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  • Mike The Headless Chicken

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Apr 2, 2008
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    Mike the Headless Chicken On September 10, 1945, Mike’s short life was about to take a turn for the worse. On this day, Mike received a death sentence. His owners, Lloyd and Clara Olsen, decided that it was time to slaughter a group of birds, some to sell and to prepare others for themselves. Out ...read more

  • Mike The Headless Chicken  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Apr 2, 2008
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    Mike the Headless Chicken On September 10, 1945, Mike’s short life was about to take a turn for the worse. On this day, Mike received a death sentence. His owners, Lloyd and Clara Olsen, decided that it was time to slaughter a group of birds, some to sell and to prepare others for themselves. Out ...read more

  • The Little ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jun 3, 2008
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    The Little Fireman In Phoenix, Arizona, a 26-year old mother stared down at her 6 year old son, who was dying of terminal leukemia. Although her heart was filled with sadness, she also had a strong feeling of determination to HANG ON. Like any parent, she wanted her son to grow up and fulfill ...read more

  • The Farmer's Three Wishes - An Ancient Jewish ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jun 8, 2008
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    The Farmer's Three Wishes - An ancient Jewish parable: One night a poor farmer was awakened by an angel of the Lord who said: "You've found favor in the eyes of your Maker. He wants to do for you what he did for your ancestor Abraham. He wants to bless you. Therefore, make any three requests of ...read more

  • The Kingdom Of God Is Like A Home

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jul 9, 2008
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    THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS LIKE A HOME The father and son never could get along. The boy was constantly in trouble and the father was harsh in his attempts to correct him. F: What have you done this time? S: What difference does it make? You always take the other side no matter what I say. F: If you ...read more

  • Don't Let The Good Christian Life Of The Past ...

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Jul 14, 2008
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    Don't let the good Christian life of the past interfere with the new work God wants to do in your life. Missionary John Hyde went to India a little over a hundred years ago. John felt a strong calling to the nation of India and began to spend hours in an attempt to learn the local language. Then ...read more

  • You Shall Receive Power After...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER AFTER... Missionary John Hyde went to India a little over a hundred years ago. John felt a strong calling to the nation of India and began to spend hours in an attempt to learn the local language. Then the day came. It was in 1892 that he boarded a steamer in New York bound ...read more

  • The Sandwich-Sign Parable

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Mar 24, 2009
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    THE SANDWICH-SIGN PARABLE The faces of the three men were solemn as the mayor informed them of the catastrophe. "The rains have washed away the bridge. During the night many cars drove over the edge and into the river." "What can we do?" asked one. "You must stand on the side of the road and ...read more

  • Worthy To Suffer For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
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    WORTHY TO SUFFER FOR HIM John Balca was one of the early pioneer missionaries in Eastern Europe. He was particularly focused on the country of Yugoslavia in the 1930-1950’s. In his autobiography, he writes of the many difficulties that God helped him to overcome in the establishing of an Apostolic ...read more

  • My Mother And My ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2009
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    MY MOTHER AND MY FRIENDS (Excerpted from Simple Treasures - Garnet Hunt White. Stories for a Woman’s Heart, p. 187.) The Prov. 31 woman has grateful children – “Her children stand and bless her” (Prov. 31:28 NLT). Mother accepted my friends as they were, and they loved her for it. They liked the ...read more

  • Man From Slums Of N.y. Converted And Ordained By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
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    Man from Slums of N.Y. Converted and Ordained by Jim Cymbala Jim Cymbala preaches at a church in the slums of New York. He tells the following story: It was Easter Sunday and I was so tired at the end of the day that I just went to the edge of the platform, pulled down my tie and sat down and ...read more

  • 19th Century Revival Sparked By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 30, 2009
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    19th Century Revival Sparked by Prayer In 1857 there was a 46 year old man named Jeremiah Lamphere who lived in New York City. Jeremiah loved the Lord tremendously, but he didn’t feel that he could do much for the Lord until he began to feel a burden for the lost and accepted an invitation from his ...read more

  • Hypocrites Do Things For The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 4, 2009
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    Hypocrites Do Things for the Show During my childhood - as I was growing up - anything "modern" was considered good! Whatever the current fad was, it was something that I wanted to have - and, I was convinced, like everyone else, that the new item was better - even when it came to "modern food;" if ...read more

  • The Cross At Ground Zero After ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 9, 2009
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    The Cross at Ground Zero After 9/11 A testimony from a worker at ground zero on 9-11 testifies of God’s transforming power. I’m an excavation laborer, and a member of union local 731. Pick-and-shovel work is my trade. I live in New Jersey, but I’m a New York City native, Brooklyn born and bred. ...read more

  • Palm Sunday Praises Likened To The Fall Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010
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    Palm Sunday Praises Likened to the Fall of the Berlin Wall A few years ago there was a pastor visiting the U.S. He had lived in what had been East Germany - from the region of Thuringen, Germany. He spoke to us about November 9th 1989 - and important date in the history of Germany - the day that ...read more

  • History Of Calvinism

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    HISTORY OF CALVINISM In 1610, just one year after the death of James Arminius (a Dutch Seminary professor) five articles of faith based on his teachings were drawn up by his followers. The Arminians, as his followers came to be called, presented these five doctrines to the State of Holland in the ...read more

  • All God Has: A Testimony  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jun 30, 2014
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    The day I turned 18, I left home. I had saved some money, and despite my parents' strong objections, I packed a few things in my Volkswagen and headed for California. Just outside of Needles, California, a man at a rest stop pulled a gun, took my wallet, and drove off with my car. I had not been in ...read more

  • Truly Amazing Grace

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017
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    Timothy Paul Jones in his book, Proof writes about his middle daughter who had been previously adopted by another family. He was sure this couple had the best of intentions, but they never quite integrated the adopted child into their family of biological children. For one reason or another, ...read more

  • Saved People Have Two Birthdays!

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 4, 2019
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    Born Again - John 1:12-13 (Also see John 3:1-16) 12. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the (power or authority or) right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name: 13. who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. ...read more

  • George Floyd

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jun 11, 2020
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    God can use you to make a difference in our broken world no matter your past. Just commit your way to the Lord like Jephthah did and depend on His Holy Spirit. When I think about Jephthah, I think about George Floyd, who was recently murdered in Minneapolis. George was a towering 6-foot by 6-inch ...read more