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  • Legal Drug Addiction While Use Of Illegal Drugs ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
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    Legal Drug Addiction While use of illegal drugs like marijuana, heroin, and cocaine appear to be going down or leveling off, prescription drug abuse is increasing at an alarming rate. In an ‘05 Partnership for a Drug Free America survey, nearly 20% of teens admitted to taking some sort of ...read more

  • In 1982, "Abc Evening News" Reported On An ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 13, 2006
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    In 1982, "ABC Evening News" reported on an unusual work of modern art--a chair affixed to a shotgun. It was to be viewed by sitting in the chair and looking directly into the gun barrel. The gun was loaded and set on a timer to fire at an undetermined moment within the next hundred years. The ...read more

  • Nova Scotia. The Manager Of An Insurance Agency ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 17, 2006
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    Nova Scotia. The manager of an insurance agency group told the salesmen under him that they weren’t being assertive enough. They weren’t showing a willingness to do whatever it takes to get their job done. One agent wanted to change that right away. Outside the window, on the 17th floor, were ...read more

  • Then He Appeared  PRO

    Contributed by John Shaw on Dec 2, 2006
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    Then he appeared THE TRAMP SAID HE had walked 70 miles from a dry brook in Israel SAID His name was ...... something Jewish and unprouncable Slicker or HE..LIKE..HER .......Whatever SAID his name meant .. My god is Jehovah SAID he had shut up the skies Stopped the rain Him ...read more

  • It's Interesting That There Has Been Such An ...

    Contributed by David Henderson on Jan 3, 2007
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    It’s interesting that there has been such an increase of shows on television that involve the court room. These shows really are all about the judge. He or she is the focus of the program. There is an entire station now devoted to Court TV. It all started with the “people’s Court” and Judge ...read more

  • Have You Ever Noticed That Good Feeling That You ...

    Contributed by Michael Trask on Jan 18, 2007
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    Have you ever noticed that good feeling that you get when you give of yourself? Perhaps you gave time to help someone with a flat tire on the side of the road, or perhaps you helped a lost child be reunited with his mother in a crowd, or maybe when the clerk at the store gave you too much ...read more

  • The Shepherd Psalm Does Speak Against Anxiety, ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 21, 2007
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    The Shepherd Psalm does speak against anxiety, worry, and fear. It calls for trust in God. Here’s an example of the wrong kind of faith. Are you familiar with the Broom Hilda comic strip? Anybody ever seen it? For an illustration of mindless faith I like the conversation that takes place between ...read more

  • To Trap A Wolf, The Eskimos Used To Take A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Roger Roark on May 19, 2007
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    To trap a wolf, the Eskimos used to take a hunting knife, and dip it in animal blood, and freeze it, then put another layer of blood, and freeze it again, and then bury the knife in the snow with the blade exposed . A wolf would come by and start licking the blood off of the blade of the ...read more

  • A Bar Of Steel

    Contributed by Clint Meade on Jun 3, 2007
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    A bar of steel is worth just a few dollars. When it is forged into a set of wrenches, it is worth approximately $100. If that same bar of steel is made into many needles, it can be worth several hundred dollars. If it is made into fine surgical instruments, it is worth thousands of dollars. If ...read more

  • I Read An Article In The Atlantic Journal The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I read an article in the Atlantic Journal the other day; it said, “The world is too big for us. Too much going on, too many crimes, too much violence and excitement. Try as you will you get behind in the race…It’s an incessant strain, to keep pace… and you still lose ground. Science empties its ...read more

  • A.w. Tozer's Definition Of A Christian  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A.W. Tozer’s Definition of a Christian A Real Christian: • He feels supreme love for One whom he has never seen, • Talks familiarly every day to Someone he cannot see, • Expects to go to heaven on the virtue of Another, • Empties himself in order to be full, • Admits he is wrong so he can be ...read more

  • The Man Groaned But Didn't Budge. The Usher ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The man groaned but didn’t budge. The usher became impatient. "Sir, if you don’t get up from there, I’m going to have to call the manager." Again, the man just groaned, which infuriated the usher who turned and marched briskly back up the aisle in search of his manager. In a few moments, both the ...read more

  • God Is Behind Our Lives: These Days Most People ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jul 25, 2007
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    God is behind our lives: These days most people have the wonderful blessing of a Satellite Navigation in their car to direct them in their travels. The Sat nav directs them to their given destination.It knows the start from the finish. Pastor Aubrey Vaughan in sermon journey of faith.@ ...read more

  • Christianity Asserts That Every Individual ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 11, 2007
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    “Christianity asserts that every individual human being is going to live forever, and this must be either true or false. Now there are a good many things which would not be worth bothering about if I were going to live only seventy years, but which I had better bother about very seriously if I am ...read more

  • A Boy Entered A Grocery Store And Asked The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Oct 12, 2007
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    A boy entered a grocery store and asked the grocer for a box of Duz detergent. The grocer was puzzled and asked why he wanted a box of Duz. The boy said that he was going to wash his cat. The grocer said, “Youlg man, you shouldn’t wash your cat with this kind of soap.” However, the boy insisted ...read more

  • There's A Type Of Boat Called A Hydrofoil That ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008
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    There’s a type of boat called a hydrofoil that has actually been around for over 100 yrs. The secret lies underneath the hull, where there are basically underwater wings. Once the boat reaches enough speed, it actually lifts out of the water and “flies” with only those wings in the water. ...read more

  • A Blessing Is God's Expression Of Favor On You. ...

    Contributed by Charles Whitmire on Jan 6, 2008
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    A blessing is God’s expression of favor on you. In the passage we look at this morning, God commanded his priests to give his people a blessing from him. When I started looking at this passage this week, one image came to mind. It’s sort of funny actually, but a scene from Rocky II came to mind. ...read more

  • Imagine This; You're On Your Way To Jerusalem To ...

    Contributed by Nathan Cooper on Feb 26, 2008
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    Imagine this; you’re on your way to Jerusalem to offer a Passover sacrifice. As you are walking down the road, an area peddler calls to get your attention. He has in his possession a lamb that is being made available to you for this one time low price. As you look over this possible purchase ...read more

  • When Lance Armstrong (A Professional Cyclist) Was ...

    Contributed by Daniel Harman on Mar 28, 2008
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    When Lance Armstrong (a professional cyclist) was diagnosed with brain, lung and testicular cancer all at the same time; he chose to get back on his bike & ‘keep on keeping on.’ He went on from this to win 5 Tour de France’s in a row!!! An event which some consider to be the most gruelling ...read more

  • One Day John Wesley Was Walking With A ...

    Contributed by Gregg Rustulka on Mar 29, 2008
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    Ill: One day John Wesley was walking with a troubled man who expressed his doubt as to the goodness of God. He said, "I do not know what I shall do with all this worry and trouble." At the same moment Wesley saw a cow looking over a stone wall. "Do you know," asked Wesley, "why that cow is ...read more