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  • The Surprise Of The Rich Man And His Attempt To ...

    Contributed by Philip Gill on May 29, 2008
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    The surprise of the rich man and his attempt to fix things up is a bit like the story of the young assistant curate who, while pedaling his bike to a pastoral visit, sees Jesus walking through town heading in the direction of his church. He races back to the vicarage and rouses the vicar. He ...read more

  • Missed By That Much  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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     | 3,945 views

    MISSED BY THAT MUCH The story is told of a man who rushed into a suburban railroad station one morning and, almost breathlessly, asked the ticket agent: "When does the 8:01 train leave?" "At 8:01," was the answer. "Well," the man replied, "my watch says it's 7:59, the town clock says it's 7:57, ...read more

  • The Need For Lights

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2008
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    The Need for Lights Benjamin Franklin wanted to interest the people in Philadelphia in street lighting. He did not call a town meeting nor try to persuade the people by talking about it. He acted upon what he considered a good idea. He hung a beautiful lantern on a long bracket in front of his ...read more

  • Poem,

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2009
     | 3,195 views

    Poem, “Peace on Earth” Peace on earth, with a world at war? O what were the angels singing for That far-away night when the Star shown down With a glorious light on Bethlehem’s town? Peace on earth! They were singing of Him Who was born that night to redeem from sin; Who still has the power to ...read more

  • Why A Chainsaw Cuts Better Than A Traditional ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 14, 2009
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    Why a Chainsaw Cuts Better Than a Traditional Saw It was quite astonishing to the lumberjacks when the chainsaw was first introduced. The amount of work that several muscled-men (with their long razor-sharp timber saws) can finish in a day can be accomplished by a chainsaw in several minutes. One ...read more

  • A Pleasing Aroma

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 30, 2010
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    A PLEASING AROMA There was a factory in northern France where lavender for use in perfumes was produced. Each evening as the workers would head for home and walk the streets the little town, the whole village would be filled with the sweet aroma of lavender that had clung to the workers. That's ...read more

  • In 1990, A Woman Entered A Haagen-Dazs Store In ...

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Mar 29, 2011
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    In 1990, a woman entered a Haagen-Dazs store in Kansas City for an ice cream cone. While she was ordering, another customer entered the store. She placed her order, turned and found herself staring face to face with Paul Newman. He was in town filming a movie. His blue eyes made her knees buckle. ...read more

  • God As My Guard  PRO

    Contributed by Dr. Nicholas M. Muteti on Jun 24, 2011
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    GOD AS MY GUARD I remember one time driving on a completely unknown route. It was dark, early in the morning, just after midnight. I didn’t know the way and I thought I can drive ahead and somehow will find the town I was looking for. It was the time when all the routes in Kenya were very poor ...read more

  • What Makes Your Face Shine?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2011
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    WHAT MAKES YOUR FACE SHINE? A Hindu trader in India once asked a missionary, "What do you put on your face to make it shine?" With surprise the man of God answered, "I don’t put anything on it!" His questioner began to lose patience and said emphatically, "Yes, you do! All of you who believe in ...read more

  • Tough Ladies And Human Nature

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 29, 2011
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    TOUGH LADIES AND HUMAN NATURE I used to enjoy the old "Where's the Beef?" commercial. Everyone, it seems, knows a "where's the beef" type of lady. Germany has them, too: BERLIN (Reuters) - A feisty 90-year-old German woman chased away three would-be burglars from her rural farmhouse with her ...read more

  • Diocletian

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Sep 4, 2011
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    DIOCLETIAN In its first 300 hundred years the Christian church endured repeated waves of persecution. But perhaps the worst came while Diocletian was emperor of Rome (A.D.284-305). Convinced that the Christians were conspiring against him, Diocletian sought to annihilate them throughout his ...read more

  • Undependable Directions

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 16, 2021
     | 2,797 views

    Three young women escaped the sinking Mercedes-Benz SUV after the vehicle's GPS directed them down a boat launch and into the Mercer Slough in Bellevue, Washington. The driver thought she was on a road while following her GPS unit just after midnight, but she was actually heading down the ...read more

  • Choosing Your Attitude

    Contributed by David Swanger on Jan 24, 2024
     | 810 views

    In his book Take the Stairs, Roy Vaden tells of visiting Jamaica and complaining to the cab driver about the rain. The cab driver smiled and responded, “In Jamaica, man, we don’t have rain; we only have liquid sunshine.” As they drove through town, Vaden commented on how annoying all the speed ...read more

  • Spite Fences  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jul 10, 2003
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     | 2,392 views

    SPITE FENCES: I had a good friend that pastored a church in the same town where I pastored. We had a very good friendship and often pent time together. We both loved to laugh. The church my friend pastored was next to a local grocery store. The grocery store venders would park in the back of the ...read more

  • Good For Goodness' Sake

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 26, 2010
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    GOOD FOR GOODNESS' SAKE “You better watch out, you better not cry Better not pout I'm telling you why - Santa Claus is coming to town He's making a list and checking it twice; Gonna find out Who's naughty and nice Santa Claus is coming to town He sees you when you're sleeping - He knows when ...read more

  • The Cost Of Trying To Fit In

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 19, 2012
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    THE COST OF TRYING TO FIT IN Kevin Miller of Wheaton, Illinois wrote the following: Right after I finished 6th grade, my family moved to a new town. As I started junior high that fall, I suddenly found myself in a school I didn’t know, in a town I didn’t know, with people I didn’t know. I felt ...read more

  • Who Was Weak And Who Was Strong?

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 27, 2009
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    WHO WAS WEAK AND WHO WAS STRONG? April 6, 1994 marked the beginning of dark and infamous days for Rwanda, a small country in central Africa. For the next hundred days, up to 800,000 Tutsis were killed by Hutu militia — mostly using clubs and machetes. It was a genocide of monumental proportions, ...read more

  • Charles Haddon Spurgeon

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 2, 2021
     | 1,411 views

    Quit all the comparisons: IT IS ABOUT GOD’S GLORY. HAGGAI and ZECHARIAH LEARNED TO ENCOURAGE THOSE THAT WERE DOING A WORK THAT SEEMED SMALL IN THEIR OWN EYES. Get excited. Haggai 2:2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high ...read more

  • Peace  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 15,437 views

    Peace This question was once asked, "If you could choose what you want most in life, what would you ask for?" The most common answer was "Peace." People want peace in their marriages, families, workplaces, country and world. Our country has some of the best medical and ...read more

  • Peace

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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     | 15,145 views

    PEACE This question was once asked, "If you could choose what you want most in life, what would you ask for?" The most common answer was "Peace." People want peace in their marriages, families, workplaces, country and world. Our country has some of the best medical and psychological treatment ...read more