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  • The Liberal Prime Minister, William Gladstone, In ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Sep 27, 2008
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    The Liberal Prime Minister, William Gladstone, in announcing the death of Princess Alice on 14th December 1878 to the House of Commons, told this touching story. The little daughter of the Princess was seriously ill with diphtheria. And so the doctors told the princess not to kiss her because ...read more

  • Dead Man Bleeding  PRO

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Feb 5, 2009
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    DEAD MAN BLEEDING The question about impossibilities applied to God's sovereignty is a display of foolish unbelief. A lady brought her husband to the psychiatrist as a last ditch effort; the man thought he was dead. The shrink did everything he could to convince the man otherwise, but the crazy ...read more

  • William Gladstone, In Announcing The Death Of ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Feb 9, 2009
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    WILLIAM GLADSTONE, IN ANNOUNCING THE DEATH OF PRINCESS ALICE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, TOLD A TOUCHING STORY. THE LITTLE DAUGHTER OF THE PRINCESS WAS SERIOUSLY ILL WITH DIPHTHERIA. THE DOCTORS TOLD THE PRINCESS NOT TO KISS HER LITTLE DAUGHTER AND ENDANGER HER LIFE BY BREATHING THE CHILD’S BREATH. ...read more

  • Ex – A Man With A Nagging Secret Was Unable To ...

    Contributed by Et Tapper on Feb 9, 2009
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    Ex – A MAN WITH A NAGGING SECRET WAS UNABLE TO KEEP IT ANY LONGER. HE WENT TO CONFESSIONAL AND ADMITTED THAT FOR YEARS HE HAD BEEN STEALING BUILDING SUPPLIES FROM THE LUMBERYARD WHERE HE WORKED. “HOW MUCH LUMBER DID YOU TAK?” THE PRIEST ASKED. “I TOOK ENOUGH TO BUILD MY HOME NAD ENOUGH FOR MY ...read more

  • Hope For A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    HOPE FOR A CHANGE In the Peanuts comic strip, we find Snoopy thinking to himself: "Yesterday I was a dog. Today I’m a dog. Tomorrow I’ll probably still be a dog. Ohh...there’s so little hope for advancement." Well, there is hope for those who have a dog’s life, but the change will require them ...read more

  • H. Abraham Lincoln Once Passed A Slave Block And ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 2, 2009
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    H. Abraham Lincoln once passed a slave block and saw a young girl being sold. His heart melted. He put up a bid, and eventually she belonged to him. After he paid the money, he told her, “You are now free.” “What does that mean?” she asked. “It means that you’re free,” Lincoln answered. “Does ...read more

  • On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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    ON ENTHUSIASM A bee’s stinger is 1/16th of an inch long...the rest of what you feel is enthusiasm! Here’s an illustration of a man with too much enthusiasm: The storekeeper had only one fish left in his icy barrel. A lady asked for a big fish, and he reached in and showed it to her. She wanted a ...read more

  • Church Is Good For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    CHURCH IS GOOD FOR MARRIAGE Married couples who attend church services frequently are happier and more likely to succeed in their marriages than those who don’t attend church often or not at all, finds a Univ. of Virginia study. 70% of husbands who attend church regularly are “very happy” in their ...read more

  • I Hope They See Him When They See Me

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jul 19, 2009
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    I HOPE THEY SEE HIM WHEN THEY SEE ME I'll never forget Gary. He showed up on my doorstep in the late 90s. I opened the door to see a man wearing jeans with holes and smattered with paint. His shirt exposed arms covered in dust, but his smile was warm and friendly. He was a contractor. He didn't ...read more

  • Determined To Save Money

    Contributed by John Perry on Apr 17, 2010
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    DETERMINED TO SAVE MONEY I had never been much of a saver, but there came a time after some years of failing to save anything that I decided to break the habit. I could ill afford to save at the time, I had financial constraints / a number of factors that suggested I wouldn’t be successful. But my ...read more

  • Is This The Right Road ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010
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    “Is This the Right Road Home?" Is this the right road home, O Lord? The clouds are dark and still, The stony path is hard to tread, Each step brings some fresh ill. I thought the way would brighter grow, And that the sun with warmth would glow, And joyous songs from free hearts flow. Is this the ...read more

  • Picture Of Cheese

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 23, 2010
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    PICTURE OF CHEESE I heard a story about a man who had a mouse in his house and his wife wanted him to catch it. His problem was that he didn’t have any cheese (and did not want to buy it). So he cut a picture of cheese out of a magazine and placed it in the trap. He thought, "I’ll just fool the ...read more

  • Phobias Into Faith

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 5, 2011
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    PHOBIAS INTO FAITH As most of you have read in my past e mails I hate to camp. I hate the dark. I hate spiders and you show me a snake I am finished. But the Lord has used all these phobias for me to put my faith into practice. If we had everything we ever needed we wouldn’t need God. Left to ...read more

  • Cut-Off Forgiveness

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 15, 2011
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    CUT-OFF FORGIVENESS John MacArthur: "I'll never forget one time when I cut off a guy in a Porsche. I was driving a Volkswagen bus. He had a convertible with a hat and the whole routine- Sunglasses, leather jacket, everything. So he pulled up beside me. He started to curse. He just cursed and ...read more

  • Do Dead Men Bleed?  PRO

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Oct 3, 2011
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    DO DEAD MEN BLEED? It is dangerous to base our salvation experience entirely upon feeling. Knowing that, and acting upon it, are still sometimes strangers. Like the psychiatrist who took on a very disturbed man as a patient. The man thought he was dead. No matter what techniques the doctor ...read more

  • Count Your Many Blessings  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Feb 16, 2012
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    COUNT YOUR MANY BLESSINGS While on a short-term missions trip, Pastor Jack Hinton was leading worship at a leper colony on the island of Tobago. A woman who had been facing away from the pulpit turned around. "It was the most hideous face I had ever seen," Hinton said. "The woman's nose and ears ...read more

  • No Hope

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 17, 2012
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    A group of students visited a psychiatric institution to observe a variety of mental illnesses. One of the individuals was a tragic case. He was referred to as “No hope Carter.” He was a victim of a venereal disease and was going through its final stages when the brain is affected. Before he ...read more

  • Even Billy Graham Doesn’t Win Them All. ...

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Dec 18, 2012
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    Even Billy Graham doesn’t win them all. There’s a story about Billy Graham when he was visiting a city for one of his crusades. He had written a letter to his wife and was looking for a place to mail it. Outside the lobby of his hotel, he came across a young boy. He asked the boy if he knew how to ...read more

  • A Simple Experiment Both Validated The Old Truism ...

    Contributed by Jordan Satterfield on Jan 11, 2013
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    A simple experiment both validated the old truism that a dog is a man’s best friend and disabused me of my opinions regarding the superiority of spousal friendship. I locked my beloved Golden Retriever, Buddy, in the trunk with my dear wife for one hour. After the hour, my dog was giddy with ...read more

  • Propitiation And Jewish Roots

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 30, 2019
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    Modern Jews, like Jews centuries before Christ, believed their suffering atoned for sing.Faithful Jews even today are encouraged to offer a prayer when seriously ill or near death called the Viduy (or Vidui) prayer: "I acknowledge before You, Lord my G-d and the G-d of my fathers, that my ...read more