Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"I think of death as a glad awakening from this troubled sleep which we call life, as an emancipation from a world which, beautiful
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"One friend, one person who is truly understanding, who takes the trouble to listen to us as we consider our problem,
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Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jun 16, 2011
TOZER: SALVATION DEMANDS OBEDIENCE
A. W. Tozer was a man of God who was troubled with the idea that Christian profession does not demand obedience to Christ. He said:
"[Years ago] no one would ever dare to rise in a meeting and say, 'I am a Christian' if he had not surrendered his whole being to
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Contributed by Bruce Landry on Mar 31, 2008
LOOSE CONNECTIONS
In a seminary missions class, Herbert Jackson told how, as a new missionary, he was assigned a car that would not start without a push. After pondering his problem, he devised a plan. He went to the school near his home, got permission to take some children out of class, and had
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Contributed by David Ward on Aug 16, 2005
One of the most beloved and colorful sports personalities of our time was a man named Jim Valvano, "Jimmy V" as he was known affectionately to sports fans around the country. Jim Valvano tragically died just a few years ago after a year-long battle with cancer. He was just 47 years old. He will be
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Contributed by James Chandler on Mar 31, 2003
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ASK YOUR DAD
A father watched out the kitchen window as his 7 year old son played in the backyard sand box. He watched him moving several large rocks out of the sandbox.
There was one very big rock that was giving his little boy a great deal of trouble. He watched his son move the rock to the
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Contributed by Jim Kane on May 18, 2009
There were two brothers named John and Charles. They grew up in a religious home. They believed there was a God. They had religious training. One even became a minister.
But it was not until their 30’s or so, did they truly have their hearts, as one of them put it, ‘strangely warmed.’ That heart
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Contributed by Erik Estep on Nov 13, 2003
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When Charles Schwab was 70 years old, he made the following statement. These words were spoken for the record in a court of law after he’d just won a nuisance suit. He said, “I’d like to say here in a court of law, and speaking as an old man, that 9/10ths of my troubles are traceable to my being
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Given permission by the judge to speak to the audience, he made the following statement: "I’d like to say here in a court of law, and
speaking as an old man, that nine-tenths of my troubles are traceable to my being kind to others. Look, you young people, if you want to steer away from trouble, be
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I have some Christian friends who live in India. After one of my Indian friends visited America, he made this observation. “You Americans have insurance for everything … insurance if you get sick … insurance if you get robbed … insurance if you wreck your car … even insurance if you die. In
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 10, 2007
Eugene Peterson said, “When we sin and mess up our lives, we find that God doesn’t go off and leave us—he
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A Jewish man had a son who did not take his faith seriously. The father warned him that if his attitude did not change, he would send the boy to the Holy Land to become a good Jew. The son continued to refuse and true to his word, the father sent the son off to the Holy Land. Six months later the
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