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  • Sometimes Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction. I Once ...

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 29, 2005
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    Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. I once read a news story about a lawsuit in Tennessee. It seems that an evangelist was being sued for $1 million by a woman who claimed the evangelist-healer tried to punch a demon out of her stomach. The punch knocked the lady over onto another woman whose ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Family Structure: According To The Institute For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Family Structure: According to the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, 20 of 23 studies find a link between family structure and delinquency, affirming that kids from broken homes are much more likely to enter lives of crime. 90% of the increase in violent-crime rates can be attributed to the ...read more

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  • Quote: "When Love, Acceptance And Forgiveness ...  PRO

    Contributed by C Jordan on Aug 29, 2006
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    QUOTE: “When love, acceptance and forgiveness prevail, the church becomes what Jesus was in the world: a center of love, designed for the healing of broken people, and a force for God… One of the greatest services a church can offer a community is to provide a place for people to be brought to ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • One Summer Evening During A Violent ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Dec 27, 2006
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    **One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm a mother was tucking her small boy into bed. She was about to turn off the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, "Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?" The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug. "I can’t, Dear," she said, "I ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • One Summer Night During A Severe Thunderstorm A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Jul 6, 2001
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    One summer night during a severe thunderstorm a mother was tucking her small son into bed. She was about to turn the light off when he asked in a trembling voice, "Mommy, will you stay with me all night?" Smiling, the mother gave him a warm, reassuring hug and said tenderly, "I can’t dear. I have ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • A Lasting Treaty?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2003
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    A LASTING TREATY? Since 1919, the nations of Europe have signed more than 200 treaties of peace. Each treaty, simply another scrap of paper, was broken more easily than consummated. From the year 1500 B.C. to A.D. 1860 more than 8,000 treaties of peace, meant to remain in force forever, were ...read more

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  • In A Church I Know Well One Lady Slapped Another ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 6, 2004
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    In a church I know well one lady slapped another ladies child in the nursery. When the lady found out about it she was furious, but she didn’t want to say anything. Her pastor encouraged her to talk to the other lady about what had happened. When she confronted her in love, the other lady ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • One Summer Night During A Severe Thunderstorm A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2007
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    One summer night during a severe thunderstorm a mother was tucking her small son into bed. She was about to turn the light off when he asked in a trembling voice, "Mommy, will you stay with me all night?" Smiling, the mother gave him a warm, reassuring hug and said tenderly, "I can’t dear. I have ...read more

  • One Summer Night During A Severe Thunderstorm A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2007
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    One summer night during a severe thunderstorm a mother was tucking her small son into bed. She was about to turn the light off when he asked in a trembling voice, "Mommy, will you stay with me all night?" Smiling, the mother gave him a warm, reassuring hug and said tenderly, "I can’t dear. I have ...read more

  • One Summer Night During A Severe Thunderstorm A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    One summer night during a severe thunderstorm a mother was tucking her small son into bed. She was about to turn the light off when he asked in a trembling voice, "Mommy, will you stay with me all night?" Smiling, the mother gave him a warm, reassuring hug and said tenderly, "I can’t dear. I have ...read more

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  • A World In Turmoil

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 25, 2007
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     | 1,875 views

    A World In Turmoil The Personnel Journal reported this incredible statistic: since the beginning of recorded history, the entire world has been at peace less than eight percent of the time! In its study, the periodical discovered that of 3530 years of recorded history, only 286 years saw peace. ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Like A Horse Has To Be Saddle Broke To Submit To ...

    Contributed by Michael West on Oct 2, 2008
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    Like a horse has to be saddle broke to submit to the rider, you have to be broken before God, admitting that you are powerless to bring down your Jericho. Being good doesn’t make it happen, it’s God’s battle, but being submitted will. The fact is, we need an army to do it and God has one. A ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • In 1846 Former President John Quincy Adams ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
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    In 1846 former president John Quincy Adams suffered a stroke. Although he returned to Congress the following year, his health was clearly failing. Daniel Webster described his last meeting with Adams: “Someone, a friend of his, came in and made particular inquiry of his health. Adams answered, ‘I ...read more

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  • I've Heard A Tale That A Man Would Climb A ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Mar 25, 2006
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    I’ve heard a tale that a man would climb a mountain Just to be with the one he loves. How many times has he broken that promise? It has never been done Well I never climbed the highest mountain, but I walked the hill of Calvary Just to be with you I’ve done everything There’s no price I did not ...read more

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  • We Serve Jesus By Serving People. A Wealthy ...  PRO

    Contributed by Darryl Bell on Apr 17, 2006
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    We serve Jesus by serving people. A wealthy American traveler visited a hospital in Southeast Asia. He walked in just as a young missionary nurse was cleaning the sores of a sick, dirty, elderly man who had been found lying in a gutter. The rich man said to the nurse, “I wouldn’t do that for a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Genesis Speaks Of The Creation Of The Sun. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kevin Taylor on Mar 8, 2002
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    1. Genesis speaks of the creation of the sun. Revelation tells of a place that needs no sun. 2. Genesis speaks of the entrance of sin into this world. Revelation tells of the banishment of all sin. 3. Genesis speaks of the sin-curse that is pronounced upon mankind. Revelation tells of the broken ...read more

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  • The Meek Is Like The Mango Tree. All Its ...  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 4, 2007
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,598 views

    The meek is like the mango tree. All its branches hang with fruit. Passer-by come and assails it with stones and sticks. It responds by dropping the fruit at every blow, at the feet of those who assail it. At the close of the season, it stands scarred and battered, its leaves torn off, its ...read more

    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • There's A Story About An Old Cherokee Chief ...

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Oct 13, 2007
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    There’s a story about an old Cherokee chief sitting before a flickering fire with his grandson. The boy had broken a tribal taboo, and his grandpa wanted to help him understand what made him do it. "It’s like we have two wolves inside us," said the chief. "One is good, the other is bad. Both ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Charlie Peace, A Criminal In England, On The Day ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Dec 25, 2007
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    Charlie Peace, a criminal in England, on the day he was being taken to his execution, listened to a minister reading from the Word. And when he found out he was reading about heaven and hell, he looked at the preacher and said, "Sir, if I believed what you and the church of God say, and even if ...read more

  • The Heart

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jun 24, 2009
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    THE HEART We say "I give you my heart..." Maybe we should say, "God, give me Your heart." Let my heart beat with the heartbeat of God...Let my heart be broken by what breaks his heart..." God is chasing you...will you come to Him? You need a heart transplant - He ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal