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  • Am I True To Myself?  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Nov 17, 2003
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    Am I True to Myself? by Edgar Guest I have to live with myself, and so I want to be fit for myself to know I want to be able, as days go by, Always to look myself straight in the eye; I don’t want to stand, with the setting sun, And hate myself for things I have done. I don’t want to keep on a ...read more

  • In Words We Live By, Brian Burrell Tells Of An ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 4, 2003
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    In Words We Live By, Brian Burrell tells of an armed robber named Dennis Lee Curtis who was arrested in 1992 in Rapid City, South Dakota. Curtis apparently had scruples about his thievery. In his wallet the police found a sheet of paper on which was written the following code: 1. I will not kill ...read more

  • Let Me Conclude With This Brief Story About Clay ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Hawk on Mar 13, 2004
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    Let me conclude with this brief story about Clay King Smith. Mr. Smith killed 5 innocent people, 2 women and 3 children, after tripping out one evening on drugs. In May of 2001, Clay King Smith was executed. A local news reporter in Arkansas had the chance to sit down and talk with Smith a year ...read more

  • That Reminds Me Of A King, Who Went Out Hunting ...  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Vertein on Mar 27, 2004
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    That reminds me of a king, who went out hunting one day. In the forest, he was surprised to come across several trees which had targets painted on them, and in each of the targets, perfectly in the center, there was an arrow. “I must find this incredible archer and make him part of my special ...read more

  • I Just Read The Story Online Of A Guy Who Sold ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Apr 11, 2004
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    I just read the story online of a guy who sold everything in order to place a bet in Los Vegas. The article explains: “A British man who has sold all his possessions, including his clothes, will stand in a rented tuxedo on Sunday and bet everything on a single spin of the roulette wheel. If he ...read more

  • During The Vietnam Area In Boot Camp You Could ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2004
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    During the Vietnam area in Boot Camp you could have 25 or 30 companies eating during a two-hour period. That’s about 2000 Sailors. All theses companies are in formation and waiting their turn to eat. Company after company lined up about 3 or 4 feet apart. We had been in Boot Camp a little over a ...read more

  • One Of The Chores That I Enjoy Doing Is Washing ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jon Daniels on Jun 15, 2004
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    One of the chores that I enjoy doing is washing my car. Like to see that dirt disappear. Like to see the shine of a freshly washed car. Like to shine up the tires, make the chrome sparkle, clean all the fingerprints and dog nose prints off the windows. Finish washing it. Park in front of ...read more

  • Then One Day When I Came Home There Was A Rental ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2004
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    Then one day when I came home there was a rental van pulled up to his house. Doug was standing beside the small porch holding their child as he watched her and her boyfriend put her things in the van. It was such a horrific and terrible thing to watch. It seemed to be so intense for him. I ...read more

  • An Artist Was Once Asked To Put On Canvas What He ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 14, 2004
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    An artist was once asked to put on canvas what he considered to be the picture best symbolizing a decaying and dying church. After several months, he returned and reported that he had finished the task. The hour finally arrived when the painting was to be unveiled and Several people standing around ...read more

  • Most Of You Probably Already Have Your Christmas ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Dec 18, 2004
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    Most of you probably already have your Christmas tree. If you don’t have a "fake" tree than you probably went to a lot, or got a permit to cut one down. You looked at various trees, you selected one, put it in a tree stand, watered it & decorated it. It will be the center of attention in your home ...read more

  • Each Football Season The Texas Longhorns Play The ...

    Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Jan 15, 2005
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    Each football season the Texas Longhorns play the Oklahoma Sooners in the Red River Shoot Out. It is played in the neutral city of Dallas. Thousands of fans from each team invade the city to witness the clash between these archrivals. Sometimes the clash extends beyond the playing field. One year a ...read more

  • In The Wake Of War Torn Streets And Suicide ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2005
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    In the wake of war torn streets and suicide bombings, strengthened by a grateful heart,one brave Iraqi official stands tall and puts a price on his sufferings. Due to the brutal assassination of the former pro-American mayor, Ali Fadel gladly stepped in as Baghdad’s new leading official. Mr. ...read more

  • John Was Born In 1917 In Brookline, ...

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 1, 2007
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    John was born in 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts. He attended school at Harvard University. He was the author of two books. One was his thesis at Harvard, which was entitled Why England Slept. The other was Profiles in Courage, which won him a Pulitzer Price. He was the Captain of a PT boat in ...read more

  • When We Think Of Power And Strength We Have ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 6, 2007
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    When we think of power and strength we have images like WWF and body-slamming 250 pounds on the mat! Or husbands suggesting something to our wives and they agree – now that’s power! It is short-lived but we’ll take whatever we can get! It’s the picture of “My Big, Fat, Greek Wedding” – the husband ...read more

  • The Last Samurai

    Contributed by Jordan Lumbard on Jun 5, 2007
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    PLAY VIDEO CLIP – THE LAST SAMURAI The Battle of Thermopylae took place in 480 B.C, - With only 300 Spartan Warriors defending their post against a 1 Million man Persian army. - The Spartans put up the most brave and determinied resistance, taking their stand on a little hill, and fighting in a ...read more

  • The God Of Unmatched Shoes  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A man who was commissioned to paint a picture of the Prodigal Son. He went into his work fervently, laboring to produce a picture worthy of telling the story. Finally, the day came when the picture was complete, and he unveiled the finished painting. The scene was set outside the father’s house, ...read more

  • First Of All, What Is A Shepherd And What Does ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    First of all, what is a shepherd and what does he do? I think that Dr. Andrew Bonar, a close friend and biographer of Robert Murray M’Cheyne, says it best when he had this to say to a friend of his about sheep and shepherds. Dr. Andrew Bonar told me how, in the Highlands of Scotland, a sheep would ...read more

  • Reporters And City Officials Gathered At A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Reporters and city officials gathered at a Chicago railroad station one afternoon in 1953. The person they were meeting was the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize winner. A few minutes after the train came to a stop, a giant of a man - six feet four inches with bushy hair and a large mustache stepped from the ...read more

  • Justin Armour

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Justin Armour The September/October 1996 Issue of Campus Life ran a story about Justin Armour, wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills. Before he played his first pro game, Justin joined some teammates for a night on the town. They ended up by the docs, where one by one his teammates started ...read more

  • Grim Reaper

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Grim Reaper According to an old fable, a man made an unusual agreement with Death. He told the Grim Reaper that he would willingly accompany him when it came time to die, but only on one condition—that Death would send a messenger well in advance to warn him. Weeks passed into months, and months ...read more