Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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In 1975, a child named Raymond Dunn, Jr., was born in the state of New York. The Associated Press (AP) reported that at his birth, a skull fracture and oxygen deprivation caused severe retardation. As the child grew up, the family discovered that he had other impairments. His twisted body suffered
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Contributed by Dave Kinney on Oct 11, 2008
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Onward Christian Soldier
It was 1854. Pastor Dudley Tyng was voted as the new pastor of a Philadelphia church at only 29 years old. At first the work went well until he started to preach against the sin of slavery – at that point to church did not want to make anyone mad so they told him to shut
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 22, 2008
The Gospel According to… Charlie Brown. Charlie Brown cannot catch a break. He is the stereotypical American loser. Whenever he tries to kick the football that Lucy is holding, every time she pulls it away at the last second and he misses it, flying through the air to land flat on his back. His
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Church Of God
Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 12, 2002
Illustration:The great violinist, Nicolo Paganini, willed his marvelous violin to Genoa -- the city of his birth -- but only on condition that the instrument never be played upon. It was an unfortunate condition, for it is a peculiarity of wood that as long as it is used and handled, it shows
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A couple had adopted a baby boy after trying to have a baby for five years. To their surprise, a short time after the adoption, the mother discovered she was pregnant, and she later gave birth to a boy. One day when the two boys were eight and nine years old, a neighbor came to visit. observing the
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Contributed by Richard Sharp on Jan 10, 2008
A new mother stayed with her parents for several days after the birth of their first child. One afternoon she remarked to her mother that it was surprising that the baby had dark hair, since both her and her husband had brown blonde hair. The grandmother said “well, your daddy has black hair. “
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 20, 2008
Since January 1, 2001, there have been about 800,000 induced abortions in Canada, which is a rate of about 1/3 of live births (http://www.webhart.net/vandee/abortstat.shtml).
There have been over 74 million induced abortions in the Western world
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Contributed by Charles Jones on Oct 21, 2008
Because the blood is the life of man, and of all flesh,and man’s blood became corrupted by the entrance of sin, sinless blood was needed to redeem man because “the children are partakers of flesh and blood” it was necessary that the etrnal Son of God, by reason of the Everlasting Covenent ,take
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
THE STORY OF FAITH HOPE
Myah Hope was given the news that she was pregnant. Like most mothers to be, she dreamed of what giving birth to a child and raising them would be like.
But when she was 19 weeks pregnant, she was told that something was wrong with her baby's head. The doctor said that
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Dec 3, 2008
How then do we deal with overload across the seasons of life?
Here are some suggestions adapted from the thoughts of Dr. Richard Swenson.
Learn to ask the question at each new season of life, ‘How much is enough?’
There are seasons in life when we need to do more and be more involved and there are
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Contributed by Scott Bayles on May 13, 2009
NINETY-NINE BALLOONS
Eliot was born with an undeveloped lung, a heart with a hole in it and DNA that placed faulty information into each and every cell of his body. However, that could not stop the living God from proclaiming Himself through this boy who never uttered a word.
Even though doctors
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Christian Church
Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 3, 2012
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Joanne Shetler spent years in the Philippines with the Balangao people, translating the Bible into their language and trying to tell them the good news of the Savior. But it was slow going. One day Ama, a man who had “adopted” her as his Balangao daughter, picked up an English New Testament from
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Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 23, 2007
Surgery for the “New Born”
Several years ago an orthopedic surgeon performed an operation on my son to repair a torn ACL. The operation didn’t restore his knee to its original condition, but it did allow him to walk, even though he still experiences pain from time to time.
Recently my wife had
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Baptist
Contributed by David Kim on Jan 23, 2005
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SEXUALITY TEENS AND SEX / RESEARCH REVIEW
Pauley, J. (1995). Sex, teens, and public schools. NBC.
One million U.S. teenagers become pregnant each year.
U.S. has highest rates for teenage pregnancies, abortions, and child bearing in the industrialized world.
In 1970, 70% of U.S. teenage
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 7, 2002
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If the world were a village of 1000 people, next year’s population would be 1018. Twenty-eight people would be born, but 10 would die: three from lack of food, one from cancer, two in birth, one from war or crime, and three from natural causes.
Two-hundred people from this village would receive
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