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  • Two Hunters Got A Pilot To Fly Them Into The Far ...

    Contributed by Stephen Boldin on Dec 29, 2006
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    Two hunters got a pilot to fly them into the far north for elk hunting. They were quite successful in their venture and bagged six big bucks. The pilot came back, as arranged, to pick them up. They started loading their gear into the plane, including the six elk. But the pilot objected and he said, ...read more

  • In Miami, Two Brothers Aged 15 And 17 Celebrated ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    In Miami, two brothers aged 15 and 17 celebrated their parents’ weekend absence by cruising the family car into a poor section of town and shooting six-inch spear darts into the backs of people walking down the sidewalk – mostly elderly African-Americans. When they were arrested, the oldest boy ...read more

  • Consumers Don't Spend Any More Time Standing In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    Consumers don’t spend any more time standing in line to examine your product than their grandparents did, but they have a lot more lines to choose from. So if one line isn’t moving at a speed they like, they move to another one. Today marketers have to give their customers more than the traditional ...read more

  • William Colgate

    Contributed by Willem Nel on Feb 4, 2009
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    WILLIAM COLGATE His family was poor and at the age of 16 he left home to seek his fortune. The only thing he knew was how to make soap and candles. He met an old canal-boat captain, who gave him this advice: "Be a good man, give your heart to Christ, pay the Lord all that belongs to Him, make an ...read more

  • Commitment Or Contentment?

    Contributed by Don Jones on Mar 10, 2009
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    COMMITMENT OR CONTENTMENT? Four masked men came in with assault rifles screaming at the preacher and members during the worship service. They said that anyone who would deny their faith could leave safely, but the pastor had to stay and face the outcome. Silence fill the church, and finally, ...read more

  • Regression Example  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    REGRESSION EXAMPLE Several years ago, there was an article in the Virginia Medical Monthly about a lady who regressed in her life development. This lady had three children. When her husband died, she started regressing in her development. Initially she started dressing like a twenty-year-old. She ...read more

  • John - The Apostle Of ...

    Contributed by Emile Wolfaardt on May 1, 2009
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    John - The Apostle of Love John is known as The Apostle of Love because more than any other writer in the New Testament he speaks of love, he exemplifies love, he loves and is loved. As a matter of fact, even though he writes only five books in the New Testament (as opposed to Paul’s 13) he used ...read more

  • William Borden Was Born In 1887. He Was A Yale ...

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 7, 2010
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    William Borden was born in 1887. He was a Yale graduate and heir to great wealth. But he rejected a life of ease to bring the gospel to muslims. He refused to buy himself even a car and gave away hundreds of thousands of dollars to missions. Then, after only four months of zealous ministry in Egypt ...read more

  • Jerry Kramer: Overcoming

    Contributed by John Dobbs on Feb 26, 2010
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    JERRY KRAMER: OVERCOMING From the age of 5 Jerry was the victim of a series of strange and agonizing accidents. While holding an axe overhead, it slipped and cut a cleft into his chin. While a sophomore in high school, he backed into an electric lathe. When he was 17, he had an accident with a ...read more

  • Holding On

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Mar 18, 2010
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    HOLDING ON Let me share a story from Chuck Swindoll. "Four guys decided to go mountain climbing one weekend. In the middle of the climb, one fella slipped over a cliff, dropped about 60 feet and landed with a thud on the ledge below. The other three hoping to rescue him yelled, 'Joe, are you ...read more

  • Branded As Christ's Disciple

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2010
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    BRANDED AS CHRIST'S DISCIPLE Two Texans were trying to impress each other with the size of their ranches. One asked the other, "What's the name of your ranch?" He replied, "The Rocking R, ABC, Flying W Circle C, Bar U, Staple Four, Box D, Rolling M, Rainbow's End, Silver Spur Ranch." The ...read more

  • Math Tests Through The Decades

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 29, 2011
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    MATH TESTS THROUGH THE DECADES * 1960s test: "A logger cuts and sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is four-fifths of that amount. What is his profit?" * 1970s new-math test: "A logger exchanges a set (L) of lumber for a set (M) of money. The cardinality of Set M is 100. ...read more

  • Rest In Peace  PRO

    Contributed by Major Gerardo Balmori on Apr 2, 2011
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    REST IN PEACE Six-year-old and his four-year-old sister presented their mom with a Mother’s Day present: a small, spindly house plant. While it wasn’t the finest looking specimen, they had bought it with their own money and Mom was thrilled. She hugged and kissed her children and told them ...read more

  • Who's Watching?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 7, 2011
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    WHO'S WATCHING? I remember the story of that man who wanted to steal a goat. He took his four children and said to them: "You hide there, you hide by my left, you hide at my back, you hide by my right. If you see anybody coming, give me a sign that I will quickly stop whatever I 'm doing." But as ...read more

  • The Two Adversaries

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 2, 2012
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    THE TWO ADVERSARIES Robert Biggs, 69, who often hikes in the Whisky Flats area, came across a mother bear and her cubs, which were about 40 feet from where he was standing. After watching the bear family for a few minutes he decided to leave them alone and turned to walk back up the trail. As he ...read more

  • How The Mighty Fall

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 12, 2013
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    HOW THE MIGHTY FALL Jim Collins has written a book called "How the Mighty Fall" about businesses who at one time were strong and effective and yet went from hero to zero during the last decade. Motorola was number one in cell phones in the world in 2004 and today they are on the edge of ...read more

  • Feasts In The Bible

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 11, 2014
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    There are seven feasts in the Bible and they help us to tell the time. In fact, the Hebrew word for "feast" is moadim, used 223 times in Scripture and means "appointed times". The feasts represent the calendar of God’s plan for the ages. Four of the feasts were historically fulfilled in Christ’s ...read more

  • Forgetting What Is Past And Straining Toward The Future

    Contributed by Kerry Haynes on Oct 8, 2017
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    Commentator Gordon Fee recalls the famous “miracle mile,” the first time two milers ran under four minutes in the same race. Roger Bannister and John Landy competed in Vancouver, B.C. in 1954. Landy had led all the way, but coming off the final turn toward the finish line he looked over his ...read more

  • Assumptions And Arrogance

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 12, 2019
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    Four people—a pilot, a professor, a pastor, and a hiker—were flying in a small plane when the engines died. The pilot said, “There are only three parachutes. Since this is my plane, I’m taking one of them.” He put it on and jumped out. The professor said, “I’m brilliant and the world needs me, so ...read more

  • The Wrong Target

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on May 31, 2021
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    Emmons loses gold medal after aiming at wrong target! 2004 Washington Post: Matt Emmons of the United States shoots at wrong target, finishes eighth. (Douglas C. Pizac -- AP) Matthew Emmons is an elite athlete ! He was an accounting major from Browns Mill, New Jersey. He was a four-year ...read more