Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 25, 2002
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The great Scottish Bible expositor Alexander MacLaren once wrote: ‘we may have as much of God as we will. Christ puts the key of the treasure-chamber into our hand, and bids us take all that we want. If a man is admitted into the bullion vault of a bank and
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Mennonite
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2002
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THE ENEMY STILL LIVES
PBS Special covering the events that led up to the "Battle of the Bulge" in WWII revealed some interesting insights. It was the autumn of 1944 and Germany had been beaten back behind its borders. The Nazi war machine was in tatters and repeated bombing raids by the Allies all
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Contributed by Tim Zingale on Nov 4, 2002
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A young man applied for a job as a farm hand. When asked for his qualifications, he said, "I can sleep when the wind blows."
This puzzled the farmer, but he took a liking to the young man and hired him.
A few days later, the farmer and his wife were awakened in the night by a violent storm.
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 20, 2002
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I have a treasure which I prize,
Its like I cannot find;
There’s nothing like it on th earth,
‘Tis this–a quiet mind.
But ‘tis not that I’m stupified,
Or senseless, dull, or blind;
‘Tis God’s own peace within my heart
That forms my quiet mind.
I found this treasure at the Cross;
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Wesleyan
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”Most of the New Testament Epistles were written from prison. Bunyan wrote
Pilgrim¹s Progress from jail. Florence Nightingale, too ill to move from her
bed, reorganized the hospitals of England. Semi paralyzed and under constant
menace of apoplexy, Pasteur was tireless in his attack on disease.
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
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At a pastor’s conference in Spokane, Chuck Swindoll told of being at a California Christian camp. The first day there a man approached him and said how greatly he had looked forward to hearing Dr. Swindoll speak and his delight at now finally being able to realize that desire. That evening Swindoll
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
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During his days as guest lecturer at Calvin Seminary, R.B.Kuiper once used the following illustration of God’s sovereignty and human responsibility:
I liken them to two ropes going through two holes in the ceiling and over a pulley above. If I wish to support myself by them, I must cling to them
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Contributed by Troy Borst on Jan 2, 2003
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ILLUSTRATION… Retold from "The Book of Virtues" Editor: William J. Bennett
There is a story that centers on a king and the members of his court who were continually full of flattery. "You are the greatest man that ever lived...You are the most powerful king of all...Your highness, there is nothing
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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A bar of steel worth $5, when made into ordinary horseshoes, is then worth $10. If this same $5 bar is manufactured into needles, the value rises to $350. And yet if it’s made into delicate springs for expensive watches, it is worth more than $250,000. The same bar of steel is made more
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Prudentius (c. 348-after 405)
His power and miracles proclaim him God.
I see the wild winds suddenly grow calm
When Christ commands; I see the storm-tossed sea
Grow smooth, with tranquil surface bright
At Christ’s behest; I see the waves grow firm
As the raging flood sustains his treading feet
He
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Contributed by David Ward on Mar 8, 2005
In the first game of the best-of-seven, 2004 American League Championship Series between baseball’s New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, Boston’s ace pitcher Curt Schilling was in pain. An ankle injury kept him from being able to plant his foot and throw the ball with his usual skill. Schilling was
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Contributed by Richard Burkey on May 19, 2005
Forest Gump’s momma said, “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are gonna get.” Anybody know the secret code for a box of See’s candy? I can figure out the ones with the nuts and the nougat, but crème fillings are always a mystery to me. Now if I made the chocolates and placed
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Lutheran
Contributed by Tim Richards on Jun 22, 2005
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Thomas Dorsey was a black jazz musician from Atlanta who was known in the early 1920’s for the suggestive lyrics he combined with original music. Then God touched his life and in 1926 he gave up the suggestive music and began to write spiritual music. In 1932 times were hard for Dorsey as they were
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