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  • This Sunday School Teacher Was Not One Of The ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Jan 7, 2007
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    This Sunday school teacher was not one of the ordinary type. Mere literal instruction on Sunday did not satisfy his ideal of the teacher’s duty. He knew his boys, and, if he knew them, it was because be studied them, because he became acquainted with their occupations and aims, visiting them during ...read more

  • Rocky Balboa: A Big Shadow

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Jan 8, 2007
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     | 5,846 views

    From the movie Rocky Balboa: Rocky’s son is frustrated from living his life in his dad’s big shadow after a heated rebuke from his son Rocky gives this little speech. "You ain’t gonna believe this, but you used to fit right here. I’d hold you up, to say to your mother, this kid is gonna be the ...read more

  • When We Engage In That Type Of Witnessing – When ...

    Contributed by Todd Stiles on Mar 27, 2007
     | 1,712 views

    When we engage in that type of witnessing – when we follow the prescription here in Luke 24 – we have the honor of partnering with God as he opens their eyes, minds, and mouths. Those who once didn’t know, now know! Those who have never heard, now hear! Those who before didn’t understand – they now ...read more

  • Years Ago I Was At A Promise Keepers Pastor's ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on May 18, 2007
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    Years ago I was at a Promise Keepers Pastor’s Conference – It was a great conference. I went with pastor friend of mine and to save some cash we went in together on renting a car and a hotel room. So we booked all of this months in advance believing everything would be ready for us when w arrived. ...read more

  • Jay Fondren Is A Recent Hero. When My Wife ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chris Surber on May 24, 2007
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    Jay Fondren is a recent hero. When my wife Christina was an auditor for the Department of Veterans she met Jay in a Veteran’s Regional Office in Waco, Texas. She was conducting interviews to determine the timeliness of transition between the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans ...read more

  • A. One Of The Pioneers In The Cellular Phone ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 3,361 views

    A. ONE OF THE PIONEERS IN THE CELLULAR PHONE BUSINESS IS A MAN VERY FEW OF US HAVE EVER HEARD OF: CRAIG MCCAW. B. HIS BIOGRAPHY IS ENTITLED: MONEY FROM THIN AIR AND HE TELLS ABOUT HOW HE STARTED, MCCAW CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS, IN 1976, JUST THREE YEARS OUT OF COLLEGE. C. EIGHTEEN YEARS LATER, ...read more

  • Ii. Anthony Grew Up In An Italian Bakery In A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    II. Anthony grew up in an Italian bakery in a mostly Italian neighborhood of New York. His father was the baker, and as long as Anthony could remember he was at work in his father’s business. The sights and sounds of the bakery permeated every aspect of Anthony’s life. The heat of the oven. The ...read more

  • A Person's Last Words Are Important. We Hang On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A person’s last words are important. We hang on to the dying words of those closest to us. We pass on the final words of great leaders for the next generation. It’s as if we are waiting for them to sum everything up in a few final statements. Some are famous: Nathan Hale (1755-1776) – "I only ...read more

  • Fathers.com Shares The Statistics From Some Of ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 18, 2007
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    Fathers.com shares the statistics from some of their studies on the Effects of Father Absence: Millions of father-absent or father-neglect families carry on successfully. But few would say that they would not be stronger by having two caring and cooperative parents. The importance of fathers to the ...read more

  • There Was A Man Who Did Not Know What Was Wrong. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 22, 2007
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    There was a man who did not know what was wrong. He seemed to fail at everything he attempted. His parents had been wealthy, so he had inherited a considerable amount of money. However, he failed everything he tried on his own. Now he was almost broke, and his wife was leaving him because (as she ...read more

  • The Birthing Of America By Gray W. Clark: Why Is ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 12, 2007
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    The Birthing of America by Gray W. Clark: Why is it important to reexamine, in a Christian publication, the founding of America? Because the prevailing view of the birth of America is stilted. This stilted view has led Christians into rebellion. Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft (11 Samuel ...read more

  • You Perhaps May Have Heard The Story Of Mr. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 12, 2008
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    You perhaps may have heard the story of Mr. Whitefield, who made it his wish wherever he stayed to talk to the members of the household about their souls—with each one personally. But stopping at a certain house of a Colonel, who was all that could be wished for except a Christian, Whitefield was ...read more

  • God Is My Corner

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 13, 2008
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     | 1,262 views

    From George Foremans book -God is my corner “Ultimately your belief in God will meet resistance, which forces you to either shut up or speak up.” After giving his testimony at Robert Schuller’s church, the Crystal Cathedral, he panicked when he discovered it would be broadcast nationwide. ...read more

  • From The Dining Room We Walked Into The Living ...

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 20, 2008
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    “From the dining room we walked into the living room. This room was intimate and comfortable. I liked it. It had a fireplace, overstuffed chairs, a sofa, and a quiet atmosphere. He said, ‘This is indeed a delightful room. Let us come here often. It is secluded and quiet, and we can fellowship ...read more

  • On The 4th Of July Each Year, We Remember The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Feb 27, 2008
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    On the 4th of July each year, we remember the signing of our Declaration of Independence. There were 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence, either on that day or shortly thereafter. Some names come quickly from the recesses of our memory, names like Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin ...read more

  • Let's Play 'let's Pretend'. Let's Pretend That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
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    Let's play 'Let's Pretend'. Let's pretend that you work for me. In fact, you are my executive assistant in a company that is growing rapidly. I'm the owner and I'm interested in expanding overseas. To pull this off, I make plans to travel abroad and stay there until a new branch office gets ...read more

  • I Recently Met A New Friend We'll Call Mike

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 12, 2008
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    I recently met a new friend we’ll call Mike Mike told me his testimony Mike believed he was saved Was going through life as a saved man, but not really on fire for God Things that should have negatively affected him, his friends behavior, his environment , didn’t He just ignored those things and ...read more

  • I Recently Read A Peculiar Story About A Family ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Jun 21, 2008
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    I recently read a peculiar story about a family in Lander, Wyoming that had gone to their local refuse dump to dispose of some unwanted family items that were either busted or greatly abused. As they were emptying there junk into a large dumpster, the man of the home saw something that caught his ...read more

  • I Want You To Be Challenged By This Story About ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 9, 2008
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    I want you to be challenged by this story about Jackie, a fairly new Christian who walked into a major discount store in Portland. In the prescription area she noticed a woman leaning on the counter obviously very sick. Jackie felt an impulse to pray with the woman but, as 90% of us would do, she ...read more

  • God's ...

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on Aug 4, 2008
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    GOD’S GARDEN Things that compete with peace are like the weeds competing with your flowers to dominate the space, nutrients, sunlight, water and character of your garden or lawn. Weeds so easily spread, multiply and thrive because they are at their best when they are most shallow. You see, most ...read more