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  • During The Trial Of Adolf Eichmann, The ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Feb 2, 2008
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    ‘During the trial of Adolf Eichmann, the mastermind of the Jewish holocaust in Nazi Germany, a Jewish man , who had just given evidence against him, was found weeping in the corridor . His friend asked him , “Why are you crying?” The man replied, “Because I realize now that he is just a man like I ...read more

  • There Is An Advertisement For A Company Called ...

    Contributed by Stephen Robinson D on Feb 4, 2008
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    There is an advertisement for a company called Staples. There pitch is that they take hard office work that would normally be to hard to do in one day and they say If you will bring it to Staples they will fix it up and MAKE IT EASY for you. There logo is an EASY button that you press and when you ...read more

  • While Pastoring A Church In North Louisiana I ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2008
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    While pastoring a church in north Louisiana I was helping a friend with a problem he had with a car. He was a mechanic by trade and profession. His wife made the best biscuits you ever put in your mouth. Having stopped at the right time several times before I knew when she set them on the table. He ...read more

  • Jeff Foxworthy Is A Comedian Who Became Famous ...  PRO

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Mar 3, 2008
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    Jeff Foxworthy is a comedian who became famous through his “You Might Be A Redneck If …” routine. Well, I came across some “You Might Be A Preacher If …” statements. You might be a preacher if … · You’ve waded in a creek wearing a necktie · You’d rather negotiate with terrorists than the church ...read more

  • The Young Boy Said, "Daddy, If Three Frogs Are ...

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 5, 2008
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    The young boy said, “Daddy, if three frogs are sitting on a limb hanging over a pool, and one frog decides to jump, how many frogs are left on the limb?” His dad replied, “Two.” “No,” the son said. “Listen carefully, daddy. There are three frogs and one decides to jump. How many are left?” ...read more

  • Shaved Heads Reaffirms A Friend!

    Contributed by Daniel Harman on Mar 28, 2008
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    SHAVED HEADS REAFFIRMS A FRIEND! A teenage boy was diagnosed with cancer and as a result was in the hospital for several weeks to undergo radiation treatments and chemotherapy. During that time, he lost all of his hair. On the way home from the hospital, he was worried-not about the cancer, but ...read more

  • A Lady Was Walking Down The Street In Atlanta ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Mitchell on Mar 30, 2008
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    A lady was walking down the street in Atlanta when a man grabbed her purse and ran away. She was terrified. She was from a small town in Alabama and had never even known anyone that had something like this happen to them. Much to her relief a police officer was heading her way. When he got ...read more

  • Australia Has Two Animals Pictured On Their Coat ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    Australia has two animals pictured on their Coat of Arms. They are an Emu and a Kangaroo. These are some strange choices to those who don’t know why they are there. The Emu is nothing but a big, dumb bird and a kangaroo just looks funny while it hops along to escape danger. But there’s more to it ...read more

  • The Job Of The Church Is Not To Impact The ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 12, 2008
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    The job of the church is not to impact the church, but to impact the world. It’s like a huddle in a football game. 67,000 people don’t pay $50.00 a ticket to watch the World champion Giants huddle. What if you went to a Giants game and for 2 ½ hours you watched 11 men stand in a circle and ...read more

  • Sometimes People Think God Does Not Know What ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 21, 2008
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    Sometimes people think God does not know what they are thinking. But He knows that some people are just "using" God, but they really detest Him. At a tea for officers and their wives, the commanding general of a base delivered a seemingly endless oration. A young lieutenant grumbled to the woman ...read more

  • God Lights The Way

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 22, 2008
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    GOD LIGHTS THE WAY My brother-in-law has a friend named Pedro. The first time Pedro ever read the Bible, was when he was in prison. But once he "saw the light," he couldn't get enough of it. He read the entire Bible through in a matter of weeks. He would hold the Bible kind-of under the table ...read more

  • Baring My Soul  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Patrick on Apr 28, 2008
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    BARING MY SOUL When we carried our son and daughter-in-law to the airport in Birmingham, as they left to go overseas, I cried. I had told myself not to cry. Get this picture. My oldest son felt led of God to spend his life serving in southeast Asia. He was about to leave. I knew that for the rest ...read more

  • We Should Praise God

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Dec 6, 2006
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    WE SHOULD PRAISE GOD I heard someone say recently that if the only thing God has done in our lives is to save us – we should praise God from the rising of the sun through the darkness of the night. But He has done so much more for us than that. He has given you the sense of taste – so that you ...read more

  • A News Story From Wales Told Of A Feud In A ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 20, 2008
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    A news story from Wales told of a feud in a church looking for a new pastor. It read: "Yesterday the two opposition groups both sent ministers to the pulpit. Both spoke simultaneously, each trying to shout above the others. Both called for hymns, and the congregation sang two--each trying to ...read more

  • Most Of You Have Never Heard Of Lawrence ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on May 23, 2008
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    Most of you have never heard of Lawrence Hanratty, who was named the "Unluckiest Man In New York City." (Profiled in the Los Angeles Times) He was nearly electrocuted to death in a construction site accident in 1984. For weeks he lay in a coma, with his lawyers fighting for his liability claim, ...read more

  • The Original Swedish Text Was A Poem Entitled "O ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
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    The original Swedish text was a poem entitled “O Store Gud”, written in 1886 by a Swedish preacher Carl Boberg. Boberg’s inspiration for “How Great Thou Art” came from a visit to a beautiful country estate on the southeast coast of Sweden He got caught up in a midday thunderstorm with awe-inspiring ...read more

  • I Have A Lot Of Friends In Ministry, And One In ...

    Contributed by Larry Vinson on Jun 17, 2008
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    I have a lot of friends in ministry, and one in particular had a chance to say what he had been waiting to say to his now former church when he resigned from his position. He had only been there six months, but it was long enough to realize that there were some problems within that particular ...read more

  • There Are Seasons When Doubts And Fears Abound, ...

    Contributed by Allan Kircher on Jun 22, 2008
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    There are seasons when doubts and fears abound, and so suffocate us with their fumes that we cannot even raise a cry. Then the indwelling Spirit represents us, speaks for us, and makes intercession for us, crying in our name, and making intercession for us according to the will of God. The cry ...read more

  • Sin Ultimately Destroys Us. Several Years Ago In ...

    Contributed by Joe La Rue on Jul 10, 2008
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    Sin ultimately destroys us. Several years ago in my home church in Indianapolis where I had grown up, the minister, we’ll call him John, was caught having an affair with a missionary that the church supported and that he had recently visited on behalf of the church family. His wife, we’ll call her ...read more

  • Matthew 16: Declassified Meeting

    Contributed by John Boquist on Jul 19, 2008
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    MATTHEW 16: DECLASSIFIED MEETING In 1945, the new President, Harry Truman had to be brought up to speed quickly on the atomic bomb. Then he had to go through the agonizing process of deciding whether or not to use the bomb to bring the war to an end. We know of course that two atomic bombs were ...read more