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  • There Is An Old Legend Of A Benevolent King Who ...

    Contributed by Kraig Pullam on Oct 25, 2006
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    There is an old legend of a benevolent king who had his men place a great heavy stone on a certain roadway over which all his subjects would be forced to travel. He then hid himself to see who would try to remove the stone only to discover that no one stopped to try to remove the stone, but all ...read more

  • Are You All Familiar With The ‘footprints' ...

    Contributed by Timothy Dolan on Jan 5, 2008
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    Are you all familiar with the ‘Footprints’ poster that essentially says that when times get rough and there was only one set of footprints in the sand as you walked with God, that this is the time when God carried you. How inspirational, but it’s a lie! What drivel…it all started within a heresy ...read more

  • Since At Least January Of 2008, We Have All Seen ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on May 25, 2008
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    Since at least January of 2008, we have all seen daily television commercials for the annual "Avon Walk for Breast Cancer." One young lady, walking in memory of her Mother, who was a breast cancer victim, laments, "I really didn't have any say so about my Mother's death, walking in her memory ...read more

  • Six Kinds Of Toxic People

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
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    SIX KINDS OF TOXIC PEOPLE Life Coach Cheryl Robinson says there are six kinds of toxic people. There are the blamers who are always complaining about what is wrong in their life and blaming others. Then there are the drainers. They’re like vampires who will come and suck everything out of you ...read more

  • Factor In Fallenness

    Contributed by John Bright on Mar 1, 2025
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    A few years ago, our congregation joined with many churches in the area praying for a 6-year-old boy with extremely aggressive form of brain cancer. Of course, we prayed for a full healing so that the boy could have a long life. He died within 6 months. His parents grew in their faith of a God ...read more

  • A Man Got A Job As A Night Watchman At A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A man got a job as a night watchman at a factory. There had been a lot of thefts by the workers on the night shift and so every morning when the night shift workers passed through his gate it was his job to check their bags and pockets to make sure that nothing was being stolen. Things were going ...read more

  • M ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2008
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    Materialism Matthew Sleeth is a medical doctor who wrote a provocative book called "Serve God Save the Planet." Dr. Sleeth was a former emergency room doctor and chief of medical staff at a prominent hospital in the northeast. He writes about a colleague named Todd. I think Todd represents the ...read more

  • Marriage Mayhem: Recent Research Data Reveals A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Marriage Mayhem: Recent research data reveals a continued erosion of marriage in America. * More than half of all couples now live together before getting married compared to just 10% three decades ago, claims a study, The Relationship Between Cohabitation and Marital Quality and Stability, by ...read more

  • Do You Know This Man? His Name Is Thomas ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Do you know this man? His name is Thomas Jonathan Jackson. In 1851 he resigned from the army to teach at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. In the ensuing years tension arose between the Union states and the Southern states over slavery. In November 1859, Jackson was one of ...read more

  • Pain Passes, But Beauty Remains  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2011
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    PAIN PASSES, BUT BEAUTY REMAINS Pierre Auguste Renoir is a famous French artist who lived in the late 19th century to the early 20th century. He was known for his paintings, mostly depicting family life. But there was one disease that tormented this gifted artist -- he had arthritis that plagued ...read more

  • A Man Once Came To Peter Marshall, Former ...  PRO

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 13, 2012
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    A man once came to Peter Marshall, former chaplain of the Unites States Senate, with a concern about tithing. “I have a problem,” he said. “I have been tithing for some time. It wasn’t too bad when I was making $20,000 a year; I could afford to give up $2,000. But now that I am making $500,000, ...read more

  • Making The Wrong Right

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Oct 31, 2012
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    MAKING THE WRONG RIGHT Many years ago, Christian professor Stuart Blackie of the University of Edinburgh was listening to his students as they presented oral readings. When one young man rose to begin his recitation, he held his book in the wrong hand. The professor thundered, "Take your book in ...read more

  • Traveling With A Pack?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Aug 30, 2023
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    I have several different pairs of glasses. I really focus on one pair. A rose colored pair of glasses makes everything appear rosy. Everything you see will be rosy as we have a rose filter. Years ago I read about a pet dog. The little girl bottle fed the puppy and raised it to adult ...read more

  • President Anwar Sadat's Address To The Israeli ...  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Aug 3, 2002
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    President Anwar Sadat’s Address to the Israeli Knesset November 20, 1977 In the name of God, Mr. Speaker of the Knesset, ladies and gentlemen, allow me first to thank deeply the Speaker of the Knesset for affording me this opportunity to address you.... I come to you today on solid ground to ...read more

  • Amish Grace And Forgiveness

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 9, 2012
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    AMISH GRACE AND FORGIVENESS Following the tragic Amish school shooting of 10 young schoolgirls in a one-room Amish school in October 2006, reporters from throughout the world invaded Lancaster County, PA to cover the story. However, in the hours and days following the shooting a different, an ...read more

  • When I Finally Decided To Do What God Wanted, I ...

    Contributed by Michael Huddlestun on Jun 20, 2004
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    When I finally decided to do what God wanted, I realized this first hand. Within the span of one week, my wife and I had several negative things happen in our lives. First, a close family friend died of a massive heart attack. Two days after that, we found out that her grandmother was diagnosed ...read more

  • The Attack [of Pearl Harbor] Took Place [december ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Feb 26, 2006
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    The attack [of Pearl Harbor] took place [December 7, 1941] on a sunny Sunday morning. A minimal contingent of soldiers was on duty at the time. Most offices on the base were closed and many servicemen were on leave for the weekend. New technology, including the new radar mounted on Opana Point, ...read more

  • The Cost Of Dodging Duty

    Contributed by Robert Garrett on Aug 8, 2005
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    ILLUSTRATION “THE COST OF DODGING DUTY” I have read of a king who placed a heavy stone in the road and hid to see who would remove it. Men of various classes came and worked their way around it, some loudly blaming the king for not keeping the highways clear, but all dodging the duty of getting ...read more

  • In Pop-Culture: Do You Remember Milli Vanilli? ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In Pop-Culture: Do you remember Milli Vanilli? They sold 30 million singles and 10 million albums before they were discovered to be lip-syncing pop fraudsters and became the laughing stock of pop entertainment In the Sports Arena: CBS senior sports writer, Clark Judge, wrote on CBS Sportline.com in ...read more

  • A Psychologist Once Was Interviewing A Patient. ...

    Contributed by James Cloud on Aug 4, 2007
     | 2,958 views

    A psychologist once was interviewing a patient. This patient was chronically depressed, hated life, blamed others for his own issues, and was obsessed with his own feelings of low self worth. After some time of complaining about this and that, the patient finally drew a halting breath and allowed ...read more