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  • The Key To The Gate

    Contributed by Justin Lauramore on Nov 12, 2012
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    THE KEY TO THE GATE Picture this, you have walked for miles and miles. You are tired and ready for a long nap. You walk up towards a town gate. As you stare at a distance you meet a young man that tells you that the gate is locked. You say ok, well I will test this out for myself. As you continue ...read more

  • We Should Also Note That Single Mothers Are ...

    Contributed by Dr. Franklin Kirksey on Jul 3, 2007
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    We should also note that single mothers are quite often in that position by no choice of their own, due to death, divorce or desertion. Some single mothers do a wonderful job of raising children to know and to serve the Lord. For example, “John M. Webb was born to Dr. Alfred Pellar Webb and Ida ...read more

  • Refusal To Believe  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on May 27, 2009
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    REFUSAL TO BELIEVE I once served a very wealthy congregation. Over the years the different members had donated various items to the church, many of which were quite valuable. The stained glass windows were valued and tens of thousands of dollars each; The communion table was an intricately carved ...read more

  • Sign By A Flower Bed In A Park: "Do Not Pick ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Sign by a flower bed in a park: “DO NOT PICK (twist off, sever, cut, clip, snip, snap off, pluck, pinch off, pull, bend, crush, pare, cleave, divide, break, touch or take, borrow, steal, remove or otherwise ...read more

  • Imagine A Ship Filled With People Crossing The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Imagine a ship filled with people crossing the Atlantic. In the middle of the ocean the captain announces that the ship is sinking and that everyone must leave the big, towering ship and get into the little lifeboats being lowered over the sides of the boat into the swelling ocean. a. One person ...read more

  • Life's Onlookers

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 28, 2004
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    Life’s Onlookers A man’s life is always more forcible than his speech. When men take stock of him they reckon his deeds as dollars and his words as pennies. If his life and doctrine disagree the mass of ...read more

  • A Person Working In The U.s. Marine Corps Lives ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jan 22, 2009
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    A person working in the U.S. Marine Corps lives with a motto of commitment "Semper Fidelis: Always Faithful." He is to remain faithful – even unto death – for the cause of his country. What is NOT expected of him? • Take orders from the enemy ...read more

  • Abram And Lot

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Apr 5, 2012
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    ABRAM AND LOT "Lot, walking by sight, chose on the basis of what appealed to him. His choice was self-seeking and self-gratifying. ... Abram, on the other hand, walking by faith, generously let Lot choose first. ... He had learned that it was not by his own plan that he would come into ...read more

  • Religion Outranks Politics In Importance To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Religion Outranks Politics in importance to individuals, and people think politics, not religion, fuels violence, according to a poll by Zogby International and the University of Rochester. The survey, a first-ever worldwide poll of 4,388 people on religious beliefs, revealed, “the majority of ...read more

  • A Man Was Out Fishing In His Boat, When He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A man was out fishing in his boat, when he hooked into a large bass. He fought the fish for quite awhile, and finally got it reeled into the boat. He could not believe his eyes. It was a 37 pound striper, a prize keeper. On the shore, he ran into a second fisherman who had a stringer with a dozen ...read more

  • Quote: C. S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
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    Quote: C. S. Lewis, A Grief Observed: "You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death. It is easy to say you believe a rope to be strong as long as you are merely using it to cord a box. But suppose you had to hang ...read more

  • Daniel L. Crocker, 39, Turned Himself In. As A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bart Leger on Feb 14, 2005
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    Daniel L. Crocker, 39, turned himself in. As a Christian, he said, it was the right thing to do. Mr. Crocker lived with his wife of 11 years, Nicolette, 36, and their two children in a quiet community near Dulles Airport in Virginia. He was a warehouse manager and his wife was a stay-at-home mom, ...read more

  • Trust Is A Learned Behavior  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Nov 20, 2004
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    TRUST IS A LEARNED BEHAVIOR. Susie is one of the most trustworthy people I know; I trust her with my life. Imagine she is in a long line at the bank. The individual behind her is holding $1,000 cash with a completed deposit ticket. This person is obviously anxious and in a hurry, so Susie ...read more

  • We Could All Save Ourselves A Lot Of Words If ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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    We could all save ourselves a lot of words if we’d only remember that people rarely take advice unless they have to pay for it. The trouble with good advice is that it usually interferes with your plans. Good advice is what your own kids disregard but save to give to ...read more

  • One Day, While My Family Was Shopping At Lowes ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bryan Mcnair on Jun 7, 2005
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    One day, while my family was shopping at Lowes Home Improvement store, I was showing my little girl, Lauren, some of the large area rugs rolled up on the floor. I told her that we needed one that could fit perfectly in our living room. As we looked at different styles and colors, I came upon one ...read more

  • Spiritual Gambling

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on May 30, 2013
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    SPIRITUAL GAMBLING The problem of compulsive gambling may seem foreign to most of us. Yet experts believe that millions of Americans are psychologically addicted to gambling. It gives them the excitement of hope and risk, but it usually ends in defeat. It is indeed a temporary pleasure. For those ...read more

  • The Noted English Architect Sir Christopher Wren ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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    The noted English architect Sir Christopher Wren was supervising the construction of a magnificent cathedral in London. A journalist thought it would be interesting to interview some of the workers, so he chose three and asked them this question, “What are you doing?” The first replied, “I’m ...read more

  • You Have To Get In

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010
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    YOU HAVE TO GET IN A trapeze artist once supposedly boasted that he could take a person seated in a wheelbarrow across a tightrope many hundreds of feet up between two tall buildings. "Who thinks I can do it?" he asked a crowd who had gathered to watch. One man raised his ...read more

  • Up To Our Armpits In Our Own Choosing!" 1 Samuel ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 30, 2004
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    “Up to Our Armpits in Our Own Choosing!” 1 Samuel 14: 37-46 Key verse(s): 39a: “As surely as the Lord lives, even if it lies with my son Jonathan, he must die . . .” I was fifteen minutes late for my appointment and knew that it would be an embarrassment to admit that I had simply gotten ...read more

  • Stay On The Path

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Oct 23, 2008
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     | 3,299 views

    Stay on the Path On vacation I hiked a pass overlooking the Loyalsock Creek in the mountains of Pennsylvania. It was a difficult incline that I estimate in many places to have been sixty degrees. There was a stern warning at the head of the trail that you should not stray from the path. As I ...read more