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  • Gene Perrett Gave This List Of Eight Things To Be ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 27, 2009
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    Gene Perrett gave this list of eight things to be thankful for: 1 - for automatic dishwashers. They make it possible to get out of the kitchen before the family come in for their after-dinner snacks. 2 - for husbands who attack small repair jobs around the house. They usually make them big ...read more

  • Abraham Lincoln's Humble Beginnings Have Become ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Dec 8, 2009
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    Abraham Lincoln’s humble beginnings have become part of American lore. But one historian says that the most difficult part of young Abraham’s life came not during his early years in a Kentucky cabin, but after Thomas Lincoln moved the family to Indiana in 1816. The family arrived in Indiana during ...read more

  • Pastor: Like Ezekiel, I Have Been Told:

    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Jan 13, 2010
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    Pastor: Like Ezekiel, I have been told: "...son of man, you are living among rebellious people." People: With God’s help, out of rebellion comes an enthusiasm to do what is right! Pastor: Like Ezekiel, I have been told: "...son of man, you are living among rebellious people. They have eyes, ...read more

  • Hurt Vs. Harm

    Contributed by Kerry O'neill on Mar 12, 2010
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    HURT VS. HARM There is a wonderful book entitled "Boundaries" in which the authors differentiate two words - Hurt and Harm. Think of these examples. If I were to eat an entire 2 pound bag of peanut M&M's (which I sadly am fully capable of doing!) would it hurt me? No, it would feel great! ...read more

  • Simpson's Most Valuable ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2010
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    Simpson’s Most Valuable Discovery In the year 1847, a doctor from Edinburgh, Sir James Simpson, discovered that chloroform could be used as an anaesthetic to render people insensible to the pain of surgery. From his early experiments, Dr. Simpson made it possible for people to go through the most ...read more

  • Branded As Christ's Disciple

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2010
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    BRANDED AS CHRIST'S DISCIPLE Two Texans were trying to impress each other with the size of their ranches. One asked the other, "What's the name of your ranch?" He replied, "The Rocking R, ABC, Flying W Circle C, Bar U, Staple Four, Box D, Rolling M, Rainbow's End, Silver Spur Ranch." The ...read more

  • I Simply Came To Give...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2010
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    "I SIMPLY CAME TO GIVE..." In the middle of President Lincoln’s Presidency, an elderly lady made an appointment to see him. As she entered his office, he inquired, "How can I be of service to you, Madam?" The lady answered, "Mr. President, I know you are a very busy man, and I have not come to ...read more

  • Fasting Together: The Minnesota Grasshopper ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 4, 2010
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    FASTING TOGETHER: THE MINNESOTA GRASSHOPPER SWARM In Minnesota, during the summer of 1876, there was a swarm of grasshoppers destroying the crops. There was a fear that the grasshoppers would return, so Governor John S. Pillsbury proclaimed a day of prayer and fasting on April 26, 1877, urging ...read more

  • A Student Conquers The Temptation To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2010
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    A Student Conquers the Temptation to Cheat A Struggle with Temptation” At school Joe was good in arithmetic but poor in spelling. Mabel was a fine speller and sat opposite him. On examination day Joe forgot many words, and the tempter said, ‘Look on Mabel’s paper; she has them right!” So Joe ...read more

  • Wilderness ...

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 6, 2010
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    Wilderness Christians NOTE: 4 marks of a wilderness Christian. 1) His body is with the church, but his mind and heart are still in Egypt! ILLUS: They are like a compass in a land of two norths. They vacillate between the two readings and thus constantly wander! James 1:8 A double minded man ...read more

  • I Can See You.

    Contributed by Scott Kircher on Mar 27, 2011
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    "I CAN SEE YOU." During the bombing of London during WW2, the Nazis would nightly bomb buildings and homes of civilians. A father, holding his small son by the hand ran from a building that had been struck by a bomb. In the front yard was a shell hole. Seeking shelter as quickly as possible, ...read more

  • Close, But...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2011
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    CLOSE, BUT... A high school senior was asking his father's advice on how to woo the girl of his dreams. And his dad said "Well son, when you take her out for pizza tonight and you're sitting across the table from her, take her hand in yours, gaze longingly into her eyes and softly say 'Wow, you ...read more

  • Jaden's Peace

    Contributed by Jamie Lee on May 31, 2011
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    JADEN'S PEACE Jaden our son woke up one morning at 3 am. Screaming. It wasn't a scream of "my diaper is wet" or "I am hungry." It was a scream of despair and panic. That night he slept with us. The next night as I was getting ready to lay him down in the crib, he latched on to me and I ...read more

  • Church As A Spectator Sport

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2011
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    CHURCH AS A SPECTATOR SPORT A British pastor and author made this observation a few years ago. I think it’s still accurate. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones said, "Men and women no longer...exercise in sport as they used to. Instead, people tend to sit in crowds and just watch other people play. ...And I ...read more

  • God Can Shake Anyone

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 24, 2011
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    GOD CAN SHAKE ANYONE Yesterday around 2:00 pm I had to take some pain medicine for my shoulder. Being a hypochondriac is no fun!! About two minutes after I took the medicine my chair started to shake. I felt my pulse, thinking maybe the medicine was causing some weird reaction. I know I’m weird. ...read more

  • Overwhelming Forgiveness

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 12, 2011
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    OVERWHELMING FORGIVENESS A wonderful example of how to practice the lifestyle of grace comes from an incident in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on October 2, 2006, when a man entered an Amish schoolhouse and murdered 5 girls while wounding 5 others before killing himself. As horrific as this ...read more

  • Overcomers

    Contributed by Ronald Franklin on Jul 10, 2012
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    ILLUS: I watched Serena Williams win the Wimbledon tennis championship yesterday. She cruised through the first set. But in the second set, her opponent rallied and got hot, and won the set. Then, in the 3rd set, Serena got her game back on track and she just overwhelmed her opponent to win going ...read more

  • Who Churchill Wants To Be  PRO

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Jan 7, 2013
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    WHO CHURCHILL WANTS TO BE Winston Churchill once attended a formal banquet in London, where the dignitaries were asked the question, "If you could not be who you are, who would you like to be?" Naturally everyone was curious as to what Churchill, who was seated next to his beloved Clemmie, would ...read more

  • No Atheists In The Water  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Mar 31, 2013
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    NO ATHEISTS IN THE WATER David Harrell wrote a book telling the story of his father, Edgar Harrell. Edgar was one of the 300 survivors of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, the last US ship sunk by enemy contact in WW2. 600 of the 900 men who survived the ship's sinking were stranded in the ...read more

  • Transformed Versus Conformed -- The Case Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2013
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    TRANSFORMED VERSUS CONFORMED -- THE CASE OF THE JAPANESE WATERMELON Farmers in Zentsuji, Japan, are preparing full-grown watermelons for shipment -- only these are no ordinary melons: they're square! They were placed in tempered-glass cubes while they were still growing. Why would anyone want a ...read more