Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 2, 2022
A skeptic sneeringly said, "The gospel has lost its power. While thousands profess Christ, nothing much is happening as a result." But it's not the fault of the gospel. It's because people make a profession but have no possession. It's not enough to acknowledge the truth of
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Mar 25, 2024
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Praying for Unsaved Loved Ones
“I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes.” (Romans 1:16)
1. Pray that God will draw them to himself.
“No one can come to me unless the Father … draws him.” (John 6:44)
2. Pray for the Holy Spirit to
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 4, 2022
Christ met unbelievers where they were. And He met them most often in the marketplace, not in a place of worship.
He realized what many Christians today still don't seem to understand. Cultivators have to get out in the field.
According to one count, the Gospels record 132 contacts that
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 19, 2022
ON AN AMERICAN TROOPSHIP during World War II a new Chaplain came aboard. The rank and file of the sailors met him and they put to him this question, "Do you believe in Hell?" The Chaplain was a modernist and an unbeliever, and he said, "Men, certainly not." The men looked at
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Contributed by Brian Mavis on Oct 30, 2000
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Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of John Hopkins in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to outpatients at the clinic.
One summer evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at the door. I opened it to see a truly awful looking man.
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Contributed by Ed Doss on Oct 24, 2000
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Reuben Gonzales was in the final match of a pro racquetball tournament. In the 4th and final game, at match point, Gonzales made a super kill shot into the front wall to win the game. The referee called it good. Two linesman affirmed that the shot was in. But Gonzales, after a moments hesitation,
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Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jun 3, 2001
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Stedman says re:Ecclesiastes -
There is no other book like it, because it is the only book in the Bible that reflects a human, rather than divine, point of view. This book is filled with error. And yet it is wholly inspired. This may confuse people, because many feel that inspiration is a guarantee
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Sep 27, 2001
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[What About the Foundation?, Citation: Ravi Zacharias, "If the Foundations Be Destroyed," Preaching Today, Tape No. 142.]
A few weeks ago, I did a lectureship at Ohio State University.
As I was being driven to the lecture, we passed the new Wexner Art Center.
The driver said, "This is a new art
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
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BIBLE CONFUSION
The little girl was sitting with her grandmother, who had presented her with her first little children’s Bible, in an easy-to-read translation, when she was very young.
Now, a decade or so later, the elderly lady was ready to spend a few sweet moments handing down the big old
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 4, 2021
In 1947, Muhammad adh-Dhib, a twelve-year-old Arab boy, made one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time. While looking for a lost goat in Qumran, near the Dead Sea, he threw a stone into a cave and heard the sound of shattering pottery. Curious about the noise, he entered the cave
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 2, 2022
As a result of poor planning, a man needed some same-day dry cleaning before he left on a trip. He remembered one store with a huge sign, "One-Hour Dry Cleaners," on the other side of town, so he drove out of his way to drop off a suit.
After filling out the tag, he told the clerk,
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 19, 2022
Peter Cartwright, a nineteenth-century circuit-riding Methodist preacher, was an uncompromising man. One Sunday morning when he was to preach, he was told that General Andrew Jackson was in the congregation, and warned not to say anything out of line.
When Cartwright stood to preach, he said,
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Mar 9, 2023
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The Emperor Charlemagne wanted to have a magnificent bell cast for the church he had built. An artist named Tancho was employed by the church to make it. He was furnished, at his own request, with a great quantity of copper, and a hundred pounds of silver for the purpose.
He kept the silver for
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