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  • He Walked A Mile

    Contributed by Sean Smuts on Aug 4, 2003
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    He Walked a Mile (Chorus) by Clay Crosse And everytime I close my eyes, I see the nails, I hear the cries. He did not keep himself away. He was no stranger to my ...read more

  • The Gospel Writers Simply Wrote "They Crucified ...

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Mar 16, 2004
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    The gospel writers simply wrote "They crucified Jesus". Who crucified him? I’ll tell you who crucified him. I did - and you did, and they did, those groups around the cross. The old Negro spiritual asked the question, "Were you there when they crucified my Lord?" “They” crucified the Lord? It ...read more

  • Estimate

    Contributed by Allen Hern on Mar 16, 2004
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    The cross is man’s estimate of God’s holy Son. The cross is God’s estimate of the need ...read more

  • Crucifixion Was A Form Of Capital Punishment ...

    Contributed by John Harvey on Mar 31, 2004
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    Crucifixion was a form of capital punishment reserved for slaves and those who were a threat to Rome. This explains why Pontius Pilate chose crucifixion as the penalty for Jesus Christ, since Jesus claimed a ...read more

  • In His Book Dare To Believe, Dan Baumann Shared ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Nov 1, 2004
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    In his book Dare To Believe, Dan Baumann shared some thoughts about crucifixion that should deepen our gratitude for what the Savior did for us. He wrote, "The twentieth century has forgotten how cruel and hideous crucifixion really was. We have perhaps unwisely and sometimes unconsciously ...read more

  • A Pastor Was Going Through A Crisis. His Little ...  PRO

    Contributed by Arulselvam Rayappan on Mar 1, 2005
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    A pastor was going through a crisis. His little daughter who was paralyzed was sitting in her chair as he entered the house with a package for his wife. Giving his daughter a big kiss he asked, "where is Mother?" "Upstairs," She replied. " Well, I have something for her" "Let me carry it to ...read more

  • Who Can Estimate The Value Of God's Gift, When He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    Who can estimate the value of God’s gift, when He gave to the world His only begotten Son! It is something unspeakable and incomprehensible. It passes man’s understanding. Two things there are which man has no arithmetic to reckon, and no line to measure. One of these things is the extent of that ...read more

  • The Altar Of Sacrifice Is The Touchstone Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    The altar of sacrifice is the ...read more

  • I Never Made A Sacrifice. We Ought Not To Talk ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    I never made a sacrifice. We ought not to talk of sacrifice when we remember the great sacrifice which He made who left His ...read more

  • The Soldier, Above All Other Men, Is Required ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of ...read more

  • It Is The Habit Of Making Sacrifices In Small ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "It is the habit of making sacrifices in small things that enables us for making them in ...read more

  • One Moment's Believing

    Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 18, 2009
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    ONE MOMENT'S BELIEVING Octavius Winslow said it this way. "One moment’s believing, close contact with the cross will do more to break the heart for sin, deepen the conviction of its exceeding sinfulness, and disenthrall the soul from all its bondage and its fears, bringing it into a sense of ...read more

  • Alzheimer's Patient Recalls The Old Rugged ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2010
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    Alzheimer’s Patient Recalls The Old Rugged Cross In his book, Reaching the Invisible God, author Philip Yancey tells the story about his wife, Janet, who leads a weekly “Christian Circle” at a local nursing home. An Alzheimer’s patient named Betsy faithfully attends, led there by a staff worker, ...read more

  • Strauss On The Death Of Jesus

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Feb 19, 2010
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    STRAUSS ON THE DEATH OF JESUS The German skeptic David Friedrich Strauss, who spent most of his life arguing against the fundamental truths of Christianity, famously discounted this theory in his book, The Life of Jesus for the People. He wrote: "To conceive of a man hanging on a Roman cross in a ...read more

  • No Hate For Evil

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 10, 2010
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    NO HATE FOR EVIL Story taken from Dr. David Jeremiah: The Ortiz family ministers to a small congregation in Ariel, about 40 miles north of Jerusalem. On the Feast of Purim, gifts of food and drink are sent to friends. As if in celebration of the holiday, a gift basket was delivered to the Ortiz ...read more

  • Jesus Was Not A Victim Of Fate

    Contributed by C Jordan on Apr 2, 2010
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    JESUS WAS NOT A VICTIM OF FATE "Before the scourging began, Jesus was stripped of His garments and bent low over a low post, with wrists and ankles shackled into that position. The instrument used for scourging was a piece of wood fourteen to eighteen inches long, circular in shape, to which were ...read more

  • Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?

    Contributed by C Jordan on Apr 2, 2010
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    WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME? "As to my sin, I hear its harsh accusings no more when I hear Jesus cry, 'Why hast thou forsaken me?' I know that I deserve the deepest hell at the hand of God's vengeance; but I am not afraid. He will never forsake me, for he forsook his Son on my behalf. I ...read more

  • It Really Is Finished  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 15, 2010
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    IT REALLY IS FINISHED After suffering on the cross for six hours, Jesus shouted, "It is finished!" (John 19:30). Everything that needed to be done to provide salvation had been accomplished. When former President George W. Bush was asked about regrets during his presidency, Bush answered that he ...read more

  • Le Crocodile

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
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    LE CROCODILE Rene Lacoste, the world's top tennis player in the late 1920s, won seven major singles titles during his career, including multiple victories at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the French Open. His friends called him "Le Crocodile," an apt term for his tenacious play on the court. ...read more

  • A Texas-Sized Sword

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 24, 2011
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    A TEXAS-SIZED SWORD In 2000, we drove across the country from Maryland to California and back. On our return, we blew past this Great Big Cross along the highway in Texas. By the time we saw the exit, we had passed it and continued our journey home. The image of that great big cross stuck in my ...read more