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  • Strange Inside And Out

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    STRANGE INSIDE AND OUT In May 2008, scientists finally completed analyzing the DNA of the platypus, a creature native to Australia that defies categorization under bird, reptile or mammal. The platypus is so odd that when the first specimens were sent to Europe in the 19th century, scientists ...read more

  • Joni Eareckson Tada

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jun 11, 2009
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    Joni Eareckson Tada "One hot July afternoon in 1967, I dove into a shallow lake and my life changed forever. I suffered a spinal cord fracture that left me paralyzed from the neck down, without use of my hands and legs. Lying in my hospital bed, I tried desperately to make sense of the horrible ...read more

  • Better Opportunities

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Aug 18, 2009
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    BETTER OPPORTUNITIES Pastor Greg Laurie preaches to thousands at Harvest Crusades, but Greg started in ministry as a janitor at a church. Our purpose in life may not seem big, but if we are ...read more

  • No Accidents

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Sep 3, 2009
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    NO ACCIDENTS Scientists have discovered the the appendix may have a purpose after all. Supposedly, it provides the body with bacteria that builds immunity. Some even argue that some diseases were unheard of one hundred years ago because most people had worms in their instestines that fought off ...read more

  • Painter Andrew Wyeth's Understanding Of What ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 3, 2009
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    Painter Andrew Wyeth’s Understanding of What Doesn’t Show on the Canvas Helps Him Better Draw What Does Andrew Wyeth painted picture of General Lafayette’s quarters near Chadds Ford, Pa., with a sycamore tree behind the building. When his brother first saw the painting, Andrew wasn’t finished with ...read more

  • Who Shapes Who?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 10, 2009
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    WHO SHAPES WHO? Written by Irenaeus from the 2nd Century. From God’s Hands: "It is not you who shape God; it is God that shapes you. If then you are the work of God, await the hand of the Artist who does all things in due season. Offer the Potter your heart, soft and tractable, and keep the form ...read more

  • That's Not Fair

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 28, 2010
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    THAT'S NOT FAIR My grandson protested to his mother "IT’S NOT FAIR!" Of course he doesn’t know what "fair" is yet, but saying "It’s not fair!" somehow gives him a reaction and some leverage. Not with God however. We may be very unfair on this earth that we rob of justice, but we can’t accuse God ...read more

  • Accepting This Part Of The Plan

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Apr 14, 2010
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    ACCEPTING THIS PART OF THE PLAN Years ago, the church I was serving did a cantata, during which one of the choir members gave a brief testimony. He was a beloved man who had been battling cancer. After acknowledging that he had asked all the questions and experienced all the emotions he simply ...read more

  • The White Flag

    Contributed by Patrick Nix on Jul 9, 2010
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    THE WHITE FLAG Two hundred years after Christ, China’s Han Dynasty began its ruthless conquest of neighboring territories. During a particular battle, an enemy soldier, knowing he was defeated, stripped off part of his shirt and waved it in the air. It was an act of surrender – thus began the ...read more

  • Make It So

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 8, 2008
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    Make It So As a child, I remember when the original Star Trek program was introduced. Although we had a black and white television, the word was that those with color TV's could see that Mr. Spock was greenish. Marylu and I watched Star Trek, the Next Generation, but none of the other spin offs ...read more

  • Mere Human Reason

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Sep 17, 2008
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    Martin Luther said to Erasmus: "Mere human reason can never comprehend how God is good and merciful; and therefore you make yourself a god of your own fancy, who hardens nobody, condemns nobody, pities everybody. You cannot comprehend how a just God can condemn those who are born in sin, and ...read more

  • When The Preacher's Car Broke Down On A Country ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jan 19, 2009
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    When the preacher's car broke down on a country road, he walked to a nearby roadhouse to use the phone. After calling for a tow truck, he spotted his old friend, Frank, drunk and shabbily dressed at the bar. "What happened to you, Frank?" asked the good reverend. "You used to be rich." Frank told ...read more

  • When The Railroads Were First Introduced To The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    When the railroads were first introduced to the U.S., some folks feared that they’d be the downfall of the nation! Here’s an excerpt from a letter to then President Jackson dated January 31, 1829: "As you may know, Mr. President, 'railroad' carriages are pulled at the enormous speed of 15 miles ...read more

  • Hudson Taylor Was Once Asked, "Why Do You Think ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 11, 2009
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    Hudson Taylor was once asked, "Why do you think God chose you to start China Inland Mission." He replied, "God picked out somebody who was so weak that apart from Him I knew I could do nothing." (From a ...read more

  • The Predestination Talks

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
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    THE PREDESTINATION TALKS Ligon Duncan, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, MS, tells the following story: I well remember as a fifteen year-old boy at my grandparents’ house, reading through Ephesians 1 with grandmother and granddad and my aunt and the family for our morning ...read more

  • Step By Step

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 15, 2009
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    STEP BY STEP He does not lead me year by year Nor even day by day, But step by step my path unfolds; My Lord directs my way. Tomorrow’s plans I do not know, I only know this minute; But He will say, "This is the way, By faith now walk in it." And I am glad that it is so, Today’s enough to ...read more

  • Come Hell Or High Water

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 2, 2009
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    COME HELL OR HIGH WATER Glen and Jo Ann live in Orange County, California in a low lying area. It flooded one year and the local newspaper sent a reporter, in a boat, out to Glen and Jo Ann’s neighborhood. The reporter found Jo Ann, sitting on their roof watching large objects floating by, so he ...read more

  • Bonnie Laughlin's Answered Prayer

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Nov 16, 2010
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    BONNIE LAUGHLIN'S ANSWERED PRAYER Psalms 27:13 says, “I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.” One sacrifice made by Bonnie K. Laughlin was the Christian homeschooling of her son, Caleb Laughlin. Bonnie saw that Caleb needed to develop his ...read more

  • The Pilot

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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    Quote: Peter Marshall: • "You are leaving port under sealed orders and in a troubled period. • You cannot know whither you are going or what you are to do. • You cannot know whither you are going or what you are to do. • But why not take the Pilot on boar; • Who knows the nature of your sealed ...read more

  • My Dream  PRO

    Contributed by Michael E. Bartee Sr. on Jan 21, 2011
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    MY DREAM This story is dedicated to all who have lost a loved-one who had suffered a long illness before dying. October, 1972, I visited Israel on a ’Holy Land Tour’. One night while staying at a hotel in Jerusalem, I dreamed that I was standing in a dimly-lit room. In the middle of the room ...read more