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  • The Cold Within

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 11, 2004
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    The Cold Within (unknown) Six humans trapped by happenstance in black and bitter cold. Each one possessed a stick of wood (or so the story’s told). Their dying fire, in need of logs, the first woman held hers back, For on the faces around the fire, she noticed one was black. The second, looking ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • The Flaming Wedding Dress  PRO

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Feb 22, 2003
    based on 20 ratings
     | 4,570 views

    The Flaming Wedding Dress In one of my first weddings I learned to ask an important question. I now ask each bride if her dress has long sleeves. Why? In one particular wedding, the bride and groom approached the unity candle and as they were lighting the candle, the bride's sleeve caught ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • The Village Atheist Was Not A Bad Man, He Just ...

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Feb 5, 2008
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    THE VILLAGE ATHEIST WAS NOT A BAD MAN, HE JUST DIDN’T BELIEVE. HE WAS NOT INTERESTED IN CHURCH...AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE IN THE AREA. ONE DAY THE CHURCH BUILDING CAUGHT ON FIRE, AND THE WHOLE TOWN RAN TOWARD IT TO HELP EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES.. INCLUDING THE VILLAGE ATHEIST HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING ...read more

    Denomination: Nazarene

  • The Tongues Of ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 29, 2008
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    The Tongues of Fire Philo: "Then from the midst of the fire that streamed from heaven there sounded forth to their utter amazement a voice, for the flame became articulate speech in the language familiar to the audience" (Decal. 46), quoted by Ben Witherington III in his commentary, The Acts of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Abe Lemmons Was Head Basketball Coach At The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 4, 2001
    based on 132 ratings
     | 3,254 views

    Abe Lemmons was head basketball coach at the University of Texas for years. Asked if he was bitter at Texas Athletic Director Deloss Dodds who fired him as the Longhorn’s basketball coach, he replied, "Not at all, but I plan to buy ...read more

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  • One Act Of Bravery  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2003
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    ONE ACT OF BRAVERY A firefighter performs one act of bravery in his career, and that’s when he takes the oath of office, after that, everything else is in the line of duty. SOURCE: Special Operation’s Chief John Moran, ...read more

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  • Dont Let The Urgent Take The Place Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Dont let the urgent take the place of the important in your life. Oh, the urgent will really fight, claw, and scream for attention. It will plead for our time and even make us think weve done the right thing in calming its nerves. But the tragedy of it all is this: When you and ...read more

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  • Thomas Edison Invented The Microphone, The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2005
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    Thomas Edison invented the microphone, the phonograph, the incandescent light, the storage battery, talking movies, and more than 1000 other things. December 1914 he had worked for 10 years on a storage battery. This had greatly strained his finances. This particular evening spontaneous combustion ...read more

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  • A Silver Reminder  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 13, 2003
    based on 16 ratings
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    A SILVER REMINDER At Camp Udairi in the desert of Kuwait, the loss of the dining facility has brought with it an unlikely reminder of God’s protection. Chaplain (Major) Barbara K. Sherer tells the story in an article on Beliefnet.com. The dining hall caught fire one morning, and because of the ...read more

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  • Embers

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on May 28, 2008
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    Reverend Marsh writes: When I was a boy making the morning fires in the fireplace, sometimes, as I cleared away the ashes, I would find some glowing embers from the fire of the night before. I would lay some kindling wood on the coals and blow gently until it glowed bright red and then burst ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Many Years Ago J. H. Clinch Wrote These ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,141 views

    Many years ago J. H. Clinch wrote these provocative lines: And still from Him we turn away, And fill our hearts with worthless things; The fires of greed melt the clay, And forth the idol springs Ambition’s flame, and passion’s heat, By wondrous ...read more

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  • Who Do You Rely On?  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 25, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,430 views

    WHO DO YOU RELY ON? In "Point Man", Steve Farrar tells about a photographer for a national magazine who was assigned to take pictures of a great forest fire. He was advised that a small plane would be waiting to fly him over the fire. The photographer arrived at the airstrip just an hour before ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • The Big Black Door  PRO

    Contributed by Dennis Marquardt on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 13 ratings
     | 6,349 views

    THE BIG BLACK DOOR An Arab chief tells a story of a spy who was captured and then sentenced to death by a general in the Persian army. This general had the strange custom of giving condemned criminals a choice between the firing squad and the big, black door. As the moment for execution drew near, ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • The Bill Always Comes Due

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2011
     | 2,231 views

    THE BILL ALWAYS COMES DUE Bob Harris, weatherman for NY TV station WPIX-TV and the nationally syndicated independent Network news, had to weather a public storm of his own making in 1979. Though he had studied math, physics and geology at three colleges, he left school without a degree but with a ...read more

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  • A Man Got A Job As A Night Watchman At A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,931 views

    A man got a job as a night watchman at a factory. There had been a lot of thefts by the workers on the night shift and so every morning when the night shift workers passed through his gate it was his job to check their bags and pockets to make sure that nothing was being stolen. Things were going ...read more

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  • The Progress Of The World Depends Upon The Men ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,931 views

    "The progress of the world depends upon the men who walk in the fresh furrows and through the rustling corn; upon those whose faces are radiant with the glare of furnace fires; upon the delvers in mines, and the workers in shops; upon those who give to the Winter air the ringing music of the axe; ...read more

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  • We Grow Great By Dreams. All Big Men Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,799 views

    "We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winters evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them, nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the ...read more

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  • A. W. Tozer Said, "God Dwells In A State Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bud Rose on Nov 26, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 9,022 views

    A. W. Tozer said, “God dwells in a state of perpetual enthusiasm. He is delighted with all that is good and lovingly concerned about all that is wrong. He pursues His labors always in a fullness of holy zeal. No wonder the Spirit came at Pentecost as a sound of a rushing mighty wind and sat in ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Four-Year-Old Little Johnny Asked, "Mummy, Where ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Mar 2, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,283 views

    Four-year-old Little Johnny asked, "Mummy, where do babies come from? "The stork, dear." replied Johnny’s Mom. "Mummy, who keeps bad people from robbing our house?" Asked Little Johnny. Johnny’s mother answer, "The police, dear." "Mummy, if our house was on fire, who would save us?" "The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • I Heard About A Small Country Church That Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,102 views

    I heard about a small country church that was holding a revival in a packed building. It was so crowded that they had to put up chairs everywhere, right up to the pulpit. The evangelist was preaching about the second coming of Christ and had really warmed up to the subject. He was one of those fire ...read more

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