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  • Winston Churchill Is Remembered As Perhaps The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Oct 16, 2004
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     | 17,992 views

    Winston Churchill is remembered as perhaps the greatest prime minister in the history of Great Britain. By the steel of his will, he led his island nation to stand against Hitler and eventually triumph in World War ll. But years before that victorious moment for the ages, Churchill found himself ...read more

  • O God, Don't Let That Be All There Is?" John 1: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Dec 22, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
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    “O God, Don’t Let That Be All There Is?” John 1: 14-18 Key verse(s): 14-18: “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” The recent news story of the pregnant Missouri woman who was ...read more

  • Two Men Are Seated In A Plane. The First Is ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 21 ratings
     | 7,268 views

    Two men are seated in a plane. The first is given a parachute and told to put is on as it would improve his flight. He’s a little skeptical at first because he can’t see how wearing a parachute in a plane could possibly improve the flight. After a time he decides to experiment and see if the claim ...read more

  • The Daffodil Story.  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 18 ratings
     | 3,954 views

    The Daffodil Story. Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, "Mother, you must come to see the daffodils before they are over." I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead. "I will come next Tuesday," I promised a little reluctantly on her third call. Next ...read more

  • I Recently Went To An Art Exhibit In ...

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 25, 2007
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     | 1,771 views

    I recently went to an art exhibit in Winston-Salem, NC featuring the work of the artist Grandma Moses. Her art work is best described as American Folk Art with primitive and colorful paintings of rural scenes. When I look at her work it brings me a warm and content feeling, despite its ...read more

  • Perhaps The Most Famous Missing Man In American ...

    Contributed by Joe La Rue on Mar 18, 2008
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    Perhaps the most famous missing man in American history is Judge Joe Crater, who was an associate justice of the New York Supreme Court when he vanished without a trace in August, 1930. One of the most recognizable people in New York City, he was vacationing with his wife in Maine when he received ...read more

  • This Passage From The Bible Says That If A Person ...

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Aug 3, 2008
     | 1,592 views

    This passage from the Bible says that if a person “has” Jesus in his or her life, then they have “eternal life.” What’s eternal life? The bottom line is that it means Heaven. Forever. And how do we get that eternal life? By having Jesus in your life. This says that if we have Jesus, we have ...read more

  • Why Mike Guglielmucci Lied To The World  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 28, 2008
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    Why Mike Guglielmucci Lied to the World The Australian musician who wrote "Healer" needed his own healing from a porn addiction. His tragic story should challenge us to embrace purity. I play the song "Healer" all the time in my car. I can't get the tune out of my head. You probably know the ...read more

  • Depression: "I Need ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    DEPRESSION: "I NEED HELP." Dear Sir, Hi. My name is Carole. I am seventeen years old and a senior in high school. And I want to die. My name is Brandy. I’m 13 years old and I’ve tried to kill myself six times. I had some problems with my mom and I felt I couldn’t live anymore. I don’t know what ...read more

  • Good To Great: The Level 5 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
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    GOOD TO GREAT: THE LEVEL 5 LEADER One of the books I read recently was Jim Collins’ bestselling management book, "Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap, and Others Don’t." The phenomenal bestseller came out seven years ago, and yet it still sells over 300,000 copies a year. It showcased ...read more

  • Gifted Does Not Equal "Successful"

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
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    "GIFTED" DOES NOT EQUAL "SUCCESSFUL" This week, I’ve begun reading a new book by one of my favorite authors, Malcolm Gladwell, titled "Outliers: The Story of Success." The premise of the book is simple: no successful person is a self-made man; everyone who gets to the top had a lot advantages, ...read more

  • Promises Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    PROMISES ARE SACRIFICES Promises are funny things. They’re easy to make and often easier to break, but generally hard to keep. Robert Frost poetically captured that truth in his poem, Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening. He talks about how sometimes we wish we could be free, for just a little bit ...read more

  • I Want To Share One More Time From Our Trip. On ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 6, 2009
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    I want to share one more time from our trip. On the ship, we had an inside cabin. There were two long hallways running the length of the ship that had access to cabins on either side. The cabins along one side all were on the outside and therefore had windows. The cabins on the other side were ...read more

  • High Society: The Princeton Society Directory

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Sep 1, 2009
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    HIGH SOCIETY: The Princeton Society Directory When Katie and I were in Seminary years ago, we were broke. So we did whatever we could to get by. One of the things we did was housesitting for people in town when they were on vacation. What we looked for most was folks who would let us use their ...read more

  • Training Of Arabian ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2009
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    Training of Arabian Horses The gospel we as Christ-followers are called to proclaim requires that we make sacrifices and at times even suffer a bit, but because of what Christ has already done, the return on such sacrifices is enormous! God’s Kingdom is glorified and expanded! With that in mind, I ...read more

  • Cuban Missle Crisis Compared To Spiritual ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 1, 2009
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    Cuban Missle Crisis Compared to Spiritual Brinkmanship It is October 14th, and the sun is reflecting mirages of water on an Air Force base runway in southern Florida. The silence of that scene is interrupted as a long-winged plane touches down on the runway and taxies to the hanger. A thousand ...read more

  • History And Purpose Of Memorial ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 29, 2010
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    History and Purpose of Memorial Day We set aside time in America each year to remember some of the important dates of our history. Tomorrow is one of those days: Memorial Day. On May 30, 1868, our country observed the first day memorializing those who had fallen in battle during the Civil War. It ...read more

  • Love Of God

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 16, 2010
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    LOVE OF GOD Let’s say you had a child who kept getting in trouble, you kept bailing him out as a child, and eventually as he grew up even you couldn’t bail him out anymore, you had to let him go live his life the way he was choosing because nothing you or anyone else did could stop ...read more

  • His Last Thoughts Were Of His Children

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2010
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    HIS LAST THOUGHTS WERE OF HIS CHILDREN A Union sergeant was killed on the first day of fighting in Gettysburg. He was just one of more than 3,000 Union soldiers who died in the three-day conflict. When his body was found later that week, lying in a secluded spot in Gettysburg, he was holding a ...read more

  • Who's Your Daddy?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,175 views

    WHO'S YOUR DADDY? "A seminary professor was vacationing with his wife in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. One morning they were eating breakfast in a little restaurant, hoping to enjoy a quiet, family meal. While waiting for their food, they noticed a distinguished looking, white haired man moving from ...read more