Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 10, 2008
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People are attempting to redefine marriage from one man and one woman for life, and broadening the definition to include homosexuals. Once that is done, you can move to polygamy and polyandry. Next, what about removing the age restrictions, so that an adult can marry a child? Is there any place to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2001
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In his book, Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery, Dr. Richard Selzer tells a true story that reflects God’s love for the unlovely. "I stand by the bed where a young woman lies, her face postoperative, her mouth twisted in palsy, clownish. A tiny twinge of facial nerve, the one to the
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Contributed by William Jewett on Nov 2, 2000
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John Maxwell tells a story that illustrates the importance of a positive attitude. A newly married woman insisted on going to the California desert so she could be near her soldier husband. The only place the couple could find to live was a rundown shack near an Indian village. The daytime heat was
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Contributed by John Knight on Jan 31, 2003
Several years ago, in Long Beach, California, a fellow went into a fried chicken place and bought a couple of chicken dinners for himself and his date late one afternoon. The young woman at the counter inadvertently gave him the proceeds from the day-a whole bag of money (much of it cash) instead
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Holiness
Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jun 17, 2003
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SIGN FOR THE BATHROOM DOOR
Attention Everyone: The Bathroom Door is Closed!
Please do not stand there and talk, whine or ask questions.
Wait until I get out.
Yes, it is locked. I want it that way.
No, it is not broken; I am not trapped.
I know I have left it unlocked, and even open at times, since
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Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 24, 2004
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At my ordination service, my friend Pastor Don Bradley gave the ordination sermon. In it, he urged me to “Remember Dorothy.” It’s all right, I didn’t know what he was talking about either.
He told us a story about a woman who was in nursing school. One day the Prof. came in and said those 7 words
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A young Baptist Minister was preaching a Revival at a small church in Maryland. Following the service the pastor of the church asked him to stand at the back door with him to greet people as they left to go home. He enjoyed talking with several people, all of whom were very nice and complimented
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Those who think Paul was exaggerating when he said, “I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me” would do well to heed the message from an article in the New York Post this week:
’JESUS’ CRACKS COLD CASE
By LAURA ITALIANO
June 9, 2007 — The
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 19, 2007
Powerful.”
Richard Selzer, MD, writes in his book Mortal Lessons,
I stand by the bed where a young woman lies, her face postoperative, her mouth twisted in palsy, clownish. A tiny twig of the facial nerve, the one to the muscles of her mouth, has been severed. She till be thus from now on. The
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Church Of God
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NATURAL SAYS...JESUS SAYS...
The natural says that you must be conceived of a man and a woman, yet he was conceived of the Holy Spirit.
The natural says that your birth will bring your family joy, yet when He came He brought joy to the world and heaven. (At his birth, and angelic choir erupted in
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Apr 16, 2009
One of my good friends from Ozark is a guy named Eric. I remember one day Eric told me this story. Eric was entering theater class and it was the last class of the day. He walked in, the regular teacher was not there so there was a substitute teacher. He was the first person in class and the
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Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Aug 8, 2009
SIT SO HE CAN WALK, SO THEY CAN RUN
I wonder who amongst us this morning feels insignificant. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old African American woman who worked as a seamstress, boarded a Montgomery City bus to go home from work. On that bus on that day, Rosa Parks initiated a new
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Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 11, 2018
Note: this story happened to me - Jim Butcher of Madison WV.
One of my favorite baptism stories comes from a friend of mine who owns a house on Heizer Creek. He had a nice spot on his property to do baptisms and told the nearby country churches they were welcome to use it anytime, which a few of
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Main Idea: When a person is caught sinning, he or she often tries to make an excuse, but the reality is that no excuse can justify a person’s sin.
Verse: “Then the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate” (Genesis 3:12 NKJV).
One day my wife Jessica
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