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  • Chuck Swindoll In His Book Dropping Your Guard ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 31, 2003
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     | 3,470 views

    Chuck Swindoll in his book Dropping Your Guard has to this to say about the importance of relationships with in the Body of Christ: Before anyone can ever be convinced of the value of involvement and mutuality, that person must come to terms with the consequences of isolationism. The fact is, we ...read more

  • How Real Is Your Food?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,868 views

    HOW REAL IS YOUR FOOD? James Boice puts it this way: “Is he as real to you spiritually as something you can taste or handle? Is he as much a part of you as that which you can eat? Do not think me blasphemous when I say that he must be real and as useful to you as a hamburger and French fries. I ...read more

  • Irritation  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jan 3, 2004
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    IRRITATION Imagine all of the obstacles a person might have to overcome if he were to walk from New York City to San Francisco. One man who accomplished this rare achievement mentioned a rather surprising difficulty when asked to tell of his biggest hurdle. He said that the toughest part of the ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A Beautiful Dressed Woman, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Daniel Jeffers on Feb 4, 2004
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    The story is told of a beautiful dressed woman, her arm bared to the elbow, searching in the mud and slime of the gutter for something. A crowd gathered and then a policeman came. “What’s the matter, lady? What are you hunting for?” the officer asked. “I lost my ring,” answered the woman, ...read more

  • Since Its Father's Day I Would Like To Share ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jason Wall on Jun 21, 2004
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    Since its Father’s Day I would like to share with you two things that you will never hear a man say on Father’s Day. You would never hear a father say to his son, “…here are the keys to my brand new truck, and here is my platinum Master Card… go wild!” And you would never hear a father say to his ...read more

  • Some Timber Producers Have To Wait Up To 180 ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Sep 29, 2004
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    Some timber producers have to wait up to 180 years to produce a harvest! That means the planter will never know the great grandchild who reaps the harvest, and the harvester will never know the forefather who planted the seed. The future depends on the foresight and patience of each ...read more

  • Many Years Ago, A Professor From Harvard ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 30, 2001
    based on 217 ratings
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    Many years ago, a professor from Harvard University was speaking to a class on Columbus Day. He said that there were three profound things about Christopher Columbus’ discovery of America: First, when he left Spain he didn’t know where he was going. Second, when he arrived in the New World he ...read more

  • Every Time You Are Making A Choice, You Are ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Cheadle on Nov 18, 2005
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    “Every time you are making a choice, you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little different than it was before. And taking your life as a whole, with all your innumerable choices, all your life you are slowly turning this central thing either into a ...read more

  • In Her Book, First Lady From Plains, Rosalynn ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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    In her book, First Lady from Plains, Rosalynn Carter told of the “wonderfully odd” things she learned about White House history while a resident there. It seems that the children of President James A. Garfield rode large three-wheelers around as they carried on pillow fights in the East Room. Teddy ...read more

  • In Her Book, First Lady From Plains, Rosalynn ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    In her book, First Lady from Plains, Rosalynn Carter told of the "wonderfully odd" things she learned about White House history while a resident there. It seems that the children of President James A. Garfield rode large three-wheelers around as they carried on pillow fights in the East Room. Teddy ...read more

  • Michael Nelken], A Connecticut Psychiatrist And ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on May 23, 2006
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    [Michael Nelken], a Connecticut psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who has written a book about Adolf Hitler contends that people are more in danger of doing evil than they realize…[He writes,] “temptations to do wanton things don’t just come now and then, but are ever present. Impulses to do evil fly ...read more

  • Swindoll States, "His Journey Reversed Direction. ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 20, 2006
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    Swindoll states, “His journey reversed direction. His mind did a turnaround that would ultimately transform him from the inside out. That’s the essence of genuine repentance-the mind does a turnaround…So many things within Saul’s thinking changed-and changed completely. He changed his mind about ...read more

  • Listen To Me Now. There Was This Christian Man ...

    Contributed by Michael De Rosa on Sep 9, 2006
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    Listen to me now. There was this Christian man who was asked if he could remember the sermon that was preached recently. When told ‘no’, he was asked why he even went to church if he seemingly got so little out of it. His reply went something like this: ‘well I don’t recall all the meals that ...read more

  • Tomorrow  PRO

    Contributed by David Parks on Sep 18, 2006
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    TOMORROW He was going to be all that a mortal should be Tomorrow No one would be better than he Tomorrow Each morning he stacked up the letters he would write Tomorrow It was too bad indeed he was too busy to see Bill, but he promised to do it Tomorrow The greatest of workers this man would ...read more

  • I Tend To Be A Tosser When Something ...

    Contributed by Floyd Johnson on Nov 26, 2006
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    (Ill.) I tend to be a tosser when something doesn’t work, I will toss it out, I will buy a replacement. So when the lawn mower stops working, I take it out to the garbage and go buy a new one. But we have a neighbor who is wonderfully skilled in repairing things. So he will come out and grab the ...read more

  • Joel Osteen From His Book "Your Best Life Now" ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 28, 2006
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    Joel Osteen from his book “Your Best Life Now” stated, “Until you learn how to enlarge your vision, seeing the future through your eyes of faith, your own wrong thinking will prevent good things from happening in your life. God will not pour fresh, creative ideas and blessings into old attitudes… ...read more

  • C. S. Lewis, In His Essay "The Weight Of Glory" ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 3, 2006
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    C. S. Lewis, in his essay “The Weight of Glory” says, “It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you can talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship. ...read more

  • The Process Of Refining Silver Is A Long Process ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chad Garrison on Dec 23, 2006
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    The process of refining silver is a long process of heating the metal until all the imperfections have boiled out. Once the silver is cooled, it is then re-heated again to remove any other imperfections. This process is repeated until there are no signs of anything that isn’t the precious ...read more

  • Back When I Was A Teen, We Used The Word "Cool." ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 12, 2007
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    Back when I was a teen, we used the word "Cool." It has turned into "Khuuul" but still means the same thing. What you think is "cool" is where your mind is going to be If you think walking closely with God is cool, you are more likely to walk with God… if you feel like your faith was forced upon ...read more

  • Helen Keller Was Born Blind And Deaf. She Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    Helen Keller was born blind and deaf. She was brought to a minister to explain the plan of salvation to her. In the simplest of terms the minister told the girl about Jesus. As she heard the Gospel, her face lit up and she spelled out in the hand of the preacher, “I knew all the time there must be ...read more