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  • Its Wrong, Its Upside Down

    Contributed by K M Srinivas on Oct 10, 2017
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    On a Sunday morning, as I was driving to Church; my 2yr old daughter asked me to play her favorite songs. I inserted the CD, but nothing played on the car's music system. I told my daughter, the CD is not working. She replied, you put it in wrongly, its upside down. In my ego, I smirked and ...read more

  • What Khris Davis Did That No One Has Ever Done Before

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Oct 16, 2018
     | 2,763 views

    Khris Davis is an outfielder for the Oakland Athletics in the majors. In 2015, he batted .247 for the year. In 2016, he batted .247 for the year. In 2017, he batted .247 for the year. And during the last season, in 2018, he batted . . . , you guessed it, .247 for the year. He went 0-for-2 in ...read more

  • Have Any Of You Been Confronted With A "Good ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jun 3, 2007
     | 2,036 views

    Have any of you been confronted with a “good news, bad news” situation lately? I heard about a man who got a call from his doctor. The doctor said, “Your test results are in, and I’ve got good news and bad news for you.” The man said, “Okay --- give me the good news first.” The doctor ...read more

  • Dr. Jay Vernon Mcgee Was Serving As Pastor In A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Dr. Jay Vernon McGee was serving as pastor in a church in Los Angeles. Across the street from the church was a swanky club that was attended by some very rich men. The people who belonged to that club spent thousands of dollars to be a part of that society and they usually owned chauffeur driven ...read more

  • Don't Negotiate With Satan!  PRO

    Contributed by Darren Rogers on Aug 15, 2007
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    Don’t Negotiate With Satan! A hunter raised his rifle and took careful aim at a large bear. As the hunter was about to pull the trigger the bear spoke in a soft soothing voice, "Isn’t it better to talk than to shoot? What do you want? Let’s negotiate the matter." Lowering his rifle, the hunter ...read more

  • Everyone Is A Unique Creation Of An Almighty ...

    Contributed by James Chandler on Feb 17, 2008
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     | 3,535 views

    Everyone is a unique creation of an almighty God. Everyone: the church is for everyone. Believer and unbeliever Rich and poor Red, yellow, black and white Old and young Extroverted and introverted Unique: We are all different. Different personalities Different Strengths ...read more

  • William Barclay, "Here Is A Great Eternal Truth. ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 5, 2008
     | 1,398 views

    William Barclay, “Here is a great eternal truth. Life cannot be divided into compartments in some of which God is involved and in others of which he is not involved; there cannot be one kind of language in the Church and another kind of language in the shipyard or the factory or the office; there ...read more

  • Only The Original Builder Can Restore It

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 30, 2010
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    ONLY THE ORIGINAL BUILDER CAN RESTORE IT In a remote Swiss village stands a beautiful church - Mountain Valley Cathedral. It has high pillars and magnificent stained glass windows, but what makes it special is the most beautiful pipe organ in the whole region. People would come from far off lands ...read more

  • The Avoidance Of Death

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2011
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    THE AVOIDANCE OF DEATH I read a great book called The Art of Dying, by Christianity Today editor Rob Moll. In the forward, by Lauren Winner, we read: "We no longer allow people to say that they are dying – rather, they are “battling” an illness. Far from encouraging the perilously ill to ...read more

  • Lori Was 14 Years Old When She Was Baptized At ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Lori was 14 years old when she was baptized at Blue Springs Community Church, a one-room country church only a few miles from her house. A few months later, Lori dropped out of the church. The pastor and his wife visited her several times, but failed to persuade Lori to return to church. Everyone ...read more

  • Not Just Another Offering

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
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    NOT JUST ANOTHER OFFERING I had been praying regularly with the deacons for one of our members. His wife, Pat, attended our small congregation faithfully, but John hadn’t been to church in years. So every Sunday afternoon before the evening service, we prayed for ways to communicate our commitment ...read more

  • But, Perhaps, The Greatest Piece Is Fyodor ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 5, 2005
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    But, perhaps, the greatest piece is Fyodor Dostoevski’s book The Brothers Karamazov. The book is possibly the finest literature ever written by human hand. In it is found a chapter entitled “The Grand Inquisitor.” Ivan Karamazov is telling his brother a story that he has just written. The ...read more

  • There's A Guy By The Name Of Harley Whom A Bible ...

    Contributed by Bruce Willis on Dec 20, 2006
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    There’s a guy by the name of Harley whom a Bible teacher had met in a Sunday School class. He realized that what the teacher was sharing was not real for him. He wasn’t experiencing Christ as his life. The reason he realized it was he was an unhappy camper when Lee met him. Harley’s married to ...read more

  • Children Leave Gift Of Love At Funeral By Paul ...  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Apr 4, 2007
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     | 2,386 views

    Children leave gift of love at funeral by Paul Harvey The Rev. Harry Pritchett Jr. is rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Atlanta. His church includes specific ministries for the poor, for street people, for college students. It is Pritchett who called my attention to a boy named ...read more

  • Buying Them Back

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Aug 11, 2009
     | 2,178 views

    BUYING THEM BACK We're told about a gift of grace (singular) and informed that it will help us to build up the church in LOVE. Do you see a pattern, here? Whatever we have to use in God's service comes directly from God. It's a lot like a former colleague experienced at Ziff-Davis Publishing. He ...read more

  • I Thought We'd Talk More About God

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 11, 2011
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    I THOUGHT WE'D TALK MORE ABOUT GOD Some years ago, a woman came to me for counseling. Her husband had died suddenly from a rapidly growing cancer, and she was overcome not only with grief but with fear regarding her future. She did not now know who she was or where she was to go. She was beside ...read more

  • One Life At A Time: Rudy's Story

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
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    ONE LIFE AT A TIME: RUDY'S STORY Rudy Rasmus learned the family business from his father when he was just five years old. His dad brought home a set of blueprints and unveiled his business plans. He said, "This a motel and other people's husbands are going to come and give us money to spend time ...read more

  • William Booth Our First General Was A Remarkable Man.

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Nov 12, 2012
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    William Booth our first General was a remarkable man; I have recently been reading a book that was published last year on his visions, with strangely enough the name “William Booth’s Amazing Visions”. In it the editor David Ravenhill mentions that “For far too long the Body of Christ [for the ...read more

  • Children Leave Gift Of Love At Funeral

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 5,503 views

    Children leave gift of love @ funeral The Rev. Harry Pritchett Jr. is rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Atlanta. His church includes specific ministries for the poor, for street people, for college students. It is Pritchett who called my attention to a boy named Philip. He was 9 – in a ...read more

  • About Nine Years Ago, They Found That Their ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 20, 2007
     | 1,153 views

    About nine years ago, they found that their worship service had lost its spark Senior minister Mike Pilavachi says, “We seemed to be going through the motions, but I noticed that although we were singing the songs, our hearts, were far from Him.” They became too focused on what they liked about the ...read more