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  • Alexis De Toqueville's Statement Is Oft Quoted ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Alexis de Toqueville’s statement is oft quoted but still a concise clarification of the place of integrity in American life. “America is great,” said the Frenchman, “because America is good. If ever America ceases to be ...read more

  • An Outstanding Concert Violinist Found Her ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    : An outstanding concert violinist found her energies consumed by peripheral matters. The violin received the tail end of her day, or was neglected altogether. Success came when she made the decision to concentrate. “I deliberately planned to neglect everything else,” she said, “until my practice ...read more

  • A Friend Of Chewing Gum Magnate, Wrigley, Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A friend of chewing gum magnate, Wrigley, was sitting by him on a plane. He asked Wrigley why he continued to advertise so extensively when his business was already so successful. The astute businessman responded, “For the same reason the pilot of this airplane keeps the engines running when we are ...read more

  • When S. M. Lockridge Received The Outstanding ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    When S. M. Lockridge received the Outstanding Alumni Award from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in June, 1980, he said, “With this honor comes a new surge of desire for ...read more

  • A Little Girl Went To Visit Her Grandmother For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A little girl went to visit her grandmother for the weekend. Her grandmother went to an old fashioned Church that kept the Sabbath by forbidding all work, fun, laughing and playing. The little girl woke up Sunday and started right off playing and laughing, as little girls do. Her grandmother ...read more

  • Reporters And City Officials Gathered At A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Reporters and city officials gathered at a Chicago railroad station one afternoon in 1953. The person they were meeting was the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize winner. A few minutes after the train came to a stop, a giant of a man - six feet four inches with bushy hair and a large mustache stepped from the ...read more

  • The Basics

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Charles Spurgeon, “A man’s life is always more forcible than his speech. When men take stock of him they reckon his deeds as dollars and his words as pennies. If his life and doctrine disagree the mass of onlookers accept his practice and reject his preaching.” Will Rogers, “Live in such a way ...read more

  • D.l. Moody, "A Holy Life Will Make The Deepest ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    D.L. Moody, “A holy life will make the deepest impression. Lighthouses blow ...read more

  • I Read About A Woman Who Was Stopped By A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I read about a woman who was stopped by a policeman for going through a stop sign. He walked up to the side of the car, looked at her and said, "I’m going to have to give you a ticket you for going through a stop sign." She said, "You’ve got to be kidding. I didn’t drive through any stop sign. I ...read more

  • A Little Boy Had A Toothache And Knew That, If ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A little boy had a toothache and knew that, if he went to his mother, she would give him something to deaden the pain and let him get to sleep that night. But he did not go to his mother, at least not until the pain was very bad, because he knew she would also do something else – take him to the ...read more

  • Methodist Minister And Author Charles L. Allen ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Methodist minister and author Charles L. Allen wrote of a fisherman friend who told him that one never needs a top for his crab basket. If one of the crabs starts to climb up the sides of the basket, the other crabs will reach up and pull it back ...read more

  • Joseph M. Stowell Said, "Some Time Ago I Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Joseph M. Stowell said, "Some time ago I was chatting with a man who consults with some of the largest U.S. companies about their quality control. Because ministry is a form of human quality control, I though I’d ask him for some insights. "He said, ’In quality control, we are not concerned about ...read more

  • A Teacher Asked The Children In Her Sunday ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A teacher asked the children in her Sunday school class, "If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave all my money to the church, would I get into Heaven?" "NO" The children all answered. "If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the yard, and kept everything neat and tidy, would ...read more

  • Character  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Illustration- Character There is a story told among the Cherokee Indians… One evening an old Cherokee Indian told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between 2 wolves. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, ...read more

  • A Well-Known Athlete Of Avignon, France, Named ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A well-known athlete of Avignon, France, named Meissonnier, literally struggled with an incurable disease, and his last words were, “O Death if ...read more

  • In His Book Integrity, Ted Engstrom Tells This ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In his book Integrity, Ted Engstrom tells this story: For Coach Cleveland Stroud and the Bulldogs of Rockdale County High School [Conyers, Georgia], it was their championship season: 21 wins and 5 losses on the way to the Georgia boys’ basketball tournament in March, then a dramatic ...read more

  • There Have Been Those, Some Of The Notable Men, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There have been those, some of the notable men, who have refused to cooperate with Christ and have come to a very ignoble finish in their lives. Two such people were the famous writers H.G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw. They were brilliant men with worldly wisdom, yet they rejected the message of ...read more

  • A Striking Christmas Card Was Once Published ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A striking Christmas card was once published with the title "If Christ Had Not Come". It was founded upon our Savior’s words "If I had not come." The card represented a pastor’s falling into a short sleep in his study on Christmas morning and dreaming of a world into which Jesus had never come. ...read more

  • Novelist Ayn Rand Had Mesmerized A Student ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Novelist Ayn Rand had mesmerized a student audience at Yale University with her prickly ideas. Afterward a reporter from Time magazine asked her, "Miss Rand, what’s wrong with the modern world?" Without hesitation she replied, "Never before has the world been so frantically committed to the idea ...read more

  • On March 6, 1987, Eamon Coughlan, The Irish ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    On March 6, 1987, Eamon Coughlan, the Irish world record holder at 1500 meters, was running in a qualifying heat at the World Indoor Track Championships in Indianapolis. With two and a half laps left, he was tripped. He fell, but he got up and with great effort managed to catch the leaders. With ...read more