Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jul 12, 2025
[131]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – HURTING PEOPLE HURT
When I was in England on ministry I went to a conference of church leaders and one of the speakers presented a very good talk on outreach for the unchurched people. One of the things he said was, “Hurting people hurt,” and I have not forgotten
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Oct 25, 2025
[235]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - ROMANS 5 VERSES 3 - 5
This is a shorter poem based solely on 3 verses from Romans. Here are those verses –
{{Romans 5:3-5 “Not only this, but we also exult in our TRIBULATIONS, knowing that tribulation brings about PERSEVERANCE, and perseverance, PROVEN
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 6, 2025
[044] A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – CHRISTIAN PATTERNS
This is a “constructed poem” meaning it follows a pattern. It is a series of injunctions or commands with specific structure that I will explain.
Let us take the opening line – “Take God’s truth and make it yours, and your vain ways forsake.” I
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 11, 2001
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Great introduction to sermon:
A single battle can determine the outcome of an entire war. Like Gettysburg and the Invasion at Normandy, a telling battle of the future of England had came. General Wellington of the British Army represented the last formidable opposition to the French army under
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 3, 2001
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An old farmer went to the city one weekend and attended the big city church.
He came home and his wife asked him how it was.
"Well," said the farmer, "it was good. They did something different, however. They sang praise choruses instead of hymns."
"Praise choruses?" said his wife, "What are
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2001
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88% of Americans gamble in some form. 95% lose more than they bet. Winners get back less than half of what they bet. No one in his or her right mind would invest in anything with such a loss record. Statisticians have shown that a person is more likely to survive 88 rounds of Russian roulette than
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It¡¦s so easy to criticize what others are doing. If you look diligently enough you can find something wrong with everything. A farmer¡¦s neighbor was so negative, criticizing everything and anything. The farmer bought a new plow, the neighbor said it would rust soon. The farmer remarked how it
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Contributed by Greg Yount on Oct 28, 2001
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John Curzon, a Polish mechanic, who
was presented with a gold medal for his inventions, performed a most extraordinary thing when he
succeeded in manufacturing a complete watch in the space of 8 hours from materials on which most watchmakers would have looked with contempt. It appears that the
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Nov 28, 2001
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Many years ago a small Jewish boy asked his father, "Why must we surrender our Jewish faith and start to attend Lutheran services here in Germany? The father replied, "Son, we must abandon our faith so that people will accept us and support our business adventures!" The young lad never got over his
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When he was seven years old,
his family was forced out of their home on a legal
technicality, and he had to work to help support
them.
At age nine, his mother died.
At 22, he lost his job as a store clerk.
He wanted to go to law school, but his education
wasn’t good enough.
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Rick Stacy on Dec 16, 2002
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THE WISDOM OF BABES
Have you ever heard the phrase, “Out of the mouth of babes?” Certainly you have. It comes from the simple truth that sometimes it takes a child to reveal lasting wisdom. It seems foolish but it isn’t!
For example:
· Patrick, age 10, said, “Never trust a dog to watch your
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Contributed by Mike Leiter on Jan 15, 2003
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A woman and a man are involved in a car accident.
It’s a bad one. Both of their cars are demolished but
amazingly neither of them is hurt. After they crawl out of their cars, the woman says, "So, you’re a man... That’s interesting. I’m a woman. Wow, just look at our cars! There’s nothing left,
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