Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jan 8, 2005
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That’s why I think it is very important in understanding God’s grace to comprehend the difference between three words- used in Scripture. Justice - Mercy & Grace. Justice is deserved punishment. Mercy is exemption from punishment, Grace is favor when punishment is deserved. (Repeat)
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 21, 2007
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After the First World War, the Prince of Wales was invited to visit a military hospital in which there were 36 injured soldiers. He willingly accepted.
In the first ward he visited, he went from bed to bed thanking each soldier for his sacrifices for Great Britain and the Empire.
As he left
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Contributed by Kelly Mitchell on Sep 25, 2012
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Talk about rising to the top of your field, Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991) was an American modern dancer and choreographer. Her influence on modern dance has been compared to Picasso’s on modern visual arts, Stravinsky’s on music, or Frank Lloyd Wright’s on architecture. We should
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Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Oct 17, 2004
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I want to close with a real life story. It is about missionary John Hyde who went to India a little over a hundred years ago.
John felt a strong calling to the nation of India and began to spend hours in an attempt to learn the local language. Then the day came. It was in 1892 that he boarded a
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Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Jul 14, 2008
Don't let the good Christian life of the past interfere with the new work God wants to do in your life.
Missionary John Hyde went to India a little over a hundred years ago. John felt a strong calling to the nation of India and began to spend hours in an attempt to learn the local language. Then
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER AFTER...
Missionary John Hyde went to India a little over a hundred years ago. John felt a strong calling to the nation of India and began to spend hours in an attempt to learn the local language. Then the day came. It was in 1892 that he boarded a steamer in New York bound
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Dec 11, 2002
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There is an old sermon illustration that I have heard many times but recently I learned that the illustration has a basis in fact. A man by the name of John Griffith, lived in Oklahoma in 1929 and lost all he had in the stock market. He moved to Mississippi where he took a job as bridge tender for
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 7, 2003
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FEAR, LOVE, JOY
In the movie First Knight, Lancelot (played by Richard Gere) is a wanderer and highly skilled swordsman who fights for whoever will pay him. Seeing a princess and her entourage under attack in the woods, he decides to save her. Attracted to the princess, Guinevere, he later visits
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Contributed by Brad Bailey on Aug 9, 2004
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SOLDIER EXPLAINS HOW SONG SUNG BY ENEMY CHANGED HIM
One Christmas Eve, Ira D. Sankey was traveling by steamboat up the Delaware River. Asked to sing, Mr. Sankey sang the "Shepherd Song." After the song was ended, a man with a rough, weatherbeaten face came up to Mr. Sankey and said: "Did you
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Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jun 4, 2004
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DEATH OF THE SON
There is an old story about a man by the name of John Griffith, who lived in Oklahoma in 1929 and lost all he had in the stock market. He moved to Mississippi where he took a job as bridge tender for a railroad trestle. In 1937 he was involved in a horrific accident. One day his 8
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Contributed by Brian Buriff on Mar 1, 2010
THERE’S NO WAY HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE MEDAL STAND
A. 19 Yr-Old Speed-Skater JR Celski.
1. Going into final turn the 1,500-meter short-track speed skating final
2. J.R. Celski was fifth – skating behind Apolo Ohno who was in 4th
3. The South Korean skaters had a firm grasp on the gold,
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