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  • During World War I A Protestant Chaplain With The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    During World War I a Protestant chaplain with the American troops in Italy became a friend of a local Roman Catholic priest. In time, the chaplain who moved on with his unit was killed. The priest heard of his death and asked military authorities if the chaplain could be buried in the cemetery ...read more

  • It's Amazing That Sometimes In Our Twisted World ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Apr 15, 2006
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    It’s amazing that sometimes in our twisted world that what’s right can be unjust - that some things that are legal don’t give justice to others. Perennially perky lawyer, Elle Woods understands that. She had just discovered that the mother of her Chihuahua, Bruiser, is being used in animal testing. ...read more

  • Not Long Before His Death, Henri Nouwen Wrote A ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
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    Not long before his death, Henri Nouwen wrote a book called Sabbatical Journeys, in which he wrote about some friends of his who were trapeze artists, called the Flying Roudellas. They told Nouwen that there is a special relationship between the flyer and the catcher on the trapeze. This ...read more

  • No Trust Or Full Trust — Haddon Robinson  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 15, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
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    No Trust or Full Trust - Haddon Robinson Years ago, Monroe Parker was traveling through South Alabama on a hot day. He stopped at a watermelon stand, picked out a watermelon, and asked the proprietor how much it cost. "It’s $1.10," he replied. Parker dug into his pocket, found only a bill and ...read more

  • Don't Miss This: Not Even Good, Humanitarian ...

    Contributed by Randall Bergsma on Dec 26, 2006
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    Don’t miss this: not even good, humanitarian performance fills up the soul! Bob Geldof was a British rock musician who decided to do something about the famine in Ethiopia during the early 1980’s. He put his own career on the back-burner and spent an entire year of his life organizing fund-raising ...read more

  • A Year Or So Ago The Rage On Tv Was The Reality ...

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on May 5, 2003
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    A year or so ago the rage on TV was the reality shows. Survivor was the first one that made it it big. The selling point was that instead of actors, these were real, every-day people. The outcome was not scripted and no one knew who would come out the survivor at the end. Since then many other ...read more

  • There Is The Story Of A Young Man Who Went Off ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on May 8, 2003
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    There is the story of a young man who went off to college and defied some of the values of his rearing that he had acquired in a Christian home. He had pornographic pictures on the walls. One day his mother came to visit him. She saw his walls but said nothing. Instead, she sent him a picture of ...read more

  • A Few Weeks Back, A Movie Came Out Entitled, "The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Abraham Shanklin on May 10, 2003
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    A few weeks back, a movie came out entitled, "The Hours." Though the underlying theme of homosexuality may surprise you, the critics declare the movie was thought provoking as it dealt with how individuals handle the stresses of life as each tick of the clock reminds each one how quickly time does ...read more

  • There Was A Man Going To Work One Morning, When ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2004
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    There was a man going to work one morning, when he was pulled over by a state trooper, the trooper walked up to the man’s car and said, sir did you not see the stop sign? The man replied I have been traveling this hiway for 20 years, and have never stopped at that sign, the trooper said well you ...read more

  • Naturally, When We Are Wronged, We Want To Seek ...

    Contributed by Thomas H on Jan 21, 2005
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    Naturally, when we are wronged, we want to seek revenge. This comes out in me most while driving. Who can identify with that? How do you feel when someone cuts you off? How do you feel when you are stuck behind someone doing 60 in an 80 zone and you’re running late? Does your blood boil? Well ...read more

  • Two Days

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jun 18, 2007
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    TWO DAYS There are two days we should not worry about. One is yesterday, with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. Yesterday has passed, forever beyond our control. All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday. We cannot undo a single act we ...read more

  • Have You Took Time To Notice The Not Responsible ...

    Contributed by West Garner on Aug 31, 2007
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    Have you took time to notice the not responsible signs around you. This week at a restaurant I ate at I noticed a sign by the coat rack that said, “Management Not Responsible for harmed or stolen garments in this area.” For those of us that fly, have you ever read the fine print on your airline ...read more

  • No Farewell To Love  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 2, 2007
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    “No Farewell to Love” As an aged Christian lay dying, a friend called to say farewell. “I have just had three other visitors,” said the dying man, “and with two of them I parted; but the third I shall keep with me forever.” “Who are they?” “the first was Faith, and I said, ‘Goodbye, Faith! I ...read more

  • Bringing The Old Life With You  PRO

    Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on May 2, 2008
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    BRINGING THE OLD LIFE WITH YOU The motor home has allowed us to put all the conveniences of home on wheels. A camper no longer needs to contend with sleeping in a sleeping bag, cooking over a fire, or hauling water from a stream. Now he can park a fully equipped home on a cement slab in the midst ...read more

  • People Would Have Been Familiar With Several ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 27, 2008
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    People would have been familiar with several options for living. They could choose to collaborate with the Romans like the Sadducees and even the tax collectors. They could choose to live according to a high standard of rules and regulations designed (supposedly) to gain God’s favor by being good ...read more

  • Lewis Ran From God

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jan 26, 2009
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    LEWIS RAN FROM GOD C. S. Lewis, the author of Prince Caspian, did not rejoice to find Jesus. He had been running from Him for his entire life. After a long search into what Christianity was and whether it could be trusted as truth, he said of himself: "The fox had been dislodged from Hegelian ...read more

  • Perfect Gifts

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
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    PERFECT GIFTS Everyone loves to receive gifts at Christmas time. And I am sure that as Christmas approaches, we are wondering what lies behind those wrapped presents. I remember as a child that these four weeks of advent were so difficult. I would go by that tree about 30 million times a day ...read more

  • Worship In Spirit And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
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    WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH When Lawrence of Arabia was in Paris with some of his Arab friends after World War I, he took them to see the sights of the city. His friends showed little interest in the Louvre, the Arch of Triumph, or Napoleon’s tomb. The thing that really interested them was the ...read more

  • I Can't See Him, So I'll Look At You  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
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    I CAN’T SEE HIM, SO I’LL LOOK AT YOU A three-year-old was on the heels of her mother everywhere she walked around the house. Time and time again she’d trip over her small son. She suggested her son play with his toys, but he said he was okay and said, "I’d rather be here with you." Then he ...read more

  • It Is A Terrible Thing For One¡¦s Destiny To Be ...

    Contributed by Akinsanya Adubi on Sep 21, 2009
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    It is a terrible thing for one¡¦s destiny to be truncated. This is a true story. There were two pastors driving on one of the roads in Lagos, Nigeria. One is a Nigerian, the other a foreigner. They got to a point under a bridge, where the people that we called "area boys" were begging for money ...read more