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  • Heed The Commands

    Contributed by David Owens on Jul 18, 2011
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    HEED THE COMMANDS In July of 1976, Israeli commandos made a daring raid at an airport in Uganda, in which 103 Jewish hostages were freed. In less than 15 minutes, the soldiers had killed all 7 of the kidnappers and set the captives free. As successful as the rescue was, however, three of the ...read more

  • God Can Shake Anyone

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 24, 2011
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    GOD CAN SHAKE ANYONE Yesterday around 2:00 pm I had to take some pain medicine for my shoulder. Being a hypochondriac is no fun!! About two minutes after I took the medicine my chair started to shake. I felt my pulse, thinking maybe the medicine was causing some weird reaction. I know I’m weird. ...read more

  • Woman Returns Stolen Money

    Contributed by Matt Neace on Aug 7, 2018
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    An Arkansas woman's stolen cash was turned over to police with a letter of apology from the thief who took it from her wallet. Susan McNabb said she left her wallet, and the $160 cash it contained, behind at the Walmart store in Clinton, and when she returned a short time later, the wallet was ...read more

  • Showing Favor

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    SHOWING FAVOR In July of 2005, Angelina Jolie adopted a little Ethiopian child. While she was touring drought and disease and famine stricken Ethiopia, she got the idea that although she couldn’t do every child in Africa a favor, she could grant favor to one child. So she stepped out of her world ...read more

  • 138 Years Ago Today Marked A Key Event In Our ...  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Schmidt on Nov 13, 2003
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    138 years ago today marked a key event in our nation’s history. The date was July 1st, 1863. The location was a small town in Pennsylvania, a town at that time not known for much except a shoe factory that was there. Today, the name of this town represents the bloodiest and one of the most ...read more

  • Married But Not Engaged

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 6, 2010
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    MARRIED BUT NOT ENGAGED Years ago, Julie and I began to have difficulty in our marriage. I was spending all my time pastoring a small Church, and our relationship was being neglected. It suffered to the point where I needed to take time out of ministry, and we needed to do some repair work. That ...read more

  • Doctors From Coral Gables, Fla., Compared The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
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    Doctors from Coral Gables, Fla., compared the efficiency of the heart’s pumping action in 18 men with coronary artery disease to nine healthy controls. Each of the study participants underwent one physical stress test (riding an exercise bicycle) and three mental stress tests (doing math problems ...read more

  • An Argument Over Who Was Going To Heaven And Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
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    An argument over who was going to heaven and who was going to hell ended with one Texas man shooting another to death, according to a July 30 Reuters story. Johnny Joslin, 20 was allegedly shot by Clayton Frank Stoker, 21. The two had spent Saturday night with two other men bar-hopping in Fort ...read more

  • Rich As A King

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2003
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    RICH AS A KING History books are filled with wealthy people who were practically destitute compared to me. I have triple-tracked storm windows; Croesus did not. Entire nations trembled before Alexander the Great, but he couldn’t buy cat food in bulk. Czar Nicholas II lacked a compound-miter ...read more

  • In 1932 Herbert Taylor Was Assigned The Job Of ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Dec 7, 2004
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    In 1932 Herbert Taylor was assigned the job of saving an aluminum products company from bankruptcy. The company’s products were better than their competitor’s. Their sales people were no better than their competitors’. So he decided that their company would be known for the character, ...read more

  • Doctors From Coral Gables, Fla., Compared The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    Doctors from Coral Gables, Fla., compared the efficiency of the heart’s pumping action in 18 men with coronary artery disease to nine healthy controls. Each of the study participants underwent one physical stress test (riding an exercise bicycle) and three mental stress tests (doing math problems ...read more

  • Why Is It That The Vast Majority Of Christian ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    "Why is it that the vast majority of Christian believers remain largely unexposed to Christian learning--to historical-critical studies of the Bible, the content and structure of the great doctines, to two thousand years of classic works on the Christian life, to basic disciplines of theology, ...read more

  • I Was Reading About Ty Cobb. Other Than Babe ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I was reading about Ty Cobb. Other than Babe Ruth, he was probably the greatest baseball player who ever lived. He had 4,191 hits in his career. But the biggest hit he ever made was while he was on his death bed. On July 17th, 1961, with tears in His eyes, he welcomed Jesus Christ as the Lord of ...read more

  • Glynn Wolfe Lived 88 Years; He Was ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
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    ILLUSTRATION: Glynn Wolfe lived 88 years; he was born July 25th 1908 and died June 10th 1997. He died alone in a nursing home in Redlands, California where no one visited him and no one came to claim the body. Wolfe died with $430 to his name which was used to give him a pauper’s funeral. What ...read more

  • M ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    MINDLESSNESS In 2009, we celebrated the 500th birthday of John Calvin, who was born on July 10, 1509, in Noyon, France. Calvin went into self-exile in Geneva because France was opposed to the Reformation. The reason I mention this is because of the remarkable work that Calvin did in Geneva. ...read more

  • Who Created The Universe?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 23, 2011
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    WHO CREATED THE UNIVERSE? In 2005, Newsweek and Beliefnet asked Americans this question: "Do you believe that God created the universe?" Eighty percent of those responding said the universe was created by God. That's good news! And it's pretty amazing that after all of the money and effort spent ...read more

  • It Was Enough

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 8, 2011
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    IT WAS ENOUGH This past Sunday morning I had an encounter with God. I had a bad headache (from God to keep me home) so I did not go with Julie and the boys to church. I got my bible out and then started praying. I felt the Lord flood my soul and then I felt like laying prostrate on the floor and ...read more

  • The Legend Of Momo

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    THE LEGEND OF MOMO Back in 1971 and 1972 around Louisiana, MO there was a story that stirred up the nation. It is the legend of MOMO the Missouri Monster. Witnesses claim to have seen a huge, hairy, hulking creature stalking the woods and lonely country roads. The creature is similar to the ...read more

  • There's Always Hope  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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    THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE Ever felt like your life was the most unlucky of all? No matter what, the human spirit can be an amazing thing. Take for example the case of Larry Hanratty, who was named by the Los Angeles Times in 2007 the most unlucky man in California. This poor man was nearly executed to ...read more

  • John Stott, A Humble Man

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 7, 2011
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    JOHN STOTT, A HUMBLE MAN I like the way Thomas Carlyle put it some time ago. He said, "One example is worth a thousand arguments." (Thomas Carlyle, quoted in Men of Integrity, July/August 2000; www.Preaching Today.com) In difficult times, we don't need dictators and arguments. We need leaders ...read more