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  • A Couple Of Years Ago, Newsweek Magazine Ran An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 6, 2005
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    A couple of years ago, Newsweek magazine ran an article on “Faith and Healing.” The article began with this unsettling story: “On a quiet Saturday afternoon, Ming He, a fourth-year medical student in Dallas, came across a man dying in the VA Hospital. Suffering from a rare cancer and hooked up ...read more

  • State Of The Church: "The Fact That There Has Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    State Of The Church: “The fact that there has not been any measurable increase in church involvement or personal spiritual depth in the past decade challenges the widespread notion that the U.S. is as spiritually healthy and focused as ever. This has been an intriguing year regarding the spiritual ...read more

  • Jesus Displays For Us In Person The Compassion Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 12, 2006
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    Jesus displays for us in person the compassion of God for his suffering saints. God in the flesh is able to demonstrate for us what God in heaven feels when we cry out to him in moments of grief or sorrow. There are certain theological systems of belief that hold to the idea that God is unmoved ...read more

  • In C.s.lewis's Book The Lion, The Witch And The ...

    Contributed by Richard Francis on May 7, 2006
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    In C.S.Lewis’s book the lion, the witch and the wardrobe, of the magical kingdom Narnia, Aslan the Lion represents Jesus or God, Four children are the centre of the story, one Susan, says to the beavers (hey read the book or watch the DVD) after hearing that Aslan is a great lion and not a man, ...read more

  • Wolf Licks Bloodied Knife To Death  PRO

    Contributed by James Pless on Jun 20, 2006
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    Wolf Licks Bloodied Knife To Death Radio personality Paul Harvey tells the story of how an Eskimo kills a wolf. The account is grisly, yet it offers fresh insight into the consuming, self-destructive nature of sin. "First, the Eskimo coats his knife blade with animal blood and allows it to ...read more

  • I Had Never Met Bill. The Highland County ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 30, 2006
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    I had never met Bill. The Highland County Hospital called me because he had requested a minister come to visit with him. Bill had apparently spent most of his life as an alcoholic, abusive, selfish, and terrible to everyone around him. Now, he was dying of lung cancer, and none of his family ...read more

  • I Think That One Of The Reasons It's A Wonderful ...

    Contributed by Randall Bergsma on Dec 19, 2006
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    I think that one of the reasons It’s A Wonderful Life has been a Christmas classic film is because it captures a characteristic of the Christ of Christmas even if unwittingly so. The story is all about fresh starts and second chances. Reflect with me if you’ve seen the film: When they were just ...read more

  • Introduction: Some Time Ago The Wisconsin State ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    Introduction: Some time ago The Wisconsin State Journal surveyed Vice Presidents and Personnel Directors of the nation’s largest corporations for their most unusual experiences interviewing prospective employees. Their stories included the following: • A job applicant who challenged the ...read more

  • Taking The Plunge—readers' Digest Online, As Kids ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jon Dart on Mar 6, 2007
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    Taking the Plunge—Readers’ Digest Online, As Kids See It, Stephen McCormack, St. Joachim, ON, 1997 To my five-year-old son, Alex, jumping off the diving board that first time seemed an insurmountable challenge. He was too timid to manage it that day. On the drive home I tried to bolster his courage ...read more

  • Life Examples: Jacob: Wrestling With God (Gen. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Nathan Parker on Mar 10, 2007
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    Life Examples: Jacob: Wrestling with God (Gen. 32:24-32) The story of Jacob alternately comforts and confounds. For while we could look upon many of his decisions with contempt-and even wonder why God would so favor such a man-it equally reassures us to realize that the God who extended grace to ...read more

  • In His Book Integrity, Ted Engstrom Tells This ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
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    In his book Integrity, Ted Engstrom tells this story: For Coach Cleveland Stroud and the Bulldogs of Rockdale County High School [Conyers, Georgia], it was their championship season: 21 wins and 5 losses on the way to the Georgia boys’ basketball tournament in March, then a dramatic ...read more

  • The Resiliency Of Love Reveals Itself In The ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on May 18, 2009
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    the resiliency of love reveals itself in the story of two newlyweds. Now prior to the marriage the groom was apprehensive about his foot order problem. His father recommended frequent foot washing and wearing socks to bed. He thought that to be a wonderful idea and would do so. The bride-to-be was ...read more

  • Because Dad ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    BECAUSE DAD CRIED The great author Walter Wangerin has a wonderful story, called "Matthew, Seven, Eight, and Nine" where he writes: "I tried to stop my son Matthew from stealing comic books. I even took him to the police station and reported his actions to a detective who I thought scared the ...read more

  • David: Brokenness Leads To Loyalty

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jul 19, 2009
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    DAVID: BROKENNESS LEADS TO LOYALTY Psalm 51 Our text was written by King David about a year after he had an adulterous affair. While his men were off to war he was home relaxing. The story results in a series of events that went from adultery to deception and finally murder to cover his tracks and ...read more

  • In His Book, Integrity, Ted Engstrom Told This ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 20, 2009
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    In his book, Integrity, Ted Engstrom told this story: For Coach Cleveland Stroud and the Bulldogs of Rockdale County High School (Conyers, Georgia), it was their championship season. They had 21 wins and 5 losses on the way to the Georgia boys’ basketball tournament in March, then a dramatic ...read more

  • One Of The Most Stirring Pages In English ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jul 22, 2009
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    “One of the most stirring pages in English history tells of the conquests and crusades of Richard I, the Lionhearted. While Richard was away trouncing Saladin, his kingdom fell on bad times. His sly and graceless brother, John, usurped all the prerogatives of the king and misruled the realm. The ...read more

  • More Time Later...?

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Sep 2, 2009
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    MORE TIME LATER...? When I returned from my trip to Europe, back in 1982, I remember a conversation I had with an high school classmate. He asked me if I heard about Vick, another classmate of ours. Vick was one of my old partying buddies from before I accepted Christ. His parents were good ...read more

  • Nicolaitan Compromise With Idolatry In Church Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 2, 2009
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    Nicolaitan Compromise with Idolatry in Church of Pergamum Bruce Longenecker's book, "The Lost Letters of Pergamum" (pp. 165-166) illustrates their teaching in a story about a Nicolaitan (Kalandion) that attended the Pergamum church. Kalandion is visiting a Christian who has been imprisoned for ...read more

  • Community Stores Refuse Kind Acts Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 9, 2009
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    Community Stores Refuse Kind Acts of Service The story is told of a minister who was organizing opportunities for people in his church to do small acts of kindness as a demonstration of Christ’s love in the community. 1. He phoned several neighborhood grocery stores and Laundromats and asked for ...read more

  • Blind Man Rows On River Using A Bell As Reference ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2009
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    Blind Man Rows On River Using A Bell As Reference Point--From "To Catch An Angel" the Autobiography of Robert Russell (From The Preacher’s Commentary) “I recently heard the story of another commuter, a traveler of sorts. To Catch an Angel, by Robert Russell, is the autobiography of a young blind ...read more