Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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January 6, 1850, was bitterly cold in Colchester, England, a hard-biting blizzard keeping most worshipers at home.
At the Primitive Methodist Chapel on Artillery Street only about a dozen showed up.
When it became apparent that even the pastor would not arrive, a man rose and spoke from Isaiah
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Maybe I can illustrate this with something a little whimsical. God knows we need whimsical in these bleak times I am remembering my grandmother and what a wonderful cook she was. We looked forward to holidays when we would be invited to her house for a delightful meal. But every Thanksgiving, every
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jun 23, 2007
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Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), the world-famous violinist, earned a fortune with his concerts and compositions, but he generously gave most of it away. So, when he discovered an exquisite violin on one of his trips, he wasn’t able to buy it. He Later, having raised enough money to meet the asking
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Baptist
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A Squirrel in the road:
This week as I was thinking about roads and signposts and choices,
I was on our road right out here and as I turned the corner, I saw a squirrel
He was halfway across when he noticed me
I didn’t have room to stop
He froze in the middle, he started across, started back,
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Baptist
Contributed by Steve Smith on Jul 16, 2007
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ILLUSTRATION: BY LIFE OR BY DEATH
John Piper, in his book, “Future Grace”, reprinted a letter by Carl Lundquist, former president of Bethel College and Seminary. In 1988, the doctors told him he had a rare form of cancer which invaded the skin over his entire body and ended his life three years
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Baptist
Dr. Norman Shawchuck has pastored United Methodist congregations in North Dakota and Indiana and is a prolific author and retreat leader in the area of spiritual formation. His contemporary prayer of repentance is so personally powerful: “O God, I surrender to you the habits and sins that, like
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Methodist
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 4, 2007
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From Rustle of Angels p88
In the book Rustle of Angels Jeanette Gable tells her experience. She was very fearful about her upcoming surgery. She told the doctor, but he didn’t give her any medication for her anxiety. As she was in the holding area awaiting surgery she began to literally shake
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Wesleyan
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Naval aviation training includes an indoctrination session in what looks like a ride from some amusement park. The device takes up an entire huge room, and has individual containers attached to a larger wheel, allowing the person inside to be spun in multiple directions as the main wheel spins
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Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
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A little boy was spending the night at grandma and grandpa’s house. Kneeling beside his bed with his grandparents he softly said his prayers; "Dear God, please bless Mummy and Daddy and all the family. Thank you for letting me stay with grandma and grandpa tonight bless them and please give us
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 23, 2007
Bob Russell, a preacher in Kentucky, tells of calling Baptist East Hospital late one night to check on one of his elderly members. The operator transferred him to a nurse who answered, "Pediatrics." Bob said, "Pediatrics? I’m checking on a lady that’s 87 years old! I’ve got the wrong floor." Bob
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Christian Church
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