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  • One Solitary Life  PRO

    Contributed by David Parks on Mar 31, 2007
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    One Solitary Life Here is a man who was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another village. He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty, and then for three years He was an itinerant preacher. He never wrote a book. He never held an office. He never owned a ...read more

  • One Such Symbol Is Located In Washington D.c. ...

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on Apr 9, 2007
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    "One such symbol is located in Washington D.C. High atop Capital Hill sits the Capital Building of the U.S.A. The cornerstone of that building was laid in 1793, but the crowning touch, is the statue that stands on top of the rotunda which is called the “Freedom Lady”. The Freedom Lady was placed ...read more

  • Sole Witness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 1 rating
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    SOLE WITNESS A fine lad entered the Army. He faced a real test the first night he went to be in the barracks. He had formed the commendable habit of placing his Bible on his bed at home and kneeling down to read a chapter while having his daily prayer time before retiring. Surrounded by scores of ...read more

  • When I Was A Youth Living In South Texas, We Had ...

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Mar 22, 2009
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    When I was a youth living in south Texas, we had … a fireplace. And we used it in the winter. REALLY! Those 60 degree winter nights can chill the bones ya know!!!! Well, guess who split most on the firewood we used … me. Dad helped … sometimes. But mostly what dad did was teach me how to do it and ...read more

  • One Man That I Remember From Several Years Ago ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 23, 2009
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    One man that I remember from several years ago talked about his drinking. He like to go to the bar after work and throw back a few brews at the end of the week. Sometimes he would get a little intoxicated but he wasn’t an alcoholic. At one point he felt the Lord telling him to give it up. He didn’t ...read more

  • Sir Isaac Newton Was A Very Famous Mathematician ...

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on May 19, 2009
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    Sir Isaac Newton was a very famous mathematician and scientist who strongly believed in God. However, he had a very close friend who did not believe in God, so Sir Isaac devised a plan to try to convince his friend that God did exist and had created the Universe. One day, he went to a carpentry ...read more

  • The Church Doesn't Need Squirts

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jun 7, 2009
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    THE CHURCH DOESN'T NEED SQUIRTS Soren Kierkegaard once wrote about a town where a fireman lived. Everyone liked the fireman because he was a nice guy. He made it a habit to be gentle and kind, which was unusual for firemen, who were supposed to be tough. There was a fire one day, and the fireman ...read more

  • The Teddy Bear Lady

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 11, 2009
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    THE TEDDY BEAR LADY Most of the people at Chicago’s Children’s Hospital did not know her name. They just knew her as the sweet elderly lady in the red suit who wanted to make sure that every sick child had a teddy bear to hug and caress. She kept bringing the stuffed animals, purchased with her ...read more

  • Christ Maintains The Work

    Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 16, 2009
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    CHRIST MAINTAINS THE WORK This truth is pictured in the book Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan. There’s a scene in which Christian is taken into a room by the Interpreter, who is explaining various truths to him. Here is the scene. (I’ve smoothed out some of the King James English in a couple ...read more

  • The Scripture Texts We Will Be Looking At Today ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 11, 2009
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    The Scripture texts we will be looking at today continue to paint a portrait of two lives. These two life stories communicate to us today the importance of having integrity and a strong relationship with the Lord. David’s story shows how he was a man after God’s own heart. The result of this ...read more

  • The Poisonous Snakebite Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 16, 2009
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    The poisonous snakebite of sin Recently, the news has carried stories about how that snakes formerly kept as pets have been released and found new habitat. The Everglades is overrun with such snakes. In an effort to prevent the problem from escalating, the authorities are removing snakes from ...read more

  • Businessman Risks Life For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
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    Businessman Risks Life for Money Suze Orman in her book, “9 Steps to Financial Freedom” writes: When I was 13, my dad owned his own business—a tiny shack where he sold chicken, ribs, hamburgers, hot dogs, and fries. One day the oil that the chicken was fried in caught fire. In a few minutes the ...read more

  • Loneliness And Suicide, Products Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
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    Loneliness and Suicide, Products of Materialism Can you guess who said this? "I sit in my house in Buffalo and sometimes I get so lonely it’s unbelievable. Life has been so good to me. I’ve got a great wife, good kids, money, my own health--and I’m lonely and bored.... I often wondered why so many ...read more

  • The Best Comment On Faith Is Action  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
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    THE BEST COMMENT ON FAITH IS ACTION The Apostle Paul spoke of "faith working through love" (Gal. 5:6). The apostle John wrote "If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear Children, let us not love with words or ...read more

  • God's Grace Is Like Lightning And Transforms ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 19, 2009
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    God’s Grace Is Like Lightning and Transforms Whoever it Strikes Martin Luther found that out. Walking through the forest one day, praying and working through spiritual torment, literally, the lightning did strike close by. And he felt that as the summons of God. Luther came closer, and when God ...read more

  • Bible Printing Errors

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Dec 17, 2009
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    BIBLE PRINTING ERRORS While the Bible itself is infallible, fallible human beings have made notorious mistakes in trying to have the book printed. For example, * The "Judas Bible" (1611): Judas (rather than Jesus) came with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, even though the previous ...read more

  • Donald Grey Barnhouse Scratches A Mark On A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 1, 2010
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    Donald Grey Barnhouse Scratches a Mark On a Postal Box to Make a Point Some years ago Donald Grey Barnhouse was counseling a young woman on the sidewalk in front of a church following an evening service. She said she was a Christian and that she wanted to follow Christ. But she wanted to be famous, ...read more

  • Si Quieres Algo, Dilo! (Translation Follows)

    Contributed by Major Gerardo Balmori on Mar 22, 2010
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    Si quieres algo, dilo! (Translation follows) Por nuestras palabras hemos creado cuadros en nuestra imaginación, en nuestro pensamiento y comenzamos a gravitar hacia lo que hemos dicho. Debemos pintar buenos cuadros. Yo siempre pinto un buen cuadro de mi mismo, Digo “Gerardo” estás lleno de salud, ...read more

  • Mitch Albom: Testimony

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 19, 2010
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    MITCH ALBOM: TESTIMONY Mitch Albom is the author of the bestselling book titled, "Tuesdays with Morrie." He wrote another book recently called "Have a Little Faith." In describing his motivation for writing it, he will tell you that up until a few years ago he would have been among the many that ...read more

  • "No Daddy, Just One More...please!"  PRO

    Contributed by John Mcphail on Oct 12, 2010
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     | 4,689 views

    "JUST ONE MORE, DADDY! PLEASE!" Children have a simple way of teaching the profound things of God. The moment my twin girls were born I knew two things immediately: 1) My life was going to be a whole lot more busy and 2) God had something very precious to share with me. When ...read more