Contributed by Johnny Creasong on May 11, 2002
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In A View from the Zoo, Gary Richmond tells about the birth of a giraffe:
The first things to emerge are the baby giraffe’s front hooves and head. A few minutes later the plucky newborn is hurled forth, falls ten feet,
and lands on its back. Within seconds, he rolls to an upright position with
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Church Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2004
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THE MIRACULOUS HUMAN BODY
The average human heart pumps over 1,000 gallons a day, over 55 million gallons in a lifetime. This is enough to fill 13 super tankers. It never sleeps, beating 2.5 billion times in a lifetime.
The lungs contain 1,000 miles of capillaries. The process of exchanging
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on Sep 1, 2009
HIGH SOCIETY: The Princeton Society Directory
When Katie and I were in Seminary years ago, we were broke. So we did whatever we could to get by. One of the things we did was housesitting for people in town when they were on vacation. What we looked for most was folks who would let us use their
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by John Shearhart on Aug 14, 2006
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Nicky Cruz was the leader of the toughest gang in New York City.
His Satanist parents abused him brutally, so he grew up a hardened man void of love and full of hate.
“I wanted to do to others what my mother did to me,” Nicky says. “I used to feel good when I hurt some people.”
But privately, he
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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He did so with Desmond Tutu in South Africa. Jim Wallis tells the story of a visit he made during the days of apartheid.
i. I see it happening all over the country and I’ve learned a lot about hope from the streets and I’ve learned a lot about hope in other places. I saw hope happening in South
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Contributed by Michael Elmore on Jan 17, 2002
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What Is Revelation Like?
The story is told that after Helen Keller’s teacher, Anne
Sullivan, had given her the names of physical objects in
sign language, Miss Sullivan attempted to explain God and
tapped out the symbols for the name "God." Much to Miss
Sullivan’s
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Methodist
Contributed by Kelly Randolph on Feb 17, 2003
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John Eldredge tells the story of a Scottish discus thrower from the 19th century. He lived days before professional trainers and developed his skills alone in the highlands. He made his own discus from the description he read in a book. What he didn’t know was that the competition discus was made
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Baptist
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 15, 2007
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The Rev. Frank Bartleman was a leader in the 1907 visitation of the Holy Spirit on Azusa Street in L.A. He said, "Men love the spectacular. What we do not understand is ’wonderful.’ God’s fire falls on sacrifice, as in Elijah’s case.
The greater the sacrifice, consecration, the more fire.
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Guideposts May 93 p.13) A husband and wife from Scranton, Arkansas wrote to Guideposts to share how their marriage had been saved from the destruction of divorce. Married for 4 years with 2 boys, they met at a restaurant one April night to discuss child custody and property settlements. They ended
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Dr. Tim Lahaye tells the story (which I have repeated many times, but which perfectly illustrates a point); it’s about a husband who was receiving marital counseling. The obvious truth was that He and His wife were at odds with each other and were in the mode of fault-finding. After giving a
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DAVID, JERUSALEM AND D-DAY
The 65th Anniversary of D-Day was observed June 6th. It was the largest single day amphibious invasion of all time. With nearly 200,000 troops involved; 160,000 would land on the 50 mile stretch of beaches known as Normandy.
There were many obstacles that day: the
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Wesleyan