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  • John Fischer, On A Hill Too Far Away: Tells ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    John Fischer, On a Hill Too Far Away: tells about a church in Old Greenwich, CT which has a ten-foot cross located not on a wall or suspended from the ceiling or even on the steeple of the building. This cross is bolted firmly in front of the platform not three feet from where the preacher ...read more

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  • George Muller Was Asked, "What Is The Secret Of ...

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    George Muller was asked, “What is the secret of your service to God?” Muller’s response was this: “There was a day when I died, utterly died, died to George Muller, his opinions, preferences, tastes and will…died to the world, its approval and censure…died to the approval or blame ...read more

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  • Fifty-Six Men Signed The Declaration Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence. Their conviction resulted in untold sufferings for themselves and their families. Of the 56 men, five were captured by the British and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the ...read more

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  • Fifty-Six Men Signed The Declaration Of ...

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    Fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence. Their conviction resulted in untold sufferings for themselves and their families. Of the 56 men, five were captured by the British and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the ...read more

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  • James Bryant Conant: "Behold The Turtle; He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    James Bryant Conant: “Behold the turtle; he makes progress only when ...read more

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  • Eugene Kennedy: "The Real Test Of Friendship Is: ...

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    Eugene Kennedy: "The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those ...read more

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  • Clarence Darrow, A Famous Attorney In The Early ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Clarence Darrow, a famous attorney in the early 1900’s – said on the saddest statements I have ever heard: “I wish I could believe in the Bible, like you people—I just can’t. And I ...read more

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  • There's A Story About A Local Fitness Center, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There’s a story about a local fitness center, which was offering $1,000 to anyone who could demonstrate that they were stronger than the owner of the place. Here’s how it worked. This muscle man would squeeze a lemon until all the juice ran into a glass, and then hand the lemon to the next ...read more

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  • Winston Churchill: And Where Were You?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Winston Churchill: "And where were you?" In the early days of World War II, Winston Churchill called Britain’s coal miners together. A great crisis had arisen. The miners were not getting out enough coal to fuel the factories that produced the planes, ships, etc., so desperately needed. When the ...read more

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  • A Tired Hunter Out In The Wilderness Stumbled ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A tired hunter out in the wilderness stumbled into a camp. “Am I glad to see you,” he said. “I’ve been lost for three days.” “Don’t get too excited, friend,” the other hunter replied. “I’ve been lost for three weeks.” "Cash, check or charge?" A clerk asked, after folding items the woman wished to ...read more

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  • Menelik Was The King Of Ethiopia From 1899 To ...

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    Menelik was the king of Ethiopia from 1899 to 1913. He heard about a new device that could be used for dealing with hardened criminals, so he ordered one. When his new electric chair arrived he was severely disappointed that it wouldn’t work. It seems that Ethiopia would not have electricity for ...read more

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  • Total Sacrifice For Wife

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Total Sacrifice for wife It is said that Cyrus, the founder of the Persian Empire, once had captured a prince and his family. When they came before him, the monarch asked the prisoner, “What will you give me if I release you?” “The half of my wealth,” was his reply. “And if I release your ...read more

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  • Suffering

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Suffering One of the most powerful prayers in the midst of suffering was uncovered from the horrors of Ravensbruck concentration camp. Ravensbruck was a concentration camp built in 1939 for women. Over 90,000 women and children perished in Ravensbruck, murdered by the Nazis. Corrie Ten Boom, who ...read more

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  • He Wasn't Cured But He Was Healed

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    He wasn’t cured but he was healed Can sickness, even sickness unto death, be such a blessing for a Christian? On the surface it would seem not. How can a Christian do God’s will if he is lying in bed, flat on his back? How can pain, discomfort, medical treatment and surgery as well as the ...read more

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  • Molokai

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Molokai You have probably never heard of the island of Molokai. Well, it’s located in the state of Hawaii. And it has quite a history. You have to go way back to the late 1800’s to understand its significance. You see, back then, there was no cure for the highly contagious and deadly disease called ...read more

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  • All Have Sinned And Fallen Short Of The Glory ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    … All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23 NIV) Somerset Maugham, the writer, once said, “If I wrote down every thought I have ever thought and every deed I have ever done, men would call me a monster of ...read more

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  • Kagawa Is A Famous Japanese Christian. He Said ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Kagawa is a famous Japanese Christian. He said that in the cross he found Christianity’s greatest uniqueness. He said, “I am grateful for Shinto, for Confucianism and for Buddhism. I owe much to these faiths. Yet these three faiths utterly failed to minister to my heart’s deepest needs. I was a ...read more

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  • This Was Not The Despairing Cry Of A Helpless ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    “This was not the despairing cry of a helpless martyr. It was not an expression of satisfaction that the end of His sufferings was now reached. It was not the last gasp of a worn-out life. No, it was the declaration on the part of the Divine Redeemer that all for which He came from heaven to earth ...read more

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  • The Love Of God Is One Of The Great Realities ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    "The love of God is one of the great realities of the universe, a pillar upon which the hope of the world rests." (Albert M. Wells, Jr. ...read more

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  • C.s. Lewis Said This About Redemption, "It Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    C.S. Lewis said this about redemption, “It is not an abstraction called humanity that is to be saved. It is you, …your soul, and, in some sense yet to be understood, even your body, that was made for the high and holy place. All that you are…every fold and crease of your individuality was devised ...read more

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