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  • Back In 1889, Sid And Leah's Bull Took Sick And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 25, 2006
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     | 1,897 views

    Back in 1889, Sid and Leah’s bull took sick and died, so they needed to go to the auction to buy a new one. Sid couldn’t leave the farm because he was busy starting a farming equipment business, so Leah took the train to the city to buy a bull. If she was successful, she would take the train back ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • George Barna Notes, "In The 1970's "Seeker ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 10, 2006
     | 2,002 views

    1. George Barna notes, “In the 1970’s “seeker churches’ made a strong theoretical argument for the importance of encouraging people to feel no obligation to toe a Bible to church. Their goal was to make visitors feel welcome and comfortable by alleviating the need to locate a Bible, by diminishing ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Backward Christian Soldiers

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Oct 29, 2006
     | 3,085 views

    Backward Christian Soldiers Backward Christian soldiers, fleeing from the fight, With the cross of Jesus, nearly out of sight. Christ our rightful Master, stands against the foe; Onward into battle, we seem afraid to go. Chorus: Backward Christian soldiers, fleeing from the fight, With the ...read more

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Remember False Guilt Attacks The Person And The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Greene on Apr 12, 2007
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     | 2,674 views

    Remember false guilt attacks the person and the Holy Spirit attacks the problem. A young boy was going to spend the evening at a friend¡¦s house. His father asked that he call home once he arrived so that the father could be assured that his son had arrived safely. As the evening wore on, this ...read more

    Denomination: Nazarene

  • This Week I Came Across This Tongue Firmly ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,750 views

    This week I came across this tongue firmly implanted in cheek article titled “Pastor Quits Sports”. Here is why this pastor quit going to sporting events: 1. Every time I went they asked me for money. 2. The people with whom I had to sit didn’t seem very friendly. 3. The seats were too hard and ...read more

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  • A Man Named Victor Frankl, A Jewish Psychiatrist ...

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jul 10, 2007
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    A man named Victor Frankl, a Jewish psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, discovered this great truth in the midst of a Jewish concentration camp during WW II. While seeking to survive the horror of this imprisonment Frankl began observing his fellow prisoners in the hope of discovering what coping ...read more

    Denomination: Methodist

  • On The Morning Of October 2, 2006, A Troubled ...

    Contributed by Louis Bartet on Aug 29, 2007
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    On the morning of October 2, 2006, a troubled milkman named Charles Carl Roberts barricaded himself inside the West Nickel Mine Amish School, ultimately murdering five young girls and wounding six others. Roberts committed suicide when police arrived on the scene. It was a dark day for the Amish ...read more

    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • From Rustle Of Angels  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 4, 2007
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    From Rustle of Angels p88 In the book Rustle of Angels Jeanette Gable tells her experience. She was very fearful about her upcoming surgery. She told the doctor, but he didn’t give her any medication for her anxiety. As she was in the holding area awaiting surgery she began to literally shake ...read more

    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Video Clip: The Guardian - Start: Chp. 5 43:54 - ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 23, 2007
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    Video Clip: The Guardian - Start: Chp. 5 43:54 - Stop: 46:16 Senior Chief Randall had a choice. He could have taught the recruits about hypothermia as an abstract theory during a lecture from the comfort of a classroom. Instead, Randall chose to fill the pool with freezing water and then share ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Of George Matheson, As Recorded In ...

    Contributed by Steve Miller on Feb 27, 2008
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    Illustration of George Matheson, as recorded in Max Lucado’s book 3:16, Numbers of Hope. Main Idea: People lose love, God loves always “Matheson was only a teenager when doctors told him he was going blind. Not to be denied, he pursued his studies, graduating from the University of Glasgow in ...read more

    Denomination: *other

  • A Man Named Victor Frankl, A Jewish Psychiatrist ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 1,048 views

    A man named Victor Frankl, a Jewish psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, discovered this great truth in the midst of a Jewish concentration camp during WW II. While seeking to survive the horror of this imprisonment Frankl began observing his fellow prisoners in the hope of discovering what coping ...read more

  • We Learn To Walk During The Good Times And The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
     | 1,234 views

    We learn to walk during the good times and the bad times: 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 ...read more

  • Translation Of Psalm 23

    Contributed by Richard Francis on May 10, 2008
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    TRANSLATION OF PSALM 23 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • They're So Beautiful, Mommy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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     | 2,269 views

    "THEY’RE SO BEAUTIFUL, MOMMY" Diane Komp is a pediatric oncologist. She treats children who have cancer. A highly trained physician, she used to be an agnostic. That was before Anna died. Anna was a little girl who had leukemia, in the days when recovery was rare. As death came close, her parents, ...read more

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  • Every Believer Is Impacting The Spiritual Vigor ...

    Contributed by Curtis Rowe on Aug 4, 2008
     | 2,366 views

    Every believer is impacting the spiritual vigor of those around him! Gordon McDonald gave the following list... • Igniter- The Holy Spirit is the Creator of authentic spiritual energy! Do you provoke others? “I’ll paddle!” • Sharer- “… that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Stephen Kuusisto Grew Up Feeling A Stigma About ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 5, 2008
     | 1,708 views

    "Stephen Kuusisto grew up feeling a stigma about being legally blind. For him, sight consisted of a kaleidoscope of shapes, colors, and shadows. Privately he would press his face close to the page of a book and memorize street names in an exhausting attempt to appear more able to see than he really ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Let's Talk About The Differences Inherent In ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Nov 1, 2008
     | 1,362 views

    Let’s talk about the differences inherent in being son or servant in any household. Now it may seem more than a stretch to draw from a modern fantasy tale for my illustration, but the story line of Batman offers very good examples of our point. In that story, the boy who will eventually ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

  • People Will Ask You

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Mar 4, 2009
     | 1,433 views

    PEOPLE WILL ASK YOU If you commit yourself to taking advantage of opportunities that come your way, you will find that sharing your faith is going to happen naturally. For one thing, People WILL ask you about your connection to God. We had two examples of this just in the last few weeks from ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Get On With It, You Old Goat

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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     | 5,125 views

    "GET ON WITH IT, YOU OLD GOAT." I heard the story about a college choir which was all set to present a concert in a large church which was to be carried live by a local radio station. When everything appeared to be ready, the announcer made his final introduction and waited for the choir director ...read more

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  • I Was A Senior In High School When One Of My ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Jun 18, 2009
     | 2,708 views

    I was a senior in high school when one of my neighbors, George, committed suicide. He was 19 the only son his mother, a poor widow, Mrs. Maria. He hung himself because some friends made fun of him… Mrs. Maria mourned over the terrible loss of her only son was not her only pain. She felt the ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist