Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jun 6, 2024
[010] A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - A TRIBUTE TO OUR MOTHERS - MOTHERS' DAY
I was asked to write a poem for Mothers’ Day and this is it. I forget the context of it now but it had something to do with a children’s group in a church.
ORIGINS AND IMPLICATIONS OF MOTHERS’ DAY
The origins,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2002
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AND WE WERE AFRAID
Writer and naturalist Anne Dillard tells of a cold Christmas Eve when she, then a young girl, and her family had come home from a late dinner out. Ginger ale and a plate of cookies sat on a special table. Dillard had taken off her winter coat and was warming herself on the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 19, 2002
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HOLY GROUND OF CIVIL WAR
The 5th New York Volunteer Infantry, "Duryée’s Zouaves," was one of the most renowned fighting regiments of the American Civil War. Their colorful Zouave uniform, precise maneuvers, effectiveness in combat and steady bearing under fire, won them universal respect and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2002
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DOESN'T GOD RUN THE RAIN?
In his book, The Case for Faith, Lee Strobel introduces us to the puzzling life of John Templeton. You’ve probably never heard his name, but Templeton was a contemporary of Billy Graham. In fact, they were both behind an evangelistic crusade in the 1940’s through Europe.
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Contributed by David Johnston on Sep 24, 2006
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On a cold winter evening a man suffered a heart attack and after being admitted to the hospital, asked the nurse to call his daughter. He explained, "You see, I live alone and she is the only family I have." The nurse went to phone the daughter. The daughter was quite upset and shouted, "You must
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Contributed by David Johnston on Sep 24, 2006
On a cold winter evening a man suffered a heart attack and after being admitted to the hospital, asked the nurse to call his daughter. He explained, "You see, I live alone and she is the only family I have." The nurse went to phone the daughter. The daughter was quite upset and shouted, "You must
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 13, 2007
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There was one a Poet called Elizabeth Barrett a childhood accident had caused her to lead a life of invalid, she married Robert Browning in 1846…… In her youth Elizabeth had been watched over by her tyrannical father and so when she and Robert were married, their wedding was held in secret
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Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Jun 27, 2009
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SERVANTHOOD: THE SOLOIST
There was an interesting movie recently. It bombed at the box office, but it was a very interesting film. "The Soloist" was a true story about a Los Angeles Times columnist named Steve Lopez who discovered a homeless person on the street who, in turn, was a Julliard School
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Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jun 28, 2010
BEER COMMERCIALS AND COMMUNITY
Beer commercials do not really sell beer. Have you seen how they really sell "living it up with others" or what Christians call "community"? Do they not sell good looking people partying with other good looking people? Even the losers in those commercials all of a
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Contributed by James May on Jun 6, 2001
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I remember one of comedian Bill Cosby’s comedy routines in which he tries to explain just a few of the differences in how a mother and father would react to a child. In this specific incident, the child picks up a piece of dirty driftwood out of the gutter and brings it to mother saying, “Look Ma,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 6, 2002
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Back in 1994 the featured speaker at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., was a small, fragile woman with no political credentials. Yet she spoke confidently at the podium, surrounded by President Bill Clinton and Mrs. Clinton and various other government officials.
With a steady
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Contributed by Darron Khan on May 30, 2002
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HOW DOES GOD PURSUE ME?
You know it’s just stunning when you think of how tenaciously God pursues us. I grew up in a thoroughly pagan home. My father was raised a Muslim and my mother grew up pretty much oblivious to God. Yet, despite this, I cannot tell you how many different individuals God
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Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jul 2, 2002
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When we give our lives to Christ, the Scripture tells us that Jesus comes to dwell in our hearts through the Holy Spirit.
Sometimes this can be a difficult concept to get hold of
I heard a story about a 7-yr.-old girl who told her three-year-old sister that she had found Jesus and that she had
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