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  • Back To One Of David's Legacy's His Mighty Men. ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 22, 2009
     | 3,489 views

    Back to one of David’s legacy’s his mighty men. The people are now saying, “Wow, have you seen David’s mighty men, talk about quality leaders and warriors. Hero’s who once where rift-raft and discontented, in debt, stressed out men and women’ Wow, how they are now “Mighty!” All because David ...read more

  • Running The Race

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Mar 3, 2010
     | 6,677 views

    RUNNING THE RACE Many of you know that I have fairly poor eyesight. However, my eyesight today is far better than it was when I was a child. The Lord has given me much better eyesight today than I have ever had I my life. When I was a kid, however, my eyesight was terrible. So as I was ...read more

  • Oscar Greene Learns About Compliance And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2010
     | 2,734 views

    Oscar Greene Learns About Compliance and Exercising Due Diligence As I start to sit down, now, listen to the story of the African-American Episcopalian lay leader, Oscar Greene, of West Medford, Massachusetts! One day, he was invited to serve as a Bank Director! He was hesitant to accept the ...read more

  • Coronations

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Apr 18, 2011
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    CORONATIONS Have you ever seen a coronation? The queen of England, Queen Elizabeth II became Queen on June 2, 1953 (59 Years ago). Too long ago for most of us to remember. Did you know the the Queen's main residence, Buckingham Palace, boasts 775 rooms and 78 bathrooms? But many of us remember ...read more

  • Dating" Of A Calendar And "Dating" Of One's ...

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Nov 29, 2011
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    "Dating" of a calendar and "dating" of one's life... Universally all the Nations irrespective of their stand on religion adopt a calendar, which uses the Christ’s birth as a base. Yes, the World history is split into 2 not on the basis of the birth of great conquerors like Alexander the great or ...read more

  • My Life Is In His Hands

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Dec 12, 2011
     | 5,481 views

    MY LIFE IS IN HIS HANDS Chuck Colson tells about going to Salem, OR. & preaching to prisoners there. Kathy Trocoli went with him, sang the song, "My Life is in His Hands." After the service was over, one of the inmates came up to Kathy and said, "I really want to thank you for singing that song. ...read more

  • Feeling God

    Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Mar 4, 2012
     | 3,342 views

    FEELING GOD When we try to measure time or weight or temperature or speed or any of a hundred other things, we normally rely on instrumentation. But we can try to tell the time by using our feelings, such as how hungry or tired we feel, and our senses, such as how light it seems, is crudely ...read more

  • Bad Blood

    Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Mar 25, 2012
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    "BAD BLOOD" "Bad blood" is an English phrase referring to enmity between two (or more) people or groups. This is a reference to the breaking of military covenants. Not too long ago in the 19th century leeches were enjoying a golden age. Millions were raised for medical use as their fame as a ...read more

  • The Heritage Tree  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2012
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    THE HERITAGE TREE The Heritage Tree, Cape Perpetua, Central Oregon coast. This giant spruce is called The Heritage Tree because it stands almost 200 feet tall and because it started to grow as a seedling about the same time Martin Luther was pounding his theses on the church door at Wittenberg. ...read more

  • Light In The Darkness  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Angus on May 20, 2013
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    LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS Some of you may be familiar with the name Catherine Marshall. She was a wonderful Christian author who wrote such classics as Christy, which became a television series. There was an occasion in her life when she felt as if the flame of God’s love had gone out. It started ...read more

  • Astray

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Sep 23, 2019
     | 1,771 views

    Astray They sing, Farther along we'll understand. Oh, how I wish I'd been a holy man, But I wandered so far astray Now all I can see is Judgment Day. I fell on my knees and begged for Your grace, Then turned around and spat in Your face. I walked along in my foolish will, Now I fear ...read more

  • The Gossipping Preacher

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 5, 2021
     | 2,736 views

    Three preachers from the same small town in Texas were out fishing together, just getting away from the busy pace of a minister's schedule. All alone in a boat together, they began to open up and confess things in their lives. The first preacher said, "Well, I hate to admit it, but I ...read more

  • Is Anyone Pure?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,400 views

    Introduction - Is anyone pure? Charles Swindoll in "Growing Deep in the Christian Life," writes about a man who bought fried chicken dinners for himself and his date late one afternoon. The attendant at the fast food outlet, however, inadvertently gave him the proceeds from the day’s business - a ...read more

  • Here Are The Percentages Of Resolutions That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 3,124 views

    Here are the percentages of resolutions that people have promised to make for 2007: Now if you are into making goals and wanting to set them there is a website just for you. It’s called mygoals.com and it helps you stay on track, but it also has trends for what people are going to make as goals ...read more

  • The Top Ten Things Teenagers Hate To Hear Their ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
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    The top ten things teenagers hate to hear their parents say: 10. Pull your pants up. (What good will that do? They will just fall down again.) 9. When I was your age we did things differently. (Unfortunately, your kids still aren’t convinced you ever were their age.) 8. Who is going with you and ...read more

  • The Colonel Sanders Story  PRO

    Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Oct 26, 2007
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     | 7,139 views

    Illustration: The Colonel Sanders Story Here’s a man sitting on his porch in Kentucky. He’s only recently retired from the post office, and he’s sitting there when his first Social Security check is delivered. He’s very, very discouraged. He thinks to himself, "Is this what life is going to be ...read more

  • This Past Week I Watched Part Of An Interview ...

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 3, 2008
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    -This past week I watched part of an interview with a medical expert about this bird flu that is spreading around our world. The govt. has already suggested that people should stock a couple of month’s supply of such things as canned tuna and powdered milk. This is not to throw anybody into a ...read more

  • Do They Know You Love Them?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
     | 2,197 views

    DO THEY KNOW YOU LOVE THEM? On a cold winter evening a man suffered a heart attack and after being admitted to the hospital, the man asked the nurse to call his daughter. He explained, "You see, I live alone and she is the only family I have." The nurse went to phone the daughter. The daughter was ...read more

  • A Young Man Enlisted, And Was Sent To His ...

    Contributed by Timothy Dolan on Jun 22, 2008
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    A young man enlisted, and was sent to his regiment. The first night he was in the barracks with about fifteen other young men, who passed the time playing cards and gambling. Before retiring, he fell on his knees and prayed, and they began to curse him and jeer at him and throw boots at him. So it ...read more

  • We Should Be Like The 3-Year-Old Boy (That Paul ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 5, 2008
     | 2,529 views

    We should be like the 3-year-old boy (that Paul Harvey told about) who went to the grocery store with his mother. Before they entered the grocery store she said to him, "Now you’re not going to get any chocolate chip cookies, so don’t even ask." She put him up in the cart & he sat in the little ...read more