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  • Life Begins When Shaken

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    LIFE BEGINS WHEN SHAKEN Father Alfred Delp was a prisoner of the Nazis during World War II. He was charged with treason for true Christian preaching. From his jail cell he wrote about the meaning of Advent, the coming of Christ: "Advent is a time for rousing. Human beings are shaken to the very ...read more

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  • Kids Write To Santa

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    KIDS WRITE TO SANTA "Dear Santa, you did not bring me anything good last year. You did not bring me anything good the year before that. This is your last chance. Signed, Alfred." "Dear Santa, There are three little boys who live at our house. There is Jeffrey; he is 2. There is David; he is 4. ...read more

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  • Lee Strobel Story

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    LEE STROBEL STORY I have been fascinated by the testimony and story of Lee Strobel. Lee was a journalist for the Chicago Tribune. By his own testimony he was ruthless. He liked his high end lifestyle of work, travel and partying. By his own admission he was an atheist. He had no time for his ...read more

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  • Salt-Craving

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    SALT-CRAVING Salt creates thirst. Try eating just one Ruffles potato chip. You cannot eat just one chip. They are salty which creates a thirst for more. When people look at our lives here do they thirst more for the living Jesus? Chuck Swindoll says an appropriate grave marker for many might be ...read more

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  • On January 8, 1956 Jim Elliot, Along With Four ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    On January 8, 1956 Jim Elliot, along with four other missionaries was killed while trying to bring this Good News of Christ to the Waodoni people of the Auca Indians in Ecuador. In his journal published in a book titled SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY, Jim wrote these words: “One doesn’t learn to speak ...read more

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  • The Cross  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    THE CROSS The Son sets us free by becoming a curse for us and thereby removing the curse from us, by taking all our guilt on Himself thereby clearing us of guilt, and by "binding the Strongman" through His death, thereby setting us free from Satan's kingdom. Oh, what a cross! Alexander Whyte "It ...read more

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  • Hope Of A Good Day

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    Hope of a Good Day Max Lucado, preacher and writer, teaches that "every day deserves a chance." He feels so strongly about it, he wrote a book with the same title. Regardless of what is in our day, if we give it a chance, it can become a "good" day. Of course, coupled with this thought is the ...read more

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  • Keeping The Lights Burning

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    KEEPING THE LIGHTS BURNING Robert Russell, pastor and author, tells a story of how about twenty years ago there was a house near the entrance of his subdivision that kept their Christmas lights burning long after the season was past. They burned through January. Even through the first of February ...read more

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  • Once-In-A-Lifetime Show

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME SHOW I read a fascinating article last week that invited me to watch a breath-taking phenomenon that only occurs once every 44 years. It is the aligning of Jupiter and Venus with the Moon. Added to this amazing spectacle, viewed best with binoculars because the evening light ...read more

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  • I Read A Fascinating Article Last Week That ...

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    I read a fascinating article last week that invited me to watch a breath-taking phenomenon that only occurs once every 44 years. It is the aligning of Jupiter and Venus with the Moon. Added to this amazing spectacle, viewed best with binoculars because the evening light would make it hard to see ...read more

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  • Success From Struggle  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    SUCCESS FROM STRUGGLE Well, one way to respond to opportunity is to learn to recognize it even when it is disguised as difficulty. In a famous study by Victor and Mildred Goertzel, the home backgrounds of 300 highly successful people were investigated. All 300 of these people made it to the top ...read more

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  • Someone Came Up With These Observations About ...

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    Someone came up with these observations about life - insights that are humorous: 1. A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand. 2. I love cooking with wine - sometimes I even put it in food. 3. If it weren’t for stress, I’d have no energy at all. 4. Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly ...read more

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  • Seven Ages Of Man

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    SEVEN AGES OF MAN Someone described the seven ages of man in these ways: spills, drills, thrills, bills, ills, pills, wills. Spills - Infancy. Drills - Childhood. We get drilled about doing this and that. Thrills - Teen years perhaps. I'm not sure they are all that thrilling, however. Bills - ...read more

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  • What A Friend We Have In Jesus  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS One time a rabbi, a priest and a Christian minister were talking about how each of them celebrated Christmas. The minister and priest said that they give thanks for all of God's blessings and on Christmas morning they open their gifts. "We do it a little ...read more

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  • Shirley Maclaine On Self

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    SHIRLEY MACLAINE ON SELF Actress Shirley MacLaine said one time, "The most pleasurable journey you take is through yourself...the only sustaining love involvement is with yourself... When you look back on your life and try to figure out where you've been and where you're going, when you look at ...read more

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  • Dead Christmas

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    DEAD CHRISTMAS A television interviewer was walking the streets of Tokyo at Christmas time. Much as in America, Christmas shopping is a big commercial success in Japan. The interviewer stopped one young woman on the sidewalk, and asked, "What is the meaning of Christmas?" Laughing, she responded, ...read more

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  • An Old Mountaineer And His Wife Were Sitting In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    An old mountaineer and his wife were sitting in front of the fireplace one evening taking life easy. After a long silence, the wife said: "Jed, I think it’s raining. Why don’t you get up and go outside and see?" The old mountaineer continued to gaze into the fire for a while, sighed and then said, ...read more

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  • Too Close To Where I Got In

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    TOO CLOSE TO WHERE I GOT IN Vance Havner said it this way: "Too many of us today are shaky about what we believe, BUT NOT SHAKEN BY WHAT WE BELIEVE." Our faith doesn’t shake us or have a hold on us. A little boy fell out of his bed. When his mama asked him what happened, he said, "I don’t know. ...read more

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  • A Preacher's Little Girl Went To Bed Sick One ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    A preacher's little girl went to bed sick one evening. A few minutes later she got up and said to her mother, "Mama, I must see daddy right now." Her mama replied, "Honey, you can't talk to daddy right now. He's working on his sermon." She said, "Mother! I'm a sick woman and I must see my ...read more

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  • In December 1903, After A Series Of Failed ...

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    In December 1903, after a series of failed attempts, the Wright brothers were finally successful in getting their "flying machine" off the ground. Thrilled by the feat, they sent this telegraph to their sister: "We have actually flown 120 feet. We'll be home for Christmas." Katherine hurried to ...read more

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