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  • While Taking A Break From Their Studies And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    While taking a break from their STUDIES and MISSION WORK, Ron and some of his classmates went SWIMMING in the SURF off the north end of Luzon Island in the Philippines when a SHARK ATTACKED. Ron’s leg was SEVERED below the KNEE. He was carried to SHORE by his friends. Emergency crews tried various ...read more

  • How About Michael Vick? He Confessed To Find ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 10, 2007
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    How about Michael Vick? He confessed to find Jesus. I think the loving approach is to pray for him. It is not my place to judge him and whether or not his confession was sincere. I don’t know. God does. I will leave that up to God. However, I can discern and even judge that his comment in the ...read more

  • The Problem Is There Are Times When We Don't Feel ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 7, 2008
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    The problem is there are times when we don’t feel like we are a new creation. Like the group of women that met for an afternoon of lunch and shopping. At lunch they began to share some of the things in their lives. Superficially at first but then they moved into more intimate topics and details. It ...read more

  • The Power Of A Compliment

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on May 1, 2008
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    THE POWER OF A COMPLIMENT Helen Mrosla writes: "In an earlier grade, I’d taped Mark’s mouth shut for talking too much in class. Now he was a student in my junior high school math class. "His class had worked hard all week. By Friday the students were getting cranky. So, for a break, I asked ...read more

  • I Recently Had To Replace One Of The Strings On ...

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jul 14, 2008
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    I recently had to replace one of the strings on my mandolin. I laid the new string on the table as I took off the broken string. When I had thrown it into the trash, I looked at the new string lying on the table and realized how much it resembles many Christians. That string has the ability to ...read more

  • Rembrandt's "The Sacrifice Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
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    REMBRANDT’S "THE SACRIFICE OF ABRAHAM" In 1634 renowned Dutch painter Rembrandt painted a great work of art that depicted Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac. The painting ("The Sacrifice of Abraham") captures perfectly how the Lord intervenes to stop Abraham from slaying his son Isaac. Isaac’s eyes ...read more

  • On January 8, 1956 Jim Elliot, Along With Four ...

    Contributed by Steve Gallimore on Dec 14, 2008
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    On January 8, 1956 Jim Elliot, along with four other missionaries was killed while trying to bring this Good News of Christ to the Waodoni people of the Auca Indians in Ecuador. In his journal published in a book titled SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY, Jim wrote these words: “One doesn’t learn to speak a ...read more

  • Meekness: The Cutting Horse And The Mule

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Mar 20, 2023
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    Meekness is strength under control. At one time in my life, I was heavily involved with horses. It is a beautiful thing to watch a well-trained cutting horse work. Just a gently touch of reign on his neck or a shift in the rider’s weight can ignite a quick turn in that powerful animal. He does ...read more

  • Do Not Jump To Judge Other Christians

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Sep 14, 2019
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    Don't Jump to Judge Other Christians This is God's message for us in Romans 14:3-4, where Paul said: 3. Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; for God has received him. 4. Who are you to judge another's servant? To his ...read more

  • A Man Passed By A Cage At The Zoo And Noticed ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Nov 8, 2003
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    A man passed by a cage at the zoo and noticed that in the cage was both a large lion and an active monkey. He saw a zoo worker nearby and asked, ‘How does that work having both a lion and a monkey in the same cage? It works ok for the most part. Do they ever not get along? Every once in a ...read more

  • As An Electrician I Was Once Completing The Final ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2004
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    As an electrician I was once completing the final lighting fitment in a family home. With me at the same time were 2 other tradesmen, (a carpenter and a stonemason) who were also applying the finishing touches to their handy work. When the young couple that owned the house arrived, they excitedly ...read more

  • Women Prefer Home: A New Gallup Poll Shows That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Women Prefer Home: A new Gallup Poll shows that if free to choose, a majority of women would opt for the traditional female role of staying at home, while a majority of men would prefer their traditional role of working outside the home. Over the past 4 years, younger women (more so than older ...read more

  • Percentage In A 1985 Survey Who Said That, Aside ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    Percentage in a 1985 survey who said that, aside from earning a living, the reason they work is to keep from getting bored: 54. Percentage in a 1989 survey who said they are sometimes or often bored at work: 41. Percentage in a 1990 survey who said they are generally bored by what goes on in ...read more

  • The $100,000 Car, The Thief, & The Tree Of Knowledge

    Contributed by Jason Evans on Oct 4, 2016
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    Let’s say there is a man who owns a brand new $100,000 car. He decides he wants to take it out one day to go to the store and parks in a lot around a lot of other cars. When he comes out it has been stolen. When they find the thief and arrest him the thief says "Well you should have known better ...read more

  • Why Worry?

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 15, 2019
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    WHY WORRY? Alarm clock didn’t go off, A case of the depressed blues is headed your way You’re late for work, have a flat tire, try to take wife’s car it won’t start she left the lights on, Get the jumper cables jump it off, in a hurry, Blue light special speeding ticket, Boss chews you out, wife ...read more

  • Lambie Renounces Citizenship  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 22, 2007
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    5179. Lambie Renounces Citizenship Dr. Thomas Lambie went to Ethiopia as a medical missionary. After some time he wanted to buy land for a mission station. An Ethiopian law said that no land could be sold to foreigners. Because Dr. Lambie had great love for Christ and the Ethiopians, he gave up his ...read more

  • And Just Like A Bird Needs To Have Both Wings ...

    Contributed by John Tung on Apr 25, 2007
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    And just like a bird needs to have both wings working together and be equally well for it to fly strongly, so a church needs to have both wings – the internal and external ministries – be working and be equally well for a church to soar strongly and far. Recently in the news in Stafford County ...read more

  • A Story Is Told Of A Father Who Overheard His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A story is told of a father who overheard his son talking on the phone. “Hello sir,” the boy said, “I was calling to see if you could use a lawn boy to do your yard work. Oh, I see, you already have one. Well, is he doing your work to your satisfaction? He is Thank you, sir, I was just checking.” ...read more

  • The Lord Has Given Everyone Of Us Sufficient ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    The Lord has given everyone of us sufficient ability to attain success in life. There are many stories of people who succeed despite of their physical handicapped: Blind people, crippled, people with no arms, no feet, etc. Only people with no heads who did not succeed in life. An artist in Mexico ...read more

  • Too Much ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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    TOO MUCH TROUBLE A site foreman had ten very lazy men working for him, so one day he decided to trick them into doing some work for a change. "I’ve got a really easy job today for the laziest one among you," he announced. "Will the laziest man please put his hand up." Nine hands went up. "Why ...read more