Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 10, 2018
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Frank Bernadone bore the emotional wounds of his time in the military.
His unit had already been through four years of battles when they came to Perugia. The town was heavily fortified, leading his unit’s assault against it to be disastrous. A bloody day of fighting culminated in what was almost
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Most evangelistic appeals today pitch the gospel as the way to have an abundant life. “Jesus came to offer you abundant life. Trust in Him and He will give you peace, joy, and a truly happy life.” While all of those claims are true if properly defined, what the salesman hasn’t told the potential
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Dr. Rod Cooper, a Professor at Denver Seminary grew up on a pig farm. In one field there were 200 or 300 little pigs running around. Every day at 4:00 a.m. he went out to feed them, and when he walked in they would all scatter except for one little pig that would come up and chew on his shoe. He
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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The story is told of two brothers who grew up on a farm. One went away to college, earned a law degree, and became a partner in a prominent law firm in the state capital. The other brother stayed on the family farm.
One day the lawyer came and visited his brother, the farmer. He asked, “Why don’t
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Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 11, 2007
Now contrast that with one the story of another man. He owned a liquor store. One day, the liquor store owner met the Jesus. He poured all of his inventory down the drain. That’s called disposing of your liquid assets. And he owed a lot of money on some of that. He worked for along time paying off
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Baptist
Contributed by Samson Musyoki on Sep 25, 2007
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I feel nudged up into sharing this experience. Usually, life brings with it its mysteries where at times you enjoy the Lord’s abundant provision while on other occasions you enjoy lack! In this particular day, we had no electricity in the house and there was no kerosene to light up the kerosene
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Nov 29, 2007
e. Elmer Towns tells about a member of a motorcycle gang who was converted to Jesus Christ dramatically and the first Sunday he did the only thing he knew he should do and so he went to church. Nobody in the church knew him and he walked down to the second aisle and sat in the seat. And the
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Fred Parker on Dec 15, 2007
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Babe Ruth …The Great Bambino
One of the all-time greats in baseball was Babe Ruth. His bat had the power of a cannon, and his record of 714 home runs remained unbroken until Hank Aaron came along. The Babe was the idol of sports fans, but in time, age took its toll, and his popularity began to
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Apostolic
Contributed by Richard Goble on Dec 30, 2007
Cast In A Line For Yourself
A poor, hungry man stood idly on a bridge watching some fishermen. Seeing one of them with a basket full of fish by his side, he said, "if I had a catch like that, I’d be happy. I’d sell it and buy some food and clothes."
"I’ll give you that many fish if you do a
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 14, 2008
• There is a true story about the great scientist, Michael Faraday, when he was taken ill. When it became evident that the sickness that had fastened itself upon him would soon result in his death, a group of fellow scientists came to see him--not so much to talk about science as to talk about
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Contributed by Donny Granberry on Feb 16, 2008
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One day my mother was out and my dad was in charge of me and my brother who is four years older than I am.
I was maybe 3 and one half years old and had just recovered from an accident in which my arm had been broken among other injuries.
Someone had given me a little ’tea set’ as a get-well gift
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Feb 19, 2008
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As a boy, Larry Crabb stuttered but now he is a popular speaker and psychologist. He recalls one time as a young man when felt pressure by expectation to pray out loud because that was the tradition of his church. In a terribly confused prayer, he recalled “thanking the Father for hanging on the
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Church Of God
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Writing in LEADERSHIP MAGAZINE, Bernabe Spivey relates this incident: “Going down some old cement steps, I noticed an ant carrying a leaf on its back. The leave was many times bigger than the ant. Then the ant came to a big crack in the cement that it couldn’t cross. The ant stopped a moment.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
There is a single page from the journal of John Wesley that reads:
Sunday a.m., May 5 - Preached in St. Ann’s; was asked not to come back any more.
Sunday p.m., May 5 - Preached at St. John’s; deacons said, "Get out and stay out."
Sunday a.m., May 12 - Preached at St. Jude’s; can’t go back there
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