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  • William Barclay Describes A Cold, Legalistic ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    William Barclay describes a cold, legalistic religion whose followers always do the right thing, but in a rigid, austere fashion. They are people who go through the proper moves, but are not the warm type to whom you could pour out your heart in grief and tears. Theirs ...read more

  • During The Conversation The Tramp Said, 'i Wish ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    During the conversation the tramp said, ’I wish there were more people like you in the world." Whereupon his mother replied, "Oh, there are. But you must look for them." The old man simply shook his head, saying, "But, lady, I didn’t need to look for you. You looked for me." When that mother ...read more

  • He Asks Not That Our Love Should Equal His But ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    He asks not that our love should equal his but resemble his; not that it should be of the same strength, but of the same kind. A pearl of dew will not hold the sun, but it may hold a spark of its light. A child by that sea, trying to catch the waves as they dash in clouds of crystal ...read more

  • One Of The Most Influential Christians Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    One of the most influential Christians who exhibited “Grace Living” and touches lives as powerfully today as he did in the late 1700 and early 1800’s is John Newton, the writer of “Amazing Grace.” His own evaluation of himself was, “a wretch who was once lost but then was found, saved by amazing ...read more

  • In Pop-Culture: Do You Remember Milli Vanilli? ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In Pop-Culture: Do you remember Milli Vanilli? They sold 30 million singles and 10 million albums before they were discovered to be lip-syncing pop fraudsters and became the laughing stock of pop entertainment In the Sports Arena: CBS senior sports writer, Clark Judge, wrote on CBS Sportline.com in ...read more

  • In Politics: Remember When Howard Dean Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In Politics: Remember when Howard Dean was running for the Democratic nomination for president and let out an aggressive squeal at the conclusion of a speech in Iowa? He immediately went from being the darling of the party to the party pariah? No one knows for sure if he was just high-spirited ...read more

  • Fickle People Are Marked By Erratic Change In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Fickle people are marked by erratic change in attraction and affection. Fickly people love you or hate you depending on if you are performing satisfactorily and meeting their expectations… in which case you remain the next great hope. But heaven help you if you blow it The crowd that welcomed ...read more

  • A Sunday School Teacher Decided To Have Her ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Shafit on Aug 4, 2007
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    A Sunday school teacher decided to have her young class memorize one of the most quoted passages in the Bible: Psalm 23. She gave the youngsters a month to learn the chapter. Little Rick was excited about the task, but he just couldn’t remember the Psalm. After much practice, he could barely get ...read more

  • John Betjeman Wrote Some Memorable Lines On The ...

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Dec 2, 2007
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    John Betjeman wrote some memorable lines on the Incarnation of the Lord Jesus Christ: ‘And is it true this most tremendous tale of all, / The Maker of the stars and sea / Became a child on earth for me?’ It is true, we believe, but it isn’t the whole truth: for the whole truth is that the Maker ...read more

  • More To Follow

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 31, 2008
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    MORE TO FOLLOW Sam Ducanannan was a simple man with very few talents, but he had a great desire to do something for the Lord. So he made it his practice to cut out pictures from cards and magazines and to paste onto these pictures appropriate verses and poems. He would then give them as simple ...read more

  • A Man Purchased A White Mouse To Use As Food For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 5, 2008
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    A man purchased a white mouse to use as food for his pet snake. He dropped the unsuspecting mouse into the snake’s glass cage, where the snake was sleeping in a bed of sawdust. The tiny mouse had a serious problem on his hands. At any moment he could be swallowed alive. The mouse needed to come up ...read more

  • U.s. Retailers Are Expected To Add Up To 600,000 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    U.S. retailers are expected to add up to 600,000 people to their employment rolls between now and December. Target alone will hire 50,000 to 80,000 seasonal workers. Retail staffs increase an average of 5% during the holidays, but some stores boost employee rolls by as much as 50%, a number to ...read more

  • The Spirit Of God Is Always The Spirit Of ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Apr 17, 2008
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    The Spirit of God is always the spirit of liberty; the spirit that is not of God is the spirit of bondage, the spirit of oppression and depression. The Spirit of God convicts vividly and tensely, but He is always the Spirit of liberty. God who made the birds never made birdcages; it is men who make ...read more

  • When A Person Works An Eight-Hour Day And ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 17, 2008
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    When a person works an eight-hour day and receives a fair day’s pay for his time, that is a wage. When a person competes with an opponent and receives a trophy for his performance, that is a prize. When a person receives appropriate recognition for his long service or high achievements, that is an ...read more

  • Sinners Pour Out Love For Their Savior

    Contributed by Ryan Reed on May 30, 2008
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    SINNERS POUR OUT LOVE FOR THEIR SAVIOR Leonard Ravenhill tells of going to a worship service at David Wilkerson’s skid-row mission in New York City. There he stood with former prostitutes and drunks and drug addicts and he said a short little man stood up and said, "Let's sing our national ...read more

  • You Remember The Story. Paul Was Riding Along The ...

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Jun 28, 2008
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    You remember the story. Paul was riding along the road to Damascus, where he had papers that would allow him to lock up and possibly kill any Christians when he got there. When all of the sudden, a bright light shone down on Paul and Jesus spoke to him in a disembodied voice, "Saul, Saul, why do ...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

  • Once Upon A Time...  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Once Upon A Time... ...in 1725 to be exact, a little boy was born and was named John. His sailor father was gone to sea for long periods of time leaving John’s mother to raise him. She was a kind, God-fearing woman who loved him dearly and endeavored to raise him in the love of the Lord, ...read more

  • What Did We Do To Deserve This?

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Aug 13, 2008
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    WHAT DID WE DO TO DESERVE THIS? In an old Dennis the Menace cartoon, Dennis and his little friend Joey are leaving Mrs. Wilson's house, their hands full of cookies. Joey says, "I wonder what we did to deserve this." Dennis answers, "Look, ...read more

  • Give It To Get It

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 18, 2008
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    Give It to Get It I have the opportunity to hang out with alcoholics and addicts that are working on recovery. And it is truly amazing to see how they often serve one another. You see for those in recovery serving those who are still suffering in terms of sharing the greatest thing that they have, ...read more

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