Contributed by Melvin Newland on Mar 13, 2001
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Ann Landers had an interesting letter in her column. It was from a girl who was writing about her uncle & aunt. She said, "My uncle was the tightest man I’ve ever known. All his life, every time he got paid he took $20 out of his paycheck & put it under his mattress.
Then he got sick & was
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 10, 2001
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In June l955, Winston Churchill, who was then near the end of his life, was asked to give a commencement address at a British University. At this time he was physically infirm; he had to be helped to the podium. Then he held on to the podium for what seemed an interminable amount of time. He
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on May 15, 2001
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F.B. Meyer preached in London, England, while Charles Spurgeon & G. Campbell Morgan were preaching there, too. They were all great preachers, but Spurgeon’s church & Morgan’s church were both bigger than Meyer’s church. And he admitted to being a bit envious of them.
So he prayed, asking God to
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Contributed by Howard Flynn on May 17, 2001
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There are advantages to being able to see. For example, when I was a seminary student, I went to apply for a driver license. The clerk at the Department of Motor Vehicles asked me to read a line on the eye chart. I responded by reading a series of what I thought the correct letters were. To this,
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jul 5, 2001
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[Body of Christ, Citation: Billy Waters, Teacher Touch (Colorado Springs: Cook, 1999)]
After an accident in which she lost her arm, a girl named Jamie refused to go to school or church for an entire year.
Finally the young teen thought she could face her peers.
In preparation, her mother called
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Selfishness is a personal thing. This is the self-contained life lived without Christ. That’s the attitude that hears a sermon and thinks, Wow, the preacher really told ‘em that time!
A preacher once had a member who was like that. He always had the same comment after the sermon, You sure
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Contributed by James May on Aug 8, 2001
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An older gentleman was walking along the seashore one day in the hot sun. As he walked he was sweating profusely and seemed to be in a hurry! Every few steps he would bend over, pick up a starfish from the hot, burning sands and cast it back into the cool waves. One after another, after another,
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Contributed by Brian Mavis on Aug 27, 2001
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Last year Professor [Robert] George [of Princeton] debated abortion at a
convention of the American Political Science
Association. His opponent was well-known
deconstructionist Stanley Fish. In published
articles, Fish had dismissed arguments against
abortion as based on "religious conviction"
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Contributed by Dana Chau on Sep 2, 2001
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Chuck Colson, of Prison Fellowship, tells about a prison in Sao Do Campos, Brazil, which was turned over to two Christians more than twenty years ago. It is run according to Christian principles. The prison only has two people on its staff. The inmates do everything else. Each prisoner has
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 6, 2001
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ILL. For many years a large silver star adorned the top of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. One day back in the 1800’s, the Roman Catholic Church, which shares a part of the building with a Greek Orthodox Church, decided to take down the silver star & replace it with their own star. But
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 20, 2001
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GOD'S OTHER NAMES
A mother walked by her young son’s room one night and heard him praying, "Andy, please forgive me for my sins".
This worried the mother; so she asked her son why was he praying to "Andy", not God.
The son responded, "I was praying to God, Andy is his nickname."
This really
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Nov 28, 2001
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A little boy call 911 shouting, "Come and save my best friend who is drowning in our pool." When the emergency medical team arrived they could not see any body in the pool, only a pet iguana lizard. The little boy shouted, "He is the only friend I have in the whole world, please save him." When
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Contributed by Todd Hudnall on Dec 10, 2001
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When Almighty God, the creator and possessors of all things, came to earth, He left the riches of Heaven to become a man. More than anyone who ever lived, Jesus realized that earth was not His real home. He was simply a pilgrim, a sojourner, on the great mission of redemption. He didn’t come to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2002
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HOW THE DEVIL WAS CONQUERED
Saint Augustine said,
“The devil was conquered by his own trophy of victory. The devil jumped for joy, when he seduced he first man and cast him down to death. By seducing the first man, he slew him; by slaying the last man [Christ], he lost the first from his
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002
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John D. Rockefeller is an example of the benefits of giving. He achieved what our culture calls success. Rockefeller had amassed more wealth than he could ever spend.
By the time Rockefeller was fifty-three his life was a wreck. Throughout his business career he said, “I never placed my head
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Contributed by Thomas Monroe on Feb 18, 2002
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Barna research shows:
That divorce in the church is just as commonas outside the church. In the church 33%, outside the church 34%.
Also, the south is second in the nation in divorce. The south has a divorce rate of 35%, just behind the west (38%), and leading the Midwest (32%) and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 28, 2002
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Ultimately, judging has to do with playing God. When we judge someone, we do three things. First, we place ourselves above another as if we were his or her God. Second, we condemn another. And third, we create the standard for another.
When we evaluate someone, we don’t do these three
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Contributed by Ryan Johnson on Mar 6, 2002
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That question went through the minds of Daryl and Clarita Gusstafson? This God loving, dedicated Christian couple was infertile for many years, despite exhaustive medical tests and procedures. They prayed consistently for God to grant them the privilege of bringing a child into the world, but the
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