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  • Learning/Growth

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 9, 2019
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    LEARNING MORE? AM I GROWING? COME AND GO WITH ME: TO COCONUT GROVE, THE YEAR IS 1942, SATURDAY NIGHT THANKSGIVING WEEKEND… Doctor VINCENT SENNA was enjoying a meal at the MELODY LOUNGE. The basement lounge was so crowded with people celebrating the holidays. DOCTOR VINCENT SENNA received and urgent ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Kfc Chicken Joy

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 30, 2009
     | 3,054 views

    KFC CHICKEN JOY A few weeks ago, KFC through Oprah made it possible for every person to get a free meal of KFC’s grilled chicken. People were exuberant. The computer server was overwhelmed with requests. We were able to get the coupons and went the next day. The restaurants were overwhelmed by the ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • I Remember When I Was In My Early Teens, God ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 17, 2009
     | 1,450 views

    I remember when I was in my early teens, God settled in on Crestview Baptist Church in Petal, Mississippi with a great demonstration of His power and presence. Bro. Manley Beasley was preaching a revival meeting for us that week. One particular night, God’s presence came in such mighty conviction, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • A Medical Missionary Learns How One Group Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 22, 2009
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    A Medical Missionary Learns How One Group of People in India say, "Thank You" A medical missionary in India had found a way to heal people who were going blind. He said that once he’d done this operation on the local people they never said, "Thank you," because that phrase was not in their dialect. ...read more

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  • Maturity

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Dec 27, 2020
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     | 2,687 views

    Automatic behaviour is the hallmark of immature people bent on survival, they accept few challenges and experience little growth. Immature people react with a small part of themselves to a small part of the world. They limit themselves by paying attention only to what is close-up, by focusing on ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • A Wise Heart

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jul 15, 2021
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    Proverbs 16:21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning. KJV This does not mean you sugar coat the Word, but rather choose words or actions that do not offend in such a way no one wants to listen. Too many times Christians are rude and crude not ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • I Remember Back In The Times Of The Civil Rights ...

    Contributed by Fred Mueller on Dec 16, 2004
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    I remember back in the times of the Civil Rights movement, psychologists were studying bigotry and prejudice. They found that a way of getting people to change their attitudes was to get them to say something unbigoted. Thus if you could get people to say that whites and blacks are equal and ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • A Woman Got A Divorce And Lost Her Family. She ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Apr 20, 2006
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    A woman got a divorce and lost her family. She sank into a deep depression, and was in desperate need. The people in her church only shook their heads and pointed their fingers at her failure, so she left and began frequenting a bar. One day the preacher came and ...read more

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  • I Was The Setup Man And Warehouse Planner Which ...

    Contributed by Steven Wunderink on Aug 8, 2007
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    I was the setup man and warehouse planner which was second to supervisor in my departments. I applied for 22 supervisor positions, interviewed and it was narrowed down to 2 people, me and the other, 22 times the OTHER was picked. The 23rd time I was and finally understood why I was not ready for ...read more

    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • A Pastor Friend Asked Me To Go With Him To ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Nov 15, 2007
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    A pastor friend asked me to go with him to cleanse a house for a church member that keep having apparations in his house. They lived alone but people kept seeing people in his house when no one was there. We prayed through the house annoiting it with oil and dedicating it to Jesus, and commanded ...read more

    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • In The Early Days Of Our History Frontier ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 26, 2006
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    In the early days of our history frontier travelers were dependent upon ferry boats to get them across our nation’s rivers. The story is told of a wise old ferry boat captain who made it a practice to talk to his passengers as he ferried them back and forth across the river. On one side he ...read more

    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • In The Early Days Of Our History Frontier ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 26, 2006
     | 636 views

    In the early days of our history frontier travelers were dependent upon ferry boats to get them across our nation’s rivers. The story is told of a wise old ferry boat captain who made it a practice to talk to his passengers as he ferried them back and forth across the river. On one side he ...read more

    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Accidents In The Work Zone

    Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Mar 30, 2007
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    A news story out of St. Louis last year began… "He was a loving father and loved his grandkids," Linda Heath never imagined Wednesday would mark the first time she referred to her husband of 31 years in the past tense.” On April 26, 2006 Henry Heath was killed while directing traffic in a ...read more

    Denomination: Mennonite

  • Did You Know That The United States Once Had A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,590 views

    Did you know that the United States once had a king? Actually, he wasn’t a king—he was an emperor. During the gold-rush days of the 1800s in San Francisco, a man named Joshua A. Norton lost everything he had in market speculation. When that happened, something happened to his mind. He declared ...read more

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  • Holiness Is Developed In Community

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    HOLINESS IS DEVELOPED IN COMMUNITY In the 3rd and 4th Centuries, and even to some extent today, the popular image of holiness was solitude, silence and severity. The really (quote) "holy people" back then were those who lived like hermits, wandering in the desert alone -- fasting, praying and ...read more

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  • J. R. Packard Wrote A Short Story Entitled, "The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    J. R. Packard wrote a short story entitled, "The Trouble Is." In that story there is one very moving scene. A riot is in progress with blacks & whites fighting each other. The mother of the little black boy who is telling this story has been hurt. Her family has just gone down & picked her up off ...read more

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  • Reginald Bibby, The Canadian Guru Of Statistical ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jul 29, 2007
     | 880 views

    Reginald Bibby, the Canadian guru of statistical study, tells us in his book, “Restless Gods” that “People from British Columbia to Newfoundland are providing some interesting evidence of the existence of God, on something of an unconscious level. These kinds of findings point to a great ...read more

    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • Robert Murray Mccheyne, A Preacher Of Years Past ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 1,258 views

    Robert Murray McCheyne, a preacher of years past once said, “My people’s greatest need is my personal holiness.” My friends, what the world needs today is to see Christians living out what they claim to believe. Don’t wound or disable yourself ...read more

  • Three Buddies Were Discussing Death And One Asked ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,203 views

    Three buddies were discussing death and one asked the group: “What would you like people to say about you at your funeral?” One said: “He was a great humanitarian, who cared about his community.” Another said: “He was a great husband and father, who was an ...read more

  • The Quartz Hill Football Team Won The Cif ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 15, 2008
     | 1,384 views

    The Quartz Hill football team won the CIF Championship. The head coach, Pat Degnan, told his team all year, "Its not the X's and the O, but the Jimmy's and the Joe's." In other words, plays don't win football games; players do. In the same way, church doctrines and programs do ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal