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  • A Christian Puppy

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 26, 2006
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     | 4,120 views

    On the lighter side of life: A Christian Puppy A Baptist couple decide that they want to get a dog. As they are walking down the street in town, they notice that a sign in the pet shop is advertising "Christian Puppies." Their interest piqued, they go inside. "How do you know they’re Christian ...read more

  • Steve Mcqueen Was A Top Billing Actor Who Lead A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,079 views

    Steve McQueen was a top billing actor who lead a life as tough as the ones he portrayed on the screen. Success filled his life until alcohol and a failed marriage left him empty. In his despair he attended a crusade led by one of Billy Graham’s associates. McQueen made a profession of faith and ...read more

  • I ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
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    ILLUSTRATION How many of us had to be taught how to talk back to your parents? How may of us had to be taught how to cheat on a test or our tax return? How many of us had to be taught how to lie? How many of us had to be taught how to be selfish? Just as all of us don’t need to be taught how to ...read more

  • Trojan Horse! It Appears Innocent Enough, But It ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Aug 14, 2010
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    TROJAN HORSE! It appears innocent enough, but it is a harmful piece of software that looks legitimate. It tricks people into loading the wrong things into their systems. It gives a hacker access to cause damage. Unless you have a good ANTIVIRUS PROGRAMME, you will get infected and your whole ...read more

  • The Stress-Free Life Of The Bedouins

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2011
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    THE STRESS-FREE LIFE OF THE BEDOUINS The Bedouin shepherd lives in shabby box tents that dot the hillsides throughout Israel. When compared to our lives saturated with modern conveniences it seems as though they live a very difficult life. However, an interesting fact is that their average life ...read more

  • The Key Called Promise

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2012
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    THE KEY CALLED PROMISE In John Bunyan's great allegory, Pilgrim's Progress, the incident is related of how Christian decides to leave the Main Highway and follow another Path which seemed easier. But this Path leads him into the territory of Giant Despair who owns Doubting Castle. Eventually he ...read more

  • Return To The Right Path

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 8, 2012
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    RETURN TO THE RIGHT PATH In one section of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, Christian and Hopeful are walking the King's Highway to the Celestial City. The path, once smooth and easy, becomes rough and hard. Then they come to an attractive place called Bypath Meadow. They climb over a fence into ...read more

  • The Wedding Cake On The First ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2012
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    THE WEDDING CAKE ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY One of the many pieces of advice we received before our wedding was to save the top tier of your wedding cake and eat and eat it on your first anniversary. We had a tiny little freezer. For one full year, this box of wedding cake sat in our freezer, denying ...read more

  • The Journey Of Jonathan Aitken

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Nov 5, 2012
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    THE JOURNEY OF JONATHAN AITKEN Jonathan Aitken was a British war correspondent in Viet Nam, Chief-Executive of TV-AM, and for 23 years an MP including time as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, and a Defence Minister. Jonathan Aitken's life fell apart after he was caught telling a lie under oath in ...read more

  • The Emporer's Clothes

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Dec 19, 2014
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    Do you remember the story of the emperor’s clothes? If I am recalling it right, someone persuaded the emperor to buy a suit of clothes that only people with the most exquisite taste in fashion could see. Of course, the emperor could not see the clothes, nor could anyone else – because the peddler ...read more

  • Jesus The Perfect Man  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Jul 3, 2016
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     | 7,372 views

    Harry Ironside, the Bible teacher, told of a visit to Palestine years ago by a man named Joseph Flax. He had an opportunity to address a gathering of Jews and Arabs and took for the subject of his address the first Psalm. He read it and then he asked the question: "Who is this blessed man of whom ...read more

  • Billy Graham's Conversion

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 18, 2017
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    In an interview on October 15, 2013 Billy Graham said, “There are two basic needs that all people have: the need for hope and the need for salvation. It should not be surprising if people believe easily in a God who makes no demands, but this is not the God of the Bible. Satan has cleverly misled ...read more

  • There Is A Fascinating Article In The April 2007 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,101 views

    There is a fascinating article in the April 2007 issue of Smithsonian Magazine about French photographer, Henri Cartier-Bresson. In 1947 he was labeled the “photographer of the decisive moment.” The article states that, “since 1952 and the publication of his book of photographs, The Decisive ...read more

  • On The Lighter Side Of Life: Proverbs From Fourth Graders

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 7, 2007
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    On the lighter side of life: Proverbs from Fourth Graders A 4th grade teacher collected well-known proverbs. She gave each child in the class the first half of the proverb, and asked them to come up with the rest. Here is what they came up with: Better to be safe than punch a 5th grader Strike ...read more

  • Translation Of Psalm 23

    Contributed by Richard Francis on May 10, 2008
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    TRANSLATION OF PSALM 23 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will ...read more

  • On The Enemy: Be Encouraged

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jul 7, 2008
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    ON THE ENEMY: BE ENCOURAGED 1. When the devil brings up your past, bring up his future. 2. The man who is fully surrendered to the Lord will never deliberately surrender to the Enemy. 3. When adversity is most ready to strike us, God is most ready to strengthen us. 4. The devil is an equal ...read more

  • Don't Underestimate The Power Of Your Prayers For ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Oct 17, 2008
     | 1,524 views

    Don’t underestimate the power of your PRAYERS for our Nation. George Flurry wrote: “Prayer is political action. Prayer is social energy. Prayer is public good. … Prayer is an act of patriotism in the largest sense of the word … The single most important action contributing to whatever health ...read more

  • One Summer While I Was In Church Camp I Had A...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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     | 3,110 views

    One summer while I was in church camp I had a preacher friend ask me, "Do you work 40 hours a week? There are many preachers out there who don’t." And what if a preacher or anyone else, for that matter, were hired to work 40 hours a week and they didn’t work 40 hours a week? That would be ...read more

  • The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
     | 3,465 views

    THE PUSH A man and his wife are awakened at 3 o’clock in the morning by a loud pounding on their door. The man gets up and goes to the door where a drunken stranger in the pouring rain is asking for a push. "Not a chance!" says the husband. "It’s three o’clock in the morning!" He slams the door ...read more

  • The Statue That Lies

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2011
     | 3,795 views

    THE STATUE THAT LIES In the book, "The Day America Told the Truth," 91% of Americans admit to lying regularly. 86% of Americans routinely lie to their parents. 75% admit to lying to their friends. 73% admit lying to their siblings. And 75% admit lying to their spouse. None of this is new news to ...read more

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