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Mary at the Party For a Cancer Victim -- 2 Timothy 4:7 -- James W. Robinson, Anthology -- 1989
"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." So said Paul in his
When Death Comes Too Soon Death Following Lung Surgery -- 1 Corinthians 15:51-58 -- Anthology -- 1989
How can you summarize the life of Curtis Ryan?
If I Take the Wings of the Morning Death Following Lung Cancer -- Psalm 55:5-8 -- Alan Bacon Bond, Anthology -- 1989
Barbara's first hint of trouble came with coughing and pain in the chest.
Except We Become Like Children Death of a Twelve-year-old Boy -- Matthew 18:1-5 -- John M. Braaten, Anthology -- 1989
Preached at the funeral of a twelve-year-old boy who died of a congenital heart defect.
The Backside of the Mountain For a Thirty-three-year-old Cancer Victim -- Matthew 13:24-30, John 14:1-7 -- Anthology -- 1989
We have come here this day to find comfort and understanding in the sickness and death of Charles Wh
Strong in the Lord Death of a Twenty-nine-year-old Athlete -- Ephesians 6:10 -- Palmer L. Gedde, Anthology -- 1989
Preached on the occasion of the death of a twenty-nine-year-old man whose death came as the result o
Never Separated Death of an Alzheimer's Victim -- Romans 8:31-39 -- John M. Braaten, Anthology -- 1989
Who shall separate us from the love of God?
A Time For Thanksgiving -- Mark 15:21 -- Anthology, Arthur H. Kolsti -- 1989
This meditation was delivered at a memorial service for a young man of nineteen whose death was caus
Norberth, My Son Death in a Hang-glider Accident -- 2 Samuel 18:31-33 -- George Paul Mocko, Anthology -- 1989
They had come as immigrants from Germany about 1950 - Isa, strikingly beautiful and capable; Horst,
God Cares For a Mother Who Died in Traffic -- John 14:1-6 -- William Luoma, Anthology -- 1989
Members of the family and friends, in the name of Jesus Christ, our loving Lord and Savior:
A Strange Victory Death of a Nineteen-year-old -- Job 13, Philippians 4:4-13 -- Anthology, Louis M. Pratt -- 1989
Death is seen as a friend when it comes to a loved one in the fulness of years, when the prospect is
My God! Why? Teenage Death Due to Drinking and Driving -- Job 3:2-26< -- Carl B. Rife, Anthology -- 1989
May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.
Let God Be The Go--Between -- Anthology -- 1972
By Paul L. Winemiller, Jr.
The Beauty Of Marriage -- Anthology -- 1972
By John M. Braaten
Grow Not In Each Other's Shadow -- Anthology -- 1972
By Leslie F. Brandt
A Motto For Marriage -- Anthology -- 1972
By Duane T. Wuggazer
Christian Marriage -- Anthology -- 1972
By Elmer E. Flack
Hope In Christ -- Anthology -- 1972
By Elmer E. Flack
Living In Harmony -- Anthology -- 1972
By Elmer E. Flack
The Greatest Of These Is Love -- Anthology -- 1972
By Kenneth H. Sauer
Self--Disclosure - Self--Surrender -- Anthology -- 1972
By Leslie F. Brandt
Mystical And Real -- Anthology -- 1972
By Paul O. Hamsher
Love, Honor, Forgive -- Anthology -- 1972
By Leslie F. Brandt
Service For The Fiftieth Anniversary -- Anthology -- 1972
By Michael B. GoldnerWesley T. RunkOrder Of Service
A Personal Approach -- Anthology -- 1972
By Thomas W. Lentz

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