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  • After The Collapse Of The Berlin Wall In 1989, No ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 16, 2008
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    After the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989, no person in all of East Germany was more despised than the former Communist dictator Erich Honecher. He had been stripped of all his offices. Even the Communist Party rejected him. Kicked out of his villa, the new government refused him and his wife ...read more

  • The Bible Says,

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Apr 16, 2009
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    The Bible says, “…be joined with his wife.” (Genesis 2:24) “Joined” (dāḇaq) means to cling to and stay with. The application is something sticking together and when used in a marriage relationship it is a man clinging to his wife, no matter what life throws at them and she sticks with ...read more

  • One Of My Good Friends From Ozark Is A Guy Named ...

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Apr 16, 2009
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    One of my good friends from Ozark is a guy named Eric. I remember one day Eric told me this story. Eric was entering theater class and it was the last class of the day. He walked in, the regular teacher was not there so there was a substitute teacher. He was the first person in class and the ...read more

  • All Part Of God's Plan  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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    ALL PART OF GOD’S PLAN In the opening pages of his autobiography, "An American Life," Ronald Reagan writes, I was raised to believe that God had a plan for everyone and that seemingly random twists of fate are all a part of His plan. My mother - a small woman with auburn hair and a sense of ...read more

  • Traders Vs. ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 8, 2009
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    Traders vs. Investors We all have seen the effect of those who have given up on the economy. In his newspaper column called “Market Report,” Bill Barnhart once explained the difference between investors and traders in the stock market. “A trader in a stock,” writes Barnhart, “is making ...read more

  • Choice As A Discipline

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 16, 2009
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    CHOICE AS A DISCIPLINE Your will enables you to choose. Choose wisely. He who marries the spirit of the age will soon find himself a widower. God asks no one whether he will accept life. This is not the choice. The only choice you have as you go through life is how you will live it. God ...read more

  • Igoogle Widget: ‘things To ...

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Jun 24, 2009
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    iGoogle Widget: ‘Things to Ponder’ Have you ever asked a dumb question? I have to admit that I have. On my last trip out of town, I had to make a bank deposit in Virginia. For some reason, out of my mouth came, “Can I deposit here in Virginia even though I live in Florida?” I bank with a ...read more

  • If You Care, Give Your Testimony

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009
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    IF YOU CARE, GIVE YOUR TESTIMONY God wants us to be concerned about other people. And one of the best ways we can show our concern is by giving them testimonies about Jesus. One of my all-time favorite teachers was Don Wilton. One day in class, Dr. Wilton told us about getting to serve on Billy ...read more

  • Crocodile Dundee

    Contributed by Dan Stires on Aug 12, 2009
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    CROCODILE DUNDEE Do you remember the movie called "Crocodile Dundee?" It was a good one. Crocodile Dundee comes from the land down under. He is completely out of his realm when he came from Australia to New York City. Crocodile Dundee and his girlfriend are out for a walk at night, when all of a ...read more

  • Dale Carnegie's Solution To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
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    Dale Carnegie’s Solution to Worry--Prayer We can forget about what tomorrow brings - we can quit worrying - because if we love Almighty God and have faith in Him, everything will work out for our good! Down through the centuries, many who have tried Him have found that to be true! The late great ...read more

  • Roll-Up-Your-Shirt-Sleeves Christianity  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
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    ROLL-UP-YOUR-SHIRT-SLEEVES CHRISTIANITY When DAVE THOMAS died in early 2002, he left behind more than just thousands of Wendy’s restaurants. He also left a legacy of being a practical, hard-working man who was respected for his down-to-earth values. Among the pieces of good advice that have ...read more

  • The Magic Of The Family Meal, Time Magazine ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 14, 2009
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    The Magic of the Family Meal, Time Magazine Article Check out these words from an article in TIME magazine called, “The Magic of the Family Meal” (www.time.org, 6/4/06): “…There is something about a shared meal--not some holiday blowout, not once in a while but regularly, reliably--that anchors a ...read more

  • A Farmer Plants Sour Apples Near Edge Of Orchard ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 3, 2009
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    A Farmer Plants Sour Apples Near Edge of Orchard To Camouflage The Sweet Ones in the Middle A farmer repeatedly invited his neighbor to come over to his orchard and pick some apples and make fresh, sweet apple cider. The neighbor kept turning down the offer. Finally, the farmer asked why the ...read more

  • The Good Outcast: Longhaired Biker

    Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Dec 16, 2009
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    THE GOOD OUTCAST-LONGHAIR-BIKER Now it came to pass that a certain man was traveling Lonesome Street, a lonely and dark road from Tom's Tavern to Bill's Bar. After many visits to this bar, the consumption of liquor got a hold of him, stripped him of all his goods and left him destitute and dying ...read more

  • It Wasn't Long Ago In Australia We Saw Race ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 25, 2009
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    It wasn’t long ago in Australia we saw race horses being put down because of a disease that spread through the racing industry, threatening the lives of people also. Whatever the plague was in Egypt, it was severe, contagious and fatal. The only animals under the Lord’s quarantine were those in the ...read more

  • Evans On The Virgin Birth

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2009
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    EVANS ON THE VIRGIN BIRTH Dr. William Evans, who pastored College Church from 1906-1909, was an unusually accomplished man. He had the entire King James Version of the Bible memorized as well as the New Testament of the American Standard Version. Dr. Evans also authored over fifty books. His son, ...read more

  • Mother Sheep Sacrifices Her Life To Save Her Lamb ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2010
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    Mother Sheep Sacrifices Her Life to Save Her Lamb from a Tiger William Faulkner tells the story of a mother sheep who had warned her little ones, “Do not go near the river, for a bad tiger lives there, and he will kill and eat you.” One lamb kept toying with the thought that the grass near the ...read more

  • God's Unexpected Answer To Prayer Protects From ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    God’s Unexpected Answer to Prayer Protects from Bomb But God provides in a variety of ways. A Messianic Jewish brother relates: "I was part of a singing group once that was scheduled to do a series of "peace" concerts in war-torn Northern Ireland. As Jews, we went with the message that Catholics ...read more

  • Jewish Marriages Often Were Prearranged. The ...

    Contributed by Jorge Acevedo on Feb 17, 2010
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    Jewish marriages often were prearranged. The young man and his father would negotiate a price for the girl with her dad (mohar). You could say the purchase price was sort of the engagement ring. Once the price was settled the couple was engaged and once engaged they were considered married but ...read more

  • Prayer And Chopping Vegetables

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 26, 2010
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    PRAYER AND CHOPPING VEGETABLES Jan and I were watching a cooking show the other day -- Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa, I think it was -- and I commented on how Ina chops vegetables. In this instance, she was chopping parsley, and she held the knife in one hand while resting her other hand on top ...read more