Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Feb 23, 2012
A TIMELY TESTIMONY
Jim Cymbala tells an amazing story of one Sunday in his church: (Fresh Faith pp. 78-82)
During the choir anthem, Pastor Jim was touched by the words of one of the young men who was featured as a soloist during the song. As the song concluded, Pastor Jim was strongly prompted
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Lutheran
Contributed by Steven Pace on Apr 11, 2002
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On our trip home from Orlando after the conference that I attended, we got to meet a lady who shared one of the most powerful testimonies that I have ever heard. Because that week’s Bible Study was on the subject that I am preaching on today she shared her testimony and I think it fits so well… Let
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Baptist
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GOD KEEPS HIS PROMISES
Roger Simms shared this testimony in a book:
May 7 the day Roger was discharged from the army. He couldn’t get a bus so he decided to hitchhike his way home. Carry his heavy suitcase and in his army uniform, he flashed for the on-coming car. It was a luxurious, black
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
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When Steve Tran of Westminster, California, closed the door after activating twenty-five bug bombs, he thought he had seen the last of the cockroaches that shared his apartment. When the spray reached the pilot light of the stove, it ignited, blasting his screen door across the street, breaking all
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Baptist
Contributed by John Hamby on Jul 24, 2001
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The consummate storyteller Charles Swindoll says “ If the same thing happened to sleepers today, every church would have to build a morgue in the basement. There isn’t an experienced preacher who hasn’t faced the most incredible (sometimes hilarious ) slumbering saints in the pew. I’ve seen them
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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HAM, HENEK, MET
While I was serving in Paraguay, a Maka Indian named Rafael
came to sit on my porch. I was eating and went out to see what
he wanted. He responded, "Ham, henek met." Again I asked what
I could do for him, but the answer was the same. I understood
what he was saying but not its
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2002
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THE REAL WAR ROOM
One of the most successful ministries in the world is Campus Crusade for Christ. This ministry was begun by a layman, Bill Bright. They have laborers sharing on thousands of campuses around the world. They believe prayer accessed the source for these laborers.
In the late
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Contributed by Galen Hackman on Mar 1, 2003
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Recently this word—fellowship—has been in the headlines of our daily experience, thanks to the popular movie adaptations of J. R. R. Tolkin’s Lord of the Rings trilogy.
In the first book and movie, entitled, Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien describes the camaraderie of a diverse group of
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Brethren
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jul 11, 2003
One year, a tree on the campus of Green Acres Elementary School, near Santa Cruz, California, bore strange fruit–mostly sandwiches, but sometimes a cookie, a cupcake, an apple or an orange. It came into full bearing from a seed planted by teachers Sophie Farrar and Sandra Enz, who were appalled at
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Wesleyan
Contributed by James O. Davis on Oct 28, 2003
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More than 100 years ago, a soul-winning training conference was being held in the City of Indianapolis. While the preacher and parishioners inside the auditorium were learning how to the reach the masses, an evangelist outside on a street corner was preaching the good news. He preached under the
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Assembly Of God
1. Clinical psychologist J. Kirk Felsman of the Dartmouth Medical School analyzed a study of 456 Boston boys. In the study, a boy named Bill was asked why, unlike many other boys in his neighborhood, he did not steal. Bill said, "I don’t have to steal. I can earn what I need." At age nine, he
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Suppose I were to stand before you today and hold up this object (in this case, a piece of chewing gum) and tell you that it is a piece of gum.
-How would you know that what I am saying is true? You could assume that I am telling the truth because you know that I am generally truthful.
-You
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 13, 2005
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Several years ago I met a gentleman who served on one of Walt Disney’s original advisory boards. What amazing stories he told! Those early days were tough; but that remarkable, creative visionary refused to give up. I especially appreciated the man’s sharing with me how Disney responded to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
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In the 1950s a psychologist, Stanton Samenow, and a psychiatrist, Samuel Yochelson, sharing the conventional wisdom that crime is caused by environment, set out to prove their point. They began a 17-year study involving thousands of hours of clinical testing of 250 inmates here in the District of
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