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  • Father, Forgive Them...  PRO

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Mar 27, 2009
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    FATHER, FORGIVE THEM... Many years ago, long before any of us were born, and long before our great grandparents were born, a young man walked into town. His clothes were old and well worn. His shoes had holes, and he carried all of his possessions in a small, dirty bag. When he first arrived in ...read more

  • The Kingdom Of God Is Like A Vw Beetle. It Is One ...

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Mar 27, 2009
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    The kingdom of God is like a VW Beetle. It is one of the smallest cars you will ever see. It is not very comfortable or powerful. It is not very stylish or practical. It is very cheap and not impressive in any way. There is no status with owning one. And yet, it is one of the most recognizable cars ...read more

  • C. S. Lewis Said That

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 29, 2009
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    C. S. Lewis said that “the devil laughs when he sees us overcome by pride: “He is perfectly content to see you becoming chaste and brave and self-controlled provided, all the time, he is setting up in you the Dictatorship of Pride… For Pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of ...read more

  • Quote: D.j. Kenyon:

    Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Mar 29, 2009
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    QUOTE: D.J. Kenyon: “It does not take much in the way of carelessness and disobedience to turn our prayers into confession sessions to clear ourselves with God rather ...read more

  • The Tannur (Oven) Did Need To Be Hot In Order To ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Mar 30, 2009
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    The tannur (oven) did need to be hot in order to bake the bread, but if there was too much heat when the dough was supposed to be rising, it would kill the yeast and stop the process. I get it. Wailam, my wife, laughed at me when I made a cake and forgot to put any baking powder in it. It ended up ...read more

  • Few Years Ago, We Had Carl Mitchell Of Harding ...

    Contributed by Bledar Valca on Mar 30, 2009
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    Few years ago, we had Carl Mitchell of Harding University come to Albania and do series of lectures on family life and issues. Other then the lectures he gave we asked him to preach for us on Sunday. I vividly remember that as he was talking about gratitude or thankfulness he shared an experience ...read more

  • Two Elderly Women Went To An Orchestra Concert. ...

    Contributed by Shane Hargrave on Mar 31, 2009
     | 2,930 views

    Two elderly women went to an orchestra concert. On the way home one asked the other, "How did you like it?" The other woman said, "The way the first violinist blew his nose after the first selection just ruined the entire evening for me." ...read more

  • Attitude Is Everything" By Francie Baltazar ...

    Contributed by Shane Hargrave on Mar 31, 2009
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    "Attitude Is Everything" by Francie Baltazar Schwartz Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" He was a unique manager ...read more

  • Dear God  PRO

    Contributed by Shane Hargrave on Mar 31, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,748 views

    Dear God, So far today, I’ve done all right. I haven’t gossiped, and I haven’t lost my temper. I haven’t been grumpy, nasty or selfish. But in a few minutes, God, I’m going to ...read more

  • A Giving Testimony

    Contributed by Tom Conant on Apr 3, 2009
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    A GIVING TESTIMONY I have experienced this both personally and in our church. As a church, when we began to support missions with faith promises – God began to pour blessings to our church. Last year we gave more to missions than ever before, and the church income was more than ever, nearly ...read more

  • There's An Old Story About A Man Who Dreamed ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Apr 4, 2009
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    There’s an old story about a man who dreamed that an angel escorted him to church one Sunday. There he saw a keyboard musician playing vigorously, singers singing, and other musicians playing with gusto. But the man heard no sound. The congregation was also singing – well, most of them, but again ...read more

  • Power Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    POWER OF PRAYER There was a young Christian lady from Boston who left work and went to the parking garage to get in her car and go to church one Wednesday evening, and when she stepped into the elevator a man grabbed her and began to try to rape her. She yelled out: "In the name of Jesus, stop it, ...read more

  • Asking For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    ASKING FOR GUIDANCE I heard a great joke this week about a man who himself had a great joke to share. He was in a dimly lit restaurant and he leaned over to the lady at the table next to him and said, "Hey, would you like to hear a very funny blond joke." The lady replied, "I’m 6’3" blonde and am ...read more

  • Prayer Improves Health Care For Coronary ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    PRAYER IMPROVES HEALTH CARE FOR CORONARY PATIENTS Research at San Francisco General Hospital has revealed that victims of heart attack, heart failure and other cardiac problems who were remembered in prayers fared better than those who were not. Cardiologist Randy Byrd assigned 192 patients to the ...read more

  • World Of Words

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    WORLD OF WORDS We live in a world of words. Words are all about us, words on TV, words on the radio, spoken words by family and friends, words printed in newspapers, books, on computers, and words on the Internet. The world of words have turned us into a people who have been overwhelmed, ...read more

  • Correct Philosophy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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    CORRECT PHILOSOPHY Ravi Zacharias: "A correct philosophy must be logically consistent, empirically adequate and experientially relevant; all answers must individually correspond to reality, all answers must be coherent with each other." A philosophy must address origin, ...read more

  • Getting Caught Asleep

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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    GETTING CAUGHT ASLEEP Just in case your boss catches you asleep at your desk, be ready to blurt out one of these excuses: "They told me at the blood bank that this might happen." "This is just a 15-minute power nap like they raved about in that time management course you sent me to." "I was ...read more

  • Worship In Spirit And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
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    WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH When Lawrence of Arabia was in Paris with some of his Arab friends after World War I, he took them to see the sights of the city. His friends showed little interest in the Louvre, the Arch of Triumph, or Napoleon’s tomb. The thing that really interested them was the ...read more

  • Seven Deadly ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
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    SEVEN DEADLY SINS In the Roman Catholic Church there is a list of the seven deadly sins: Pride, Envy, Gluttony, Greed, Lust, Wrath, and Sloth. In 1995 a film titled Se7en focused on the seven deadly sins, a character that thinks of himself as the Sword of God, chooses victims whom he believes to ...read more

  • John C Maxwell, The Noted Church Leader, Author ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
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    John C Maxwell, the noted Church leader, author and Leadership Guru, states in the introduction to the Maxwell Leadership Bible that one of the simplest, but most profound definitions of Leadership that he has come across is "Leadership is ...read more