Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2002
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During the second world war a certain city church in London was all set out for harvest thanksgiving. In the center of the gifts was a sheaf of corn. The service was never held, for, on the Saturday night, a savage air raid laid the church in ruins. The months passed and the spring came, and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 12, 2003
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I was taking a shower when my 2-year-old son came into the bathroom and wrapped himself in toilet paper.
Although he made a mess, he looked adorable, so I ran for my camera and took a few shots.
They came out so well that I had copies made and included one with each of our Christmas cards.
Days
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2003
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Grizzly Pun
One day in the forest, three animals were discussing who among them was the most powerful.
"I am," said the hawk, "because I can fly and swoop down swiftly at my prey."
"That’s nothing," said the mountain lion, "I am not only fleet, but I have powerful teeth and claws."
"I am the
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Contributed by S Henriques on Jan 27, 2003
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One husband arrived home very early in the morning, after being out all night, drinking and brawling. He sneaked up the stairs quietly, doing his best not to awaken his wife. He looked in the bathroom mirror and bandaged the bumps and bruises he’d received in one of his fights that night. He then
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 15, 2003
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On Saturday, December 23, 1972, Richard Knecht of Prospect, Oregon, set out to shatter the existing world sit-up record. For the past six months a Marine Corps captain had held the record, with an amazing 17,007. Knecht was determined to capture the title for his family team, which tours the nation
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Contributed by James Chandler on Apr 3, 2003
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Lab Rats, Light, and Hope
A group of graduate students did a very bizarre experiment. They took lab rats and put them in a tank of water and placed the tank in a totally dark room. They went into the joining room and monitored them with video equipment. The rats swam for almost six hours before
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 26, 2003
During his 1960 presidential campaign, John F. Kennedy often closed his speeches with the story of Colonel Davenport, the Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives: On May 19th, 1780 the sky of Hartford darkened ominously, and some of the representatives, glancing out the windows, feared
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Baptist
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Amdrei Bitov, a Russian novelist, grew up under the atheistic Communist regime. But God got his attention one dreary day. He recalls, “In my twenty-seventh year, while riding the metro in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) I was overcome with a despair so great that life seemed to stop at once,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 6, 2003
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There is a hand painted picture. It is of an old burned-out mountain shack. All that remained was the chimney and the charred debris of what had been that family’s sole possessions. In front of this destroyed home stood an old grandfather-looking man dressed only in his underclothes, blacken and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2003
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My Father;
When I was seven: My Dad was a genius
When I was forteen: My Dad is wrong many times.
When I was twenty: My Father is old fashion and not up to things.
When I was twentyfive: The old man does not know what he is talking about, he is out of touch with reality.
When I was thirty five: With
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 13, 2003
There is a study listed in the Journal of Neuroscience that shows certain electrical switches in the brain, known as L-type voltage-gated calcium channels (LVGCCs), are required to overcome fear. These switches only allow you to "unlearn" or conquer a specific fear or phobia.
Right now,
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Contributed by Tom Doubt on Jul 15, 2003
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One winter day in 1975 we were diving on an American submarine, USS Bass, off Montauk Point, LI. At a dept of 165 feet the visibility was not good. My dive partner became disoriented and wanted to return to the surface. He wanted to go up, but in his confusion, was trying to pull himself down
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Contributed by Jeff Simms on Aug 3, 2003
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt got tired of smiling that big smile and
saying the usual things at all those White House receptions. So, one evening
he decided to find out whether anyone was paying attention to what he was
saying. As each person came up to him with extended hand, he flashed
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 19, 2003
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My dad was a preacher at a small church in Northwest Indiana. Sometimes he would take me and my little brother Steve to the Thursday morning Bible study. George, an elderly gentleman, would split his donut with my little brother. One Sunday my brother came to church with a sandwich bag full of
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Contributed by Pat Cook on Sep 5, 2003
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J. K. Johnston, in the book Why Christians Sin, told a tale about a small town that had historically been “dry,” but then a local businessman decided to build a tavern. A group of Christians from a local church were concerned and planned an all-night prayer meeting to ask God to intervene. It just
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 19, 2003
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"I don’t know how often I still do it, but I used to smooth my moustache a lot, in a certain way. Once when Nicole was about six she accompanied my oldest daughter, Charlene, who was driving out to meet me on a country road and pick me up. When they were still at a distance they saw a man
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Orthodox
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The Bible says that “Today is the day of salvation.” Author Anne Lamott tells about a 7 year old girl who got lost in a big city. The girl frantically ran up and down several streets, looking for a familiar landmark. A policeman saw the girl, realized something was wrong, and offered to help. She
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Pentecostal
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Illustration: Old Age -Fruit of God
A young man came to a man of ninety years of age and said to him, "How have you made out to live so long and be so well?" The old man took the youngster to an orchard, and, pointing to some large trees full of apples, said, "I planted these trees when I was a
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Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jan 12, 2004
1. For 16 years, John Kovac was a “tenant of a tunnel.” John and a few others lived underground in an abandoned railroad tunnel in New York City. When Amtrak bought the tunnel and prepared to reopen it, John was forced to look for a place to live above ground.
According to The New York Times, Mr.
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