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  • Revelation And Ovaltine

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Jun 27, 2009
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    REVELATION AND OVALTINE The word often translated "revelation" or as I translated it, "unveiling," could also be understood as "decoding." Ever heard of those Ovaltine Decoder Rings in the '40s? Ovaltine drink advertisements used to have a coded message on them (as did some of the Ovaltine radio ...read more

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  • Revival Is The Visitation Of God, Which Brings To ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 30, 2009
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    Revival is the visitation of God, which brings to life Christians who have been sleeping and restores a deep sense of God’s near presence and holiness. Thence springs a vivid sense of sin and a profound exercise of heart in repentance, praise, and love, with an evangelistic outflow. Each revival ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Disfigured War Veteran Helps Boy Regain Sight ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
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    Disfigured War Veteran Helps Boy Regain Sight Only to be Rejected Ps 33:18-19 “But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.” It is not that God does not exist; man who does not want to ...read more

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  • Shrek The Sheep Survives 6 Years In New Zealand ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
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    Shrek the Sheep Survives 6 Years in New Zealand Cave Do we need a savior – the story of Shrek the Sheep Have you heard the story of Shrek, the merino sheep that had evaded capture and shearing for 6 years? When he was finally discovered in his high mountain cave of New Zealand by musterer Ann ...read more

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  • Paul's Thorn In The Flesh Like Catfish With ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2009
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    Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh Like Catfish with Codfish Years ago in the northeastern United States codfish was a big commercial business. There is a market for eastern cod all over, especially on the West Coast. The demand posed a problem to the shippers. At first they froze the cod, then shipped them ...read more

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • Prayer's Powerful Results Impacts African ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2010
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    Prayer’s Powerful Results Impacts African Villagers Story: John Robb of World Vision’s Mission Advanced Research Center writes, "The adults of Ethiopia’s Awash River area, two hours north of Addis Ababa were suffering through famines. In their suffering the people looked to a giant tree for help. ...read more

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  • In 1914; Sir Earnest Shackleton, And Explorer ...

    Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Jan 19, 2010
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    In 1914; Sir Earnest Shackleton, and explorer from England attempted to cross Antarctica. His exploration didn’t go so well though as his ship, “The Endurance,” was caught in the ice pack and slowly crushed as the ice closed in around it. Luckily, Shackleton and his crew managed to make it off ...read more

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  • Benedict ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2010
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    Benedict Arnold In American history, there is a man who became famous for all the wrong reasons. You have probably heard his name, even if you don’t know the details of his life. Benedict Arnold is a name that brings to mind betrayal and treason; yet he actually was a gifted man and a great ...read more

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  • This Doesn't Mean That We Do Not Feel The Brunt ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 6, 2010
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    This doesn't mean that we do not feel the brunt of bad news, trials, or miseries. It means he helps us gain our composure. Judy Ackerman Link wrote: After my doctor announced that I had cancer, I tried to listen to what he said, but I couldn’t. I went home, pulled a blanket over my head, and fell ...read more

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  • The Perseverance Of Dan Jansen

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    THE PERSEVERANCE OF DAN JANSEN DAN JANSEN: Resident of suburban Milwaukee, Jansen finished 4th place in the 1984 Olympics in the 500 Meters Speed Skating. But four years later, he came rearing back and had proved himself to be the fastest skater in the world, having won the World Sprint Cup just ...read more

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  • The Burning Of The Brands

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 7, 2011
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    THE BURNING OF THE BRANDS British style writer Neil Boorman has decided to burn every branded thing in his possession. "I am addicted to brands," he confessed in a magazine article: "From an early age, I have been taught that to be accepted, to be lovable, to be cool, one must have the right ...read more

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  • A Better Pitcher

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 28, 2011
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    A BETTER PITCHER "There's a story from the late 1800s of English evangelist Henry Moorhouse who made several trips to America to preach. On one of these occasions, he was taking a walk through a poor section of the city when he noticed a small boy coming out of a store with a pitcher of milk. Just ...read more

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  • Complicated Directions

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2011
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    COMPLICATED DIRECTIONS Matt Woodly, a father of four, talks about buying his children a swing set, about 15 years ago, as an early Christmas present. It was an extra long metal set with two swings, a two-seater swinging bench, a slide, monkey bars, and a series of hanging rings. He thought the ...read more

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  • I Don't Want To Be A Fireman

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 20, 2011
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    I DON'T WANT TO BE A FIREMAN I recall a conversation I once had with a precocious little boy we once had in the church I pastored for 10 years in Wiesbaden. I asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. "Well," he replied, "I don't want to be a fireman." I'd never had a kid tell me what ...read more

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  • A Dying Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2011
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    A DYING CHURCH An artist was once asked to put on canvas what he considered to be the picture best symbolizing a decaying and dying church. After several months, he returned and reported that he had finished the task. The hour finally arrived when the painting was to be unveiled. Several people ...read more

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  • Goodbye, Mother!

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 9, 2011
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    GOODBYE, MOTHER! A young man was walking through a supermarket to pick up a few things when he noticed a little old lady following him around. Thinking nothing of it, he ignored her and continued on. Finally he went to the checkout line, but she got in front of him. "Pardon me, sonny" she said, ...read more

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  • The Mayor's Martyr Maid

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 3, 2011
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    THE MAYOR'S MARTYR MAID "I found one!" The inquisitor held up a Bible and hollered out, "Bring in the mayor and his family. Someone is studying the Bible in this house!" In the 16th century, Philip II sent the Duke of Alba to Flanders to stamp out the Protestants who insisted on reading the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed