Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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MARKED AS A POSSESSION
Phillip Keller writes, "The day I bought my first 30 sheep, my neighbor and I sat on the dusty corral rails that enclosed the sheep pen and admired the choice, strong, well bred sheep that had just become mine. Turning to me, he handed me a large, sharp killing knife and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
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A medical doctor provides a physical description: The cross is placed on the ground and the exhausted man is quickly thrown backwards with his shoulders against the wood. The legionnaire feels for the depression at the front of the wrist. He drives a heavy, square wrought-iron nail through the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 4, 2002
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CELESTIAL FREEDOM
In 1776 Thomas Paine stirred the land with these words:
"These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands now deserves the love and thanks of man and women.
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There’s a story about a young child who lay in hospital dying of cancer, withering away to
nothing. Her family was devastated. Friends came, from church, from work...and tried to offer
solace. They tried but could only come up with unhelpful little sayings that didn’t begin to touch
the
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Contributed by Todd Leupold on Nov 3, 2008
Ingrid Trobisch, reflecting on the death of her husband, Walter – a godly man whose writings have ministers to millions – wrote in an article for Partnership magazine (Sept-Oct. 1985):
"It took me many years to learn that no man on this earth can satisfy the deepest longings of a woman's heart.
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Contributed by Richard Francis on May 10, 2009
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THE DEEP ROOT EFFECT
I remember vividly a trip to a dentist for "deep root" surgery. I was told that as the nerve in my tooth was most likely dead, there was no need for an anaesthetic. I trusted the dentist as he selected which long wire to insert into my cavity to remove what ever was left
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Contributed by Sam Mccormick on Aug 12, 2017
Several years ago, I began to reflect on the happenings at Gethsemane. It started when I saw some movie in which an actor did an okay job of portraying Jesus, except that he failed abysmally in his attempt to show what I think Jesus' agony at Gethsemane must have been really like. I realized that
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2006
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“Dare, dare, my dear brethren in Christ, to follow the Captain of your salvation, who was made perfect
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