Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jul 17, 2008
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
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Mennonite
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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Noted Bible teacher E. Schuyler English told of Michael Billester, a Bible distributor who visited a small hamlet in Poland shortly before World War II. Billester gave a Bible to a villager, who was converted by reading it. The new believer then passed the Book on to others. The cycle of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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Noted Bible teacher E. Schuyler English told of Michael Billester, a Bible distributor who visited a small hamlet in Poland shortly before World War II. Billester gave a Bible to a villager, who was converted by reading it. The new believer then passed the Book on to others. The cycle of
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Contributed by Scott Wakefield on May 17, 2010
Found at http://www.christianstandard.com/articledisplay.asp?id=783
In an article for Christian Standard magazine, preacher and college president Matt Proctor reflects on the Incarnation:
My 5-year-old, Carl, and my 3-year-old, Conrad, love it when I dress like them. After they put on jeans and a
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 24, 2002
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THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB
One pastor, Thomas Elliff, decided to spend his entire morning in prayer – no coffee break, no telephone, no meetings – just prayer. He writes, “At noon I opened the door to my study. I discovered a stranger waiting to visit for just a moment. “Pastor,” he said, “You
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2002
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NO IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY
So far no one has been able to improve on this work/rest cycle. God’s plan yields the best results.
God has arranged time in such a way that it unfolds in seven-day cycles. Some have tried to improve upon this seven-day pattern only to repent later. During the French
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Contributed by Pat Cook on Jul 22, 2003
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Bill Bright, just months before he died in July 2003: "Even though I’ve always believed in heaven and hell, after I became a believer, I gave little thought to it. But in recent months I’ve been writing on heaven and hell. My logic is this: The God whom we worship created at least 100 billion
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Baptist
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 14, 2003
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The gods had given me almost everything. But I let myself be lured into long spells of senseless and sensual ease...Tired of being on the heights, I deliberately went to the depths in search for new sensation. What the paradox was to me in the sphere of thought, perversity became to me in the
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Baptist
Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Sep 18, 2003
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A CLEAR PICTURE
There is a painting in a palace in Rome by Reni. It is painted into the ceiling of the dome, over 100 feet high. To stand at floor level and look upward, the painting seems to be surrounded by a fog that leaves its content unclear.
But, in the center of the great dome room is a
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Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Jan 19, 2004
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Some nine year old children were asked what they thought of death and dying. Jim said, “When you die, they bury you in the ground and your souls goes to heaven, but your body can’t go to heaven because it’s too crowded up there already.” Judy said, “Only the good people go to heaven. The other
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Baptist
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 25, 2004
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“He Proved Them Wrong”
They told him he wasn’t good enough. He was too slow and too small to compete with men who were bigger and faster. The only thing the coach said was,
“You’re not good enough to play for us. Turn in your
helmet.” He packed everything he owned into a 6 foot
trailer and
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Dan Steadman on Jun 11, 2004
Sometimes you read biographies or hear speakers that sound a little like ‘the above’. It is estimated that during D L Moody’s lifetime, he traveled more than one million miles, spoke to more than 100 million people, and led hundreds of thousands, if not millions, to a personal relationship with
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Martin Kim on Oct 5, 2004
The sun is our nearest star. How big is the sun compared to our earth? A million spheres the size of our earth can fit into the sun. How far away is the sun from the earth? 93 million miles. If one inch represented 10 million miles, how far would I have to go before I reached the sun. I could
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Adventist
The work of the Riddler is a very strange, different, and very unique work. The work of the Riddler requires much patience and time and skill. Ramone the Riddler can turn ninety bottles of champagne per minute, thirty-thousand bottles a day, and more than 100 million in his lifetime.
Each bottle
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 13, 2005
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The gods had given me almost everything. But I let myself be lured into long spells of senseless and sensual ease...Tired of being on the heights, I deliberately went to the depths in search for new sensation. What the paradox was to me in the sphere of thought, perversity became to me in the
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