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  • Mitch Albom: Testimony

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 19, 2010
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    MITCH ALBOM: TESTIMONY Mitch Albom is the author of the bestselling book titled, "Tuesdays with Morrie." He wrote another book recently called "Have a Little Faith." In describing his motivation for writing it, he will tell you that up until a few years ago he would have been among the many that ...read more

  • Work For The Glory Of God

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 20, 2010
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    Mark is a young businessman who does business in China. Each time he has gone to China, he has asked God to reveal to him whom he might speak to on behalf of Jesus. What might happen if every one of you went to work praying for God to reveal to him whom he might speak to on behalf of Jesus. You’re ...read more

  • The Conversion Of George Whitefield

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 29, 2011
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    THE CONVERSION OF GEORGE WHITEFIELD In the 1730's in England, a young man named George Whitefield desperately wanted to be right before God. As a student at Oxford, he was part of the Holy Club, along with John and Charles Wesley. The members of that club rose early every day for lengthy ...read more

  • The Face Of God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2011
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    THE FACE OF GOD I heard the story once of a great Cherokee wood carver. He took logs and sat them on a stump outside his back door and sat in front of that log sometimes for hours just staring at it. Finally, he would pick up his carving tools and start carving the most beautiful of things out of ...read more

  • Tozer: Salvation Demands Obedience

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jun 16, 2011
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    TOZER: SALVATION DEMANDS OBEDIENCE A. W. Tozer was a man of God who was troubled with the idea that Christian profession does not demand obedience to Christ. He said: "[Years ago] no one would ever dare to rise in a meeting and say, 'I am a Christian' if he had not surrendered his whole being to ...read more

  • Love As A Token

    Contributed by Adrian Rogers on Jul 19, 2011
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    LOVE AS A TOKEN Woodrow Wilson was on a train. He was in Billings, Montana. He was making whistle stops. He was the President of the United States. He was on that last coach. He was on that platform there out behind. You have seen pictures of them. His wife was next to him. There were important ...read more

  • A Unique Excuse

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2011
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    A UNIQUE EXCUSE A man who bought a brand new Mercedes and got out on the interstate. It was a convertible and the top was down, the breeze was blowing through his hair, and he decided he would open it up to see what it could do. The needle hit 80 miles an hour, then 90, then 100, then 110, then ...read more

  • Missions ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 8, 2012
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    Missions quotes: "I have but one candle of life to burn, and I would rather burn it out in a land filled with darkness than in a land flooded with light" — John Keith Falconer "God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply" — Hudson Taylor [ video ] "God isn't looking for people of ...read more

  • United We Stand

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2014
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    Let me read one of Aesop’s Greek fables; In the forest, there lived four oxen. They were very good friends and always went together to graze in the fields. However, every time they went, a hungry lion tried to attack them. The lion longed for their meat. But they withstood his attack by fighting ...read more

  • Joni Eareckson Tada's Wedding

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 16, 2014
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    Joni Eareckson Tada, who since a diving accident as a teenager has lived from a wheelchair, wrote about the day of her wedding: “I felt awkward as my girlfriends strained to shift my paralyzed body into a cumbersome wedding gown. No amount of corseting and binding my body gave me a good shape. ...read more

  • That Sounds Like A Cross To Me  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Lee on Feb 13, 2018
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    That Sounds Like a Cross to Me “Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” Mark 8:34 A little boy was playing in the yard. He fell and scraped his elbow. It was bleeding a ...read more

  • He Became One Of Us!

    Contributed by Chris Stringer on Mar 3, 2018
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    It was a cold winter morning, as I prepared my coffee and sit at the kitchen table. I kept hearing this sound, as something was hitting the window. I watched as this little bird continually flew back and forth into my kitchen window. I thought to myself, "This poor little guy is going to freeze." ...read more

  • His Name Is Mark. He Is A 50 Year Old Man ...

    Contributed by Sam Wrisley on Oct 24, 2007
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    His name is Mark. He is a 50 year old man divorced and addicted to alcohol. I met him across some glass and was only able to talk to him through this heavy black phone. Mark was in Jail. With tears in his eyes he spoke of his fear. He has one chance to do right and doesn’t want to mess up. In ...read more

  • On April 1, 2007, Knievel Announced To A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Dec 11, 2007
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    On April 1, 2007, Knievel announced to a worldwide audience that he ’believed in Jesus Christ’ for the first time. He professed his personal faith in Christ to more than 4,000 people who gathered inside the Crystal Cathedral for Palm Sunday services in Orange County, California, and to millions via ...read more

  • A Missionary To Japan Told A Story Of When He Was ...

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Dec 27, 2007
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    A missionary to Japan told a story of when he was riding a train one late night across town. Everyone was being fairly dignified, but then a drunk man came on board. His face was red and he was looking for a fight. He was catcalling women and trying to provoke men to fight him. Nobody responded ...read more

  • My Maternal Grandfather Who Was A Devout Hindu ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Feb 20, 2008
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    My maternal grandfather who was a devout Hindu by birth did his schooling at a Missionary school in the state of Haryana in the North of New Delhi, India. He had learned about Christ and been invited to accept Him as His personal Savior but shrugged the opportunity. After qualifying as a ...read more

  • Next, We Live In A "Salt Water World". Survivors ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Feb 22, 2008
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    Next, we live in a "Salt Water World". Survivors of naval battles have often told of the hardships on the high seas. The command is given, "Abandon ship!", and all the sailors either launch the life rafts, life boats, or in many cases jump into the water with only a life vest to survive. ...read more

  • Don't Tell Me, Show Me

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 18, 2008
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    DON'T TELL ME, SHOW ME The young woman was married and had two beautiful children. But one day as she was standing over the sink, washing dishes, she thought 'There must be more to life than this.' When her husband came home, he found a note she'd written and began to weep. She would call him ...read more

  • The Famous Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Faced A Conflict ...

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jul 17, 2008
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    The famous astronaut Buzz Aldrin faced a conflict after returning from the moon. He spiraled into a deep depression that ultimately resulted in him being hospitalized, medicated and put through a battery of psychiatric treatments. Ignorant of the depth of his own disability, once the medicine ...read more

  • A Man Goes To A Diner Every Day For Lunch. He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
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    A man goes to a diner every day for lunch. He always orders the soup du jour. One day the manager asks him how he liked his meal. The man replies, "It was good, but you could give a little more bread." So the next day the manager tells the waitress to give him four slices of bread. "How was your ...read more