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  • I Remember When I Worked At The Post Office. A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Aug 10, 2005
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    I remember when I worked at the Post Office. A promotion came up and I was more than qualified for it. I put my paperwork in and did all the things necessary to get it. When the results of the promotion were listed, I never got it. I got very upset and even told my supervisor how very upset I ...read more

  • John Wesley's Father, Samuel, Was A Dedicated ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
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    John Wesley’s father, Samuel, was a dedicated pastor, but there were those in his parish who did not like him. On February 9, 1709, a fire broke out in the rectory at Epworth, possibly set by one of the rector’s enemies. Young John, not yet six years old, was stranded on an upper floor of the ...read more

  • New Rules Barna Research Group Has Identified The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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    New Rules Barna Research Group has identified the following New Rules for the next generation. Some will encourage you, others will cause alarm. 1. Personal relationships count. Institutions don’t. 2. The process is more important than the product. 3. Aggressively pursue diversity among ...read more

  • Good Design Helps Good Direct Mail Copy Sell. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    Good Design Helps good direct mail copy sell. Here are 7 tips from direct response pro Dean Rieck, President, Direct Creative, Columbus OH. · Assist left-to-right eye movement with serif type. · Avoid stopping readers when there is no benefit. Many common design tricks like widely spaced words ...read more

  • In 1996, The Chicago Tribune Ran A Story On Buddy ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
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    In 1996, the Chicago Tribune ran a story on Buddy Post, a lottery winner who is “living proof that money can’t buy happiness.” In 1988, he won $16.2 million in the Pennsylvania Lottery. Since then, he has been convicted “of assault, his sixth wife left him, his brother was convicted of trying to ...read more

  • No Light On The Runway

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Sep 20, 2006
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    NO LIGHT ON THE RUNWAY Consider the experience of a friend of mine, who was a recreational pilot when he was younger. On one occasion, he flew his single-engine plane toward his home base at a small country airport. Unfortunately, he waited too long to start back and arrived in the vicinity of ...read more

  • Ticket When Going To Train Station-Going 60 In 40 ...

    Contributed by Myriam Salcedo-Gonzalez on Dec 1, 2006
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    Ticket when going to train station-going 60 in 40 zone. I wanted to fight it! The radar was wrong. When was the last time they checked it? I had just come out from a stop sign and the road was uphill, how could I be going 60? Impossible! Good thing I was not close to the my church! Can you imagine, ...read more

  • Ultimately, When Your Friends Close Their Eyes ...

    Contributed by Kent Tucker on Jan 15, 2007
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    Ultimately, when your friends close their eyes for the last time here on earth, where will they open their eyes? At a funeral, you usually hear that the deceased is in a better place now. Well, there are two places out there. One is better and one is not. It is what they do with Christ that will ...read more

  • Grace: It Really Is Amazing! Series: Part 1: An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    Grace: It Really Is Amazing! Series: Part 1: An Amazing 5 Letter Word. February 18, 2007 Castalia Baptist Church. Ephesians 2: 1-10 The story is told of a Queen who had a young daughter who was faced with a deadly illness. The doctors told the Queen that she needed to stay away from her daughter’s ...read more

  • Todo Lo Que Tenia Que Aprender En La Vida Lo He ...

    Contributed by Ezequiel Alaniz on Jan 10, 2005
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    Todo lo que tenia que aprender en la vida lo he aprendido de Noé. 1- No vayas a perder el barco súbete a tiempo (prepárate) 2- Recuerda que todos vamos en el mismo barco (no critiques) 3- Planea a tiempo, recuerda que todavía no llovía cundo Noé ya estaba construyendo el arca. 4- Sé un hombre ...read more

  • Seven Deadly ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
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    SEVEN DEADLY SINS In the Roman Catholic Church there is a list of the seven deadly sins: Pride, Envy, Gluttony, Greed, Lust, Wrath, and Sloth. In 1995 a film titled Se7en focused on the seven deadly sins, a character that thinks of himself as the Sword of God, chooses victims whom he believes to ...read more

  • What Are You Supposed To Do?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
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    WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO? Frank Sosienski was a postman in Louisville, Kentucky, who didn’t want to deliver some of his mail. Perhaps he was tired of being chased by dogs. Perhaps it was the cold weather he disliked or the hot summertimes. Maybe the mail was heavy; maybe he wanted to quit his ...read more

  • Radical Solutions

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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    RADICAL SOLUTIONS A pastor was walking along a river one day, when he came across some boys who were fishing. But this was no ordinary way of fishing, because to the surprise of the onlooker, they were casting a tire into the water. The result? They were hauling the fish in by the bucketload! As ...read more

  • Study Shows Divorce Won't Make You Happier

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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    STUDY SHOWS DIVORCE WON’T MAKE YOU HAPPIER One research team studied the responses of over 5,000 married adults who were first interviewed in the 1980s. Five years later, the survey re-contacted those people. Even though the study really wasn’t centered on divorce, they found that some of the ...read more

  • Spiritual Growth Takes Time  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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    SPIRITUAL GROWTH TAKES TIME There was once a farmer who went to town to purchase seeds for his farm. As he was returning home one of the squash seeds he had purchased fell from his pocket onto the ground. It happened that within a few feet was another seed of a different type. The place where the ...read more

  • The Enemy Of Anger: Itself

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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    THE ENEMY OF ANGER: ITSELF Anger is its own worst enemy. Some people criticize the Bible and reject it as a bunch of dos and don’ts. The Bible is a common sense book that is given for our good. Anger is one such example. It causes high blood pressure, sleeplessness, stomach problems, and ...read more

  • P ...

    Contributed by Larry Moyer on Aug 5, 2009
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    PROBLEM-SOLVING Now frankly, you know as well as I do when we want to solve a problem, we are not always the best at it, and sometimes by trying to solve a problem we just create another one. I love the story Reader’s Digest told of some men who were laying carpet in a woman’s living room. ...read more

  • Mind ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 7, 2009
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    Mind Reader? The Guardian, a British daily newspaper, reported on February 9, 2007 that a team of scientists has determined that reading brain waves can reveal a person’s intentions. Literally, if this report is true, science has determined a way to read the mind and determine what you intend to ...read more

  • Opportunity Definition, Ancient Greek Statue ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 2, 2009
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    Opportunity Definition, Ancient Greek Statue Symbolism Our English word opportunity comes from the Latin and means “toward the port.” It suggests a ship taking advantage of the wind and tide to arrive safely in the harbor. The brevity of life is a strong argument for making the best use of the ...read more

  • Imagine A Very Dangerous Rope Jungle Bridge (As ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 13, 2010
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    IMAGINE A VERY DANGEROUS ROPE JUNGLE BRIDGE (AS THE LAW) WE MUST CROSS IT – BUT WE COULD NEVER DO IT OURSELVES BECAUSE ITS SO DANGEROUS TO CROSS ONE FALSE STEP AND WE WILL PERISH INTO THE CHASEM – BUT WE HAVE A GUIDE WHO GOES BEFORE US (CHRIST) HE HAS CROSSED THE BRIDGE BEFORE AND HAS ALWAYS ...read more