Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 30, 2003
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A NEW PHRASE
About 25 years ago, a new phrase slipped into the American vocabulary. Actually, the expression is as old as the New Testament itself, but for many years the world had generally ignored the term. But then Charles Colson, who was a former aide to Richard Nixon and was involved in
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Caspar ten Boon
In her famous book and film, “The Hiding Place” Corrie ten Boom tells the story of a Dutch Christian family, her family, who had a heart for the Jewish people
Her grandfather Wilhelm started a weekly prayer group in 1844 in the city of Haarlem, near Amsterdam for the salvation of
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Anglican
Contributed by Timothy Archer on Mar 8, 2004
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There is a story of a doctor that went to visit a very sick man, back in the days when doctors made house calls. The doctor took his dog along with him, and the animal waited outside, barking every once and a while to remind his master that he was there. The man said, “Doc, I’m scared. What can you
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 6, 2004
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon, "Prince of Preachers," preached his last sermon at the Tabernacle in London on June 7, 1891.
Years before, his ministry had almost come to an early end. His congregation had grown so large they had to erect this special building to accommodate the crowds who came to hear
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Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jun 11, 2004
I know some of you might have a hard time with it, but I really kind of enjoy living alone. Especially after being a middle-aged dorm student when I was in seminary. But there is one thing that I don¡¦t like. I can¡¦t blame anything on anybody. I mean, I have the dog, but there¡¦s a limit to what I
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 16, 2004
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I do not trust people who never admit faults or sins. It tells me that they are either living under a delusion or they have filled their lives with so much busyness that they make no space for introspection. This week I was reading a book titled Revolution in World Missions by K.P. Yohannan.
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When I finally decided to do what God wanted, I realized this first hand. Within the span of one week, my wife and I had several negative things happen in our lives. First, a close family friend died of a massive heart attack. Two days after that, we found out that her grandmother was diagnosed
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 23, 2004
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When she turned 21, Tammy Harris from Roanoke, Virginia, began searching for her biological mother. After a year, she had not succeeded. What she didn’t know was that her mother, Joyce Schultz, had been trying to locate her for twenty years.
According to a recent Associated Press story, there
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jul 19, 2004
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Each day the young pastor stopped at a deli-market for fruit juice on the way to work. Each day, with kindness in his voice, he greeted the man behind the counter, a middle-eastern man with Islamic beliefs. On many occasions the young pastor shared his faith in Jesus Christ with the man behind the
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Raymond Maurer on Jul 21, 2004
“We’ve long known that the ability to laugh is helpful to those coping with major illness and the stress of life’s problems. But researchers are now saying laughter can do a lot more -- it can basically bring balance to all the components of the immune system, which helps us fight off
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 2, 2004
Listen to some of these statistics from the US bureau on Statistics about the 1990’s. Every 30 seconds there was a divorce in America. Every 4th child in America was born to an unwed mother. STD’s have reached medically defined epidemic proportions. 47% of all children in America now live in homes
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Christian Church
Contributed by Gene Gregory on Dec 7, 2004
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In 1932 Herbert Taylor was assigned the job of saving an aluminum products company from bankruptcy. The company’s products were better than their competitor’s. Their sales people were no better than their competitors’. So he decided that their company would be known for the character,
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Baptist
Contributed by Timothy Smith on Dec 25, 2004
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Robert Zemeckis, not only directed The Polar Express but helped write the screenplay. He said, “This is a story everyone can relate to. So many of us, as children or adults, have questioned our belief in something or gone through the process of having our faith tested and restored. Kids can take
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Christian Church
Contributed by Ric Feeney on Jun 7, 2004
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Halfway through the second grade, Mrs. Sergeant, who lived up to her name, sent a note home to the young boy’s parents. It was added onto his report card and therefore entered into his permanent record. It said, “Your son day dreams too much. He is always looking out the window and his mind
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Brethren
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