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  • Dwight Morrow, The Father Of Anne Morrow ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
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    Dwight Morrow, the father of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, once held a dinner party to which Calvin Coolidge had been invited. After Coolidge left, Morrow told the remaining guests that Coolidge would make a good president. The others disagreed. They felt Coolidge was too quiet, that he lacked color and ...read more

  • I Was On A Mission Trip To North Carolina A Few ...

    Contributed by Kory Wilcoxson on Mar 12, 2006
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    I was on a mission trip to North Carolina a few years ago, working on a house that had been flooded by a recent hurricane. A few youth and I were assigned to clean out the pool, which had been filled to the top with floodwaters and creepy-crawlies and sticks that looked liked snakes and made ...read more

  • Ou Must Have Sympathy For The Right People. I ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 24, 2006
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    ou must have sympathy for the right people. I read a book called, "The Wounder Minister," and the author recounts story after story about churches that destroyed ministers because of an unhealthy board member and his friends. Generally, the people of the church know these things are happening, ...read more

  • Consider The Unsaved Millionaire Who Comes To The ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 11, 2006
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    Consider the unsaved millionaire who comes to the close of a life that afforded him every luxury. Like all unsaved men, he has but one thought… “Life is almost over. Why do I feel as though I have missed something?" Indeed, a life lived without God misses the whole point of our existence. Man’s ...read more

  • One Particular Unique Feature Really Stood Out To ...

    Contributed by Lisa Delay on Sep 25, 2006
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    One particular unique feature really stood out to me. Overlooking the shore, along the Promenade sit park benches. They dot the whole stretch. They have various inscriptions on them primarily dedicated in memory of loved ones. Like inert sentinels they seem to be they rest there, unmoved, looking ...read more

  • Men, Regardless Of Race Or Socioeconomic Group, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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    Men, regardless of race or socioeconomic group, are less likely than women to get bachelor’s degrees — and among those who do, fewer complete their degrees in 4-5 years claims the Department of Education. Men also get worse grades than women. Men are going to college in greater numbers and are more ...read more

  • Cars R Us 59% Of Americans Mainly Drive A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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    Cars R Us 59% of Americans mainly drive a domestic brand car, 27% an Asian model, and 6% a European brand. The kind of car we drive tells a lot about us. Republicans are most likely to drive a U.S. domestic brand while Democrats and independents are more likely to drive an Asian brand. 45% of ...read more

  • Out Of My Office Window I Looked Up And Saw A ...

    Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Nov 4, 2004
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    Out of my office window I looked up and saw a squirrel jump from one high tree to another. On the ground several dogs were milling around. He appeared to be aiming for a limb so far out of reach that the leap looked like suicide. He missed--but landed, safe and unconcerned, on a branch several ...read more

  • Once At A Fast-Food Restaurant, I Took My Burger ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Asch on Jan 10, 2005
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    Once at a fast-food restaurant, I took my burger back up to the counter, pointed to the picture on the overhead menu, and asked, Can I have one that looks like that?” The one I had was smushed, smudged, and generally unappealing. At those places, I always get less than I ask for. And my reaction ...read more

  • Philip Yancey, Writing In Christianity Today, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Tkachuk on Jan 20, 2005
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    Philip Yancey, writing in Christianity Today, offers these three reasons why this topic of heaven is being neglected. 1. “Affluence has given us in this life what former generations longed for in anticipation of heaven. 2. A creeping paganism invites us to accept death as the culmination of life ...read more

  • Church Is Good For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    CHURCH IS GOOD FOR MARRIAGE Married couples who attend church services frequently are happier and more likely to succeed in their marriages than those who don’t attend church often or not at all, finds a Univ. of Virginia study. 70% of husbands who attend church regularly are “very happy” in their ...read more

  • The Life Of Your ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    THE LIFE OF YOUR MIND "The French sculptor Auguste René Rodin, an innovative and sometimes controversial artist, created masterpieces such as The Man with the Broken Nose, St. John the Baptist, The Bronze Age, or the uncompleted Gates of Hell. But he is most likely known for his work entitled The ...read more

  • Saved And Saving - D. L. Moody Shared ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 14, 2009
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    SAVED AND SAVING - D. L. Moody shared this: One day I saw a steel engraving that I liked very much. I thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen, at the time, and I bought it. It was a picture of a woman coming out of the water, and clinging with both arms to the cross. There she came out ...read more

  • Your Pain In My Heart

    Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Dec 7, 2009
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    YOUR PAIN IN MY HEART Until we walk where others walk, we usually don’t care much about what they are going through. This is why so many people who experience tragedy, start support groups to help others like themselves. Until we hurt we are not much help. We are like the Queen, who, when told ...read more

  • Valentinus  PRO

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Mar 18, 2010
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    VALENTINUS "Valentinus was the name of a young man who lived in Rome during reign of Claudius II when Christians were being persecuted. Although he was not a Christian, he helped them, but he was caught and put into prison. In prison he became a believer in Jesus. Because of this, Valentinus was ...read more

  • When My Grandson Runs To Me As I Get Home In The ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 1, 2010
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    When my grandson runs to me as I get home in the afternoons, he often says, "Hey Pa, do you want to play with me?" I say "Yes of course I want to play with you but I will need to do a few things first, like get a cup of coffee and relax for a little while." He says, "THEN will you play with me?" ...read more

  • What Did She Say?

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Jan 15, 2011
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    WHAT DID SHE SAY? There were once two men, Pete and Joe out sailing in a boat. A fierce storm blew up. Torrents of rain splashed down. The waves were rocking them. They desperately the rigging this way and that trying to keep the boat upright. "It's at times like this" shouted Pete above ...read more

  • Mr. Goodness And Mr. Mercy

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 31, 2011
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    MR. GOODNESS AND MR. MERCY A faithful Christian lady told the preacher on her death bed that she felt like two demons were always around her. She said that when she died she felt like those demons were going to escort her to hell. The preacher was disturbed and couldn't understand her terrors. ...read more

  • We Are Different!

    Contributed by C Jordan on May 8, 2011
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    WE ARE DIFFERENT! (Taken from Men are Like Waffles; Women are Like Spaghetti, by Bill and Pam Farrel). Because of the differences between men and women, we need God’s wisdom and help! IN THE BATHROOM: A man has six items in his bathroom: a toothbrush, toothpaste, shaving cream, a razor, a bar ...read more

  • The World: A Temporary Container

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 3, 2012
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    THE WORLD: A TEMPORARY CONTAINER The first garbage day after Christmas must be the biggest garbage day of the year. You can tell what most people got for Christmas by just looking at the garbage pile in front of the house. We usually throw out all the boxes--unless you have children who like to ...read more