Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 11, 2006
No Atheist in Foxholes
The world has come along ways in a short time. They refuse to believe in anything evil yet our world grows more evil every day. Unfortunately your decision to believe in hell does not lower the temp. of hell one degree, brighten the darkness in the least not calm the
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Darrin Hunt on Dec 18, 2006
Suppose you committed a brutal murder and were arrested for it. You were sent to jail, but you had no money to afford a lawyer so one was appointed for you. You found out he’s the best there is. Your trial comes. The evidence is overwhelming, you’re convicted and sentenced to death. Then
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Baptist
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
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FANNIE JOHNSTON FLINT, who was cancerous, arthritic, incontinent, blind, orphaned, managed enough ability to get a pen into her warped hands and write a hymn, many of them, in fact. Perhaps you know this one:
He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater;
He sendeth more strength
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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In Coping With Grief.
1. FANNIE JOHNSTON FLINT, who was cancerous, arthritic, incontinent, blind, orphaned, managed enough ability to get a pen into her warped hands and write a hymn, many of them, in fact. Perhaps you know this one:
He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater;
He sendeth
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 13, 2007
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New Every Morning
Yea, “new every morning,” though we may awake,
Our hearts with old sorrow beginning to ache;
With old work unfinished when night stayed our hand
With new duties waiting, unknown and unplanned;
With old care still pressing, to fret and to vex,
With new problems rising, our minds
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Baptist
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
REJECTED ON EARTH, ACCEPTED IN HEAVEN
In 1888 Campbell Morgan was one of 150 young men who sought entrance to the Wesleyan ministry. He passed the doctrinal examinations but then faced the trial sermon. In a cavernous auditorium that could seat more than 1,000 people sat three ministers and 75
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Brethren
GARLANDS OF HEAVEN
In India, whenever I preached I would get a garland made of carnations or roses or some other kind of flower. (This was done as a gesture of honor.) They smelled nice at first, but they were bulky and awkward (most of them would hang down almost to your knees), and after your
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Kevin Humphrey on Mar 12, 2013
LOOKING AT THE DOOR
A defendant was on trial for murder. There was strong evidence indicating guilt, but there was no corpse. The lawyer, knowing that his client would probably be convicted, resorted to a trick: "Within one minute, the person presumed dead in this case will walk into this
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Alan Perkins on Sep 29, 2002
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But the most inspiring stories aren’t those of Olympic champions or world-class mountaineers. Most of us will never compete for a gold medal, or stand triumphantly on top of the world’s highest peak. No, the stories which really hit home are those of men and women who overcome great obstacles just
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Baptist
Contributed by Daryl Bahn on Jul 7, 2001
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Andy was raised in a Christian home and knows all about God—but lately he’s wandered away. He’s become more concerned about “keeping up with the Joneses” and keeping up with the bills. Church has become less important, and God no longer is a part of his daily life. He’ll get around to it
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Lutheran
Contributed by James Dunn on Mar 12, 2002
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On December 29, 1987, a Soviet cosmonaut returned to the earth after 326 days in orbit. He was in good health, which hasn’t always been the case in those record-breaking voyages. Five years earlier, touching down after 211 days in space, two cosmonauts suffered from dizziness, high pulse rates, and
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
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Ranking the silver screen’s all-time top romantic films
"You must remember this: A kiss is just a kiss ..." So begins the
signature song from the 1942 movie "Casablanca." The American Film
Institute (AFI) had no difficulty remembering. Its new list of the 100
best US screen romances ranks the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
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Abilene Christian University researchers, Dr. David Lewis and Dr. Carley Dodd have recently concluded a cross-generational study (six different tests) to measure fathers’ positive and negative influences upon teens’ spirituality. The found that "every time" dad’s role "as teacher came out be the
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Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Feb 26, 2006
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ILLUSTRATION: After World War II, a group of German students volunteered to help rebuild an English cathedral that had been severely damaged by German bombs. As work progressed, they became concerned about a large statue of Jesus, whose arms were outstretched and beneath which was the inscription:
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 5, 2007
When my parents lived with me on Holmes Street, Papa asked Mama one day if we could have some of those good Kentucky Fried chicken breasts. Mama sent “Sonny Boy” to get it. In the KFC on Summer Avenue there was a person marching not just to the sound of a different drummer; she was bopping to the
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Pentecostal
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