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  • Many People Think Money Is Security, But I ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 18, 2004
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    Many people think money is security, but I Timothy 6:9 warns that it can be just the opposite. A few years ago, columnist Jim Bishop reported what happened to people who won the state lottery: Rosa Grayson of Washington won $400 a week for life. She hides in her apartment. For the first time in her ...read more

  • I Don't Know What I May Do Tomorrow

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Aug 30, 2004
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    "I Don’t Know What I May Do Tomorrow" Many times Christians say, "Of course I know I’m saved now, Paster, but I don’t know what I may do tomorrow. One lady I knew pretty well said this to me. I responded with, "That’s strange, I know what you will do tomorrow." She looked incredulous and I went ...read more

  • During The Mau Mau Uprising In Kenya In 1960, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 17, 2004
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    During the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya in 1960, missionaries Matt and Lora Higgens were returning one night to Nairobi through the heart of Mau Mau territory, where Kenyans and missionaries alike had been killed and dismembered. Seventeen miles outside of Nairobi their Land Rover stopped. Higgens ...read more

  • The Stats On Prayer  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 1, 2004
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    THE STATS ON PRAYER A Newsweek poll several years ago titled "Is God Listening?" indicated that 54% of those the magazine surveyed prayed on a daily basis - 25% said they pray to God once a day and 29% more than once a day. 87% believed that God answers their prayers at least some of the time. ...read more

  • Has Anyone Ever Told A Fish Story Before? Well, I ...  PRO

    Contributed by Daniel Wheat on Jan 9, 2005
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    Has anyone ever told a fish story before? Well, I was stationed in Alaska where I had the opportunity of a lifetime to fish for Alaska King Salmon. And let me tell you they get B-I-G! In fact I caught one King Salmon that was this (stretching arms out fully) big….ok my wife says I should be honest ...read more

  • I Mentioned Brian Mclaren's Book "A Generous ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Feb 21, 2005
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    I mentioned Brian McLaren’s book “A Generous Orthodoxy” last week. The chapter after “Would Jesus Be a Christian” is titled, “Jesus, Savior of What?” In this chapter he argues that while Jesus did come to save us as individuals, we in the west have placed such a strong emphasis on personal ...read more

  • Clenched Fist Toward God  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 28, 2005
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    Clenched Fist Toward God A story I heard personally from Malcolm Muggeridge (that stirred me then and still does even yet) was his account of a conversation he had with Svetlana Stalin, the daughter of Josef Stalin. She spent some time with Muggeridge in his home in England while they were working ...read more

  • I Had The Privilege To Speak On The Phone With ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Sep 14, 2005
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    I had the privilege to speak on the phone with Jim Difford whom is working with the Louisiana Baptist Convention. In the midst of disaster they and many other churches are getting to minister to Christ by meeting the needs of the hungry, providing shelter, clothing and helping the physically ...read more

  • Ultra Orthodox Jews Still Today Form Hedges For ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Sep 3, 2006
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    Ultra orthodox Jews still today form hedges for instance: Israel’s major airline, El Al, recently rejected a plea by ultra-orthodox Jews with a priestly heritage to fly inside body bags. Why would someone want to do this? Ritual law states that a priest who enters cemetery becomes religiously ...read more

  • The Old Testament (Which Was Finished Over 400 ...  PRO

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jan 16, 2007
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    The Old Testament (which was finished over 400 years before the birth of Jesus) contains at least 450 prophecies about the birth, life, and death of the Messiah. Peter Stoner (a professor of Science at Westmont College) decided to calculate the probability that one person could fulfill just EIGHT ...read more

  • Pilgrims Progress...

    Contributed by Mark Ferrante on Jan 20, 2007
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    Pilgrims Progress... Well, on Saturday, about midnight they began to pray, and continued in prayer till almost break of day. Now, a little before it was day, good Christian, as one half amazed, brake out into this passionate speech: What a fool, quoth he, am I, thus to lie in a stinking dungeon, ...read more

  • Captain Jack's Compass  PRO

    Contributed by Susan Blader on Jan 21, 2007
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    Captain Jack’s Compass In the movie, “The Pirates of the Caribbean,” Captain Jack Sparrow has a compass. It is no ordinary compass. Rather than pointing north, it points toward whatever the person holding it wants most. It might be treasure, or a person, or a location. But it only works if the ...read more

  • Shane Claiborne, Who Spent A Summer In The Slums ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 25, 2007
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    Shane Claiborne, who spent a summer in the slums of Calcutta with Mother Teresa, wrote about her experience there. She said, “People often ask me what Mother Teresa was like. Sometimes it’s like they wonder if she glowed in the dark or had a halo. She was short, wrinkled, and precious, maybe ...read more

  • Some Of You Are Familiar With The Musical Man Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    Some of you are familiar with the musical Man of Lamancha. 1. It is the story of Don Quixote, the weird character who jousts with windmills and envisions himself as a knight slaying dragons. 2. The most poignant part of the musical is his relationship with Aldonza. 3. She was a woman of ...read more

  • There Is A Picture Mounted On One Of The Original ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Apr 5, 2007
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    There is a picture mounted on one of the original Norman pillars of our Church here at St Nicholas’ Church in New Romney, Kent, England. You will find it on the pillar closest to the war memorial at the back of Church and it is about a game of Chess. In the picture, Faust is engaged in a ...read more

  • In Her Book, "Living With Love," Josephine ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In her book, "Living with Love," Josephine Robertson tells a story. "In 1883, a youthful clergyman, the Rev. Joe Roberts, arrived by stagecoach in a blizzard to minister to the Indians of Wyoming. This great, wild area had been assigned to the Protestant Episcopal Church by President Grant. Soon ...read more

  • The Power Of Love

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The Power of Love Newspaper columnist and Minister George Crane tell of a wife who came into his office full of hatred toward her husband. “I do not only want to get rid of him; I want to get even. Before I divorce him, I want to hurt him as much as he has me.” Dr Crane suggested an ingenious ...read more

  • Another Chuck Swindoll Story Illustrates This ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Another Chuck Swindoll story illustrates this principle. This new clock was ticking away on the shelf two ticks to the second as any good, self-respecting clock should tick when it began to think about how many times it was going to have to tick. “Two ticks to the second means 120 ticks per ...read more

  • I Was At A Conference Years Ago, And I Found ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jun 18, 2007
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    I was at a conference years ago, and I found myself in this pastor’s small group discussion, a bunch of these old guys. The conversation turned to the subject of Jesus being the exclusive way to salvation (which by the way, is sound orthodox theology, clear biblical interpretation handed down for ...read more

  • I Remember The Time When Everywhere You Look You ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sylvester Fergusson on Jul 17, 2007
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    I remember the time when everywhere you look you could see butterflies: butterflies of various shades and colours: yellow, brown, green, white and even multicoloured ones. Nowadays one can hardly see any. Yet caterpillars seem to be present in abundance. Just the other day I was inspecting a tree ...read more