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  • Extraordinary Gift Ideas

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Dec 8, 2008
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    EXTRAORDINARY GIFT IDEAS A while back, on "Good Morning, America," a co-host featured some gift ideas that might be called indescribable. They were extraordinary gifts that some of you might want to include on your Christmas gift list. One of them was a Jaguar automobile, the Jaguar 220. If you ...read more

  • Faith Is An Adventure

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
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    FAITH IS AN ADVENTURE Some people feel as if living by faith is foolish. The truth is, it is a marvelous adventure. I was telling someone the other day about a Godly lady who was a member of a church I once served. This ladies husband had died leaving her with four small children. This happened ...read more

  • But That’s Not What Peace Is. That’s Just A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
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    But that’s not what peace is. That’s just a truce. General McArthur said "A truce just says you don’t shoot for awhile. Peace comes when the truth is known, the issue is settled, & the parties embrace each other." Peacemakers don’t just try to stop conflict. They’re doing something far ...read more

  • Albert Einstein - Ticket For The Journey

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Dec 22, 2008
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    Albert Einstein, the great physicist, was once travelling from Princeton on a train when the conductor came down the aisle, punching the tickets of each passenger. When he came to Einstein, Einstein reached in his vest pocket. He couldn’t find his ticket, so he reached in his other pocket. It ...read more

  • What’s Giving Thanks All ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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    What’s giving Thanks all about A. The pilgrims did it 1. In 1621, the pilgrims celebrated the first harvest at Plymouth 2. To them, it was a religious holiday celebrating all that God gave them The Pilgrim Proclamation of 1623 Inasmuch as the great Father has given us this year an abundant ...read more

  • The Best News No One Heard

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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    THE BEST NEWS NO ONE HEARD Take the year 1809. The international scene was tumultuous. Napoleon was sweeping through Austria; blood was flowing freely. Nobody then cared about babies. But the world was overlooking some terribly significant births. For example, William Gladstone was born that ...read more

  • A Light Of Hope  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    A Light of Hope There is a story about how the caverns north of Yellowstone National Park were discovered. As the story goes, one of the original explorers was walking along the top of that mountain and fell through a hole, and he dropped down several hundred feet into this cavern and was stuck in ...read more

  • The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    THE PUSH A man and his wife are awakened at 3 o’clock in the morning by a loud pounding on their door. The man gets up and goes to the door where a drunken stranger in the pouring rain is asking for a push. "Not a chance!" says the husband. "It’s three o’clock in the morning!" He slams the door ...read more

  • Why Did Jesus Have To Die For Us?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 11, 2009
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    WHY DID JESUS HAVE TO DIE FOR US? Perhaps this story can illustrate this for us: There was an engineer who operated a drawbridge across a mighty river. With a control panel of levers and switches, he set into motion a monstrous set of gears that either lifted the bridge for river traffic or ...read more

  • Let The Dead Bury Their Dead

    Contributed by John Tung on Feb 12, 2009
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    LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR DEAD To one person who wanted to bury his father before following Jesus, Jesus said, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God." (Lk. 9:60) Doesn’t that sound harsh? Someone’s father just died, and the man can’t even go back to bury his ...read more

  • Who Has Abortions?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    WHO HAS ABORTIONS? Fifty-two percent of U.S. women obtaining abortions are younger than 25: Women aged 20-24 obtain 33 percent of all abortions, and teenagers obtain 19 percent. Black women are more than 3 times as likely as white women to have an abortion, and Hispanic women are 2 1/2 times as ...read more

  • A Father's Duty Never Ends

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 23, 2009
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    A FATHER'S DUTY NEVER ENDS I went to a Saturday matinee showing of that great Sidney Poitier movie, "Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?" and I reveled in that confrontation between Poitier’s world-renowned doctor character and his inner-city postman father. The postman father plays the "I sacrificed ...read more

  • Alcoholics Anonymous

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 23, 2009
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    ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS By 1934, alcoholic Bill Wilson had ruined a promising Wall Street career because of his constant drunkenness. He was introduced to the idea of a spiritual cure by an old drinking buddy Ebby Thacher. While in a hospital, Wilson underwent what he believed to be a spiritual ...read more

  • Best Speeding-Ticket Excuse

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 16, 2009
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    BEST SPEEDING-TICKET EXCUSE A convention of Arkansas State troopers was asked to submit the best excuse they’d ever heard for someone trying to get out of a speeding ticket. The winning entry was submitted by a trooper who clocked a semi-tractor truck speeding down the interstate. The trooper ...read more

  • As A Young Teen, I Loved To Read Books From The ...

    Contributed by Beth Garrod-Logsdon on Apr 14, 2009
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    As a young teen, I loved to read books from the “Choose Your Own Adventure” series. In the first couple of pages a story would be set up – for example you are going on a hike with your cousins and it begins to storm. But by the end of page three the reader comes to a critical point in the story ...read more

  • Growing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    GROWING PLURALISM Most Americans don’t believe their religious tradition is the only way to eternal life, even if their denomination teaches otherwise, finds a Pew Forum study. 57% of evangelical church-attenders believe many religions can lead to eternal life. 70% of Americans with a religious ...read more

  • Get On With It, You Old Goat

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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    "GET ON WITH IT, YOU OLD GOAT." I heard the story about a college choir which was all set to present a concert in a large church which was to be carried live by a local radio station. When everything appeared to be ready, the announcer made his final introduction and waited for the choir director ...read more

  • If I Should Wake Before I Die

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2009
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    IF I SHOULD WAKE BEFORE I DIE A father knelt down beside his little boy’s bed. It was time for prayers, hugs and kisses, and tucking in. The little boy began the childhood prayer he had repeated so many times before: now I lay me down to sleep; I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die ...read more

  • Verse 14 (Where The Psalmist Calls God Awesome ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Jun 4, 2009
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    Verse 14 (where the psalmist calls God awesome and says he needs to fall down to the ground in adoration of God) is often misunderstood, though. There is a scene in a very cynical, satirical movie that applies to the world’s misunderstanding of praise. It is a scene from a Python film called "The ...read more

  • The Value Of Connecting

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jun 15, 2009
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    THE VALUE OF CONNECTING Larry Crabb tells the story of a man he knew that attempted suicide. His injury was so severe that he should have died, but he recovered and sought out Dr. Crabb for therapy. The two had been meeting together for some time. They covered a lot of ground. Dr. Crabb ...read more