Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 31, 2008
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SOMEONE ELSE IS PUNISHED
There was once a movie called The Last Emperor. A young child was anointed as the last emperor of China and lived a life of luxury with 1,000 servants at his command.
He was once asked by his brother, "What happens when you do wrong?"
"When I do wrong, someone else is
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Imagine how surprising Matthew’s life was to him. One day he’s sitting at the tax collector’s booth, busily engaged in taking whatever he can get from people. That night he’s got Jesus in his house, throwing a dance party. And the next day -- the very next day -- he’s in the house of the ruler of
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by George Rennau on Aug 25, 2003
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An American missionary was traveling across Korea by train. At a busy station an old man boarded and sat across from Him. The man was Korean and he addressed the American in his native tongue.
The Missionary responded in the only Korean phrase that he knew which was "I DON’T UNDERSTAND".
A few
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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The noted Bible scholar James M. Gray told a story that underscores the importance of reading the Scriptures for personal growth. He said that when he was a young Bible teacher he became deeply impressed by the peace and spiritual poise of a friend with whom he often talked. Since Gray wanted that
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 27, 2006
Jeff Hartings (Steelers Center) accompanied Steelers chaplain Jay Wilson on a mission trip to Nicaragua in 2004 and said that trip, along with the knee injury he overcame to gain his Pro Bowl status, has changed his career.
“God humbled me with the injury, but over last three years I’ve been able
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Wesleyan
Contributed by David Selleck on Oct 26, 2006
Mike Yaconneli talks about Eric. “I’ll never forget the day Eric, a recovering alcoholic, stood up in our church during announcements. Eric’s lifelong battle with alcohol had been mostly unsuccessful. He had been in and our of jail, and his drinking was taking its toll on his marriage. ‘I need
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Methodist
Contributed by Guy De Swardt on Apr 1, 2010
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Charles Colson who was put into jail for his part in the Watergate scandal in America so many years ago now, subsequently found Jesus in prison and today he heads up an international ministry to people in prisons all around the world.
He writes in his book Who Speaks for God? …about a man by the
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Baptist
Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jul 8, 2010
A pastor told of a woman in his church that had the spiritual gift of service and mercy. Over and over she was used in situations that brought great honor to the Lord. There was a woman in the community with eight children. The terrible news came to this mother that her husband had been killed
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Baptist
Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 19, 2010
MITCH ALBOM: TESTIMONY
Mitch Albom is the author of the bestselling book titled, "Tuesdays with Morrie." He wrote another book recently called "Have a Little Faith." In describing his motivation for writing it, he will tell you that up until a few years ago he would have been among the many that
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Nazarene
Contributed by T D on Dec 28, 2010
WAR ON POVERTY FAILS
I don't think any of us would consider ourselves to be wealthy when it comes to the top level of money makers in the USA, and while we clearly are not as well off as we were a year ago, our level of wealth and possibilities of being able to make a living far surpasses most of
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Evangelical Free
AT WAR WITH OUR VICES
On July 4, 1776 fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence. Citing numerous abuses of the law and the oppressive and unjust rule of the king of England, these men pledged their honor, their lives and their livelihood to the cause of justice and freedom. We have
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Lutheran
Contributed by Tim Smith on May 12, 2013
DO NOT TRUST YOUR EYES
The enemy's strategy is to be invisible, so we have to always be on guard.
Mike Slaughter tells the story of his mission trip back to Darfur and traveling from their compound in Ed Daein to Adilla Town, which is a six-hour round trip over rough desert terrain. On this
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Methodist
Today is Nigeria’s 32nd Independence anniversary. At a time like this, every one of us needs to ask the question whether the independence we are celebrating today has any relevance to the one we got in the year 1960.
In the same vein, many of us Christians need to ask ourselves whether the freedom
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Pentecostal