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  • Get Used To It

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
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    GET USED TO IT A missionary was assigned to some remote islands in the Pacific. After three months, he sent a fax to mission headquarters: "I'm being plagued by rats. What shall I do?" Soon a crate arrived, filled with rat traps. However, hardly a month later the missionary sent a second fax ...read more

  • God's Standard For Sin

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 30, 2010
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    GOD'S STANDARD FOR SIN At a former church, a youth leader came up to me one day and said, "I'm trying to figure out the way God judges sin. The best I can figure it, I assume he grades on the curve like they do at school. You know, 70% good is a passing grade." I had bad news for him. God has a ...read more

  • Holding Confirmed Tickets

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
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    HOLDING CONFIRMED TICKETS Sometime when you're in an airport, observe the difference between passengers who hold confirmed tickets and those who are on standby. The ones with confirmed tickets read newspapers, chat with their friends or sleep. The ones on standby hang around the ticket ...read more

  • Through The Darkness

    Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Feb 14, 2011
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     | 4,532 views

    THROUGH THE DARKNESS (John 1:1-14) It’s a dark night and even though your car headlights are on and shining brightly, you notice how dark it is outside: it’s a dark night. You have been driving through the night, a long way from your home, but you will soon be home. Even after your long drive ...read more

  • Haydn Gives Glory To God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2011
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    HAYDN GIVES GLORY TO GOD Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) was present at the Vienna Music Hall, where his oratorio The Creation was being performed. Weakened by age, the great composer was confined to a wheelchair. As the majestic work moved along, the audience was caught up with tremendous emotion. ...read more

  • Wisdom Literature

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 23, 2011
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    WISDOM LITERATURE Wisdom not valued much in modern society, so wisdom literature not popular in our culture; In the past, Aesop's fables--which are amazing--used to be a common resource for popular wisdom. But in the ancient near east, wisdom literature abounded. Shortly before Solomon, an ...read more

  • No Faith, No Power

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 5, 2011
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    NO FAITH, NO POWER When I was growing up in Oklahoma, there was a lake my family and I frequented a lot called Keystone Lake. Keystone was not a natural lake; prior to its creation in 1962, there were towns located there, one of which gives the lake its name. The town was to be flooded to make a ...read more

  • Bumps Show Character

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Aug 4, 2011
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    "BUMPS" SHOW CHARACTER The other day I had a very full cup of coffee. VERY full. To top it off I had to walk back to my desk with it and, as fate would have it, I bumped into the desk corner while walking there. The coffee spilled. There's no hiding spilled coffee on a book or paper and, sure ...read more

  • Tough Ladies And Human Nature

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 29, 2011
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    TOUGH LADIES AND HUMAN NATURE I used to enjoy the old "Where's the Beef?" commercial. Everyone, it seems, knows a "where's the beef" type of lady. Germany has them, too: BERLIN (Reuters) - A feisty 90-year-old German woman chased away three would-be burglars from her rural farmhouse with her ...read more

  • The Unnecessary War

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 4, 2012
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    THE UNNECESSARY WAR When Winston Churchill was in his early thirties, he tried with all his powers to awaken the English speaking world to the impending dangers of a resurgent Germany. At the time Germany was being influenced by one Corporal Hitler, but Churchill’s warnings were all to no avail. ...read more

  • The Significance Of Spit

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Aug 13, 2012
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    THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SPIT Now why did Jesus spit in the blind man’s eyes? This is similar to another time when he spit in some dust and made clay, with which he anointed blind eyes (Mark 7:33). If a modern evangelist or missionary followed Jesus’ example in this, how well received would it ...read more

  • Ali Kissed 'em!

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 16, 2012
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    "ALI KISSED 'EM!" Former boxing writer Harold Conrad visited a women's prison with heavyweight fighter Muhammad Ali. "All the inmates lined up," wrote Conrad. "They were ooh-ing and aah-ing as he went along. There were some good-looking ones. But he kissed only the ugly ones." After they left the ...read more

  • She Thinks I'm Real!

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 24, 2012
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    A story is told of a family that went into a restaurant. The waitress walked up and, looking at the young boy, said: “What will it be?” The boy eagerly shouted back: “I’ll take a hamburger, French fries, and a chocolate shake.” The mother immediately interrupted: “Oh, that’s not what he ...read more

  • What I Saw At The Abortion Clinic

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 20, 2014
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    "What I Saw at the Abortion Clinic" by Richard Selzer. In this article he talks about witnessing a 19 week old fetus being aborted by an injection procedure no longer in use. He described the abortionist sliding the needle of the syringe into the woman's belly, and then, he writes, "I see ...read more

  • Singing

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 18, 2014
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    Do not neglect your gift. Susan Boyle, age 48, of Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland. REMEMBER HER? She thrilled England and the world when she stood on that stage competing in the Britain’s Got Talent contest on April 11, 2009, and sang, “I Dreamed A Dream.” That was the most watched youtube clip ...read more

  • Door Of Hope

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2015
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    There is a small metal door painted white in the side of a tiny mission church in Johannesburg South Africa. This door is changing lives. On it are painted the words “door of hope.” That is exactly what it is for various babies within the city. On average some forty to fifty babies were being ...read more

  • The Intruder

    Contributed by James Dorman on May 11, 2017
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     | 6,543 views

    One night I was certain that I was about to become the victim of a home invasion. Something had awakened me. I heard a strange noise and became even more alert. As I slowly looked around with my heart thumping I saw him! He was standing there looking at me. I wasn’t sure what to do. I ...read more

  • A Wrist Watch And A Big Bang

    Contributed by Ron Freeman, Evangelist on Mar 24, 2019
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    Shake it together! If we placed the parts of a wrist watch in a bag and began to shake it; how long do you think it would be, before it came together, and function properly? Both the world and the watch had a creator, designer, and maker. The world did not begin as a result of a big bang. God ...read more

  • Christmas Eve Communion Confession

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Nov 23, 2019
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    Confession O Lord, we remember you, O Lamb of God Born this day to take away the sin of the world; O Word become flesh, Who came down to share our humanity; You alone are worthy. Help us remember You not only with our lips, But with our hearts as well; Help our lives proclaim Your truth. As we ...read more

  • Saint Or Sinner

    Contributed by John Bright on Feb 19, 2021
     | 2,625 views

    In the “Freedom in Christ” course, Neil Anderson and Steve Goss, share an illustration that I just love – “You know the fairy tale of the princess who decided to kiss a frog? When she kissed the frog, he changes into a handsome prince. Now imagine they go out to a fancy restaurant to celebrate ...read more