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  • High Society: The Princeton Society Directory

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Sep 1, 2009
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    HIGH SOCIETY: The Princeton Society Directory When Katie and I were in Seminary years ago, we were broke. So we did whatever we could to get by. One of the things we did was housesitting for people in town when they were on vacation. What we looked for most was folks who would let us use their ...read more

  • Love In The Home

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 3, 2010
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    LOVE IN THE HOME If I live in a house of spotless beauty with everything in its place, but have not love, I am a housekeeper--not a homemaker. If I have time for waxing, polishing, and decorative achievements, but have not love, my children learn cleanliness--not godliness. Love leaves the ...read more

  • Perhaps No Composer Has Captured The Musical ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 20, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,365 views

    Perhaps no composer has captured the musical heart and soul of America as did Irving Berlin. In addition to familiar favorites such as "God Bless America" and "Easter Parade," he wrote, "I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas," which still ranks as the all-time best-selling musical score. In an ...read more

  • Love Of A Disciple  PRO

    Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on Jul 6, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,300 views

    LOVE OF A DISCIPLE Tertullian, an early Christian author, reported that the Romans would exclaim, "See how they love one another," and Justin Martyr, a Greek-speaking Christian apologist, sketched Christian love this way: "We who used to value the acquisition of wealth and possessions more than ...read more

  • Love As Evangelism

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,964 views

    Love as Evangelism When Henry Stanley went out in 1871 and found Dr. Livingstone, (remember: "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?") he spent some months in his company, but Livingstone never spoke to Stanley about spiritual things. Throughout those months Stanley just watched the old man. Livingstone’s ...read more

  • Love Your ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,137 views

    LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR Fred Douglas Shepard was born on September 11, 1855 in Ellenburg, New York in Clinton County. His father died while he was very young and his mother spent most of her adult life as an invalid. It was probably through this that Fred became associated with illness and caring for ...read more

  • Yearning For Your Beloved

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Nov 27, 2010
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    YEARNING FOR YOUR BELOVED Hearing God’s voice begins as a matter of affection. We have to listen for the voice of God the way a lover listens for the voice of the beloved. During the year before my wife and I were married, I lived in a remote city, and what I discovered is that there is no pain ...read more

  • Over Three Decades Ago, Dr. Gary Chapman Authored ...

    Contributed by Allen Calkins on Nov 24, 2009
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    Over three decades ago, Dr. Gary Chapman authored a marriage enrichment book that has become a classic in the field. It has helped millions of married couples draw closer to one another by giving them the tools they need to express their love for one another in the “love language” their spouse ...read more

  • Student Of Love

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Feb 17, 2009
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    STUDENT OF LOVE I know a man named James Bailey, from Marks, Mississippi, who was one of my former deacons. James Bailey was a grown man when he became a Christian. He had only gone to school through the 4th grade and never learned to read when he was in school. James Bailey was a hard man and ...read more

  • I Love The Song, "Give" By The Christian Group ...  PRO

    Contributed by Pat Cook on May 16, 2005
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    I love the song, “Give” by the Christian group Third Day. The words are very simple. “You said all that follow You may find comfort and pain, blessings in hard times. Were I to leave, where else would I go? The words of life and of truth You hold. And all I want is love – I confess to this. I will ...read more

  • While Living In Mississippi I Loved To Hunt And ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Doyle on Aug 22, 2005
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    While living in Mississippi I loved to hunt and took every opportunity to do so. One day, our 5 year old begged and begged me to take him hunting. Finally, I acquiesced. Now every sane person knows that no one takes a 5 year old hunting. But we did go into the woods together. He had his ...read more

  • I Used To Ask God If He Would Come And Help Me. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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    I used to ask God if He would come and help me. Then I asked if I could come and help Him. Finally I ended by asking God to do ...read more

  • Romans 8:28 We Know That In All Things God Works ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 18, 2008
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    Romans 8:28 We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him... Sometimes we just want things to turn out well – especially in a bad situation. Before Tom left for deployment to Iraq – he prayed that God will guide him in doing good in a land full of violence. Recently, his ...read more

  • Sacrificial Love

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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     | 7,047 views

    SACRIFICIAL LOVE March 2008. A Starbucks barista (server), 51-year-old Sandie Andersen, donated a kidney to a regular, longtime customer, in order to save her life. 55-year-old Annamarie Ausnes stated during a talk with Andersen that she needed a kidney transplant. The only problem was that her ...read more

  • You're Not From Around Here.

    Contributed by Ken Pell on May 6, 2013
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    "YOU'RE NOT FROM AROUND HERE." There is not much you can do about it. Once you have been around it everybody else knows. I’m talking about the red dirt of western Oklahoma. It’s caused by the iron in the soil that, after being oxidized, turns to rust. It seems that nothing can erase or clean ...read more

  • Five Brothers Were Walking Along A Road When ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 15, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
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    Five brothers were walking along a road when they saw a sign: “party tonight!” It announced. “Free food, drink, music, dance.” And best of all, at the bottom it said, “hosted in person by The King.” The first brother read the poster and said, “I’m not interested.” I’m going to stay home and ...read more

  • Loving Neighbour

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Feb 29, 2016
     | 3,821 views

    A Little Pointer on Keeping a Balance Here’s a little bonus tip that I’ve found helpful to keep my wits about me as I live next to these wild Vikings we call sinners, pagans, and wacko unbelievers while keeping my vertical relationship with God strong. It’s called “whimsical holiness,” which is ...read more

  • Like Eggs

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    C. S. Lewis – It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on ...read more

  • Known By The Likeness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,850 views

    ((Bill Morgan?)) says that On a wall near the main entrance to the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, is a portrait with the following inscription: "James Butler Bonham--no picture of him exists. This portrait is of his nephew, Major James Bonham, deceased, who greatly resembled his uncle. It is placed ...read more

  • Be Like Him

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 8, 2010
     | 1,510 views

    BE LIKE HIM Oft, when we admire someone, we say, “I wish I could be like him or her.” My son Keith admires Glenn (our chairman) greatly. And I am glad, because Glenn is a good role model. But more than anything, I ...read more