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  • Though Many Of Us Have Seen Pictures Of A Huge ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 18, 2001
    based on 51 ratings
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    Though many of us have seen pictures of a huge eagle’s nest high in the branches of a tree or in the crag of a cliff, few of us have gotten a glimpse inside. When a mother eagle builds her nest she starts with thorns, broken branches, sharp rocks, and a number of other items that seem entirely ...read more

  • Michaelangelo  PRO

    Contributed by Jeffrey Poms on May 1, 2002
    based on 70 ratings
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    Michaelangelo: In 1502 in Florence Italy there was a large block of marble given to a church in Santa Maria, the church immediately hired who they thought was a professional to sculpt this enormously huge piece of rock. The man was not a professional and soon after commencing this great task the ...read more

  • Joan Mills Enjoyed A Bedtime Ritual With Her ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ian Biss on Jul 2, 2002
    based on 48 ratings
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    Joan Mills enjoyed a bedtime ritual with her little boy. They each compared how much they loved each other. She said, “I wouldn’t trade you for all the boys in the world.” Then he creatively compared his love for her by saying, “I wouldn’t trade you for forty motorcycles,” or, “I wouldn’t trade you ...read more

  • The Bible Says That We Can Miss God's Mark Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Botts on Aug 29, 2002
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    The Bible says that we can miss God’s mark of perfection with our thoughts, words, or deeds. In commission (what we’ve done wrong) and omission (what we ought to have done right). Imagine if you’ve only sinned 10, no 5, no just 3x per day in though, word and deed (commission and/or omission). ...read more

  • If You Don't Believe In Miracles, Listen To This ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 27, 2003
    based on 73 ratings
     | 2,551 views

    If you don’t believe in miracles, listen to this story. There was a young girl who lived on New York, and her parents didn’t allow her to play in the streets, so she had to play upstairs. Now where she played it was a third floor window and she would always play by this window. One day she was ...read more

  • One Night While Conducting An Evangelistic ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
    based on 1 rating
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    One night while conducting an evangelistic meeting in the Salvation Army Citadel in Chicago, Booth Tucker preached on the sympathy of Jesus. After his message a man approached him and said, “If your wife had just died, like mine has, and your babies were crying for their mother, who would never ...read more

  • A Local Sportscaster, Doing Radio Coverage Of An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
     | 1,488 views

    A local sportscaster, doing radio coverage of an Indiana high-school football game from the stands, used a chart listing the names, numbers, and positions of the players to help him describe the action. Then it began to rain; the ink on the chart ran, and the numbers on the backs of the players ...read more

  • London Businessman Lindsay Clegg Told The Story ...

    Contributed by Bob Soulliere on May 5, 2007
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    London businessman Lindsay Clegg told the story of a warehouse property he was selling. The building had been empty for months and needed repairs. Vandals had damaged the doors, smashed the windows, and strewn trash all over the place. As he showed a prospective buyer the property, he took pains to ...read more

  • London Businessman Lindsay Clegg Told The Story ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 2,800 views

    London businessman Lindsay Clegg told the story of a warehouse property he was selling. The building had been empty for months and needed repairs. Vandals had damaged the doors, smashed the windows, and strewn trash all over the place. As he showed a prospective buyer the property, he took pains to ...read more

  • I Watched Denise Jackson, The Wife Of Country ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Nov 21, 2007
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    I watched Denise Jackson, the wife of country star Alan Jackson share her testimony on CBN, and it is also in her new book “It’s all about HIM”. She is not talking about Alan, but the Lord Jesus. She said she was raised in church, and went every Sunday, and had the head knowledge. But after ...read more

  • A Tragic Event That Occurred In The Spring Of ...

    Contributed by Scott Carroll on Mar 11, 2008
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    A tragic event that occurred in the spring of 1931 when nine young black men were pulled off an Alabama freight train and accused of raping two young white women. A fight had broken out between blacks and whites in which, the whites were thrown off the train; the surprise was that two southern ...read more

  • An Emergency-Room Doctor Wrote, "Recently We Saw ...  PRO

    Contributed by Curtis Rowe on Aug 4, 2008
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    An Emergency-room doctor wrote, "Recently we saw another preview of hell in the Parkland Hospital in Dallas. A woman struck down by a drunken driver. A college student lying semi-conscious following a head on collision with another drunk driver who himself was critically injured. The drunk's ...read more

  • Gary Richmond, A Former Zookeeper, Had This To ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 17, 2009
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    Gary Richmond, a former zookeeper, had this to say: Raccoons go through a glandular change at about 24 months. After that they often attack their owners. Since a 30-pound raccoon can be equal to a 100-pound dog in a scrap, I felt compelled to mention the change coming to a pet raccoon owned by a ...read more

  • Grace Is For Everyone: 3:10 To Yuma

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 28, 2009
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    GRACE IS FOR EVERYONE: 3:10 TO YUMA One of the main themes that we find in a lot (although not all) of Jesus’ parables is God’s grace. Specifically, they often point towards God’s limitless grace. That was a central part of last week’s parable: Grace demands our response. I want to start with a ...read more

  • In Youngstown Ohio One Of The Individuals That ...

    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 8, 2009
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    In Youngstown Ohio one of the individuals that was a part of a group I drank coffee with was a young volunteer firefighter and newly trained EMT. One day working a part time shift for an ambulance company in Boardman, OH, John was a part of a response team called to a house where a live alone ...read more

  • An Interesting Thing Happened One Day In A ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 14, 2009
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    An interesting thing happened one day in a church where the great American businessman Samuel Colgate was a member. During an evangelistic campaign a prostitute came forward and confessed her sins. She was broken-hearted and wept openly. She asked God to save her soul and expressed a desire to join ...read more

  • Getting The Fruit For Yourself  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
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    Getting the Fruit for Yourself A family was driving to Tampa, Florida. As far as the eye could see, orange trees were loaded with fruit. When we stopped for breakfast, I ordered orange juice with my eggs. "I’m sorry," the waitress said. "I can’t bring you orange juice. Our machine is broken." We ...read more

  • Encouragement Can Change A Life  PRO

    Contributed by Jorge Acevedo on Feb 17, 2010
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    ENCOURAGEMENT CAN CHANGE A LIFE Stuart Briscoe tells a story of something that happened to Howard Hendricks when he was in elementary school. Howard had come from a broken family and was a problem kid. During his first day in fifth grade the teacher said, 'Oh, Howard Hendricks. I've heard a lot ...read more

  • Occasionally, I Read A Web Log By A Young Man Who ...

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 26, 2010
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    Occasionally, I read a web log by a young man who gives only his first name, which is Justin. In a recent post on his blog, which he calls “Uban Idealist,” he says this. He says, “For a long time my reaction to seeing [the broken] areas in my life has been to work hard on them. Try to act more ...read more

  • Adoption: The Potrea Protestus

    Contributed by Jesse Roncales on Mar 27, 2010
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    ADOPTION: THE POTREA PROTESTUS Our concept of adoption is far different from the concept of adoption in the New Testament. In most cases, an adopted child, at that time, was most honored than natural children. And in all cases, to be adopted by someone was considered a special privilege. In the ...read more