Contributed by Tim Najpaver on Oct 23, 2004
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Charles Finney once wrote
The church must take right ground in regard to politics. Politics are a part of a religion in a country as this, and Christians must do their duty to the country as a part of their duty to God...He will
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
Hudson Taylor, the great missionary to China, said:
"If you want God to open up the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing, then you should also expect the devil to open up the windows of hell
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Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Jun 11, 2009
A BOY’S VICTORY
I remember when out in Kansas, while holding a meeting, I saw a little boy who came up to the window crying. I went to him and said, "My little boy, what is your trouble?" "Why, Mr. Moody, my mother’s dead, and my father drinks, and they don’t love me, and the Lord won’t have
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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
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Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Feb 22, 2008
While Josh McDowell was attending seminary in California, his father went Home to be with the Lord. His mother had died years earlier, but Josh was not sure of her salvation. He became depressed, thinking that she might be lost. Was she a Christian or not? The thought obsessed him. “Lord,” he
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Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Dec 13, 2011
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SAVED COVERED BY WINGS
An article in the National Geographic several years ago provided a picture of God’s love for us. After a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park, forest rangers began their trek up a mountain to assess the damage.
One ranger found a bird literally petrified in ashes,
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 23, 2019
Matt Proctor- Several years ago, two of my nephews accompanied their mom on a visit to a friend’s house. Ben was 8, Brian was 6. Their mother’s friend was a very neat lady- a place for everything and everything in its place. Though childless, she did have a few toys and handed Ben and Brian a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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As a minister was addressing a group of men, he took a large piece of paper and made a black dot in the center of it with a marking pen. Then he held the paper up before the group and asked them what they saw. One person quickly replied, “I see a black mark.” “Right,” the preacher replied. “What
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on May 8, 2008
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PEACE WITH GOD FIRST
D. M. Lloyd Jones writes, "If you are ansious to obtain some benefits from the Queen of England, the first thing you have to discuss is, 'How can I get into Buckingham Palace? What have I to do to get admission? Then how do I approach this great personage?' It is too obvious
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006
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“May those who love us, love us; and those who don’t love us, may God turn their hearts; and if He doesn’t turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2002
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Helen Keller once said, “I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life. It
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002
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Puritans viewed the family as a little church and a little commonwealth. The home was to be a place where spiritual and moral development was nurtured – a smaller culture that impacted the larger culture.
Michael G. Moriarty, The Perfect
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Contributed by Warren Bird on Jan 18, 2004
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There is a wonderful moment near the end of “The Return of the King” when the four hobbits are stunned that the newly crowned king of men, Aragorn, kneels to honour them. I take this as an illustration of the literal
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 11, 2025
Thomas Watson, the great Puritan preacher, said: "Bless God, you his saints, that he has removed your spiritual cataract, and has enabled you to discern those things
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