Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 18, 2009
"Christians, if there is any point at which we will balk at ascribing all glory, all authority, all sovereignty and lordship to God, then we have
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
HAYDN: NOT FROM ME, BUT FROM THEE
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) was present at the Vienna Music Hall where his oratorio The Creation was being performed. Weakened by age, the great composer was confined to a wheelchair. As the majestic work moved along, the audience was caught up with tremendous
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IS IT WORTH IT?
I see a young soldier, he looks barely 18 to me, he has got fear in his eyes, but he has one goal... to get glory and honour... I see him, going through his training, a hard routine, 20 press-ups followed by 30 crunches, then an hour jogging, and then more push-ups, by the end of
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Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Aug 5, 2008
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BUILDING A CATHEDRAL
A man once walked by a building site and saw three stone masons side by side, sweating over their work in the hot sun.
He asked the first, "What are you doing?"
"Laying bricks" came the reply.
He asked the second stone mason, "And what are you doing?"
"Building a wall."
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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SUNBEAM
This illustration concerns an incident one day when C.S. Lewis was in the tool shed in his garden. He noticed a sunbeam shining across the shed. It was showing up the dust particles. He must have seen the same thing many times before, but this time he was captivated by it.
He traced the
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Quotes from the book The Light and The Glory.
i. Marshall states, “Before the voyage had begun, Columbus had been a beggar before God, all his hopes hanging on Ferdinand and Isabella’s approval…BUT…Columbus chose the three things the world prizes most (after his successful journey) money (his
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Contributed by Dave Kinney on Aug 9, 2008
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NEVER LET THEM SEE THE GLORY
C.S. Lewis wrote the book, "The Screwtape Letters". In the book, "Screwtape" is the Devil and his demon is "Wormwood". This is what the Devil says to the demon about Christianity:
"Wormwood, the church is fertile field if you keep them bickering over details,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"The historic glory of America lies in the fact that it is the one nation that was founded like a church. That is, it was founded on a faith that was not merely summed
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"All of the glory that goes with winning, all of the turmoil, all of the winning, all of the money; they dont last. But the spirit that it takes to try
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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… All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23 NIV)
Somerset Maugham, the writer, once said, “If I wrote down every thought I have ever thought and every deed I have ever done, men would call me a monster of
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Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 22, 2007
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In the movie Glory Road, Basketball Coach Don Haskins, was just a small-town family man trying to make an unforgettable mark in his first job as a collegiate basketball coach. He got a coaching job with the Texas Western miners. He went on the recruiting trail to find the best talent in the land,
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