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It was 1741, and an old man was wandering the streets of London. His name was George Frederick Handel. At this point, he was angry at life. His mind kept going back to the time when he was famous and had the applause of royalty and the elite of London. But now his mind was full of despair and
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Methodist
Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 7, 2002
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There was a man marooned on an island who was desperately looking for a boat to come by and rescue him. After many days praying and asking God to send a boat to rescue him, he sighted a boat and his hopes were lifted. He ran out on the beach took some shirts and waved them to get the attention of
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Baptist
Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Dec 16, 2004
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When a man and a woman are married, there is a part in the ceremony where they each agree to take the other. After this, the minister pronounces them "husband and wife." And from that day forward, the bride takes on a new name.
God the Father spoke to Jesus, the bridegroom, concerning me one day,
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Humanism is mans rebellion against and alienation from God. This is mans slavery. How can that which produced mans slavery set him free from it? All mans efforts to possess a self-contained freedom, to find the meaning of life by his own wisdom, to build a worthy
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A CHILD'S VIEW OF GOD
Many of you know that I did not grow up in the church. My family was not religious, and so, we seldom spoke of God. Still in all, even as a child, I had some conception of God. I don’t know where I got it or how I picked it up, but I had an undeveloped, primitive theology. I
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Aug 23, 2009
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SEEING IN THE GLORY OF GOD
Tom Long, professor of Homiletics at Candler School of Theology, tells the story of striking up a conversation with a man on a plane. He said they shared the normal kind of nice chit chat, sharing what they each did for a living and sharing pictures of their families.
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United Methodist
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: Paul Esheman, the man responsible for distributing millions of copies of the Jesus film around the world, tells bout the time that the film was shown at a refugee camp I Mozambique on the southeast coast of Africa. Although most of the people had never heard the gospel, they fell in love with
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 8, 2007
Quotes: The Test of a Truly Great Man
It was John Riskin who said, “I believe the first test of a truly great man is his humility. I do not mean by humility, doubt of his own power, or hesitation in speaking his opinion. But really great men have a ... feeling that the greatness is not in them but
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Other
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GOD'S HOMING DEVICE
It is interesting to note how many creatures of nature have what scientists have called a homing instinct.
“The question has sometimes been raised whether or not man ever possessed this same homing instinct and lost it through the ages in his preoccupation with other things”.
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United Methodist
Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Jun 10, 2024
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A bit of an aside, I can remember when I have pulled a few all night jobs out of necessity back in my power distribution days when a fault would require repairing, nothing like a 24 plus hour day to exhaust you. Lack of sleep is never a good thing, but in Jacob’s case it led to a change in the man
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Mike Leiter on Jan 15, 2003
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A woman and a man are involved in a car accident.
It’s a bad one. Both of their cars are demolished but
amazingly neither of them is hurt. After they crawl out of their cars, the woman says, "So, you’re a man... That’s interesting. I’m a woman. Wow, just look at our cars! There’s nothing left,
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Vineyard
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 18, 2002
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THE ONE TRUE GOD
"Back in my Bible college days I struck up a friendship with a man from the Far East. Before his conversion to Christianity, the worship of man-made wooden images and human-like deities was a way of life. As a little boy, the question came to his mind one day, 'Why do I worship
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