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  • Memory Is A Capricious And Arbitrary Character. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
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    Memory is a capricious and arbitrary character. You can never tell what pebble she will pick up from the ...read more

  • You Can Become An Even More Excellent Person By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    You can become an even more excellent person by constantly setting higher and higher standards for yourself and then by doing ...read more

  • No One Stands Taller In The Climb To Success ...

    Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Sep 8, 2009
     | 1,883 views

    "No one stands taller in the climb to success than when he bends over to help up someone else." ...read more

  • Churchill: Stumbling Over The Truth

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jun 30, 2012
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    CHURCHILL: STUMBLING OVER THE TRUTH Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as ...read more

  • What Will You ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    WHAT WILL YOU DO? Henry Ford gave away millions of dollars to many different causes in his lifetime, but he was notorious for the fact that he refused to give any money at all to schools. He felt that well-meaning but non-businesslike people frequently mishandled those gifts. Now, there was a ...read more

  • A Thanks Offering

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    A Thanks Offering 1 Chronicles 29:16, "O LORD our God, as for all this abundance that we have provided for building you a temple for your Holy Name, it comes from your hand, and all of it belongs to you." Christians are the temple that God cares about today, for 1 Corinthians 3:16 and 17 ...read more

  • Attitude Not Aptitude  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2011
    based on 19 ratings
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    ATTITUDE NOT APTITUDE Jesus' message here is that everybody can be great ... because anybody can serve. Dave Stone says that "service is the language of grace." One day a couple of church members were out distributing loaves of bread in a low-income housing complex. They came to an apartment ...read more

  • True Beauty

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 18, 2011
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    TRUE BEAUTY Carre Otis was once among the world’s top super models for 17 years, beginning her career at the age of 14. To prepare for each photo shoot, she routinely binged and purged, took laxatives and diet pills, and exercised intensely. Being extremely thin made possible a modeling career ...read more

  • Steven Curtis Chapman: Still Blessing His Name

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 19, 2011
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    STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN: STILL BLESSING HIS NAME On May 17, 2008, Christian recording artist Steven Curtis Chapman and his family suffered a devastating loss. Their five-year-old adopted daughter, Maria Sue, was struck and killed when Chapman's seventeen-year-old son was backing his SUV out of the ...read more

  • Two Longstanding Church Members Were In A Boat ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Jones on Nov 1, 2000
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    Two longstanding church members were in a boat fishing with a new Christian. Fishing is a great time for conversation and each was proclaiming his fervent faith and devotion to God. As they were discussing their faith, one’s hat blew into the water. So he stood up, calmly stepped onto the water, ...read more

  • : "The Human Fly” (Pp.18,19, A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jun 19, 2001
    based on 80 ratings
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    Illus.: “The Human Fly” (pp.18,19, A Treasury of Inspirational Illustrations, Earl C. Willer) Some years ago, a so-called “human fly” went to Los Angeles. It was announced that on a certain day he would climb up the face of one of the large department store buildings. Thousands gathered to ...read more

  • No Matter What  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
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    No Matter What Two long-time golfing buddies got to the course and decided they would play the ball where it lies, no matter what! On the 14th hole, one of them sliced his drive and it ended up on the cart path. As he reached down to pick up his ball to get relief, his friend said, "Wait a ...read more

  • Independence

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Mar 15, 2005
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    INDEPENDENCE Two young kids Billy and Kay were at the amusement park. Their parents tell them they can explore the park by themselves but they must go together. They were happy. Run from one ride to another. They felt they’ve grown up, they can do things on their own. They can take care ...read more

  • Here Is A Persistent Legend In Connection With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 8, 2007
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    here is a persistent legend in connection with the building of Solomon’s temple that perfectly illustrates this prophecy. The stones for the temple were prepared in advance in a nearby quarry. As they were needed, they were raised up to the building site. One day the workers in the quarry sent up a ...read more

  • The Full Fly

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The Full Fly A fly was buzzing along one morning when he saw a lawn mower someone had left out in their front yard. He flew over and sat on the handle, watching the children going down the sidewalk on their way to school. But one little boy tripped on a crack and fell, spilling his lunch on the ...read more

  • Heading In The Opposite Direction

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 4, 2007
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    1. We need to work in partnership with God. 1-3 Jonah wasn’t always working together with God, he was a reluctant prophet who was singing from a different hymn sheet to God. After all God had said go to Nineveh – Jonah headed in the opposite direction for Tarshish. Jonah actions remind me of ...read more

  • When I Was In High School, There Was Two Twin ...

    Contributed by Kevin Barron on Feb 23, 2008
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    When I was in high school, there was two twin brothers who were one year ahead of me in school. They turned 16, they got their licenses, and then a nice used sports car appeared in their driveway, paid for, at least in part, by dear old dad. Not too much time passed before they were in an accident ...read more

  • True Friends?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
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    True Friends? Two little boys were the best of friends. As they grew up, their friendship only deepened. One became a preacher and the other a priest. And they would meet each week for coffee at the local Starbucks, no matter what else might be happening. After one such meeting, they shook hands ...read more

  • Crashed And Burned

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jul 12, 2010
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    CRASHED AND BURNED CRASHED AND BURNED! All my computer files from the last 10 years gone! No full back-ups so no way of retrieving it all. It seems I have lived the last 10 years on the ASSUMPTION that computers last forever, just keep adding data to them. Not so! Happened to me once before and I ...read more

  • An Angel Story

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Aug 3, 2010
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    AN ANGEL STORY Julie and the kids were on their way home from the park when it happened. Ben was only about 5 years old and happily walking and running ahead on the edge of the road. There was no footpath beside the road, but he was still on the grassy area. Then he must have seen our house on the ...read more