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  • My Father's Hands

    Contributed by Dan Steadman on Mar 10, 2004
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    MY FATHER’S HANDS by Carrie Bobb We often hear parents say how proud they are of their children, but I am one daughter who is proud of her dad. My father is an orthopedic hand surgeon. But it wasn’t until I grew up that I began to realize what he really did for a living; as a kid, all I knew was ...read more

  • An Angel Walked The Beat Tonight On Highway 109  PRO

    Contributed by John Gerald on Sep 2, 2004
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    An angel walked the beat tonight on Highway 109. A drunken man in an Oldsmobile, They said had run the light that caused the six-car pile up, On 109 that night. When broken bodies lay about, and blood was verywhere, the sirens screamed out eulogies, for death was in the air. A mother, ...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

  • Dad-Isms

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 24, 2009
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    DAD-ISMS Here are a few dad-isms from a recent website I visited - "Get in and get out." This applied to an open back door or refrigerator. Just because you don’t pay the gas and electric bills, that doesn’t mean you should waste energy, he’d tell us as we alternately let the cold air into the ...read more

  • Brother Lawrence And Disciplines

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    BROTHER LAWRENCE AND DISCIPLINES Around 1610, a child was born in France by the name Nichols Herman. Later in life, he would become known as Brother Lawrence. As a young man, he fought in the Thirty Years War and sustained a near fatal His injury to his sciatic nerve. The injury left him quite ...read more

  • Ordinary People For Christ

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2009
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    ORDINARY PEOPLE FOR CHRIST Bud Villers was a good man. Bud was my neighbor. I grew up beside him until he died when I was in college. Bud helped my dad put a roof on our house, he assisted my dad when they poured concrete sidewalks and porches. My dad helped him put a roof on his patio. When Bud ...read more

  • From Page 95-96

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 22, 2009
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    From page 95-96 “Who Stole My Church” “Anyone know anything about Isaac Watts?” I asked. Yvonne spoke: “Wasn’t he a hymn writer? I think he wrote ‘When I survey the Wonderous Cross.” “Yep, he did. Know any of his other songs?” “I think he wrote one of the Christmas carols,” Ted , probably the most ...read more

  • Osceola Mccarty, African-American Philanthropist  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 3, 2009
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    Osceola McCarty, African-American Philanthropist The late great African-American laundry woman, author, and philanthropist, Osceola McCarty (1908 - 1999), did one thing all of her life: laundry! For decades, Osceola, a frugal Christian woman who never bought a car - who never got married - who ...read more

  • Church Cake Cover-Up  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 19, 2009
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    CHURCH CAKE COVER-UP It was time for the annual cake sale at a Presbyterian church not much different than our own. Ms. Billings always made the most beautiful cakes...she was expected to make another one this year. However, Ms. Billings was a very busy woman with the time she spent with her ...read more

  • Two Sons And What They Did With Their ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2009
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    Two Sons and What They Did With Their Marbles Once upon a time, a mother gave each of her sons two dollars and took them to a toy store to buy the beautiful, shiny marbles they had been asking for. The older son quickly figured out how many marbles he could get with his two dollars, chose the ...read more

  • Little ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2010
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    Little Mirrors Robert Fulghum, in his book, It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It, tells how he found purpose in life. Fulghum, a former Episcopal priest, took a course on Greek culture at an Orthodox retreat center on the Island of Crete. A man named Alexander Papaderos built the center. After ...read more

  • Recently My Family And I Were Traveling North On ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Jan 19, 2010
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    Recently my family and I were traveling north on 251 to visit a local retail store. While we drove we noticed a huge plume of smoke in the air. As it turns out, we were not the only people in town who had gathered to witness the blaze at Crafter’s Village. Upon pulling into a nearby parking lot ...read more

  • How To Adorn A Bride And How Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2010
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    How To Adorn A Bride and How Not To When I was about nine years old there was a wedding held at the church of Christ for the eldest daughter of one of the congregation families who was marrying the son of another long standing family. The family of the daughter was close friends with my family, ...read more

  • Man Gives His Life Rescuing Airplane ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010
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    Man Gives His Life Rescuing Airplane Passengers But what do we see if we look at the cross from another angle—from God’s perspective? What if we have in our minds, as Jesus says, “the things of God”? Then we can see the cross as part of God’s rescue plan. We can see that Jesus chooses to be ...read more

  • Francis Chan: Radical Christian Living

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2010
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    FRANCIS CHAN: RADICAL CHRISTIAN LIVING Pastor Francis Chan, the senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, California wrote in his latest book entitled, "Crazy Love". He has already sold one million copies worldwide; a figure he says demonstrates the extent to which he is not alone in ...read more

  • The Meaning Of The Colors In The Flag – Spoken By ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 7, 2010
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    THE MEANING OF THE COLORS IN THE FLAG – spoken by the flag. My red stands for the blood that was shed for the freedom I represent. Yet, my red originated from the blood of Jesus who died and rose again for those who believe in Him and for whom the Pilgrims came to this country for religious ...read more

  • Barna On New Year's Resolutions

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 19, 2011
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    BARNA ON NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS When it comes to the types of resolutions people make, Americans not surprisingly focus on self-oriented changes. Among those planning to make resolutions, the top pledges for 2011 relate to weight, diet and health (30%); money, debt and finances (15%); personal ...read more

  • Paul Brand's Missionary Mother  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2011
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    PAUL BRAND'S MISSIONARY MOTHER Dr. Paul Brand, a well known doctor and author, was raised in India. His parents were missionaries there. In his book, titled "In His Image," he writes about his mother. It is one of the most touching stories I’ve ever read. He writes that when his mother was 75 ...read more

  • Thom Rainer And The Unchurched Next Door

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2011
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    THOM RAINER AND THE UNCHURCHED NEXT DOOR Thom S. Rainer has written a book entitled "The Unchurched Next Door". He wants people to understand the unchurched in order to better reach them. The premise is that we do not invite our neighbors for all the wrong reasons. He encourages Christians to make ...read more

  • Cheering For The Other Team

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2011
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    CHEERING FOR THE OTHER TEAM I heard about an unusual high school football game played in Grapevine, Texas recently between Grapevine Faith Academy and the Gainesville State School. Faith Academy is a Christian school and Gainesville is located within a high-security youth correctional facility. ...read more