Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
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In addition to Mt. Rushmore, one of Gutzin Borglum’s great works as a sculptor is the head of Lincoln in the Capitol at Washington. He cut it from a large, square block of stone in his studio. One day, when the face of Lincoln was just becoming recognizable out of the stone, a young girl was
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Many years ago the great preacher Harry Emerson Fosdick told of a teenage girl stricken with polio. As he visited with her, she told him about a conversation she’d had with one of her friends, who told her, "Affliction does so color life." To which this courageous young girl agreed, but said that
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Darrin Fish on Dec 10, 2007
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• Maybe you have been hit with so much adversity you feel like the little girl who was riding along on her bike when she bumped her head on the low hanging branch of a tree.
• She ran into the house hollering, "Mom, Joey hit me!"
• Her Mom looked up from what she was doing and said, "Sissy, Joey
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Christian Church
I read an email story this week about a group of salesmen who attended a convention out-of-town some years back. As they rushed through the terminal to get to their departing flight, one of them accidentally knocked over a table that held a display of apples.
They continued running for their
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Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jul 28, 2008
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MOTHER'S FACE
Calvin Miller reminds us of the fable of the little girl whose mother's face was hideously scarred from an early injury. As the little girl grew, made friends, and gained her own identity, she became more and more ashamed of her mother's horrid appearance. As she walked down the
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Baptist
Contributed by Jim Kane on Jul 4, 2004
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A teacher asked her students to list what they thought were the present Seven Wonders of the World. The students cast the most votes for 1. Egypt’s Great Pyramids 2. Taj Mahal 3. Grand Canyon 4. Panama Canal 5. Empire State Building 6. St. Peter’s Basilica 7. China’s Great Wall
While gathering the
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Church Of God
Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Feb 27, 2009
HALEIGH CUMMINGS--OR SOMEONE ELSE
An Amber Alert was issued for five-year-old Haleigh Ann-Marie Cummings of Satsuma, Florida, on February 10, 2009, hours after the little girl vanished from the bedroom of her home in the pre-dawn hours. On February 11, 2009, Florida authorities said they believed
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Christian Missionary Alliance
Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 3, 2002
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A pastor tells of a mission tour to the Far East. While in Hong Kong, he observed a hungry little girl outside a bakery window. She had fallen asleep with her face pressed against the window that separated her from the fresh bread inside. He took slides of that scene. When sharing his slide
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 22, 2025
On blogger writes, “Today, my school put on a
musical. I was one of the leads, and in the middle of my solo, I got a huge
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Independent/Bible
What sort of person is afraid of a baby or of a fifteen year old girl?
There is no greater treasure than to know that God comes to us in such a
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Lutheran
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