Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2004
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THE ARITHMETIC OF HEAVEN
Someone asked Daniel Webster, who happened to be a fervent Christian, "How can a man of your intellect believe in the Trinity?"
"I do not pretend fully to understand the arithmetic of heaven now," he replied.
SOURCE: "God in Three Persons: A Doctrine
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Contributed by Noah Kaye on Apr 21, 2005
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A young minister, in the first days of his new church, was asked to conduct a funeral for a man who had just died. Standing before the open casket and consoling the widow, he said, "I know this must be a very hard thing, Mrs. Vernon. But we must
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Mennonite
Contributed by Bud Rose on Nov 26, 2005
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A missionary went to Sierra Leone, West Africa. When she first arrived there, she was fascinated to see people wearing American T-shirts even when they didn’t know what the words meant. Her biggest laugh came the day she saw a man wearing
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 30, 2006
General John B. Sedgwick, May 9,1864, on the battlefield in Spotsylvania. A soldier, just in front of him, heard a sharpshooter’s bullet go overhead and he ducked to the ground. Why, my man, I am ashamed of you, dodging that way. They couldn’t hit an
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by John Tung on Jan 24, 2007
We have a neighbor who has hired the same person to do their yard maintenance for years. This man would mow their grass, edge the lawn, trim the bushes, seed the grass. And now they talk as if they are friends. They ask about each other’s family and vacations. They talk
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Wilson Mcmahon on Feb 28, 2007
Short and Long Term Survival
(from E-Sword)
Here is a spiritual insight from Charles A. Lindbergh: "Short term survival may depend on the knowledge of
nuclear physicists and the performance of supersonic aircraft, but long term survival depends alone on the
character of man. We must
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Church Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"See to it that when morning breaks you go to God for sustenance for your spiritual life. That will make you strong against the allurements of the Devil. So many people turn out to face the temptations of the day spiritually unfed, spiritually hungry, and therefore they are attacked by all kinds of
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 13, 2010
DR MARTIN LLOYD JONES WROTE - THE TROUBLE WITH PEOPLE, WHO ARE NOT SEEKING FOR A SAVIOR, AND FOR SALVATION, IS THAT THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF SIN. IT IS A PECULIAR FUNCTION OF THE LAW TO BRING SUCH AN UNDERSTANDING TO A MANS MIND AND CONSCIENCE. THAT IS WHY GREAT EVANGELICAL PREACHERS
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Baptist
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 19, 2010
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MARY, JOSEPH, AND KIDDUSHIN
David Stern comments, "The Hebrew/Aramaic word for betrothal is "kiddushin," which signifies "sanctification, separation," i.e., the setting aside and separating of a particular woman for a particular man. According to the Mishna, adultery during the betrothal period
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Jeff Ecklund on Jan 28, 2011
WHERE HAVE ALL THE OLD MEN GONE?
Why do we get outdated and obsolete? Why are there so few over fifty that are on the cutting edge? Cabeb, feisty old die-hard that he was, wouldn’t understand. At eighty-five he stormed the heights,
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A mayor in Brazil, Da Silva was seeking to make its citizens get adequate health care and solve the problem of a lack of burial space. He proposed that a fine or jail time for the family of those who had family members who died too
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Baptist
Contributed by Ian Biss on Oct 1, 2001
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One evening Sam left his bible study group where his pastor was teaching on listening to God, convinced that he would listen when he felt God was speaking to him. It was at that very moment that Sam felt the compulsion to buy a gallon of milk. So he pulled over at the nearest shopette and bought a
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Grace Brethren
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