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  • Phil Connors Is A Self-Centered Weather Reporter ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on May 9, 2006
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    Phil Connors is a self-centered weather reporter who is experiencing one heck of a day. In fact, he’s reliving this one day over and over again, the same day repeating itself it’s - Groundhog day. Every day is exactly the same in the way it unfolds. Phil knows everything that’s going to happen ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Almost A Year Ago, I Went To One Of My ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Dec 28, 2006
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    Almost a year ago, I went to one of my grandparents’ old home places. It is amazing what happens to homes when they become vacant. The yards go to seed and weeds take over. In fact, their old home-place was surrounded by weeds that were almost chest high. No longer a smooth green lawn but ...read more

    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Real Life In The Bible

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jan 16, 2007
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    Listen to these facts about a few Bible heroes: · Adam blamed his wife for his problems. · Cain killed his brother, Able · After surviving the flood, Noah despaired and got drunk. (Now, think about it. After spending a year closed up in a floating barn, then finally getting out to see nothing ...read more

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • This Is Not The Only Time The Philippian Brethren ...

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Feb 13, 2007
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    This is not the only time the Philippian Brethren saw Paul in JAIL and having his JOY TESTED by DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCE - Acts 16:22-25 What if we had the opportunity to INTERVIEW Paul while he was in this DUNGEON, what do you think he would tell us? Paul and Silas, are you in there? “Yes, we’re ...read more

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • There Was Once A Monk Who Joined A Very Strict ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    There was once a monk who joined a very strict monastic order. In fact, they were so strict that the monks had to take a vow of silence which could only be broken every five years, and then only with two words. After his first five years, the monk went to see the abbot for his two-word interview. ...read more

  • A Few Weeks Ago I Visited My Family Physician, ...

    Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Jun 2, 2007
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    A few weeks ago I visited my family physician, Dr. Stuckert. After a few minutes in the waiting room the nurse took me back. The first thing she did was weigh me, then she took my temperature. Then she asked, why I had come to see the doctor. I told her, I was having headaches for the last ...read more

    Denomination: Methodist

  • The Full Fly

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The Full Fly A fly was buzzing along one morning when he saw a lawn mower someone had left out in their front yard. He flew over and sat on the handle, watching the children going down the sidewalk on their way to school. But one little boy tripped on a crack and fell, spilling his lunch on the ...read more

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  • An Ancient Legend Told Of A Monk Who Found A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    An ancient legend told of a monk who found a precious stone - a precious jewel, in fact, and then quietly kept it in his bag. A short time later, however, he met a traveler, who said he was hungry and asked the monk if he would share some of the provisions. When the monk opened his bag, the ...read more

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  • Do You Know And Love The Author?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Do you know and love the author? The story was told about a young college woman who read a book that she found to be extremely boring. Reading each page of the book was cumbersome and difficult. Yet, because reading the book was required for her education, she forced herself to move through its ...read more

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  • Just Off The Shore Of North Carolina On The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Just off the shore of North Carolina on the island of Cape Hatteras is a village known as Nag’s Head, a small shoreline town where, back in the 1800’s, the “wreckers” lived. These “wreckers” made their living gathering up parts and cargo from ships that had run aground in the night. But these ships ...read more

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  • In 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Jul 3, 2007
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    In 1863 the Emancipation Proclamation was proclaimed in America. The word spread from Capitol Hill down into the valleys of Virginia, and the Carolinas, and evens into the plantations of Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama. The headlines read, ’Slavery Legally Abolished!’ However, the greater ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Just Off The Shore Of North Carolina On The ...

    Contributed by Neil Partington on Jul 23, 2007
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    Just off the shore of North Carolina on the island of Cape Hatteras is a village known as Nag’s Head, a small shoreline town where, back in the 1800’s, the “wreckers” lived. These “wreckers” made their living gathering up parts and cargo from ships that had run aground in the night. But these ships ...read more

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • The Rubik's Cube

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Oct 8, 2007
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    The Rubik’s Cube. [Play with the Cube.] Have you ever tried to solve the Rubik’s Cube? It’s a challenge! The Cube was invented in 1974 by a Hungarian man named Erno Rubik. The object of the game is to arrange the cube in such a way that each of the 9 squares on a face contains the same color. ...read more

    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Don't Expect The Kingdom Of This World To Respect ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Oct 11, 2007
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    Don’t expect the Kingdom of this World to respect the Kingdom of God. Far from it, citizens of God’s Kingdom have always been --- and will always be criticized and misunderstood and (as we see in this case) even DEMONIZED. I think of a man like Jerry Falwell --- who died recently. He was most ...read more

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • There Was A Very Large Family That Lived Out In ...

    Contributed by Rick Bezanson on Oct 17, 2007
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    There was a very large family that lived out in the country. They were always having financial problems. There was never enough money for food or clothes. They lived in an old beat up shack that they rented. Fortunately they had recently shot and killed a bear that had wandered onto their property. ...read more

    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Craig Brian Larson, A Chicago Pastor, Wears Many ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Feb 3, 2008
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    Craig Brian Larson, a Chicago pastor, wears many hats including serving as editor of the pastors’ resource “Preachingtoday.com.” He is especially talented in providing pastors with great anthologies from the movies that are excellent illustrations for sermons. He shares this story. “As a kid, I ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Will Rogers – "I Don't Know Any Jokes. I Just ...

    Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Mar 16, 2008
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    Will Rogers – “I don’t know any jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.” THERESA OF AVILA, A SPANISH NUN said “SHE WHO LAUGHS, LASTS!” She used to look for novices who knew how to LAUGH, EAT AND SLEEP. She believed that if they ate heartily they were healthy, if they slept well ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Peace Isn't Just A Truce. General Mcarthur Said ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    Peace isn't 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 more meaningful, something healing ...read more

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  • Jonathan Edwards' ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 2, 2008
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    Jonathan Edwards’ Conversion One day when Jonathan Edwards was at home in his father’s house; some hindrances kept him from going to church one Sunday with the family. A couple of hours with nothing to do sent him listlessly into the library; the sight of a dull volume with no title on the leather ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • An Altitude ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jun 10, 2008
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    An Altitude Problem A few years ago, a couple of adventurers tried to become the first to circle the globe in a hot air balloon. They took off from St. Louis, Missouri, rose to 24,000 feet, and started eastward across the Atlantic Ocean toward Africa. The prevailing winds carried the balloonists ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational