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  • The Brothers Grimm (2005)

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Dec 29, 2005
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    ILLUSTRATION... The Brothers Grimm (2005) I rented a movie recently that spoke volumes when it came to dealing with falsehood. The movie is called Brothers Grimm and came out this past year. The fictional story centers around two brothers who are in the witch and ghost busting business. They ...read more

  • Americans Believe: A New Poll Released By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Americans Believe: A new poll released by Newsweek reveals some surprising statistics on how Americans view Jesus and his birth. · 93% percent of all Americans believe Jesus really lived. · 82% see Jesus as God or the Son of God. · 73% say they believe Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit and was ...read more

  • Prayer: U.s. News And The Internet Site Beliefnet ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Prayer: U.S. News and the Internet site Beliefnet funded a poll to learn more about why, how, where and when people pray. Here is a summary of the findings: · 75% percent were Christian. · 64% say they pray more than once a day. · 56% say they most often pray for family members, with 3.3% saying ...read more

  • Church Growth: According To The 2003 Yearbook Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Church Growth: According to the 2003 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches, the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church experienced a 12% growth. Catholics followed with a 2.5% increase, while Mormons and the Assemblies of God each reported 2% growth in ‘01, the latest year for which figures ...read more

  • In The Film ‘the Buddy Holly Story', Gary Busey ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Feb 10, 2006
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    In the film ‘The Buddy Holly Story’, Gary Busey starred as Buddy Holly. The year is 1956. Buddy Holly and his band ‘The Crickets’ have sold thousands of records with their first hit ‘That’ll be the day’. Somehow they manage to get themselves a live concert at a very popular venue. The crowd have ...read more

  • Chalmers Illustration

    Contributed by Andy Beech on Mar 2, 2006
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    Chalmers Illustration The other day I was reading a story from Graham Twelftree’s book ‘Get the Point Across’ about two African chiefs who came to the missionary Chalmers and asked for Christian teachers for their villages, but he apologised saying he didn’t have anyone to send. Two years went by ...read more

  • Keith Hernandez Is One Of Baseball's Top Players. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    Keith Hernandez is one of baseball’s top players. He is a lifetime .300 hitter who has won numerous Golden Glove awards for excellence in fielding. He’s won a batting championship for having the highest average, the Most Valuable Player award in his league, and even the World Series. Yet with all ...read more

  • Fear To Joy, Bondage To Freedom  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Apr 15, 2006
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    FEAR TO JOY, BONDAGE TO FREEDOM A poor German girl announced that she was going to give a piano concert. In order to attract people to come, she mentioned in the advertisements that she was the student of the famous Hungarian professor, Franz Liszt. But it was a falsehood. To her dismay, she ...read more

  • D.l. Moody Tells The Fable Of A Pheasant Who Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Apr 15, 2006
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    D.L. Moody tells the fable of a pheasant who was envious of another that could fly better than he could. One day this pheasant saw a hunter with a bow & arrow and said to him, "That pheasant flying right above you would provide great food if you could shoot him down." The man said, "Well, I could ...read more

  • While Studying In The Holy Lands, A Seminary ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    While studying in the Holy Lands, a seminary professor of mine met a man who claimed to have memorized the Old Testament--in Hebrew! Needless to say, the astonished professor asked for a demonstration. A few days late they sat together in the man’s home. "Where shall we begin?" asked the man. ...read more

  • A Man In Spokane (Mr. Russell) Had Arranged For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    A man in Spokane (Mr. Russell) had arranged for the minister from Fourth Memorial church to have his wedding. The day came and the minister didn’t. The minister sent a replacement. The man was upset, and never forgot the incident. 30 years later Carolyn had a garage sale. My mother was there ...read more

  • Inasmuch As The Great Father Has Given Us This ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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     | 3,961 views

    Inasmuch as the great Father has given us this year an abundant harvest of Indian corn, wheat, peas, beans, squashes, and garden vegetables, and has made the forests to abound with game and the sea with fish and clams, and inasmuch as he has protected us from the ravages of the savages, has spared ...read more

  • Us Golfer Arnold Palmer Once Played A Series Of ...

    Contributed by W F on Jun 25, 2006
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    US golfer Arnold Palmer once played a series of exhibition matches in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi king was so impressed that he wanted to give Palmer a gift. Palmer said, “That really isn’t necessary, Your Highness. I’m honoured just to have been invited." The king said, "I would be deeply upset, if ...read more

  • El Roi, The God Who Sees

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Jul 10, 2006
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    Illustration ------------ El Roi, The God Who Sees Only used once in the Bible, Genesis 16:13, on the lips of Hagar. Sarah had given Hagar to Abraham to have children. This was according to custom in those days, but not according to God. After Hagar bore Ishmael, Sarah treated her so harshly, Hagar ...read more

  • Last Night I Got A Wild Hair Around 7:00 P.m. I ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Oct 28, 2006
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    Last night I got a wild hair around 7:00 P.M. I wanted to fix a mechanical pencil that was broken and refill a ball point pen. These had been broken for the past 6 years but at that moment they were all that I had on my mind. I finished a good 45 minutes later victorious and filled with pride at my ...read more

  • Tony Campolo Was Giving A Major Address At A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 9, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,359 views

    Tony Campolo was giving a major address at a women’s conference. At a point in the program the women were being challenged with a several thousand dollar goal for their mission project, the chairperson for the day turned to Dr Campolo and asked him if he would pray for God’s blessing on the women ...read more

  • It Was April 1742 When George Fredrick Handel ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Dec 17, 2006
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    It was April 1742 when George Fredrick Handel premiered his oratorio THE MESSIAH in Dublin. The next year several performances were given in London, and King George II was present on one such occasion. When the King first heard “The Hallelujah Chorus,” he was so overwhelmed and inspired that in ...read more

  • Dorothy Rodefeld Is Known In Madison, Wisconsin, ...

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Dec 18, 2006
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    Dorothy Rodefeld is known in Madison, Wisconsin, as the "light lady" because of the elaborate Christmas displays she builds each year at her 19th century farmhouse. Last year, however, Dorothy’s nativity scene was robbed. Among the missing items were a shepherd and a wise man. But it was the loss ...read more

  • A Runner And His Daughter

    Contributed by David Rumley on Jan 4, 2007
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    A runner and his daughter: • A daughter asked her father, who ran on a consistent basis… After one cold morning like today… the daughter asked… • Dad, do you determine how far you will run each time, or do you go as far as you feel like it? • I find if I am running and think about how I am ...read more

  • A Fellow Pastor Shared This Incident That ...

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Jan 8, 2007
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    A fellow pastor shared this incident that happened to him while he was ministering on a college campus in Minnesota. He said, “I had the opportunity to share the gospel with Glenn, a student and musician who sang and played his guitar in local bars and restaurants to help cover his tuition costs. ...read more

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