Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jun 16, 2001
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon had this type of experience. Even as a young lad he was conscious of sin, but couldn’t find peace. It so happened under the providential over-ruling of God that one Sunday morning he was prevented from attending his usual place of worship because of a snowstorm. He was
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Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Oct 26, 2007
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Illustration: A young college student in a small town attended college across the street from a vey conservative and traditional church. Bob, was a very different kind of individual. His dress was unorthodox, his tee shirt had holes and he wore blue jeans and he always went bare foot. The
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SETTING YOUR FAITH ASIDE
Have you ever thought you could separate from God ... just for a little while ... and then later on turn back to God? Unfortunately we all do this ... in big ways or small ways. Any time we decide to live a life INDEPENDENT of God, we run a big risk.
I remember a
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Contributed by Tim Smith on Jul 1, 2012
ROGER WILLIAMS: WORSHIP AS A "RELIGIOUS FIX"
Roger Williams was thumbing through a magazine on a short flight from Sacramento to San Diego. He had taken his seat when two well-dressed, attractive 20-something-year-old women sat down next to him. Their conversation competed with his attention to
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Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 11, 2006
My Accident
My life was normal and unexpecting of tragedy when the bumper of a LTD came crashing into my back I had no time to repent like I always figured I would if I would have died it would have been at a moment that I was angry and frustrated and I can't say that I was as comfortable in my
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 2, 2008
Jonathan Edwards’ Conversion
One day when Jonathan Edwards was at home in his father’s house; some hindrances kept him from going to church one Sunday with the family. A couple of hours with nothing to do sent him listlessly into the library; the sight of a dull volume with no title on the leather
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Contributed by Joel Ferren on Nov 27, 2001
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Max Lucado— ”In the Grip of Grace”
God has enlisted us in his navy and placed us on his ship. The boat has one purpose-to carry us safely to the other shore.
This is no cruise ship; it is a battleship. We aren’t called to a life of leisure, we are called to a life of service. Each of
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Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 11, 2018
Note: This story is told from my perspective - Jim Butcher of Madison WV.
I was visiting with one of our long-time members a few months ago and she related an interesting story about her visit to Madison Baptist decades ago.
Rosemary was sitting along the aisle, waiting on the service to begin,
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Contributed by Chip Kelly on Jul 1, 2003
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Thirty years ago, the Miami Dolphins embarked on an unforgettable & unparalleled season. 14-0 regular season, then a 3-0 run through the playoffs culminating with a Super Bowl victory. No other team has matched that perfect record. Every year 30-some odd teams try, but for 3 decades, it stands
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Contributed by Kelly Mitchell on Aug 15, 2012
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In May of 1846, 187 men, women and children left from Missouri in a wagon train headed to California. There was nothing exceptional about the group or this journey and we would have never known about them had they not made the decision to try a shortcut. The “Hastings Cutoff”, as it was known,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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I want to close by sharing the Devil’s Beatitudes with you.
1. Blessed are those who are too tired, too busy, too distracted to spend even an hour once a week with their fellow Christians – they are my best workers.
2. Blessed are those Christians who wait to be asked and expect to be thanked --
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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One day she was reading the newspaper and came across an article about the ministry of D.L. Moody and the Revival that was taking place in the United States. Even though she had never heard of him before, she began to pray and ask God to send Moody to her church in England.
Some time later, Moody
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The Call to Worship had just been pronounced starting Easter Sunday Morning service in an East Texas church. The choir started its processional, singing "Up from the Grave He Arose" as they marched in perfect step down the center aisle to the front of the church.
However, unfortunatley,
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Two brothers had terrorized a small town in Alabama for decades. They lied, they cheated, they stole and they were two of the sorriest persons in the entire town. Then, unfortunately, one of the brothers died unexpectedly.
The surviving brother went to the pastor of the local Baptist church. He
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Contributed by Bill Huffhine on May 27, 2004
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There were very few of these <Gilligan’s Island> episodes that you could consider emotionally touching. But I do remember one. Gilligan had gotten his feelings hurt and decided to move away to the other side of the Island to live alone in a cave. Immediately, this became a miserable existence
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Contributed by C Jordan on Dec 5, 2009
FLEEING UNTO JESUS, NOT AWAY FROM HIM
(JESUS IS ANOINTED BY MARY AT BETHANY)
"I heard (this story) from a friend who works with the down-and-out in Chicago:
"A prostitute came to me in wretched straits, homeless, sick, unable to buy food for her two-year-old daughter. Through sobs and tears, she
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