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  • Cleaning Up Our Wounds

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Feb 8, 2009
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    CLEANING UP OUR WOUNDS Moira, Stephen and I love watching ‘Casualty’ on BBC1. We were catching up on an old episode this week, so please turn away if you’re squeamish! (But I won’t show you my scars!) A lady had an open wound in her foot. As the nurse rolled back her thick socks to reveal the ...read more

  • Miracles

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    MIRACLES I’m reminded of the poem by Clay Harrison entitled "Miracles:" "Miracles can be large or small according to God’s Plan. And they need no explanation for the unbelieving man. The heavens declare His Glory; the harvest proclaims His Love. With the faith of a mustard seed we’ve seen His ...read more

  • Step By Step

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 15, 2009
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    STEP BY STEP He does not lead me year by year Nor even day by day, But step by step my path unfolds; My Lord directs my way. Tomorrow’s plans I do not know, I only know this minute; But He will say, "This is the way, By faith now walk in it." And I am glad that it is so, Today’s enough to ...read more

  • John R. Brokhoff, Preaching The Miracles) When ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 22, 2009
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    (John R. Brokhoff, Preaching the Miracles) When the Statue of Liberty was remodeled, it was discovered that the entire inside support system had to be replaced. The outside copper skin of the statue was okay; workers cleaned that and it was fine. The inner iron supports were corroded and rusting ...read more

  • Gentle Dogmatism  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 18, 2009
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    GENTLE DOGMATISM We have gotten accustomed to the blurred puffs of gray fog that pass for doctrine in churches and expect nothing better. From some previously unimpeachable sources are now coming vague statements consisting of a milky admixture of Scripture, science, and human sentiment that is ...read more

  • Vengeance Overseas  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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     | 3,777 views

    VENGEANCE OVERSEAS The story is told of a soldier who was fighting over in Iraq who received a letter from his girlfriend that said she was breaking up with him. In the letter she also asked for him to return the picture of herself that she had given him, because she needed it for her bridal ...read more

  • In 1540 Martin Luther's Friend And Assistant, ...

    Contributed by Paul Green on Jul 13, 2009
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    In 1540 Martin Luther’s friend and assistant, Frederick Myconius, became sick and he was expected to die. As he lay there on his death bed he wrote a farewell letter to Luther. And when Luther got it he sent back the reply: ‘I command thee in the name of God to live, because I still have need of ...read more

  • A Gentle Dogmatism

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Aug 11, 2009
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    A GENTLE DOGMATISM A. W. Tozer said, "We have gotten accustomed to the blurred puffs of gray fog that pass for doctrine in churches and expect nothing better. From some previously unimpeachable sources are now coming vague statements consisting of a milky admixture of Scripture, science, and ...read more

  • Annie The Bishop

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Aug 27, 2009
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    ANNIE THE BISHOP The resident "bishop" in our house is Annie the wonder-dog. At one point she was a 65-pound running machine. At age 92 (in dog years) her spine has so much arthritis she needs twice the normal human dose of prednisone just to walk. She is not healthy; she cannot do what she was ...read more

  • Many Years Ago I Worked As A Chief Teller In A ...

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Nov 8, 2009
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    Many years ago I worked as a chief teller in a commercial bank. In addition to having the important responsibility of ensuring that we kept enough cash in the branch and to clear surplus cash, I also had to take care of the bank’s stationery store. This involved counting the stock of forms on hand ...read more

  • When I First Came Into Ministry Many Years Ago ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 28, 2009
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    When I first came into ministry many years ago now, Julie and I realized that the only way we could train in the Bible College was to sell everything we owned except our car and our children (actually our children already belonged to God, so they didn’t come into the equation). There was no ...read more

  • So Find Joy In Whatever Your Lord Gives You To ...

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jan 3, 2010
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    So find joy in whatever your Lord gives you to do in this year ahead. Serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness before him all your days. Bring your service to him like a little child bringing her coloring page home from school. She gives it to Mom and Dad not because she thinks she’s ...read more

  • When A Man Learned That An Elderly Woman Could ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 4, 2010
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    "When a man learned that an elderly woman could no longer buy her medicine and pay her rent, he came to her rescue. He took her into his home and treated her as if she were his mother. He gave her a bedroom, prepared the food for her meals, bought her medicine, and transported her whenever she ...read more

  • Hudson Taylor On Contentment  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    Hudson Taylor on Contentment "The man who has God for his treasure has all things in One," said A. W. Tozer. 1. You have His assurance - "for he hath said..." Hudson Taylor the founder of China Inland Mission, was facing a lack of finances in his ministry. He retreated to office and read the ...read more

  • A Man Found A Cocoon Of The ...

    Contributed by Timothy Brown on Feb 7, 2010
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    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 ...read more

  • To Whom Are You Giving?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2010
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    To Whom Are You Giving? An experience in the life of English preacher and theologian Andrew Fuller illustrates this truth. James Duff, in Flashes of Truth, told of a time when Fuller went back to his hometown to collect money for foreign missions. One of his contacts was an old friend. When ...read more

  • 1 From Strength To Strength We Sometimes Go, Then ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 25, 2010
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    1 From strength to strength we sometimes go, then again we're sinking low, In the shadow of a mountain looming high above our heads. We need not fear what lies ahead for the Word has clearly said, That our faith would be sufficient to make the mountain disappear. CHORUS: Speak to the mountain, ...read more

  • I Remember Seeing Some Shorts To A Movie Once ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 3, 2010
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    I remember seeing some shorts to a movie once where a millionaire agrees to pay a couple a million dollars if the wife will sleep with him for one night. What would you do? The answer to that question tests your character. Impatience is often willing to sleep with the enemy to achieve it's ...read more

  • Image Is Not Everything But It Sure Helps To Send ...

    Contributed by John Perry on Apr 17, 2010
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    Image is not everything but it sure helps to send a positive message to people. Tom was a man in our church. He was from the old school & believed that he needed to live his everyday life dressed in a suit & tie. Naturally he would come to church in his suit & tie. A suit that looked as though he ...read more

  • A Number Of Years Ago The National Council Of ...

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 7, 2010
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    A number of years ago the National Council of Churches declared a week in October to be “Peace and Justice” week. They created an interesting poster to promote the emphasis. The poster depicted a globe or world held aloft by many different colored human hands. What they didn’t realize is that this ...read more