Contributed by Spencer Miller on May 26, 2013
Michael Jordan is probably the greatest basketball player in the history of the game, and at one time he was asked about the so-called secret of his success. And Mr. Jordan answered by saying; "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted
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In December 1903, after many attempts, the Wright brothers were successful in getting their "flying machine" off the ground. Thrilled, they telegraphed this message to their sister Katherine: "We have actually flown 120 feet. Will be home for Christmas."
Katherine hurried to
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Contributed by Timothy Brown on Feb 7, 2010
Illustration: A man found a cocoon of the emperor moth and took it home to watch it emerge. One day a small opening appeared, and for several hours the moth struggled but couldn't seem to force its body past a certain point. Deciding something was wrong, the man took scissors and snipped the
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Contributed by Chris Edmondson on May 28, 2007
Let’s go back to their argument. If the issue isn’t really about abortion but a woman’s right to control her own body, then why doesn’t the pro-choice agenda include drugs and prostitution? Aren’t laws against those just as restrictive to a woman’s right to choose what she will and will not do with
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Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 14, 2010
A CHRIST-LIKE SCHEDULE
If Jesus Christ were here today, do you think He would serve on three church committees; drive in the car pool on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; attend two services on Sunday; manage a boys' organization; serve on the lunch committee at the local synagogue or church; and
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Contributed by Alan Stokes on Mar 4, 2001
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Fulton J. Sheen has written these words from the heart, “The human heart is not shaped like a valentine heart, perfect and regular in contour; it is slightly irregular in shape as if a small piece of it were missing out of its side. That missing part...may very well man that when God created each
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Holiness
Contributed by Michael Elmore on Jan 17, 2002
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What Is Revelation Like?
The story is told that after Helen Keller’s teacher, Anne
Sullivan, had given her the names of physical objects in
sign language, Miss Sullivan attempted to explain God and
tapped out the symbols for the name "God." Much to Miss
Sullivan’s
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Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Nov 5, 2006
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CHILREN’S SERMON
I once heard about a confrontation between a young boy and his mother.
The mother asked her son, "Young man, there were two cookies in the pantry this morning! May I ask how it happened that there’s only one now?"
The boy didn’t flinch but said, "It must’ve been so dark I didn’t
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Dr. David Seamands in his book Healing for Damaged Emotions says, “The two primary causes of emotional stress are the failure to receive forgiveness and the failure to forgive.” [Wheaton, ILL: Victor Books, 1989, pp.29-30]
Or as the great philosopher Lucy explained to Charlie Brown at the end of
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Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 26, 2008
The story is told that after Helen Keller’s teacher,
Anne Sullivan, had given her
the names of physical objects in sign language,
Miss Sullivan attempted to explain God
and tapped out the symbols for the name "God."
Much to Miss Sullivan’s surprise,
Helen spelled back,
"Thank you for telling
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Mennonite
Contributed by Jesse Roncales on Mar 12, 2010
James Innel Packer, in his article, Poor Health may be the Best Remedy, says,
“Perfect physical health is promised not for this life, but for heaven, as part of the resurrection glory that awaits us in the
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Contributed by Kennith Hughes on Feb 16, 2007
Each ministry has an individual message for the body of Christ (spiritual food for a well-rounded diet in order to make the body healthy). In days past the church’s religionist didn’t allow for the full ministry but basically accepted the Pastor, Teacher, and Evangelist.
Thus we were three fifths
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Kennith Hughes on Feb 16, 2007
Each ministry has an individual message for the body of Christ (spiritual food for a well-rounded diet in order to make the body healthy). In days past the church’s religionist didn’t allow for the full ministry but basically accepted the Pastor, Teacher, and Evangelist.
Thus we were three fifths
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"God gives you the privilege and the indescribable honor of presenting your bodies to the Holy Spirit, to be His dwelling place on earth. If you have been washed in the blood of the Lamb, then yours is a holy body,
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