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  • Seizing Opportunities: -- A Lady Once Writing To ...

    Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Oct 26, 2007
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    Seizing opportunities: -- A lady once writing to a young man in the navy, who was almost a stranger, thought, "Shall I close this as anybody would, or shall I say a word for my Master?" and lifting up her heart for a moment, she wrote, telling him that his constant change of scene and place was an ...read more

  • I Think That We Often Can Learn Some Pretty ...

    Contributed by Mike Rexroat on Nov 6, 2007
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    I think that we often can learn some pretty profound things from children…so listen to what these kids had to say about what heaven is like… "Everything is free," says Christina, age 12. "Everyone lives in a mansion. No one has to go to work. There are no house payments." "Heaven is a place that ...read more

  • Emptiness

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 23, 2007
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    Emptiness One of the most common refrains we hear from those who have reached the pinnacle of success is that of the emptiness that still stalks their lives, all their successes notwithstanding. That sort of confession is at least one reason the question of meaning is so central in life’s pursuit. ...read more

  • But When We Discuss The Subject Of Hell In ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 3, 2007
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    But when we discuss the subject of Hell in seriousness, we realize that it is a subject in which opinions abound: From an article on Judaism found at Wikipedia: "Daniel 12:2 proclaims "And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and ...read more

  • If You Went To The Doctor For A Surgery And He ...

    Contributed by Brien Sims on Dec 13, 2007
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    If you went to the doctor for a surgery and he told you that he wouldn’t be wearing sterile gloves, wouldn’t be sterilizing any of the equipment he had used for the last operation, and gave you a 1 in 3 chance of contracting a disease, you would probably leave in a heartbeat. Today, sterilization ...read more

  • He's A Baseball Legend. Cal Ripken Played All ...

    Contributed by Frederick Baker Ii on Jan 14, 2008
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    He’s a baseball legend. Cal Ripken played all twenty-one years of his Major League career with hometown Baltimore Orioles. He holds several defensive records and he is only one of seven players who got 400 home runs and 3,000 hits. But as sportswriters reflected on his career as he retired at ...read more

  • President Ronald Reagan One Time Told The Story ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeffery Russell on Jan 17, 2008
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    President Ronald Reagan one time told the story of when he was a teenager, he needed a new pair of boots made. In those days, you couldn’t just go to a shoe store, you went to the shoemaker shop. The cobbler asked the young man- “Do you want blunt end toes or pointed end toes?” Reagan shrugged his ...read more

  • We Are Christ Ambassadors

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Feb 3, 2008
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    “We are Christ ambassador’s…. By Pastor Donny Granberry Ambassador – (Webster’s) a diplomatic agent of the highest rank accredited to a foreign government or sovereign as the resident representative of his or her own government or sovereign or appointed for a special and often temporary diplomatic ...read more

  • There's A Story In Greek Mythology About A Young ...

    Contributed by Maurice Schaus on Feb 11, 2008
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    There’s a story in Greek mythology about a young man named Narcissus. He was a beautiful young man, and he knew it. One day Narcissus saw his reflection in a stream, and he instantly fell in love with the reflected image of himself. What he saw staring back at him from the water was so beautiful ...read more

  • Empty

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 13, 2008
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    George Foreman instead March 1977. A few days before his fight with Jimmy Young in Puerto Rico. George stood on the hotel balcony and wondered about the meaning of life. He had come a long way in 28 years from poverty to wealth. He was the heavyweight Champion of the world. Yet in spite of his ...read more

  • Story Of Little Grace: My Nephew And His Wife ...

    Contributed by Nathan Cooper on Feb 26, 2008
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    Story of little Grace: My nephew and his wife were horrified to find out that the baby she was carrying was diagnosed with Trifomy13. Trisomy 13, also called Patau syndrome, is a chromosomal condition that is associated with severe mental retardation and certain physical abnormalities. These ...read more

  • This Anchor

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 11, 2008
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    This anchor holds in day of adversity, When all else threatens to give way. This anchor keeps my vessel from drifting, Never letting my ship run astray. This anchor holds midst angry seas battering, When waves and winds battle for my soul. This anchor holds in the lonely night hours, When darkness ...read more

  • There Were Two Brothers That Had Had An Argument ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 17, 2008
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    There were two brothers that had had an argument and decided to never speak to the brother until the other one apologized. They went to the same church but never in several decades spoke more than three words to each other. However, God began working on their hearts. They each had always ignored ...read more

  • Who Among Us Hast Not Feared Death At One Time Or ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Mar 23, 2008
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    Who among us hast not feared death at one time or another? The chorus of a Bluegrass Gospel Song recorded by such artists as Loretta Lynn and Decatur, Illinois’, Alison Krauss sums it up so well: Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but nobody wants to die. Lord I wanna go to Heaven, but I don’t ...read more

  • A Light In Dark Places

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    A LIGHT IN DARK PLACES A young girl once consulted with her minister. "I cannot stick it out any longer. I am the only Christian in the factory where I work. I get nothing but taunts and sneers. It is more than I can stand. I am going to resign." "Will you tell me," asked the minister, "where ...read more

  • Joy Of Christ Forgiveness: A Member Of A Major ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    Joy of Christ Forgiveness: A member of a major non-Christian religion said to a missionary to India, "Tell me one thing your religion can offer the people of India that mine can’t." The missionary thought for a moment and replied, "Forgiveness! Forgiveness!" Unlike the followers of all other world ...read more

  • Many Years Ago, A Scottish Jesuit Priest ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    Many years ago, a Scottish Jesuit priest expressed to John Knox, his great frustration and confusion over the inconsistencies of his life. The following was Knox’s suggested prayer: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit, and put an end at Thy good pleasure to this my miserable life; for justice and truth ...read more

  • Finney Coined The Following Thoughts About ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 2, 2008
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    Finney coined the following thoughts about revival from his lectures and book called "Revivals of Religion" (1835): “A revival always includes the conviction of sin on the part of the church…In a true revival, Christians are always brought under such convictions, they see their sins in such light ...read more

  • An Elderly Carpenter Was Ready To Retire. He Told ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
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    An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. The contractor was sorry to see his good worker ...read more

  • Who Needs Revival?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
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    WHO NEEDS REVIVAL? Do I need revival? Consider this checklist and see how you do: 1)Is your heart crowded? Does Christ get ALL your love, or merely one of many pieces? 2)Is your heart cold or calloused? Is your love for Him & others fervent? Constant? 3)Is your heart corrupt? Do you crave or ...read more