Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"You and I must not complain if our plans break down, if we have done our part. That probably means that the plans of One
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Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jun 3, 2008
John Wesley’s Diary:
July 7, 1739. — I had an opportunity to talk with him (some preacher friend) of those outward signs which had so often accompanied the inward work of God. I found his objections were chiefly grounded on gross misrepresentations of matter of fact. But the next day he had an
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Holiness
Contributed by Warren Lamb on Oct 22, 2006
When the Emperor Valens threatened Eusebius with the confiscation of all his goods, torture, banishment, or even death, the courageous Christian replied, “He needs not fear confiscation, who has nothing to lose; nor banishment, to whom heaven is his country; nor torments, when his body can be
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 13, 2008
Martyrs p222 -223 MacAuthurs Matthew
Over 300 years of Roman persecution Christians dug nearly 600 miles of catacombs beneath the city of Rome. Archaelolgists estimate 4 million bodies buried there. Perhaps 50 million killed in Dark Ages, and millions in our own century by
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"What we think about is constantly weaving itself into the fabric of our career, becoming a part of ourselves, increasing the power of our mental magnet to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2008
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When God spoke the world was created, when God spoke the waters were parted, when God spoke the walls of Jericho fell, when God spoke the people obeyed,
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There is a true story of a boy who suffered under the Nazis during WWII. This Jewish boy was living in a small Polish village when he and all the other Jews in the vicinity where rounded up by Nazi SS troops and sentenced to death. This boy joined his neighbors in digging a shallow ditch for
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 19, 2004
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Thank God, not everyone lets the negatives of life keep them from accomplishing what God wants them to do.
On June 18, 1999 Gary and Gloria Sloan, Southern Baptist missionaries, who had been on the field of Mexico only six months, were enjoying a birthday celebration for their daughter, Carla, at
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Contributed by Alan Tison on Feb 21, 2008
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John Ortberg In his book, “Everyone is normal until you get to know them” speaks of this dilemma of getting close to one another without getting hurt. With the following illustration; The North American Porcupine is a member of the rodent family and has about thirty thousand quills attached to his
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Jeffrey Sackett on Jan 24, 2003
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think of how often in scripture it is the woman who is the vehicle for ministry.
Who prompted Jesus to perform His first miracle? A Woman!
Who ministered to Christ during His public ministry? The women!
Who anointed the body of Jesus? The women!
Who stayed with Jesus throughout his trial and
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Contributed by Timothy Mills on Sep 18, 2006
John Eldridge’s book The Ransomed Heart says that we have the wrong idea when we hammer at sin. He says that we are clean, that we are forgiven, and that we are no longer sinners. Well, we are clean, we are forgiven, but we remain sinners under the wrath of God with natures that are not yet fully
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 11, 2010
A bored student at the University of Washington used an Internet auction site to sell his soul to the highest bidder. As it turned out, the top offer was only $400.
Since the soul is immaterial, it can’t be extracted from a body like a physical organ such as a heart. The student had to admit, “I
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