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John Maxwell states, “It’s amazing what can happen to and through an ordinary man when God pours a little hardship and the power of the Holy Spirit into the mix…One ordinary man, a little persecution, and a touch from the Spirit of God led to massive conversions in the city of Samaria. As Jesus had
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Listen to me now. There was this Christian man who was asked if he could remember the sermon that was preached recently. When told ‘no’, he was asked why he even went to church if he seemingly got so little out of it. His reply went something like this: ‘well I don’t recall all the meals that
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 27, 2006
In his essay on morality in the book, “Mere Christianity”, Lewis made a strong argument for the worth of the individual in light of Christianity’s teaching that people are eternal and not simply ceasing to exist when they leave this world.
“If individuals live only seventy years, then a state,
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Contributed by Tony Abram on Mar 3, 2007
Give Me New England!
For three days Edwards had not eaten a mouthful of food: for three nights he had not closed his eyes in sleep. Over and over again, he had been saying to God, "Give me New England! Give me New England!" and when he arose from his knees, and made his way into the pulpit they say
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Contributed by Daniel Austin on Mar 28, 2007
Calvin Coolidge was vice president of the United States during the years of 1921-1923, under President Warren Harding. He was not a very active vice president, but he took great pleasure in presiding over the Senate. One day, as he was presiding, one senator angrily told another to go “straight to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Our mistakes wont irreparably damage our lives unless we let them. It is said that in making Persian rugs the artist stands before the rug while a group of boys stands behind to pull the thread after the artist starts it. If one of the boys makes a mistake, the artist adjusts the pattern
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"My God, I have never thanked Thee for my thorn. I have thanked Thee a thousand times for my roses, but not once for my thorn. I have been looking forward to a world where I shall get compensation for my cross; but I have never thought of my cross as itself a present glory. Teach me the glory of my
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 22, 2009
Not too many years ago newspapers carried the story of Al Johnson, a Kansas man who came to faith in Jesus Christ. What made his story remarkable was not his conversion, but the fact that as a result of his newfound faith in Christ, he confessed to a bank robbery he had participated in when he was
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MODERN-DAY IDOLATRY
A couple of weeks ago one of the men in our Pueblo told about a time when one of the executives in his company made the statement: "This company is our life."
He said he couldn't help but speak up. He said, "I'm loyal to the company, but it is NOT my life. God is first in my
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 27, 2012
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TOUGH TEACHER
A school teacher injured his back and had to wear a plaster cast around the upper part of his body. It fit under his shirt and was not noticeable at all. On the first day of the term, still with the cast under his shirt, he found himself assigned to the toughest students in
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BARNA: GOD'S TRUTH
George Barna from his book Turning Vision Into Action states, "Abraham was successful until God showed him that material wealth was poverty in eternity. Moses had it made as the adopted son of the Egyptian pharaoh, but he discovered that the finest clothing, the best education
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007
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Actor Jack Benney attracted his wife by sending her a red rose every day. They began to date and she received a red rose everyday of their courtship and he continued to send them every day for their married life. When he died, the roses kept coming every day. His wife contacted the florist to
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Contributed by Randy Hohf on Feb 6, 2008
a) Ever see the movie Clue? Albert Einstein and his colleagues pass off a local garage mechanic as some surprise genius, coaching him so that he can give lectures on physics to gatherings of scholars (it was all a match-making scheme to get him hooked up with Einstein’s niece). Of course, it was so
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Contributed by Ajai Prakash on May 9, 2008
Not too many years ago newspapers carried the story of Al Johnson, a Kansas man who came to faith in Jesus Christ. What made his story remarkable was not his conversion, but the fact that as a result of his newfound faith in Christ, he confessed to a bank robbery he had participated in when he was
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Contributed by Daniel Haas on Aug 22, 2008
Matthew 14:13-21
Mark 6:30-44
Luke 9:10-17
John 6:1-15
"By the breaking of the bread, he makes it into a seedbed of food--for if the bread had been left intact and not pulled apart and broken into pieces, they would have been unable to feed the great crowds of men, women, and children...Mysteries
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