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  • A Wealthy Woman Who Was Traveling Overseas Saw A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    A wealthy woman who was traveling overseas saw a bracelet she thought was irresistible, so she sent her husband this cable: "Have found wonderful bracelet. Price $75,000. May I buy it?" Her husband promptly wired back this response: "No, price too high." But the cable operator omitted the comma, so ...read more

  • One Day A Little Girl Was Sitting And Watching ...

    Contributed by David Gant on Oct 22, 2006
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    One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head. She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, "Why are some of your hairs white, ...read more

  • Someone I Know Who Is Really Struggling With His ...

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Oct 29, 2006
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    Someone I know who is really struggling with his faith stately boldly the other day that he had come to understand that the universe is God and it was clear he thought that was a stunning revelation, a great new and important truth. One of the first things that happens when we go away from the ...read more

  • Sarah

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Nov 7, 2006
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    Sarah. An elderly lady, a resident in the county nursing home, attended my weekly Bible class. I asked how they thought they would react if present when Jesus raised this widow’s son. Sarah answered, “I would be scared and run away.” She was a devout person, so I probed a little, “What if it were ...read more

  • Many Years Ago A Young Midwestern Lawyer ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Many years ago a young Midwestern lawyer suffered from such deep depression that his friends thought it best to keep all knives and razors out of his reach. He questioned his life’s calling and the prudence of even attempting to follow it through. During this time he wrote, "I am now the most ...read more

  • History Tells Us That When Crowfoot, The Chief ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    History tells us that when Crowfoot, the chief of the Blackfoot nation in southern Alberta, gave the Canadian Pacific Railway permission to lay track from Medicine Hat to Calgary, he was given in exchange a lifetime railroad pass. Reportedly, Crowfoot put the pass into a leather pouch and wore it ...read more

  • Dorothy Sayers, In A Book Of Her Essays Entitled ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Dorothy Sayers, in a book of her essays entitled The Whimsical Christian, has one essay called “The Greatest Drama Ever Staged,” where she writes, “The people who hanged Christ never, to do them justice, accused him of being a bore — on the contrary, they thought him too dynamic to be safe. It has ...read more

  • Quote: J. C. Ryle's Observations On Holy Living ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 19, 2007
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    Quote: J. C. Ryle’s observations on holy living still apply to all believers living in a world hostile to Christianity: A holy man will follow after spiritual-mindedness. He will endeavor to set his affections entirely on things above, and to hold things on earth with a very loose hand. He will not ...read more

  • As A Result Of Poor Planning, Dennis From Kay, ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Feb 4, 2008
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    As a result of poor planning, Dennis from Kay, Texas, needed some same-day dry cleaning before his trip. He went to a store that said, “One-Hour Dry Cleaners.” “I need this in an hour,” he told the clerk. She said, “I can’t get this back to you until Thursday.” “I thought you did dry cleaning in ...read more

  • This Week I Have Been Reading The Book, "How To ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 7, 2008
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    This week I have been reading the book, “How to Forgive When You Don’t Feel Like It” by June Hunt. She opened her book with the following Introduction, “Resentment...rage…retaliation. Ever struggle with forgiveness? Ever thought it was impossible? Ever knew you oughta but didn’t wanna? I believe ...read more

  • One Day A Little Girl Was Sitting And Watching ...

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Apr 17, 2008
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    One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head. She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, "Why are some of your hairs white, ...read more

  • A Young Woman In England Many Years Ago Always ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 18, 2008
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    A young woman in England many years ago always wore a golden locket that she would not allow anyone to open or look into. And everyone thought there must be some romance connected with that locket and that in that locket must be the picture of the one she loved. The young woman died at an early ...read more

  • Allure Of Lust And Greed

    Contributed by David Baeder on Jun 10, 2009
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    ALLURE OF LUST AND GREED Last night they had another one of those Dateline stings. In the sting, an undercover agent poses as a 13-15 year old on the internet, in one of those on-line chat rooms. Almost every man who came to a house to meet an underage girl for immoral purposes had seen previous ...read more

  • The Setting Is The Front Of A Small Church. The ...

    Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Aug 3, 2009
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    The setting is the front of a small church. The pastor says from the pulpit, ‘I’ve misplaced my sermon notes, so I’m just going to read from this devotional—if I can find it here. While I look, maybe the choir can lead us in a hymn’. He glances at the choir which has one person. The choir ...read more

  • That No One Except God Is Perfect But We Don't ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 6, 2009
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    That no one except God is perfect but we don’t want people to think we are “that bad.” We pose. We pretend. We put on our plastic masks. We go to “church.” I saw a commercial recently about a new type of veneer for your teeth that is supposed to be the best yet. What I thought was incredibly ...read more

  • The Only One Pulling  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Glass on Nov 2, 2009
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    THE ONLY ONE PULLING A guy drives into a ditch, but luckily, a farmer is there to help. He hitches his horse, Buddy, up to the car and yells, "Pull, Nellie, pull!" Buddy doesn’t move. "Pull, Buster, pull!" Buddy doesn’t budge. "Pull, Coco, pull!" Nothing. Then the farmer says, "Pull, Buddy, ...read more

  • Direction Signs

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Dec 15, 2009
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    DIRECTION SIGNS In my time with the children a few weeks ago I spoke with them about road signs. As I prepared this message, I thought about how we have become a nation of signs: Some of them are helpful and some are not. Some signs cause us to pause and ask, “What were they thinking?” Some ...read more

  • Process-Oriented God

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 26, 2010
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    The following thoughts are from Sy Rogers: God is event and process oriented – Most Christians are only event orientated. But the development of a baby is a process caused by one passionate event in the bedroom. Birth is an event but there is a process of growth and maturity. God will not zap a ...read more

  • Buddy Wasisname And The Other Fellers ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 16, 2010
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    Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers (Newfoundland comedy group) feature a song on one of their albums called “Only 19”. It is the story of a young man who married what he thought was his young bride until they got ready for their first night together. She removed her cork leg, make-up that’s ...read more

  • Is There Any Hope?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
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    IS THERE ANY HOPE? Years ago an S-4 submarine was rammed by a ship off the coast of Massachusetts. It sank immediately. The entire crew was trapped in a prison house of death. Every effort was made to rescue the crew, but all ultimately failed. Near the end of the ordeal, a deep sea diver, who ...read more