Contributed by Toby Powers on Dec 20, 2005
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A man called a pastor’s office at a church one day to inquire into membership in the church. He stated that he would not be able to get involved or anything, but he felt it was important to have some religious affiliation. The pastor advised this man that the church he pastored might not be the
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Contributed by Toby Powers on Dec 29, 2005
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The message has been about a couple of prophets who fell by the wayside, but I want to tell you of a man that finished the race:
Dave and Nikki McDonald were missionaries to Iraq. They were shot in pieces by mortar fire and AK-47’s while in Iraq working on a water-purification project and sharing
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Contributed by Toby Powers on Mar 15, 2006
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ILLUSTRATION: It is like the man who was stranded all alone on the deserted island who was rescued. His rescuers asked him what the three structures were that he had built on the island. Three buildings seemed perplexing for just one man. He said one was his house, one
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Contributed by Toby Powers on Nov 20, 2006
There was a little girl who grew up in a very poor farming family back in the 1930’s. They had but one old worn out cow, and they sold most of the milk and dairy products that they were able to generate from her to purchase the necessities of life. They would only retain a few little of the milk
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Contributed by Toby Powers on Dec 6, 2008
On October 13, 1992, Admiral James Stockdale, a virtual unknown to all those outside military ranks, stood in the vice presidential debate as the running mate for independent candidate Ross Perot. In his opening statement, Admiral Stockdale looked into the camera and with trembling voice and
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Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 8, 2007
The Humanist’s Prayer
Lyman Abbot once paraphrased the Lord’s Prayer to reflect the philosophy of those without God. We might call it the Humanist’s Prayer:
Our brethren who art on earth,
Hallowed be our name.
Our kingdom come,
Our will be done on earth,
For there is no heaven.
We must get
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Contributed by Scott Epperson on Oct 29, 2006
When I was young in Christ I was struggling with some temptations, and no one really could understand. Only God and me could. So in attempt to remind my self what I needed to do in the midst of temptation, while in a sober mind unclouded by temptation I wrote myself a letter something to the affect
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"See to it that when morning breaks you go to God for sustenance for your spiritual life. That will make you strong against the allurements of the Devil. So many people turn out to face the temptations of the day spiritually unfed, spiritually hungry, and therefore they are attacked by all kinds of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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SUNDAY TRAINS
William Barclay tells this story:
The first Sunday train from Glasgow to Edinburgh ran on the 13th of March, 1842. Our contemporary journalist, wrote that it was filled with peaceful and respectable persons, gliding quietly away on its mission. The Presbytery of Glasgow, however,
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Contributed by Floyd Johnson on Mar 18, 2003
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Philip Yancey, in his book, The Jesus I Never Knew, suggests that each temptation parallels the expectation of 1st century culture for the coming Messiah:
A People’s Messiah could feed the multitudes
A man who would be King not just of Israel but of the whole world
A King who is rooted in the
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