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  • Have You Ever Gone Shopping Across The Border In ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Sep 8, 2004
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    Have you ever gone shopping across the border in Mexico? I remember one particular time. I was walking through the “tiendas” (shopping district) in Monterrey, Mexico. On every side “hawkers” were standing at the doors of the shops, trying to lure me away from a competitor and into their shop. ...read more

  • Several Years Ago At A Promise Keepers ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 3, 2005
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    Several years ago at a Promise Keepers conference, Dennis Rainey placed animal traps on stage. They were big ones too. Bear traps and even an African safari large animal trap that took two men to open. There were a dozen or so traps, and he set or opened them all. Then Dennis Rainey had a father ...read more

  • Do You Feel Intimidated? Marty Springstead, ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 24, 2006
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    Do you feel intimidated? Marty Springstead, supervisor of American League umpires, said he will never forget his first assignment behind the plate. It was in a 1966 game at Washington. Frank Howard was playing for the Senators, and on the first pitch to the mountainous slugger, Springstead called a ...read more

  • If You Are A Parent, Then You Most Likely Seen A ...

    Contributed by Buddy Baird on Oct 16, 2006
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    If you are a parent, then you most likely seen a movie called “Toy Story.” One of the main characters is a cowboy named “Woody.” In “Toy Story 2,” Woody is kidnapped by the owner of a toy store, who intends on selling him to a toy museum. Upon arrival at the owners apartment, he meets three ...read more

  • There's A Verse Of A Hymn With This Line: 'the ...

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 30, 2006
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    There’s a verse of a hymn with this line: ’The Lord hath yet more light and truth to break forth from His Word.’ (George Rawson). They are based on the words of Pastor John Robinson as the Pilgrim Fathers set sail from Plymouth in 1620, leaving their homeland for an unknown future. Like them, we ...read more

  • Years Ago A Man Was Hired By A Pharmaceutical ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Dec 3, 2006
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    Years ago a man was hired by a pharmaceutical company to be an area salesman. He was smart, a quick thinker, people oriented – perfect for the job.He was given a territory, training and all he needed to get the job done.On his first day his manager called to see how his visits went, “no visits yet, ...read more

  • In Ancient Rome, Military Commanders Who Had Been ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Feb 25, 2007
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    In ancient Rome, military commanders who had been victorious in battle, killing at least 5,000 enemy troops, were honored publicly in a huge civil and religious ceremony called a Roman Triumph. The “triumphator,” as he was called, was paraded through the city ahead of his troops. In front of him ...read more

  • In The Beginning Of The Twentieth Century A Young ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 15, 2007
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    In the beginning of the twentieth century a young graduate of Cornell University was engaged in a most amazing effort to win the entire world to Jesus Christ. His name was John R. Mott. During his years as secretary of the World Student Volunteer Movement, Mott’s travels took him everywhere: to ...read more

  • Common Good  PRO

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 9, 2009
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    COMMON GOOD The other criterion is the common good, the good that is linked to living in society. It is the good of "all of us," individuals, families and intermediate groups forming society. It is a requirement of justice and society to take a stand for the common good and strive toward it. ...read more

  • The Sheep Know The Master's Voice

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 3, 2010
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    THE SHEEP KNOW THE MASTER'S VOICE "Early one morning, I saw an extraordinary sight not far from Bethlehem. Two shepherds had evidently spent the night with their flocks in a cave. The sheep were all mixed together, and the time had come for the shepherds to go in different directions. One of ...read more

  • Only One Opinion Counts

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2011
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    ONLY ONE OPINION COUNTS An umpire named Babe Pinelli once called Babe Ruth out on strikes. When the crowd booed with disapproval, the legendary Ruth turned to the umpire and said, "How could you call that a strike? There are 40,000 people here who are of the opinion that the last pitch was a ...read more

  • The Mortal Work Of Art

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 16, 2012
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    THE MORTAL WORK OF ART Shelley Jackson is a writer. Yet, you cannot read anything she's written in a magazine, book or screen. Instead, you have to look at people. Her story is written on human skin. Her story is called "Skin." Jackson calls it "a mortal work of art." It is a fictional piece ...read more

  • Betting On Goliath  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 2, 2013
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    BETTING ON GOLIATH Death was handled differently in the ancient world. An archaeologist was digging in the Negev Desert in Israel and came upon a casket containing a mummy. After examining it, he called the curator of a prestigious natural history museum. "I've just discovered a 3,000 year old ...read more

  • Standing Up On The Inside  PRO

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 17, 2013
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    STANDING UP ON THE INSIDE A five year old girl was having one of those trouble-filled days with her mother. It seemed they spent the day arguing back and forth. Finally the mom had enough. "Jenny, go sit in the corner, right now! Don’t get up until I tell you to!" Jenny went to the corner and sat ...read more

  • Dr. James Dobson Reports That The Average ...

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on Jul 28, 2008
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    Dr. James Dobson reports that the average preschool child watches between 30 and 50 hours of television per week while the average time spent interacting with his or her father is 37 seconds per day. He also stated, "There is no higher calling on earth for men than to be a father." Casting Crowns ...read more

  • Bud's Last Chance

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Sep 4, 2008
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    Bud's Last Chance Bud wasn't a church-going man. His wife was. She was panicked when she called me one day. "Pastor Brian, please come quickly, Bud's in trouble." Now, I had been visiting Bud in the hospital for some time and he had never shown any desire for the Lord…but he did now. I was ...read more

  • Emotion

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 4, 2008
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    EMOTION The Bee Gees and Destiny’s Child sang a song called "Emotion". The song is about the sadness of lost love. "In the words of a broken heart it’s just emotion taking me over. Caught up in sorrow lost in the song but if you don’t come back, Come home to me, darling, don’t you know there’s ...read more

  • A. W. Tozer, Christian Publications, 1964, P. 90 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    A. W. Tozer, Christian Publications, 1964, p. 90 Worship is to feel in your heart and express in some appropriate manner a humbling but delightful sense of admiring awe and astonished wonder and overpowering love in the presence of that most ancient Mystery, that Majesty which philosophers call the ...read more

  • Vow Of Silence

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Dec 31, 2008
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    Vow of Silence A monk joined a monastery and took a vow of silence. After the first ten years his superior called him in and asked, "Do you have anything to say?" The monk replied, "Food bad." After another ten years, the monk again had opportunity to voice his thoughts. He said, "Bed ...read more

  • Bruce Thielemann, Pastor Of First Presbyterian ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 8, 2009
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    Bruce Thielemann, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, told of a conversation with an active layman, who mentioned, “You preachers talk a lot about giving, but when you get right down to it, it all comes down to basin theology.” Thielemann asked, “Basin theology? What’s that?” The ...read more