "Why not ask him to forgive you and tell him you love him?"
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Contributed by Mary Lewis on Feb 12, 2001
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During the war in Vietnam, a young West Point graduate was sent over to lead a group of new recruits into battle. He did his job well, trying his best to keep his from ambush and death. But one night when they had been under attack, he was unable to get just one of his men to safety.
The soldier
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 16, 2001
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I received this story in an e-mail, so I am not sure of the original source.
A little boy purchased a model sailboat. He was so excited about building the boat. He diligently constructed the boat and was ready to test it on the water. He walked down the the lake to sail his boat. As soon as he
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Contributed by Elliot Ross on Jun 5, 2001
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The Touch of the Masters Hand.
It was battered and scarred, and the auctioneer
Thought it scarcely worth his while,
To waste much time on the old violin,
But held it up with a smile.
"What am I did for this old violin?
You will start the bidding for me?
A dollar, a dollar, who’ll make it
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Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Nov 18, 2001
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A little over a century ago, when pirates roamed over the seas between the southern states and the Spanish main, the brig “Nancy” was pursued by the British warship “Sparrow.” She was suspected of being engaged in illicit trade and piracy, but when captured, not a scrap of incriminating evidence
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