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  • Redefining God Across The Country, Many Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    Redefining God Across the country, many are redefining God. “Dissatisfaction with conventional images of an authoritarian or paternalistic deity, people are embracing quirky, individualistic conceptions of God to suit their own spiritual needs,” notes Lisa Miller in a 4/21/00 Wall Street Journal ...read more

  • In The Comic Strip, Dennis The Menace, Dennis And ...

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Jan 11, 2005
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    In the comic strip, Dennis the Menace, Dennis and his little friend, Joey, are leaving Mrs. Wilson’s house with their hands full of cookies. As you may remember, Dennis is not always very considerate toward the Wilsons who are his next-door neighbors (especially Mr. Wilson). But Joey says, "I ...read more

  • In The Small Town We Lived In, The Volunteer Fire ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 16, 2007
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    In the small town we lived in, the volunteer fire department’s telephone was answered by the policeman on duty, who would in turn sound the fire whistle to rally the volunteers to duty. One Saturday morning my father, the town chief of police, had just come on duty when the fire department phone ...read more

  • The Lord Of Hosts (The God Of The Armies)

    Contributed by Michael West on Oct 2, 2008
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    The Lord of Hosts (the God of the Armies) Approximately thirty different occasions the Lord unites His eternal nature to the human need of His servant. However, there is one name that stands apart from these and occurs around 290 times in the Bible. That's almost ten times the sum of all the ...read more

  • There Was Excitement All Through The Orphanage, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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    There was excitement all through the orphanage, for a lady had come to take little Jane home with her. The girl was sort of nervous about the thought of becoming the kind ladies child, "Do you want to go with me and be my child?" the lady asked her in a gentle tone. The little girl said,” I don’t ...read more

  • The Phrase "He Brought Me Up Also Out Of An ...

    Contributed by Charles Jones on Oct 21, 2008
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    The phrase "He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay…" indicates that God did not just see what David was going through and He did not just listen as David talked; He did ...read more

  • We Carve What We Already See

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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    WE CARVE WHAT WE ALREADY SEE I heard the story once of a great Cherokee wood carver. He took logs and sat them on a stump outside his back door and sat in front of that log sometimes for hours just staring at it. Finally, he would pick up his carving tools and start carving the most beautiful of ...read more

  • Good God Almighty

    Contributed by Louis Pantelis on May 21, 2009
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    GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY I am reminded of the story of the fellow that always fell asleep during the pastor’s sermon. The wife had decided to keep him awake - so she took a large hair pin with the intention of sticking him with it when he nodded off. Sure enough, right in the middle of the pastor’s ...read more

  • Remember Who Your Daddy Is

    Contributed by David Hodgin on Jun 24, 2009
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    REMEMBER WHO YOUR DADDY IS George Foreman is famous for many things: boxing champion, pitchman, grill guru, television celebrity, and, he named all five of his sons, George. When asked why he gave all his sons the same name, he usually quips something like, "If you’d been hit in the head as many ...read more

  • Pocket God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    POCKET GOD Have you heard about Pocket God? It’s one of the top-selling video game applications for Apple’s iPhone. Here’s the game description found on iTunes: "What kind of god would you be? Benevolent or vengeful? Play Pocket God and discover the answer within yourself. On a remote island, you ...read more

  • Daddy Restrained

    Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 31, 2009
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    DADDY RESTRAINED I’ll never forget an experience I had with my son Ethan. When Ethan was about 2 years old, he had been playing and had fallen and cut open his chin. It was bad enough for Nicole and I to take him to A.I. DuPont Hospital for children. After the doctors examined his cut they told ...read more

  • On My Recent Pilgrimage To Israel One Of The Many ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Nov 14, 2009
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    On my recent pilgrimage to Israel one of the many profound experiences occurred on the airplane prior to even leaving JFK International in New York. After I was seated on the huge double Decker airplane which took us directly to Tel Aviv, I noticed a large Orthodox Jewish family making their way ...read more

  • God In Motion (From A 4th Grade Textbook)

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 12, 2010
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    GOD IN MOTION (FROM A 4TH GRADE TEXTBOOK) For centuries, scientists have debated whether the physical objects that make up the universe are naturally at rest or naturally in motion. If physical objects are naturally at rest, then any object in motion is made so by something else. This view ...read more

  • Honrar Es

    Contributed by Juan Quintero on Feb 12, 2010
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    Honrar es: 1. Respetar a alguien. 2. Enaltecer o premiar su mérito. 3. Dar honor o celebridad. 4. Como fórmula de cortesía para enaltecer la asistencia, adhesión, etc., de otra u otras personas. 5. Dicho de una persona: Tener a honra ser o hacer algo. Honor is: 1. Respecting everyone. 2. ...read more

  • The Ruling Caste

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 21, 2011
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    THE RULING CASTE On one of my trips to India, as I was walking around a market place, I came face to face with some proud Brahmans who consider themselves better than anyone, and they will not allow anyone touch them because they belong to the ruling caste. I asked if I could take their picture. ...read more

  • Who Saved Me?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
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    WHO SAVED ME? During a terrible storm at sea that threatened every moment to carry the ship to the bottom, one of the ship’s crew was doing something on the deck when a great sea struck the ship and went fairly over the deck, striking this man with great force, disabling him and carrying him into ...read more

  • In My Younger Days I Went On Several Scripture ...

    Contributed by Amanda Wilson on May 2, 2007
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    In my younger days I went on several Scripture Union beach missions to Rosebud on the Victorian coast. And one of the people I met there was a young man, Terry, who had grown up in a very rough environment. His father was a wharfie in the days when the wharfs were run by the unions, and outside of ...read more

  • So You Won't Be Afraid

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 16, 2010
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    "SO YOU WON'T BE AFRAID" In one of the Nazi death camps, Solomon Rosenberg lived and suffered with his family. It was a work camp, which meant a person had value and stayed out of the ovens as long as he or she could work. Solomon’s parents, aged and broken, were already gone. Now he feared his ...read more

  • Boy Trusted His Father, Our Daily Bread, April 8, ...

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Sep 2, 2004
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    Boy Trusted His Father, Our Daily Bread, April 8, 1996 A group of scientists and botanists were exploring remote regions of the Alps in search of new species of flowers. One day they noticed through binoculars a flower of such rarity and beauty that its value to science was incalculable. But it ...read more

  • A Boy Asked His Father, "How Much Do You Make In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A boy asked his father, "How much do you make in an hour?" The father got mad and answered roughly, "Don’t bother me." He was tired and irritable after a tough day at work, but the boy insisted. "Please, how much do you make?" The father said in a bad tone of voice, "six pounds." Then his son ...read more