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  • Knots In Your Life

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 21, 2011
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    KNOTS IN YOUR LIFE The Baxter boys, Paul and John, liked to play in the woods near their home. They like the woods because they always found something they had never seen before. That's the way it was when they discoverd the tree with the knot tied in it. The knot was about halfway up the tree. ...read more

  • A Second Chance  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 8, 2011
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    A SECOND CHANCE Some years ago, two teenagers with a long history of crime and misbehavior robbed a YMCA on the lowest East Side of New York City. On the way out they saw a young man at the telephone switchboard. They were frightened and assumed that the man must be calling the police. They held ...read more

  • Praising Him With Lifted Hands

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
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    PRAISING HIM WITH LIFTED HANDS I attended a Conference in Overland Park, KS. The host pastor stood up before the opening worship service and said, he grew up in a controlled, dignified and domesticated worship service. He said no one in that church raised their hands in praise. But then when he ...read more

  • Ruby Bridges On Doing What's Right  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 27, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
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    RUBY BRIDGES ON DOING WHAT'S RIGHT "A federal judge had ordered New Orleans to open its public schools to African-American children, and the white parents decided that if they had to let black children in, they would keep their children out. They let it be known that any black children who came to ...read more

  • Learned Helplessness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2011
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    LEARNED HELPLESSNESS Learned Helplessness is a term I came across in my reading this week. It is a technical term originally used in reference to animal psychology but is also appropriately applied to human behavior as well. Learned helplessness describes an animal or a person who has learned to ...read more

  • The Reality Of Palm Sunday  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Apr 19, 2011
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    THE REALITY OF PALM SUNDAY Pope Benedict himself in his homily last Sunday in St Peter’s Square said this about Palm Sunday: "But what are we really doing when we join this procession as part of the throng which went up with Jesus to Jerusalem and hailed him as King of Israel? Is this anything ...read more

  • Walk With You  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2011
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    WALK WITH YOU During WW2, two young Jews lived as close friends, (BFFs, we can call them), more than real brothers in a dingy Nazi concentration camp jammed with helpless-hopeless-exhausted-abused Jews. They shared everything, literally everything. One day, one of them felt weak and started to ...read more

  • The Stranger

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 19, 2011
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    THE STRANGER Some time ago, a small east coast community was struggling financially, so they called an open town meeting to discuss the problem. A couple dozen people were there, including a stranger that no one seemed to know. Most assumed he was a tourist who had just dropped in on the meeting. ...read more

  • Love As A Token

    Contributed by Adrian Rogers on Jul 19, 2011
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    LOVE AS A TOKEN Woodrow Wilson was on a train. He was in Billings, Montana. He was making whistle stops. He was the President of the United States. He was on that last coach. He was on that platform there out behind. You have seen pictures of them. His wife was next to him. There were important ...read more

  • Aiming At The Right Target  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2011
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    AIMING AT THE RIGHT TARGET Some of our deeds are of great value, especially those done in dependence upon God for His glory and honor. Some of our deeds are worthless. They accomplish nothing of eternal value and will be quickly forgotten after we are gone. Matt Emmons had the gold medal in ...read more

  • Statistics On Loneliness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 7, 2011
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    STATISTICS ON LONELINESS This week I read an article by Medical News Today about the health effects of loneliness. Quoting the article, it states that "there is evidence that the risk of developing and dying from heart disease can depend on the strength of one's social network of friends and ...read more

  • What Occupies Your Heart?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2011
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    WHAT OCCUPIES YOUR HEART? I squirmed a bit as I forced myself to listen to my friend cataloging her problems. After three hours, I interrupted her gently to ask, "If you were to draw a circle to represent your life, what would be in the center?" She thought a moment, then said, "My problems." My ...read more

  • Spiritual Consumerism

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
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    SPIRITUAL CONSUMERISM In February 27 2009 article from the website “Slate” titled, “Why American churchgoers like to shop around” also caught my attention. That article cited statistics from a Barna Group survey that revealed that one in seven adults changes churches each year, and another one in ...read more

  • Yogi Berra: Determination And Direction

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 20, 2011
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    YOGI BERRA: DETERMINATION AND DIRECTION My favorite sports quotations, though, come from Yogi Berra: "Nobody goes to that restaurant any more -- it's too crowded." "If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's going to stop them." Someone asked Yogi what time it was; he said, ...read more

  • Spiritual "Glory Hole"

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Dec 8, 2011
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    SPIRITUAL "GLORY HOLE" On a wall in our home hangs a picture of the GHOST-TOWN of Bodie, Nevada. While out west visiting family my wife stopped by and became intrigued with the place. It became an abandoned town after the gold rush gave out. In its hey-day, it was all anyone could have ...read more

  • Christ And The Law Of Compound Probability

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Jan 1, 2012
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    CHRIST AND THE LAW OF COMPOUND PROBABILITY In the book, Science Speaks, Professor Peter Stoner used "the Law of Compound Probability," to assess some of the prophecies relating to Christ. Simply stated, this law is used to calculate the odds against a "chance" fulfillment of such predictions when ...read more

  • A Bad Day  PRO

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jan 17, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
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    A BAD DAY Mr. Insured had just purchased a new 7509cc Honda motorcycle. After a few leisurely trips around the block to become acquainted with this powerful new machine, he parked the cycle in front of his home to show it off to his neighbors. It started to rain, however, and not wanting to get ...read more

  • Who Will Speak Out?

    Contributed by David Parks on Feb 21, 2012
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    WHO WILL SPEAK OUT? Martin Niemoller was a decorated U-boat captain in the First World War but subsequently became a minister of religion and a relatively high profile opponent of the Nazis as they increasingly gained firm hold of the reins to power in Germany. Niemoeller was active as a leader ...read more

  • Ownership Of The Gift  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 27, 2012
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    OWNERSHIP OF THE GIFT A humanitarian group in Africa, noticing the filthy water, sewage, and disease, built clean water and sewage system for a village. Months later, they visited the village, but it was back to square one with filthy water, sewage and disease. [from Pickthebrain.com] The chief ...read more

  • On Habits

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 7, 2012
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    ON HABITS Someone Once Said... * Thoughts produce acts, acts produce habits, and habits produce character.--Anonymous * If we realize the extent to which we are mere walking bundles of habits, we would give more heed to their own formation.--William James* * First we ...read more