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  • I Wanted To Tell You Men About A Story That Some ...

    Contributed by Richard Scoggins on Jan 28, 2005
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    I wanted to tell you men about a story that some of you may be able to relate to. I used to love to squirrel hunt. As a matter of fact I preferred it over just about any other kind of hunting. Well one day when I was about 19 while attending Southwest a friend of mine said that he had found the ...read more

  • In North Shore Baptist Church, In Chicago, The ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 12, 2006
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    In North Shore Baptist Church, in Chicago, the Sunday School Director and one of the deacons in the church was a man named James L. Kraft. As a young man, just beginning, he wanted to be the most famous manufacturer and salesman of cheese in the world. He was going to be rich and famous, and he ...read more

  • Which Reminds Me Of Something I Heard About A ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Mar 31, 2007
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    Which reminds me of something I heard about a famous preacher by the name of Peter Cartwright, who by the way, was converted during a camp meeting in Logan County in 1801. He surrendered to the ministry in 1802 and became one of the leaders of what we now refer to as the 2nd Great Awakening. ...read more

  • View Everyone As God's Creation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
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    VIEW EVERYONE AS GOD’S CREATION Presbyterian biblical scholar/ minister/author Carl Howie tells about an incident that took place in a New York subway. It was winter, and an especially cold and bitter night. Very few people were on the subway at that hour. At each station, the train would screech ...read more

  • Little Boy Sees The Parade But Misses The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2009
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    Little Boy Sees the Parade but Misses the Circus Lowell Ogden tells the story of a little boy who lived out in the country around the turn of the century. He had never seen a traveling circus, and one was coming to his town on Saturday. The lad asked his father for permission to go and his dad said ...read more

  • Bible: Life Support

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Oct 29, 2010
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    BIBLE: LIFE SUPPORT I didn’t always go to church; in fact, I didn’t start attending anywhere regularly until I was in the ninth grade. But I wasn’t exactly a stranger to church. Occasionally, this friend or that one would invite me to go to Sunday School. I remember one time -- I must have been ...read more

  • The Debbie Haters' Club

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 19, 2011
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    THE DEBBIE HATERS' CLUB Bill White, of Paramount, California, talks about his friend, Greg, who recently put together a mini high school reunion when he went back home to Indiana to visit his parents. He hadn't seen many of his classmates in over 17 years; but when they got together, they had a ...read more

  • The Rug: Making And Keeping Good Boys

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2011
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    THE RUG: MAKING AND KEEPING GOOD BOYS A preacher tells how he was once entertained by a teacher and his wife who had two boys in their middle teens. He writes, "Immediately on entering, I felt the home atmosphere. They were evidently a fine Christian family. However, I noticed that the carpet in ...read more

  • After My Father Died In Dec. Of 1982 Mother ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    After my father died in Dec. of 1982 mother lived another 20 years. She passed away in June of 2002. Mom never drove. She never got her driver’s license so she always had to depend on others to go somewhere. Mom had several male friends after dad died. They often went out to eat or go to the local ...read more

  • When I Think Of The Book Of Ephesians, I Think Of ...

    Contributed by Gerald Albers on Nov 9, 2007
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    When I think of the book of Ephesians, I think of the story of the woman who woke up one morning and as she saw her husband getting ready to leave for work she said, with a big smile on her face, “Honey, I’ll bet you don’t know what day this is.” Her husband had a hard time remembering birthdays ...read more

  • I Remember When I Was Growing Up; Many Times We ...

    Contributed by Robert Coats on Dec 21, 2007
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    I remember when I was growing up; many times we made our own toys and gifts: but we always exchanged gifts. There are many traditions in the way gifts are exchanged. I remember a time we were at a friend’s home at Christmas and the way they exchanged gifts was that one person would open a gift and ...read more

  • Ben Hooper Was Born In Newport, Tennessee In 1870 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Sharp on Jan 10, 2008
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    Ben Hooper was born in Newport, Tennessee in 1870 He was born out of wedlock , to Sarah Wade. As a result, He had a tough childhood, being taunted by others. In his early school years , his Grandfather died, and his mother was forced to place Ben in an Orphanage in Knoxville Tenn. At Age Nine, ...read more

  • The Courage To Be A Christian

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on May 1, 2008
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    The boy sobbed, "But Dad, I want my ball..." "You can play with your ball," I said, "but you’ll have to go downstairs and get it yourself" Now the tears flowed. Tony’s playroom held the stuffed animals, toys, and games that four-year-old love. He spent hours there. But to turn on the ...read more

  • There's A Great One Inside You  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008
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    There's a Great One Inside You During a practice session for the Green Bay Packers, things were not going well for Vince Lombardi’s team. Lombardi singled out one big guard for his failure to "put out." It was a hot, muggy day when the coach called his guard aside and leveled his awesome vocal ...read more

  • The Joy Of Hearing Your Name

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Apr 26, 2023
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    This week is the National Football League Draft, a day that thousands of young men have been anticipating for years. I love to watch as the player hears his name called. The smiles. The hugs. Going to the platform and being congratulated by the commissioner. And then donning the jersey and cap of ...read more

  • My Child Arrived Just The Other Day  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 10, 2003
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    My child arrived just the other day He came to the world in the usual way But there planes to catch And bills to pay He learned to walk while I was away And he talkin’ ’fore I new it And as he grew he’d say, "I’m gonna be like you, Dad; You know, I’m gonna be like ...read more

  • Be A Magnet!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 29, 2003
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     | 3,743 views

    Be a Magnet! MAGNET DEMONSTRATION A piece of steel metal under ordinary conditions-- in the "As-is" situation -- does not have magnetic properties. It is not a magnet. It can not attract and/or hold. It can not do the work of a magnet. Why? The molecules are in "chaos". Each molecule has a Plus ...read more

  • Our Poor Choices--His Good Grace!" Genesis 16: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 27, 2004
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    “Our Poor Choices--His Good Grace!” Genesis 16: 1-15 Key verse(s): 3: “So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife.’” Do you ever pray for discernment? People tend to pray for things that they ...read more

  • Hide From The Toil

    Contributed by James Pless on May 22, 2006
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    hide from the toil 12438. One Day I Dream One day as I was fast asleep I had this stirring dream; I was caught up to be with God. With angels it did seem. And while up there, I met God’s saints From many parts of the earth. Now some were great and famous men, And some of humble birth. I ...read more

  • Two Books About The Life Of John Lennon, One Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Apr 1, 2007
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    Two books about the life of John Lennon, one of the Beatles, have come out. One by Robert Rosen is titled Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon, and another is Lennon in America by Geoffrey Giuliano. Both talk about the famous singer’s conversion to Christ on Palm Sunday. He began watching ...read more