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  • Rearranging Ashes

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2010
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    Rearranging Ashes The story is told of an eastern ascetic holy man who covered himself with ashes as a sign of humility and regularly sat on a prominent street corner of his city. When tourists asked permission to take his picture, the mystic would rearrange his ashes to give the best image of ...read more

  • Ruth Bell Graham Tells Childhood Story Of Son, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2010
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    Ruth Bell Graham Tells Childhood Story of son, Franklin with His Toy Gun Ruth Bell Graham tells this story about her son Franklin: Franklin was sleeping on the front porch with his cowboy boots and toy gun. We were having problems with some polecats (skunks), and Franklin told me not to worry ...read more

  • Woodpeckers Grounding The Shuttle Discovery ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 3, 2010
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    Woodpeckers Grounding the Shuttle Discovery Likened to Problems in Marriage The space shuttle Discovery was grounded recently--not by technical difficulties or lack of government funding, but by woodpeckers. Yellow-shafted flicker woodpeckers found the insulating foam on the shuttle’s external fuel ...read more

  • The Classical Artist Renoit Is Revered In The ...

    Contributed by Grant Sisson on Aug 29, 2010
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    The classical artist Renoit is revered in the world of art. He left many works of art that are respected and admired the world over. But Mr. Renoit had a problem later in life that caused him terrible pain – he had arthritis in his hands. Arthritis in an artist’s hands is about like a musician ...read more

  • Know Where You Stand

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jan 14, 2011
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    KNOW WHERE YOU STAND The Johnson and Johnson company once had in their mission statement that employees would “operate with honesty and integrity” Several weeks before a major incident involving Tylenol, the president of Johnson and Johnson sent a memo to all the presidents of divisions in the ...read more

  • Don't Choose Dates Like Cars

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 7, 2011
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    DON'T CHOOSE DATES LIKE CARS Most young people choose their dates like some folks buy cars. If it looks good on the outside, it’s the right color, the right style; if it’s interior is pleasing to their eye and pleasing to the touch; and if it’s got all kinds of bells and whistles...that’s the car ...read more

  • Harry Potter: Temptation

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jul 30, 2011
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    HARRY POTTER: TEMPTATION Every great story has great characters. And in truly great stories, the characters go through significant change. This change is called a character arc. For example, if you’re familiar with the Harry Potter series, you know that Harry starts off in the story as an ...read more

  • Help Yourself First

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 16, 2011
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    HELP YOURSELF FIRST When an airliner loses cabin pressure the oxygen masks drop. You are told by the flight crew to put the mask on yourself before putting it on your child. You would think the child would be first. But if you pass out before you get the child’s mask on then both of you are ...read more

  • Boy Eating Apple

    Contributed by John Bright on Jan 17, 2021
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    A four-year-old boy was eating an apple in the back seat of the car, when he asked, "Daddy, why is my apple turning brown?" "Because," his dad explained, "after you ate the skin off, the meat of the apple came into contact with the air, which caused it to oxidize, thus ...read more

  • Give The Keys To Jesus

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 14, 2007
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    1. Give the keys to Jesus. Letting anyone drive our vehicle is tough. I admit that at times I’m not the best passenger, especially when it’s my vehicle. Just ask my wife. And just for the record, I think my wife’s a great driver. If I didn’t think so, I wouldn’t let her take my kids ...read more

  • There Was Once A Pastor Who Decided He Was Going ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There was once a pastor who decided he was going to do something different for a change, so instead of a sermon, he gave everyone two sheets of paper. On one sheet, the heading read, “THE PROBLEM IN THIS CHURCH IS …” and on the other sheet, the heading read, “WHAT THIS CHURCH NEEDS IS …” He had ...read more

  • So This Is Old Age

    Contributed by James Snyder on Jul 29, 2023
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    Dr. James L. Snyder The other morning I got up; at least, I tried to get up, but the bones in every part of my body had organized a labor strike against me. I’m not quite sure what they were protesting. As I lay there groaning over these bones, I did not realize how many bones I had in my body. ...read more

  • Dealing With People Is So Very Difficult, This ...

    Contributed by John Quigley on May 29, 2007
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    Dealing with people is so very difficult, this week on Thursday as I was working on my sermon for today, my computer system went down. I was no longer able to connect to the internet, I was studying for the sermon and I was no longer able to do so. I called the folks at Wild Blue and told them what ...read more

  • Our Family Dog Happy Is A Big Baby! For Such A ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Oct 25, 2007
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    Our family dog Happy is a big baby! For such a big dog, she is afraid of some of the silliest and smallest things. Recently my wife and I were at the store and our two year son Sebastian saw a toy that he just had to have. It is a plastic ball that has little raised numbers and farm animals on ...read more

  • The Eden Project

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Sep 13, 2010
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    In Cornwall, England, you can visit a place called “The Eden Project.” The Eden Project attempted to build the perfect environment in which plants and trees could flourish. Obviously named for the Garden of Eden, this collection of “biomes,” huge domes, provide a tightly monitored atmosphere with a ...read more

  • Demolition Derby And The Surrender Stick

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2011
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    DEMOLITION DERBY AND THE SURRENDER STICK Lydia and I went to the Demolition Derby at the 4-H Fair this past week and had a blast. I loved watching drivers take aim at each other with the attempt to demolish or disable one another. We saw some great smash ups and did a lot of laughing. I don't know ...read more

  • The Native Groups In The Peruvian Amazon Have ...  PRO

    Contributed by Harold Miller on Dec 15, 2000
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    The native groups in the Peruvian Amazon have only known Christ for one generation. Just one generation ago they were fearful, aggressive, and animistic; all their contacts with outsiders were marked by violence. But now there are transformed. One missionary writes that since embracing faith in ...read more

  • When Steve Tran Of Westminster, California, ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
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    When Steve Tran of Westminster, California, closed the door after activating twenty-five bug bombs, he thought he had seen the last of the cockroaches that shared his apartment. When the spray reached the pilot light of the stove, it ignited, blasting his screen door across the street, breaking all ...read more

  • Fact Is, The Mayo Clinic Claims 80-85% Of Total ...  PRO

    Contributed by Craig Simonian on Jun 8, 2001
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    Fact is, the Mayo Clinic claims 80-85% of total caseload due directly to worry and anxiety. - Many experts say that coping with stress is the #1 health priority of our day. o One leading physician has stated that, in his opinion, 70% of all medical patients could cure themselves if only they got ...read more

  • How Often Have We Prayed Something Like, 'o ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 22, 2001
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    "How often have we prayed something like, ’O Lord, be with cousin Billy now in a special way’? Have we stopped to consider what it is we’re requesting? Imagine that you are a parent who is preparing to leave your children with a babysitter. Would you dream of saying, ’O Betsy, I ask you now that ...read more