Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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One of the most influential Christians who exhibited “Grace Living” and touches lives as powerfully today as he did in the late 1700 and early 1800’s is John Newton, the writer of “Amazing Grace.” His own evaluation of himself was, “a wretch who was once lost but then was found, saved by amazing
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THAT’S MY KING!
“He’s enduringly strong, He’s entirely sincere, He’s eternally steadfast. He’s immortally graceful. He’s imperially powerful. He’s impartially merciful. He’s God’s Son. He’s a sinner’s savior. He’s the centerpiece of civilization. He stands alone in Himself. He’s unparalleled. He’s
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 18, 2000
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A cartoon has been found on a wall in the ruins of ancient Rome showing how crazy the Christian message seemed to the people of that time. It’s a caricature of Jesus’ crucifixion, showing a man’s body hanging on a cross - but the body has the head of a donkey. There’s also a figure of a young man
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Baptist
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Apr 7, 2001
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As a Pharisee Paul had dedicated his life to the scrupulous observance of his religion. John Wesley would have had much in common with Paul. When he was a young man at Oxford University he founded the "Holy Club" with the intention that he and his friends should live well-ordered lives in God’s
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Contributed by Curtis Kittrell on Apr 17, 2002
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They took away what should have been my eyes,
(But I remembered Milton’s Paradise).
They took away what should have been my ears,
(Beethoven came and wiped away my tears).
They took away what should have been my tongue,
(But I had walked with God when I was young).
He
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 20, 2002
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Title: Look to the Stars
One night Abraham Lincoln suggested to a young man that they take a walk along a country road. Lincoln lifted his eyes to the heavens full of stars and said, "I never behold them that I don’t feel I am looking into the face of God. A man might look down upon the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
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Augustine, while puzzling over the doctrine of the Trinity, was walking along the beach one day when he observed a young boy with a bucket, running back and forth to pour water into a little hole. Augustine asked, "What are you doing?" The boy replied, "I’m trying to put the ocean into this hole."
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 12, 2002
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Suicide is a real and relevant problem in our culture. According to the 2001 Statistical Abstract of the U.S there were almost 31,000 (30,775) people who took their own lives in our country. Over 4000 (4135) of those were by people between the ages of 15-24, young men and women in the prime of
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 27, 2003
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When Abraham Lincoln was a boy he husked corn three days to pay for a second-hand copy of “The Life of Washington.” After he had read the book he said, “I don’t intend to shuck corn and split rails all my life.” When asked what he aspired to, he said, “Someday I’ll be president of the
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Brian Mavis on Dec 8, 2003
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OLD LEAF
A little boy opened the big family bible. He was fascinated as he fingered through the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. He
picked up the object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed between the pages. "Mama, look what I found." the boy
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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A minister waited in line to have his car filled with gas just before a long holiday weekend. The attendant worked quickly, but there were many cars ahead of him in front of the service station. Finally, the attendant motioned him toward a vacant pump.
"Reverend," said the young man, "sorry about
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Real Picture
During the long war years a boy looked frequently at a picture of his daddy on the table. He had left when the boy was a young infant. After several years the boy had forgotten him as a person but he would often look at the picture and say, "If only my father could step out of that
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Church Of God
Contributed by Stephen Wright on Feb 11, 2006
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Leigh Richmond, in his "Dying Cottager," tells of his last visit to the death-bed of a young convert that he had led to Jesus. He asked the girl in the valley of the shadow what was her hope for eternity. Putting her thin, wasted fingers on the Bible that lay beside her she said, "Christ here!"
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Baptist
Contributed by Darryl Bell on Apr 17, 2006
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We serve Jesus by serving people. A wealthy American traveler visited a hospital in Southeast Asia. He walked in just as a young missionary nurse was cleaning the sores of a sick, dirty, elderly man who had been found lying in a gutter. The rich man said to the nurse, “I wouldn’t do that for a
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Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 30, 2006
There’s an interesting insight into this from archaeology. It’s found in some graffiti from the wall of a house in Rome, written by someone making fun of a Christian he knew. The idea that someone would follow a hero who was crucified was foolishness to him. So, he drew a figure of Jesus, with a
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Evangelical Christianity Is Flourishing In Europe. France has witnessed an 8-fold increase in Evangelical Christians during the past 50 years, from roughly 50,000 to 400,000. Evangelicals represent less than 2% of the European population. Growth is particularly strong among immigrants from Africa,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Illustration- Mistake at the Movies
A young fellow named John had purchased movie tickets for his girlfriend and himself. While he got the popcorn, she went inside to find seats.
By the time he was served, the previews were being shown. As he fumbled his way in the dark, he sat down and gave his
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