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  • From Begger To Buisiness Man!  PRO

    Contributed by Daniel Harman on Aug 28, 2006
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    FROM BEGGER TO BUISINESS MAN! A banker always tossed a coin in the cup of a legless beggar who sat on the street outside the bank. But unlike most people, the banker would always insist on getting one of the pencils the man had beside him. “You are a merchant,” the banker would say, “and I always ...read more

  • I Got My Driver's License Early In 1974, And Some ...

    Contributed by Mark Suter on Sep 16, 2006
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    I got my driver’s license early in 1974, and some of you remember that was right around the time of the first Arab oil embargo. That wasn’t the best time for a young guy to start driving, because after all, the price of gas shot up to 50 or 60 cents a gallon, and that’s when the speed limit was ...read more

  • In The Autobiography Of George Carey, The Former ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 19, 2006
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    In the autobiography of George Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury. Soon after he became a Christian he was called up to do his National Service in the Royal Air Force. He writes that the first test of his Christian discipleship was to follow the advice of his vicar which he found quite ...read more

  • Many Of Us Live Our Lives Like Monopoly. You ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Nov 16, 2006
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    Many of us live our lives like MONOPOLY. You know how the game works. Players accumulate property, build houses and hotels, and then wait for the other players to land on their property so they have to pay up. Eventually you hope to bankrupt everyone else and have all the money and property. ...read more

  • Our Father's Home

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Dec 24, 2006
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    Story: “Our Father’s Home” Two strangers, a small boy and an older man, were fishing from the banks of the Mississippi River. As time passed they discovered that, although the fishing was rather poor, conversation was good. And by the time the sun began to sink in the west they had talked of ...read more

  • It Started Off As A Simple Request. The Kind Of ...

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 2, 2007
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    It started off as a simple request. The kind of thing you might hear if you’re in a crowded restaurant, sitting at a table with an empty chair. Someone at the next table is one chair short, and they approach you. “May I borrow this chair?” “Sure,” you say. No skin off your teeth. You have no need ...read more

  • How Long, O Lord?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    How Long, O Lord? Overview of Revelation—Revelation 1:1-8 A woman went to the doctor’s office, where she was seen by one of the new doctors, but after about 4 minutes in the examination room, she burst out, screaming as she ran down the hall. An older doctor stopped her and asked what the problem ...read more

  • Victor Hugo's Novel "Les Miserables" Tells A ...

    Contributed by Rev Paul Kerans on Mar 1, 2007
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    Victor Hugo’s Novel “Les Miserables” tells a story of a man named Jean Valjean, who served nineteen years of hard labour for the crime of stealing bread. When he was finally released, Valjean was a hardened, tough ex-convict. But one day his life was transformed by forgiveness. A kind bishop ...read more

  • The Rev. Frank Bartleman Was A Leader In The 1907 ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 15, 2007
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    The Rev. Frank Bartleman was a leader in the 1907 visitation of the Holy Spirit on Azusa Street in L.A. He said, "We have too much Chinese Joss, and Dance Hall Jazz music. Charles G. Finney, the mighty evangelist, discouraged even too much good singing. It kills conviction. We spend too much ...read more

  • How Do You Maintain Humility? Success Can ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
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    How do you maintain humility? Success can sometimes dazzle you in the achieving, but there’s usually someone around to help you keep perspective. TV anchorman Tom Brokaw has a story about that: Brokaw was wandering through Bloomingdale’s in New York one day, shortly after he was promoted to ...read more

  • Triumph  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2007
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    TRIUMPH (By Jim L. Davey) It was a dark & sullen morn, as several women approached the tomb, With breaking hearts and deepest gloom, The furthest thing from their minds.....was triumph Why did He have to die they asked, each other on the road that morn, It made no sense, their hearts were ...read more

  • In Ancient Times, Poor Beggars Often Were Found ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Apr 6, 2007
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    In ancient times, poor beggars often were found by rich people’s houses as well as by busy streets and anywhere else people would pass. They were especially found near the temple gates and this still true today. Beggar gypsies are all around the churches in Romania; the same in France and UK. Paris ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A College Professor Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The story is told of a college professor who visited the Fiji Islands. Being agnostic, he critically remarked to an elderly chief, "You’re a great leader, but it’s a pity you’ve been taken in by those foreign missionaries. They only want to get rich through you. "No one believes the Bible anymore. ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago, Television News Captured The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A few years ago, television news captured the drama of a brave man who gave his life for others. A flight from Florida crashed into the icy waters of the Potomac River, a few feet short of the runway at National Airport. Within minutes, a rescue helicopter was at¬tempting to ladder-lift the ...read more

  • Young William Wilberforce Was Discouraged One ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Young William Wilberforce was discouraged one night in the early 1790s after another defeat in his ten-year battle against the slave trade. Tired and frustrated, he opened his Bible and began to leaf through it. A small piece of paper fell out and fluttered to the floor. It was a letter written by ...read more

  • How Do You Maintain Humility? Success Can ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,307 views

    How do you maintain humility? Success can sometimes dazzle you in the achieving, but there’s usually someone around to help you keep perspective. TV anchorman Tom Brokaw has a story about that: Brokaw was wandering through Bloomingdale’s in New York one day, shortly after he was promoted to ...read more

  • Introduction ~ In 1959, Thomas Hoving, Of New ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Introduction ~ In 1959, Thomas Hoving, of New York’s Metropolitan Museum, bought an ivory crucifix from a Yugoslavian art collector, despite the fact that it lacked its central figure ~ the body of Christ. The cross had been stored in a Swiss bank vault for years but, unbeknown to Hoving, for the ...read more

  • Anonymous) - I Used To Go Out In The Morning To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    (Anonymous) - I used to go out in the morning to get the paper when we lived in El Paso. Our house was a good four miles from the main parade ground at Fort Bliss. On most mornings I could hear the whump, whump, whump of the 13-gun salute which was sounded every morning at seven o’clock. But on ...read more

  • The One Word That Epitomizes Christian ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The one word that epitomizes Christian motherhood is “love.” Her every action is prompted by love for her children. Someone once wrote: “Mothers write on the hearts of their children what the cruel hand of the world cannot erase.” It has been estimated that by the time a child reaches age eighteen, ...read more

  • But When The Holy Spirit Controls Our Lives He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Francis on Jun 23, 2007
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    But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives He will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control’ (Galatians 5:16-17 & 23 TLB). Is living like this really possible? Yes, but you must do four things: 1) understand that ...read more