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  • Fanny Crosby Gained Spiritual Insight From ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
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    Fanny Crosby Gained Spiritual Insight from Blindness Fanny Crosby was only six weeks old when she developed a minor eye inflammation. It was a simple thing to treat even in 1820, the year she was born. All the doctor had to do was apply some poultices to her eyes with a little medication. Only the ...read more

  • Civil War General Desires Baptism After Being ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2009
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    Civil War General Desires Baptism After being Mortally Wounded Gen. William Nelson, a Union general in the Civil War, was consumed with the battles in Kentucky when a brawl ended up in his being shot, mortally, in the chest. He had faced many battles, but the fatal blow came while he was relaxing ...read more

  • Michael Had Been Pinching Pennies For 3 Months ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 18, 2010
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    Michael had been pinching pennies for 3 months since being laid off from his job. He’d promised to take his twin sons to an amusement park for the 10th birthday, and he wasn’t going to let them down. So when the day rolled around, Michael went into the cash reserves and pulled together enough to ...read more

  • If You Can Start The Day Without Caffeine, If You ...

    Contributed by Bret Toman on May 20, 2010
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    If you can start the day without caffeine, if you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains ... if you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles ... if you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it ... if you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to ...read more

  • Cost Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2010
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    Cost of Freedom At Hebron Baptist Church several years ago a speaker named Clebe McClary spoke. There was a patch where his left eye had once been. A hook extended from the artificial limb where a strong arm had once helped make him an outstanding athlete. He had been through countless surgeries to ...read more

  • Pieces To The Puzzle

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 11, 2010
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    Why is it that we have more faith that the pieces of a puzzle made by a company in Taiwan will all fit together than we have that the pieces of our life that are presented to us by God will fit together? One person chooses to put like pieces together first, while another chooses to put the edges of ...read more

  • The Ant And The Grasshopper

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 30, 2010
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    THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER In a field one summer’s day a grasshopper was hopping about, singing to its heart’s content. An ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest. "Why not come and play with me," said the grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling ...read more

  • Second Fiddle

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 30, 2010
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    SECOND FIDDLE One of the first conductors born and educated in the United States to receive worldwide acclaim was Leonard Bernstein. He directed the New York Philharmonic, conducted concerts by some of the world's leading orchestras, wrote symphonies, and music for Broadway hits such as West Side ...read more

  • The Bible's Influence On American History

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2011
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    THE BIBLE'S INFLUENCE ON AMERICAN HISTORY Pastor Jack Graham tells of a speaking engagement in Philadelphia he made recently and slipping downtown to Independence Hall to reflect on the founding of our nation. He said, "As you move around the historical sites of that city you see the Word of God ...read more

  • Reunited

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 23, 2011
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    REUNITED This week (1-11) an interesting story hit the presses: A woman who was kidnapped as a newborn 23 years ago says finding her real mother "felt like a dream." Carlina White was just 19 days old when she disappeared from Harlem Hospital in New York. She tells the New York Post that when ...read more

  • Not All Good Deeds Are Good

    Contributed by Tony Salisbury on Feb 12, 2011
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    NOT ALL GOOD DEEDS ARE GOOD For Valentine's Day several years ago I bought chocolates for everyone in my family. To help everyone remember which chocolates belonged to whom I bought different ones. One got rich dark Belgian chocolate. Another one received smooth creamy milk chocolate. All went ...read more

  • I Was The Lamb

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Apr 1, 2011
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    I WAS THE LAMB Every summer when I was a child, my family would make the trip from Texas to New Jersey to see my dad’s parents. They lived in a fascinating two-story house in which all the bedrooms were upstairs. The room I slept in had a single bed, and above the bed was a picture of Jesus. You ...read more

  • Sometimes The Analogy Of The Caterpillar Turned ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 9, 2011
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    Sometimes the analogy of the caterpillar turned butterfly is over-used. But we can’t help it because it’s a powerful image of the metamorphosis we undergo in our relational development toward God. Our caterpillar state is one of restriction. We are bound by realities of time and space that ...read more

  • Getting To Know Man

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 18, 2011
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    GETTING TO KNOW MAN Julie and I have the wonderful privilege to raise Bryce and Chase. But that is a privilege given to us by God. God created our children and is allowing Julie and I to raise them. We get to keep them in our home for a time and then they are off into the world. But God created ...read more

  • Understanding The Spiritual Gifts By Dr. Dale A. ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 13, 2011
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    Understanding The Spiritual Gifts By Dr. Dale A. Robbins 1. The ministry of Spiritual Gifts originates in the New Testament, commissioned by our Lord Jesus Christ. After He established His church on the earth and ascended to Heaven, Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to equip His church with power and ...read more

  • A Safe Place

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Mar 3, 2012
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    A SAFE PLACE Some years ago, I used to see Project Safe Place signs. Perhaps you have seen them too. They were most often displayed on houses along residential streets, or on fire stations, or even on public library buildings. They are diamond-shaped with a yellow background and a black logo, ...read more

  • A "Kept" Woman

    Contributed by Aaron Mishoe on Mar 22, 2012
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    A "KEPT" WOMAN You see, there were a few times when I thought I would lose my mind, But GOD kept me sane. (Isa. 26:3) There were times when I thought I could go no longer, But the LORD kept me moving. (Gen 28:15) At times, I’ve wanted to lash out at those whom I felt had done me wrong, But the ...read more

  • Charles Dickens And Reviving Christmas  PRO

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Dec 24, 2012
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    Two hundred years ago, in the early 19th Century, as astonishing as it may seem, Christmas in Great Britain had become almost extinct. The Times newspaper did not mention Christmas once between 1790 and 1835. Not once! However, Charles Dickens was instrumental in reviving Christmas during the ...read more

  • Cotton Pickin' Son Of God

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 28, 2014
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    We were having our weekly AWANA meeting at our church when something really funny happened. The children were sharing their Bible verse for the week -- John 3:16. One of our little boys was struggling with remembering the words. He was asked, "Can’t you remember John 3:16?" The boy struggled to ...read more

  • God Qualifies The Called

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jun 13, 2026
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    I came across this quote that I found most helpful Before you say you are not qualified to be used by God please remember this Abraham was too old Isaac was a day dreamer Jacob was deceitful and a liar Leah was ugly Joseph was abused Moses was a murderer and couldn't talk Gideon was ...read more