Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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I have had more trouble with myself than with any other
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"When we advance a little into life, we find that the tongue of man creates nearly
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Doug Nichols served with Operation Mobilisation in India 1966-1968.
In 1967, Doug Nochols was serving as a missionary in India. While he was just starting to study the language he contracted tuberculosis and was eventually sent to a sanatorium to recuperate.
It was not a very good place to be.
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
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Before her death, Judy Lawson became a spiritual Mother of scores of hardened criminals. "On her last Mother’s Day," according to Bill Myers, "she received 40 Mother’s Day cards from men whose life she touched." Her prison ministry began eighteen months after her son was brutally murdered. She knew
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
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In one of his sermons, A.C. Dixon told of an incident that took place in Brooklyn, N.Y. A detective who had been looking for a local citizen finally tracked him down in a drugstore. As the man began to make his purchase, the officer laid his hand on the citizen’s shoulder and said, "You’re under
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Contributed by Dale Harlow on Jan 14, 2003
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In the film The Shawshank Redemption, Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman), tells the story of Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins)—a young, successful banker wrongly convicted of murdering his wife in 1947 and sentenced to two consecutive life terms at Shawshank Prison.
Halfway through the film, an
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Contributed by Greg Buchner on Mar 3, 2003
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Illus. - Bubba and the potato field
An old man lived alone in Idaho. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but it was backbreaking work, and his son, Bubba, who used to help him, was in prison.
The old man mentioned it in a letter he sent to his son by saying, “I’m not sure exactly what to do.
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Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jun 4, 2003
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James Moore tells the story in “Attitude Is Your Paintbrush” of a
young orphaned boy who had been taken to his grandmother’s house. The house caught fire one night. The grandmother tried to rescue the little boy, but was overcome by smoke and died in the disaster. As the fire blazed, a crowd
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Contributed by David Ward on Aug 2, 2003
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I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HIM
In the classic "Twilight Zone" episode from 1960, "The Howling Man," an American on a walking trip through central Europe gets caught in a raging storm. Staggering through the blinding rain, he chances upon an imposing medieval castle. It is a hermitage for a brotherhood of
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