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  • Sacrificial Love

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 13, 2014
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     | 10,843 views

    Watchman Nee, a Chinese evangelist, tells of a Christian he once knew in China. He was a rice farmer, and his fields lay high on a mountain. Every day he pumped water into the paddies of new rice. And every morning he returned to find that an unbelieving neighbor who lived down the hill had ...read more

  • Sacrifice Of Love

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 17, 2014
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     | 8,868 views

    J. Vernon McGee- Many years ago down in Houston, Texas, when a boarding house caught on fire, a woman broke through the lines and went into that house. It collapsed, and she was burned to death. The headlines read: “Poor Wretch Dies: Suicide.” Later the newspaper printed an apology. Why? ...read more

  • Loving Neighbour

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Feb 29, 2016
     | 3,722 views

    A Little Pointer on Keeping a Balance Here’s a little bonus tip that I’ve found helpful to keep my wits about me as I live next to these wild Vikings we call sinners, pagans, and wacko unbelievers while keeping my vertical relationship with God strong. It’s called “whimsical holiness,” which is ...read more

  • God's Love

    Contributed by Greg Burcham on Feb 12, 2017
     | 8,445 views

    “Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.” 1John 3:1 With everything that has been going on in the news and the world lately, it is safe to say that most of us don’t ...read more

  • Love Or Achievement

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Dec 9, 2019
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    I once heard a woman give a remarkable account of achievement. An early feminist, she gained renown in the male-dominated field of endocrinology. She brushes shoulders with Nobel laureates and world leaders, and has lived as full and rich a life as any I have known. At the end of her story she ...read more

  • Love And Forgiveness

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 13, 2020
     | 2,189 views

    Rabbi David A. Nelson likes to tell the story of two brothers who went to their rabbi to settle a longstanding feud. The rabbi got the two to reconcile their differences and shake hands. As they were about to leave, he asked each one to make a wish for the other in honor of the Jewish New Year. The ...read more

  • Failed Love

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Sep 15, 2020
     | 1,469 views

    Thomas Carlyle lived from 1795 to 1881. He was a Scot essayist and historian. During his lifetime, he became one of the world’s greatest writers. However, he was human, and humans make mistakes. On October 17, 1825, Carlyle married his secretary Jane Welsh. She was an intelligent, attractive, ...read more

  • Ideal Love

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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     | 2,031 views

    Ideal Love a. There was a Dad who took his kids to do a little shopping. As they drove up, they spotted an eighteen-wheeler parked with a big sign on it that said, "Petting Zoo." The kids jumped up in a rush and asked, "Daddy, Daddy. Can we go? Please. Please. Can we go?" "Sure," He said giving ...read more

  • Law Is Love

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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     | 3,190 views

    LAW IS LOVE We have a little 10 lb. Sheltie-Poo at home, and we all love him. He thinks he’s so macho as he stands in our bay window, looking out at the street. A big German Shepherd walks his owner down our sidewalk every day, and our little Teddy goes nuts trying to get thru that window and take ...read more

  • Love Your ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
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    LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR Fred Douglas Shepard was born on September 11, 1855 in Ellenburg, New York in Clinton County. His father died while he was very young and his mother spent most of her adult life as an invalid. It was probably through this that Fred became associated with illness and caring for ...read more

  • The Power Of Love

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
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     | 5,797 views

    THE POWER OF LOVE An old fable tells how different instruments tried to master a piece of iron. The blows of the ax fell heavily, but its edge became more and more blunt. The saw’s relentless teeth worked until they were worn down or broken The hammer’s head flew off at the first stroke. Despite ...read more

  • Love Of The Adopted

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 16, 2008
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     | 5,356 views

    Love of the Adopted We capture a picture of our relationship with God in Chrissy's story about her adoptive parents. "My adopted father still, to this day, recalls the overwhelming emotion he had the moment he held me in his arms and saw my tiny, pink face. They gave me the best life any child ...read more

  • Love As Evangelism

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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     | 4,790 views

    Love as Evangelism When Henry Stanley went out in 1871 and found Dr. Livingstone, (remember: "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?") he spent some months in his company, but Livingstone never spoke to Stanley about spiritual things. Throughout those months Stanley just watched the old man. Livingstone’s ...read more

  • The Love Is The Difference

    Contributed by Dale Krueger on Feb 9, 2009
     | 2,830 views

    THE LOVE IS THE DIFFERENCE Edward Perry wrote an article entitled, "Where are the People?" It is a summary of his findings on why churches lose or gain members. He concluded that the "key is how people do or do not nurture and support each other in the local congregation." He says, "We ...read more

  • Christ Was Love  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
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     | 4,922 views

    CHRIST WAS LOVE I read a story that I thought was a perfect illustration as to what the perfect gift looks like at Christmas. It centered on a school Christmas pageant. Of course there was nothing there to make it religious. Only snowmen, reindeer and the like. And so the kindergarten class was ...read more

  • Student Of Love

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Feb 17, 2009
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    STUDENT OF LOVE I know a man named James Bailey, from Marks, Mississippi, who was one of my former deacons. James Bailey was a grown man when he became a Christian. He had only gone to school through the 4th grade and never learned to read when he was in school. James Bailey was a hard man and ...read more

  • Love Is Nails

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    C. S. Lewis captured the Cross event in a poem: "Love’s as hard as nails, Love is nails: Blunt, thick, hammered through The medial nerves of One Who, having made us, knew The ...read more

  • The Power Of Love

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The Power of Love Newspaper columnist and Minister George Crane tell of a wife who came into his office full of hatred toward her husband. “I do not only want to get rid of him; I want to get even. Before I divorce him, I want to hurt him as much as he has me.” Dr Crane suggested an ingenious ...read more

  • No Farewell To Love  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 2, 2007
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     | 5,421 views

    “No Farewell to Love” As an aged Christian lay dying, a friend called to say farewell. “I have just had three other visitors,” said the dying man, “and with two of them I parted; but the third I shall keep with me forever.” “Who are they?” “the first was Faith, and I said, ‘Goodbye, Faith! I ...read more

  • A Center Of Love

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Sep 30, 2007
     | 2,456 views

    QUOTE: “When love, acceptance and forgiveness prevail, the church becomes what Jesus was in the world: a center of love, designed for the healing of broken people, and a force for God… One of the greatest services a church can offer a community is to provide a place for people to be brought to ...read more