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  • Children Leave Gift Of Love At Funeral

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Children leave gift of love @ funeral The Rev. Harry Pritchett Jr. is rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Atlanta. His church includes specific ministries for the poor, for street ...read more

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  • While Taking A Break From Their Studies And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    While taking a break from their STUDIES and MISSION WORK, Ron and some of his classmates went SWIMMING in the SURF off the north end of Luzon Island in the Philippines when a SHARK ATTACKED. Ron’s leg was SEVERED below the KNEE. He was carried to SHORE by his friends. Emergency crews tried various ...read more

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  • She, Like So Many Of Us, Will Only Trust The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    She, like so many of us, will only trust the Lord as far as we can see and will not believe His promises unless the MEANS of the performance is visible to us. Where are the water pots? Where are the buckets? How is He going to perform this? How is He going to accomplish this difficult task??? We ...read more

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  • There Is A Growing Awareness Of Increasing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There is a growing awareness of increasing efforts to recycle… it is going on all around us: The most notable home in Colorado built with recycled materials is Dennis Weavers “Earthship” near Ridgeway, Colorado. It is a beautiful, environmentally friendly, 10,000 square foot home made of used ...read more

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  • Calvin Coolidge's Father Told Of A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Calvin Coolidge’s father told of a characteristic his son had upon becoming the president of the United States. His father said that often when he had to go out of town he would leave certain instructions with Calvin Coolidge about things that needed to be done before he returned. And, he said, he ...read more

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  • In His Book, An Anthropologist On Mars, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In his book, An Anthropologist on Mars, neurologist Oliver Sacks tells about Virgil, a man who had been blind from early childhood. When he was 50, Virgil underwent surgery and was given the gift of sight. But as he and Dr. Sacks found out, having the physical capacity for sight is not the same as ...read more

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  • There Once Was A Muslim Who Became A Christian ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There once was a Muslim who became a Christian in Africa. Some of his friends asked him, “Why have you become a Christian?” He answered, “Well, its like this. Suppose you were going down the road and suddenly the road forked in two directions, and you didn’t know which way to go, and there at ...read more

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  • Chuck Swindoll Has Written A Book Entitled ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Chuck Swindoll has written a book entitled “Living on the Ragged Edge.” In the introduction of that book Swindoll discusses the fast paced life of California. He says many people are getting fed up with the fast paced life of California and are moving to other slower environments. In fact, Swindoll ...read more

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  • Another Chuck Swindoll Story Illustrates This ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Another Chuck Swindoll story illustrates this principle. This new clock was ticking away on the shelf two ticks to the second as any good, self-respecting clock should tick when it began to think about how many times it was going to have to tick. “Two ticks to the second means 120 ticks per ...read more

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  • About Three Or Four Years Ago My Brother's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    About three or four years ago my brother’s pastor got cancer. After learning of this bad news the pastor said “For all these years I have preached about faith and victory in Jesus. Now, it is time for me to show that I ...read more

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  • Through The Son  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Following the Civil War, a dejected confederate soldier was sitting outside the grounds of the White House. A young boy approached him and inquired why he was so sad. The solider related how he had repeatedly tried to see President Lincoln to tell him why he was unjustly deprived of certain lands ...read more

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  • Replacing The Old

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Several years ago I went to my dentist. He said I needed a crown on one of my teeth. The dentist drilled away the decay and damage of the old tooth and replaced it with a new crown. He replaced the old with something new. Faith involves getting rid of the old and replacing it with something better. ...read more

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  • Sir George Adam Smith Tells How He And His Guide ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Sir George Adam Smith tells how he and his guide were climbing the Weisshorn in the Swiss Alps. It was stormy and they were making their climb on the sheltered side of the peak. When they reached the summit, they were filled with the exhilaration. Sir George forgot about the fierce winds, leaped up ...read more

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  • I Received This Email In Response To The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I received this email in response to the Virginia Tech shooting. It’s from the WorldNetDaily. Speakers at the Virginia Tech convocation yesterday called on Allah and Buddha in their efforts to minister to the survivors, family and friends of victims of the shooting massacre at the school – but ...read more

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  • In 1992 America Watched The La Riots After The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In 1992 America watched the LA riots after the Rodney King beating trials. Thousands of people in Los Angeles joined in what has often been characterized as a race riot, or a mini-civil war, involving acts of law breaking compounded by existing racial tensions, including looting, assault, arson and ...read more

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  • Has It Come To That?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Preacher Vance Havner once told a story about an elderly lady who was greatly disturbed by her many troubles--both real and imaginary. Finally, someone in her family tactfully told her, "Grandma, we’ve done all we can for you. You’ll just have to trust God for the rest." A look of absolute despair ...read more

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  • It Reminds Me Of A Story I Heard Of A Pastor In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    It reminds me of a story I heard of a pastor in TN who had a lady in his church who was in her mid - 80’s. She was living in a nursing home. Now, she was one of these whose body was weak, but her mind was still as sharp as a tack. She said, “Pastor, I know I’m not going to live much longer, but ...read more

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  • Do You Know And Love The Author?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Do you know and love the author? The story was told about a young college woman who read a book that she found to be extremely boring. Reading each page of the book was cumbersome and difficult. Yet, because reading the book was required for her education, she forced herself to move through its ...read more

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  • Tv Guide And The Bible

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    TV Guide and the Bible One of Satan’s strategies in our life is to sweep away the Bible and its importance out of our lives. A poet once wrote about the tendency to get into a slump allowing our commitment to God’s Word to wilt away as he writes: “They lie on the table side by side; the Holy ...read more

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  • Birdy, Birdy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Birdy, Birdy One of my favorite memories of my time serving as a youth pastor, was in the mid 1980’s when I took a group of teenagers to a nursing home in Arkadelphia, AR. While there, we sang songs to the residents, we shared a testimony of how Christ touched our life, and then, a young man in ...read more

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