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A couple of years ago, Newsweek magazine ran an article on “Faith and Healing.” The article began with this unsettling story: “On a quiet Saturday afternoon, Ming He, a fourth-year medical student in Dallas, came across a man dying in the VA Hospital. Suffering from a rare cancer and hooked up
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Contributed by William Ellis on Aug 25, 2005
Mary was only 16. After all she had her whole life to live. As she stood there outside of the clinic she would never forget what she just did. Tears filled her eyes as she walked back to her car and looked into her own mothers eyes as she closed the door. I know mom said that it would be ok and
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Church Of God
Years ago a Christian Church in Albuquerque hired a church growth expert from California. I remember his presentation to the church board while I was a Youth Minister there. He gave many suggestions, but his biggest recommendation was that the church was located in a part of town that had no
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 22, 2008
Would You Give Me One?
Don't say you would give if only you had something to give. There was a farmer who asked his neighbor, "If you had a million dollars, would you give me half of it?" The second fellow was amazed at the question and replied, "Of course, I would do that in a minute."
The
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Contributed by Tony Klinedinst on Mar 16, 2009
ILLUS: When Dr. Stephen Olford was pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church in New York City he had the opportunity of leading his brother who had been an agnostic most of his life to the Lord, as he lay in the hospital desperately ill. One day Dr. Olford was called to come to the hospital quickly and
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Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Dec 19, 2009
Receiving confirmation for a significant event or activity is often important. When I was in the South African Air Force serving as an Air Traffic Controller, I used to tease the permanent force guys mercilessly. At a certain time each year they would receive news of promotions and new assignments.
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 16, 2002
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A BUBBLING BABY, A BUBBLING JOY
On September 23, 1930, early in the morning a baby boy was born in Albany, Georgia. At that moment, of course, his family had no way of knowing that this bouncing baby boy would grow up to become one of the most beloved and respected singers and entertainers
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jun 11, 2002
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THEN GOD MADE DADS
When the Lord was creating fathers he started with a tall frame. And an angel standing nearby said, “What kind of father is that? If You’re going to make children so close to the ground, why have you put fathers up so high? He won’t be able to shoot marbles without
kneeling.
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 3, 2002
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God Reaches Out to Find Us
During an Aug. 4 Sunday school class at National Presbyterian Church, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice described how she had drifted from her Christian faith -- and how God reached out and brought her back:
"I was a preacher’s kid, so Sundays were church, no
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 3, 2001
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ILL. Dave Galloway told of a soldier who had just returned from Viet Nam. His parents were socialites, very well-to-do. It was near Christmas, and they were getting ready to go out to the first of the round of parties of the Christmas season.
Just then the phone rang, & it was their son on the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 22, 2002
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THE BABE OF ROARING CAMP
Bret Harte wrote a story entitled “The Luck of Roaring Camp”.
The story goes that Roaring Camp was supposed to be the meanest, toughest mining town in all of the West. It was reported that there were more murders and thefts than any other place around. It was a
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Contributed by Larry Elder on Jul 11, 2003
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At the age of 16 years, I was a member of Royal ranger Outpost # 4 Highland Assembly of God, Albuquerque, New Mexico. This was a top notch Ranger Ministry. The Trail Rangers consisted of 15 -17 year old boys all eager to learn and know about the outdoors.
Repelling down 120-foot shear cliffs
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Contributed by James O. Davis on Oct 28, 2003
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Some time ago as a mother was tucking her little girl into bed when the young daughter asked, “Mother, can you tell me the greatest day of your life?”
The mother thought for just a second and then said, “Honey, I can tell you the greatest day in my life. As you know, my father was a man who
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2004
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THE PERFECT MATCH- COMMUNION MEDITATION
From Daily Encounter comes this story by a Chaplain Robinson:
“In 1949, my father had just returned from the war. On every highway you could see soldiers in uniform hitchhiking home to their families. The thrill of the reunion with his family was soon
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2004
When my family lived in Kentucky I was a small boy. During blackberry season Dad would walk down the mountain after working all day inside the Mary Alice mine. As he walked down he would pick blackberries. I remember waiting out back of our coal mining camp house watching Dad coming down the
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Mark Buchanan’s shares an illustration from Leadership magazine in its Fall 2004 edition on pages 52, 53:
General Maximus comes to Rome dirty and shackled. This is not the way it’s suppose to be. Where’s Rome’s legendary pageantry to greet one of her heroes-the heraldry, the burnished armor, the
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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Edgar A. Guest was born in Birmingham, England, became a United States citizen in 1902, and eventually received the title “Poet Laureate of Michigan.” His poem “Sermons We See,” drives home the urgency of being a good, Christlike role model for others to follow:
I’d rather see a sermon
than hear
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