The noted author, John Killinger, tells a powerful story about a man who is
all-alone in a hotel room in Canada. The man is in a state of deep depression. He is so depressed that he can’t even bring himself to go downstairs to the restaurant to eat. He is a powerful man usually the chairman of a
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Contributed by John Hamby on Jan 15, 2001
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“God certainly can, and sometimes does, heal people in a miraculous way today. But the Bible does not teach that He will always heal those who come to Him in faith. He sovereignly reserves the right to heal or not to heal as He sees fit.” [Joni
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Contributed by Rich Young on Jan 18, 2001
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One day Linus and Charlie Brown are walking along and chatting with one another. Linus says, "I don’t like to face problems head on. I think the best way to solve problems is to avoid them. In fact, this is a distinct philosophy of
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 13, 2001
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An incident is related in Greek history of a wrestler who was so envious of Theagenes, the prince of wrestlers, that he could not be consoled in any way. After Theagenes died and a statue was erected to him in a public place, this envious antagonist went out every night and wrestled
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 12, 2002
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LETTING GO OF TREASURES
Giving with a glad and generous heart has a way of routing out the tough old miser within us. Even the poor need to know that they can give. Just the very act of letting go of money or some other treasure does something
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Contributed by Joel Preston on Nov 13, 2002
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Song: Steven Curtis Chapman If the truth were known, and a light were shown, On every hidden part of my soul, Most would turn away, shake their heads and say, He’s still got such a long way to go. If the truth
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2002
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“Doubt is the skeleton in the closet of faith and I know no better way to treat a skeleton than to bring it into the open and expose it for what it is: not something to hide or fear, but a hard structure on which living tissue may grow.”
Philip Yancey, Reaching for the
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Contributed by Emil Boniog on Dec 10, 2003
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. In The Last Days Newsletter, Leonard Ravenhill tells about a group of tourists visiting a picturesque village who walked by an old man sitting beside a fence. In a rather patronizing way, one tourist asked, "Were any great men born in this
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Contributed by Brian Menear on Mar 31, 2007
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When it comes to faith conquering our worrying, we need to have a child like faith.
A child does not worry all day long whether his house will be there when he gets home from school, or whether his parents will have made dinner.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
: (I came across this on a website this past week). To me, it’s a good idea to always carry two sacks of something when you walk around. That way, if anybody says, ’Hey, can you give me a hand?’ You can say,
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Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 9, 2008
Have you ever thought about the nature of our salvation? When you think about it Christianity is a bloody faith! D.L. Moody said it this way, “I must die, or have someone die for me. If the Bible doesn’t teach that, it
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 6, 2008
Back when I was about 12 years old, a new "snack shop" opened up in our neighborhood. It was a hamburger fast food business started by a local resident. The first day the shop was opened, food was on the house -- free. This was a way of getting attention and interesting
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 25, 2009
DARWIN'S START
It was because of the death of his daughter that Charles Darwin couldn't make sense of a loving God. This seemed to put him on his path to finding a way to take God out of the creation story.
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