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  • Fourth Of July Thoughts

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 2, 2009
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     | 6,077 views

    FOURTH OF JULY THOUGHTS A Quote from Band of Brothers: "They depended on each other. And the world depended on them." I say, "We need to depend on each other so that our community and country can depend on us." Quote from Band of Brothers: "There Was A Time When The World Asked Ordinary Men To Do ...read more

  • How Can You Forgive Sins?

    Contributed by Tim White on Jun 19, 2009
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    HOW CAN YOU FORGIVE SINS? Suppose Brother Bill hit you in the nose. He just drew back his fist and, bam. Now, what if I walked up to you both and said, "Brother Bill, you are forgiven." You would contend that it wasn’t my place to say that. Yet Jesus could say, "If I forgive you, the ...read more

  • The 80-Year-Old Had Married A Beautiful ...

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Oct 8, 2009
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    The 80-year-old had married a beautiful 28-old-woman. He often wondered if she had married him just for his money. One night as they sat in front of the fireplace in their large, elaborate home, the husband turned to his wife and asked, “If I lost all my money, would you still love me.” ...read more

  • Sermon Visual - Goliath's ...

    Contributed by Nathan Ingram on Nov 30, 2009
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    SERMON VISUAL - Goliath’s Height Measurements: Cubit approx 18”, span approx 8”… Goliath stood roughly 9’6” (NBA hoop 10’ Goliath could slam flatfooted). I took a smiley face helium balloon and tied it to a pair of boots with a length of ribbon that put the top of the balloon at 9’6". I had a ...read more

  • Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Was Impeached ...

    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 26, 2009
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    Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich was impeached by the state House by a 114 to one vote. After racing back to his Chicago home before the vote could deprive him of a ride home on the state plane, Blagojevich once again said he was the victim of a rush to judgment. "And the fight goes on," he told ...read more

  • You Have To Get In

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010
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    YOU HAVE TO GET IN A trapeze artist once supposedly boasted that he could take a person seated in a wheelbarrow across a tightrope many hundreds of feet up between two tall buildings. "Who thinks I can do it?" he asked a crowd who had gathered to watch. One man raised his ...read more

  • What Not To Believe

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 22, 2011
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     | 3,939 views

    WHAT NOT TO BELIEVE Ben Patterson, campus pastor of Westmont College, tells the story of a retired pastor who began noticing that his former congregation was sliding away from orthodoxy. The pastor saw this as his fault and stated, in two sentences, his great failure as a pastor: "I always told ...read more

  • Deacons And Lights

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Oct 7, 2011
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    DEACONS AND LIGHTS In our church, we have someone that does the maintenance and replaces light bulbs and things like that. They do not want their pastor to do this for two good reasons: 1) I know very little about maintenance, and my church knows that I know very little. 2) They don't want the ...read more

  • Beautiful And Stupid At The Same Time  PRO

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 2, 2014
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    BEAUTIFUL AND STUPID AT THE SAME TIME A husband and wife were having an argument. Finally, out of sheer frustration, the husband blurted out, "Honey, I don’t know why God made you so beautiful...and, yet, so stupid, at the same time!" The woman stared at her husband and said, ...read more

  • Get Out Of Kindergarten

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Aug 16, 2020
     | 1,698 views

    John 3:12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? We have so many discussions and divisions over earthly things like music, gray areas, etc. If we cannot come to agreement on these things how can we reach for ...read more

  • How To Gather A Crowd At Church!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 25, 2021
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    How to Gather a Crowd at Church! A cattle rancher got saved and surrendered to preach. He went to a Bible conference which was all about how to build a crowd. Asked about it later, he said, "It was strange. In all my years as a cattle rancher, I never had to go to a conference to learn how ...read more

  • One Summer Night During A Severe Thunderstorm A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2007
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    One summer night during a severe thunderstorm a mother was tucking her small son into bed. She was about to turn the light off when he asked in a trembling voice, "Mommy, will you stay with me all night?" Smiling, the mother gave him a warm, reassuring hug and said tenderly, "I can’t dear. I have ...read more

  • One Summer Night During A Severe Thunderstorm A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2007
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    One summer night during a severe thunderstorm a mother was tucking her small son into bed. She was about to turn the light off when he asked in a trembling voice, "Mommy, will you stay with me all night?" Smiling, the mother gave him a warm, reassuring hug and said tenderly, "I can’t dear. I have ...read more

  • Lester Lecroy Was One Of 12 Children. He Grew Up ...

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 1, 2007
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    Lester Lecroy was one of 12 children. He grew up in a home of very meager means. He was a rambunctious, but dependable young man. While cooling off after a hard days work in a creek at a little place we called the Iron Bridge on Cotton Hill Road in Eufaula, Alabama Lester Lecroy lost his life at ...read more

  • That Reminds Me Of A Story Of A Mother Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on May 12, 2007
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     | 1,942 views

    That reminds me of a story of a mother who invited some people to dinner. At the table, she turned to her six-year-old daughter and said, "Would you like to say the blessing?" "I wouldn’t know what to say," the girl replied. "Just say what you hear Mommy say," the mother answered. The little girl ...read more

  • Victor Frankl, The Jewish Psychologist Who ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    "Victor Frankl, the Jewish psychologist who spent time in a Nazi concentration camp in Germany wrote, "They stripped me naked. They took everything -- my wedding ring, watch. I stood there naked and all of a sudden realized at that moment that although they could take everything away from me -- my ...read more

  • Karl Barth Was A Prominent Theologian Fifty ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Karl Barth was a prominent theologian fifty years ago when I was in seminary. He was invited to deliver one of the distinguished lectureships at a theological seminary in the East. While he was there a group of ministers and theologians and dignitaries of one kind or another sat down with him in a ...read more

  • An Atheist Was Out Fishing In Scotland, When All ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    An atheist was out fishing in Scotland, when all of a sudden a huge Dragon type Amphibian began to emerge from the water. With snarling teeth it slithered closer to the atheist. In desperation he cried out, “Dear God, Please save me” All of a sudden, the heavens opened and a deep voice said, “I ...read more

  • Boy And Baseball Bat

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Boy & Baseball Bat A Man approached a little league baseball game one afternoon. He asked a boy in the dugout what the score was. The boy responded, “Eighteen to nothing—we’re behind.” “Boy,” said the spectator, “I’ll bet you’re discouraged.” “Why should I be discouraged?” replied the little boy. ...read more

  • In The Darkest Time Of World War Ii In The City ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In the darkest time of World War II in the city of London a message came across the air to bring a New Year’s message to the discouraged people. In the process the announcer quoted the following poem: “I said to a man who stood at the gate of the year Give me a light that I may tread, safely into ...read more