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  • This Afternoon As We Were Eating Lunch I Began To ...

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Jul 27, 2007
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    This afternoon as we were eating lunch I began to hear a sound. I began to hear thunder and feel the effects of it. I did not see it, not did I see the effects of it yet. I was inside the restaurant, but I knew it was coming by the sound I was hearing. As we went outside it was not raining, nor was ...read more

  • 56% Of Straight Americans Say People Should Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
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    56% of straight Americans say people should be more supportive of gay equality, finds a Harris Interactive study. 60% of those ages 18 to 44 support equal treatment for the homosexual community. 71% of Americans say they have spoken out against anti-gay comments and about 18% cite religious or ...read more

  • Preaching To The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    PREACHING TO THE HEATHEN Gordon Hall’s selfless motto: "Duty is ours, consequences God’s." When offered an attractive pastorate his reply came, "No... Others will be left whose health or pre-engagement requires them to stay at home, but I can sleep on the ground, can endure hunger and hardship. ...read more

  • Between A Man, Torn With Anxiety, Tossed With ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Between a man, torn with anxiety, tossed with fear, fretting with care, and the good man who calmly trusts in the Lord, there is as great a difference as between a brawling, roaring mountain brook, that, with mad haste, leaps from crag to crag, and is ground into boiling foam, and the placid ...read more

  • I Wonder To What Extent God Is Telling His ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Aug 1, 2009
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    I wonder to what extent God is telling his disciples that when we want greatness and recognition we need to walk the road of service because it gets our feet on the ground to what really matters about life and what really matters to Him. The road of service removes the vain desires for glory and ...read more

  • Fiedler's Forecasting Rules

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
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    FIEDLER'S FORECASTING RULES 1. It is very difficult to forecast, especially about the future. 2. He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass. 3. The moment you forecast, you know you’re going to be wrong--you just don’t know when and in which direction. 4. If you’re ever ...read more

  • Don't Just Admit It

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
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    DON'T JUST ADMIT IT There was a cartoon in which little George Washington is standing with an axe in his hand. Before him lying on the ground is the famous cherry tree. He has already made his smug admission that he did it -- after all, he "cannot tell a lie." But his father is standing there ...read more

  • When No One Is Watching  PRO

    Contributed by Willem Nel on Mar 26, 2011
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    WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING In 1945, Arsenal were playing Russian giants Dynamo Moscow in London when a thick fog descended over the ground. The referee refused to abandon the game as the visitors had come such a long way, but it was impossible to see what was going on. It is said that an Arsenal ...read more

  • God Wants To Trade

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 7, 2019
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    God wants to trade your dry barren ground for a fertile garden ; He wants to trade your weeds for beautiful flowers ; He wants to take our anxiety and give us assurance (everything is all right) ; He wants to give us faith instead of fear ; He wants to take your curses and give you blessings ; He ...read more

  • A Story Is Told Of A Turtle That Wanted To Spend ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 24, 2001
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    A story is told of a turtle that wanted to spend the winter in Florida, but he knew he could never walk that far. He convinced a couple of geese to help him, each taking one end of a piece of rope, while he clamped his vise-like jaws in the center. The flight went fine until someone on the ground ...read more

  • Baptism Is A Lot Like A Wedding Ring. Baptism ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Feb 26, 2002
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    Baptism is a lot like a wedding ring. Baptism is symbolic of the washing away of our sins. It is also symbolic of a new way of life. It has been said that Baptism is to the Christian faith what the wedding ring is to a marriage. It is a symbol. "Like the wedding ring, baptism draws a mark on ...read more

  • The Presidency To This Day Rests More On The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    The Presidency to this day rests more on the character of the person who inhabits the office than on anything else. The Founding Fathers designed it that way. It was their idea to find a man in America with a great character and let him invest a tradition and shape a national character. They found ...read more

  • On The Instrument Panel Of An Airplane There Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    On the instrument panel of an airplane there are a number of different gauges, but did you know that one of those gauges is called the “attitude gauge”? What the attitude gauge does is it tells the pilot the planes position in relation to the horizon. If the plane is pointed below the horizon it is ...read more

  • A Tree Toad Loved A She-Toad  PRO

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 6, 2007
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     | 1,792 views

    A tree toad loved a she-toad That lived up in a tree. He was a two-toed tree toad. While three-toed toad was she. The he-toad tree toad Tried to gain the she-toad’s friendly nod For the two-toed tree toad Loved the ground the three-toed tree toad trod, The he-toad tree toad tried in vain To gain ...read more

  • If You Read Psalm 42 You Will See It Is A ...

    Contributed by Richard Francis on Sep 10, 2007
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    If you read psalm 42 you will see it is a contemplation of the sons of Korah. Korah was a direct relation to the high priesthood of Israel he led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron basically against God and God dealt with them, the ground opened up and swallowed them and all the rebels in front of ...read more

  • In Pioneer Days On The Prairie Lands, Fires ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 3, 2008
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    In pioneer days on the prairie lands, fires would sometimes ignite in the tall, dry grass. They would literally find themselves about to be consumed by the flames. The winds would push the flames much faster than they could run. Often even the horses couldn’t outrun the flames. There was no time ...read more

  • But, When I Was Preparing My Studies Of This ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
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    But, when I was preparing my studies of this story, I came across a saying of one of the older preachers, who observed that, although little could be said for this blind man, there was this one thing: he was at least in a place where Jesus was likely to go. He was by the gate leading into the ...read more

  • Advice And Instructions Taken From Actual ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 26, 2008
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    Advice and instructions taken from actual military sources. Some of these guys must have had a sense of humor. "When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend." --U.S. Marine Corps "Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. The bombs are guaranteed to always hit the ground." ...read more

  • Several Years Ago A Young Frenchman Captured The ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jul 12, 2008
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    Several years ago a young Frenchman captured the attention of the world by walking a tightrope between the towers of New York’s World Trade Center (1350 feet high). A few months later, however, while practicing on a relatively low wire in St. Petersburg, Florida, he fell 30 feet and was injured. As ...read more

  • The Prophetic ...

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Sep 17, 2008
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    ‘THE PROPHETIC PERSPECTIVE’ When the prophets were speaking of what would happen as a result of what was taking place in Judah the message was very specific. But when they looked out into the future the great events foretold were compressed in a brief space of time. This is called ‘the prophetic ...read more