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  • There Is A Story Of A Man Who Heard That A Huge ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    "There is a story of a man who heard that a huge box of gold had long ago been buried in the woods near his house. He got a shovel and went into the woods and began to dig everywhere. As he dug, he would run across these rough stones of reddish hue and angrily, he tossed them into a nearby well ...read more

  • What Value

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    (1)WHAT VALUE What value did it have, That old wooden cross, The day on which Jesus died? Just two beams of wood, And three nails of iron, On which He would be crucified. But the world could not know, The price to be paid, By the blood that forever would stain. For no greater cost, Could e’er be ...read more

  • Charles Dickens' Novel A Tale Of Two Cities ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Charles Dickens’ novel A Tale of Two Cities tells the story of Charles Darnay, a young Frenchman condemned to die in the guillotine. But when Sidney Carton, his friend, heard about Darnay’s sentence, he was determined to find a way to save him. Carton gained admission to the dungeon the night ...read more

  • John Fischer, On A Hill Too Far Away: Tells ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    John Fischer, On a Hill Too Far Away: tells about a church in Old Greenwich, CT which has a ten-foot cross located not on a wall or suspended from the ceiling or even on the steeple of the building. This cross is bolted firmly in front of the platform not three feet from where the preacher ...read more

  • George Muller Was Asked, "What Is The Secret Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    George Muller was asked, “What is the secret of your service to God?” Muller’s response was this: “There was a day when I died, utterly died, died to George Muller, his opinions, preferences, tastes and will…died to the world, its approval and censure…died to the approval or blame ...read more

  • Fifty-Six Men Signed The Declaration Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence. Their conviction resulted in untold sufferings for themselves and their families. Of the 56 men, five were captured by the British and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the ...read more

  • Fifty-Six Men Signed The Declaration Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence. Their conviction resulted in untold sufferings for themselves and their families. Of the 56 men, five were captured by the British and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the ...read more

  • James Bryant Conant: "Behold The Turtle; He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    James Bryant Conant: “Behold the turtle; he makes progress only when ...read more

  • Eugene Kennedy: "The Real Test Of Friendship Is: ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Eugene Kennedy: "The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those ...read more

  • Clarence Darrow, A Famous Attorney In The Early ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Clarence Darrow, a famous attorney in the early 1900’s – said on the saddest statements I have ever heard: “I wish I could believe in the Bible, like you people—I just can’t. And I ...read more

  • There's A Story About A Local Fitness Center, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There’s a story about a local fitness center, which was offering $1,000 to anyone who could demonstrate that they were stronger than the owner of the place. Here’s how it worked. This muscle man would squeeze a lemon until all the juice ran into a glass, and then hand the lemon to the next ...read more

  • Winston Churchill: And Where Were You?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Winston Churchill: "And where were you?" In the early days of World War II, Winston Churchill called Britain’s coal miners together. A great crisis had arisen. The miners were not getting out enough coal to fuel the factories that produced the planes, ships, etc., so desperately needed. When the ...read more

  • A Tired Hunter Out In The Wilderness Stumbled ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A tired hunter out in the wilderness stumbled into a camp. “Am I glad to see you,” he said. “I’ve been lost for three days.” “Don’t get too excited, friend,” the other hunter replied. “I’ve been lost for three weeks.” "Cash, check or charge?" A clerk asked, after folding items the woman wished to ...read more

  • Menelik Was The King Of Ethiopia From 1899 To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Menelik was the king of Ethiopia from 1899 to 1913. He heard about a new device that could be used for dealing with hardened criminals, so he ordered one. When his new electric chair arrived he was severely disappointed that it wouldn’t work. It seems that Ethiopia would not have electricity for ...read more

  • Total Sacrifice For Wife

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Total Sacrifice for wife It is said that Cyrus, the founder of the Persian Empire, once had captured a prince and his family. When they came before him, the monarch asked the prisoner, “What will you give me if I release you?” “The half of my wealth,” was his reply. “And if I release your ...read more

  • Suffering

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Suffering One of the most powerful prayers in the midst of suffering was uncovered from the horrors of Ravensbruck concentration camp. Ravensbruck was a concentration camp built in 1939 for women. Over 90,000 women and children perished in Ravensbruck, murdered by the Nazis. Corrie Ten Boom, who ...read more

  • Molokai

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Molokai You have probably never heard of the island of Molokai. Well, it’s located in the state of Hawaii. And it has quite a history. You have to go way back to the late 1800’s to understand its significance. You see, back then, there was no cure for the highly contagious and deadly disease called ...read more

  • Introduction ~ In 1959, Thomas Hoving, Of New ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Introduction ~ In 1959, Thomas Hoving, of New York’s Metropolitan Museum, bought an ivory crucifix from a Yugoslavian art collector, despite the fact that it lacked its central figure ~ the body of Christ. The cross had been stored in a Swiss bank vault for years but, unbeknown to Hoving, for the ...read more

  • It Is Said That 16th C. Theologian Martin Luther ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    It is said that 16th c. theologian Martin Luther once sat in his study for hours to meditate on this passage. For hours he sat oblivious to the world around him. Finally, someone heard him say, “God forsaking God . . . no one can understand that” and he went on about his business. The great 19th ...read more

  • It Is Hard To Understand How God The Father ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    It is hard to understand how God the Father could abandon his only begotten Son, but “the only solution of the mystery is this, Jesus Christ was forsaken of God ...read more