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  • 1) I Heard A Story About A Woman Who Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    (1) I heard a story about a woman who was standing at a bus stop. She had just cashed her tax refund check, so she was carrying more money than usual & was a little bit nervous about that. She glanced around & noticed a shabbily dressed man standing nearby. And as she watched, she saw a man walk up ...read more

  • Max Lucado In His Book Life Lessons From The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Max Lucado in his book Life Lessons from the Book of Romans writes this in the introduction: At the moment I don’t feel too smart. I just got off the wrong plane that took me to the wrong city and left me at the wrong airport. I went east instead of west and ended up in Houston instead of Denver. ...read more

  • In The Days Before Connecticut Became A State, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In the days before Connecticut became a state, the colonial legislature was in session when a thick black cloud blocked out the sunlight. Someone shouted, "It is the Day of Judgment Let’s go home and get ready" But one member of the legislature, who happened to be an old church deacon, stood up ...read more

  • Every Person Among Us At One Time Or Another Has ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Every person among us at one time or another has felt the distress of discouragement to tug at our hearts and dampen our spirits. Thomas Edison -- Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Dale Carnegie -- Develop success from ...read more

  • A Youth Minister Was Attending A Special ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A youth minister was attending a Special Olympics where handicapped children competed with tremendous dedication & enthusiasm. One event was the 220-yard dash, Contestants lined up at the starting line, & at the signal, started running as fast as they could. One boy by the name of Andrew quickly ...read more

  • In The Russian Orthodox Church. The Standard ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 18, 2000
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    In the Russian Orthodox Church. the standard greeting is: "Christ is Risen!" to which someone would reply: "He is risen indeed!" Years ago, when the Communists began to take control of Russia, a Communist party official came to a village to try and convert its residents there to Communism. He ...read more

  • Story: A Young Man Who Had Been Raised As An ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Sep 15, 2007
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    Story: A young man who had been raised as an atheist –was training to be an Olympic diver. The only religious influence in his life came from his outspoken Christian friend. The young diver never really paid much attention to what his friend said about Jesus. One night the diver went to the ...read more

  • In My Childhood I Collected Coins. It Was My ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Oct 2, 2007
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    In my childhood I collected coins. It was my hobby. During WW II copper was a very valuable metal used in the war effort. The U.S. Mint was asked to produce a steel penny so in 1943 they did just that. One day I ran across 3 steel pennies in mint condition. I bought them, went home, and put ...read more

  • A Man Who Was A School Teacher Reflected Upon A ...

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Dec 30, 2007
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    A man who was a school teacher reflected upon a Christmas experience. He said, "At Christmas the kids always brought me gifts. They brought them in different types of boxes but after a while I was pretty savvy about what the gifts were. There would be a thin handkerchief box. I knew it was a ...read more

  • Parents Are Taking A More Active Role In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    Parents are taking a more active role in the lives of their children than they did 10 years ago, reports the Census Bureau. In '04, 47% of teens had restrictions on TV viewing, up from 40% in '94. 68% of 3-5-year-olds had TV viewing limits in '04 vs. 54% in '94. Kids' 6-11 viewing restrictions grew ...read more

  • The Story Of The Basset Hound Appeared In Tacoma, ...

    Contributed by Dean O'bryan on Sep 8, 2008
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    The story of the basset hound appeared in Tacoma, Washington newspaper. The dog's name was Tattoo. The reporter wrote, "Tattoo didn't plan on going for a run that evening, but when his owner accidentally shut the poor dog's leash in the car door and drove away from home, Tattoo had little choice." ...read more

  • Did You Hear About The Story Of The Great ...

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 9, 2008
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    Did you hear about the story of the GREAT ARGUMENT... FIVE FINGERS GOT TOGETHER AND IN A HEATED DISCUSSION THE ARGUMENT AROSE: WHO IS THE GREATEST OF THE FIVE FINGERS? The THUMB laid his claim: I am the greatest, I am the only opposing digit. I am used to HITCHHIKE. The INDEX FINGER... I am the ...read more

  • The Enduring Frog

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 13, 2012
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    THE ENDURING FROG We can flourish and develop in new ways or we can drown in despair. Story from India: One night two frogs found themselves in a dairy. Hopping and jumping around as frogs do they both jumped into a milk pail half full of milk. After swimming around for some time they tried to ...read more

  • Last Words

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Feb 6, 2013
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    LAST WORDS My father worked for the railroad when I was younger. One night a train was backing up to hook up to some other cars and one man was not watching. He was in the way and the train made the connection right through his body. He did not die immediately, but he knew he had only a short ...read more

  • Knowledge Vs Wisdom

    Contributed by Pastor Randall Timblin on Aug 20, 2018
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    There is a big difference between knowledge and wisdom. First, let us understand that there is no such thing as wisdom unless it pertains to wisdom from God. All other earthly wisdom is foolishness, according to God. Now that we have that straight, what exactly is the difference. Well, my ...read more

  • Flies In The Perfume

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 13, 2019
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    Perfume maker Many years ago, there was a perfume maker who made the best perfume. He had been working on his latest creation for over a month. All his work was beginning to pay off, this was the best perfume he had ever created. He couldn’t wait to show it to the queen, she would be impressed. In ...read more

  • Strength Through Interconnectedness

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Oct 5, 2020
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    Years ago, Jeanie and I visited the Redwood National Park in northern California. We stood in awe as we looked up to trees reaching over 350 feet. These trees have endured storms for over 1,000 years. The surprising thing is that their roots are very shallow—only about 10 to 12 feet deep. How does ...read more

  • Easter Service Mishap

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 12, 2021
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    One year, a bunch of friends and I decided to go to a sunrise service at a super fancy church. This church looks like a European cathedral and we were all dressed up for 5 a.m. singing around a huge fire outside and then going inside for service. Everyone had candles and the whole service is by ...read more

  • As A Young Man, Augustine Packed A Lot Of Life ...

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jan 11, 2010
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    As a young man, AUGUSTINE packed a lot of life into a few years. He was a brilliant professor on the fast track with powerful Roman politicians. Yet despite his success and pursuit of pleasure, his soul was restless. His mother was a devout Christian, but Augustine wasn't interested in ...read more

  • Edison: Complete Forgiveness

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Apr 26, 2010
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    EDISON: COMPLETE FORGIVENESS When Thomas Edison and his staff were developing the incandescent light bulb, according to Ken Sande, it took hundreds of hours to manufacture a single bulb. One day, after finishing a bulb, notes Sande, Edison handed it to a young errand boy and asked him to take it ...read more