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  • Lillian Pearsall Of Moravia, N.y. Tells This ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 19, 2006
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    Lillian Pearsall of Moravia, N.Y. tells this story of when she was a telephone operator. A customer talked overtime on a long-distance call from a pay telephone booth. Even with my friendly reminders, he refused to deposit his overtime coins. Instead he slammed down the phone, irate and verbally ...read more

  • The City Of Boston Recently Renamed Its ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
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    * The city of Boston recently renamed its Christmas tree in Boston Commons a "holiday tree." * In their 260 pages of newspaper insert promotions, Target, Kroger, Office Max, Walgreens, Sears, Staples, Lowe’s, J.C. Penney, Dell and Best Buy failed to mention Christmas a single time, according to ...read more

  • One Of The Espn Channels I Really Like Is Espn ...

    Contributed by Bryan Dill on Nov 5, 2006
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    One of the ESPN channels I really like is ESPN Classic. The entire network is dedicated to showing broadcasts of games that have already been played. And, I really like watching some of those older games that are classic rivalries, or famous players from years ago. But, the best part about it ...read more

  • Often It Is Not Just What We Give But We Give In ...

    Contributed by Todd Stiles on Nov 16, 2006
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    Often it is not just what we give but we give in relation to what we have. That’s the idea behind proportion. For instance, when I was in Atlanta as a youth pastor, we were feeding the homeless and passing out winter coats one fall evening. In fact, it was actually snowing that night! While I was ...read more

  • Noel Coward, A Well Known British Playwright And ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Nov 16, 2006
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    Noel Coward, a well known British playwright and comedian in the 20th century, once played a prank on ten famous men in London. He sent each of these distinguished men the same note which read: “We know what you have done. If you don’t want to be exposed, leave town.” Within six months all ten ...read more

  • Friends And Family, This You Need To Hear And ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Dec 28, 2006
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    Friends and family, this you need to hear and understand today. If you are one who has believed from your heart in Jesus Christ as the One who shed His blood and died to pay the penalty for your sins and then rose bodily from the dead on the third day just as He said that He would, and you now ...read more

  • Acts 20:18 When They Arrived, He Said To Them: ...

    Contributed by Steven Cannon on Jan 15, 2007
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    Acts 20:18 When they arrived, he said to them: "You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I came into the province of Asia. Acts 20:19 I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, although I was severely tested by the plots of the Jews. Acts 20:20 You know ...read more

  • Acts 20:18 When They Arrived, He Said To Them: ...

    Contributed by Steven Cannon on Jan 15, 2007
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    Acts 20:18 When they arrived, he said to them: "You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I came into the province of Asia. Acts 20:19 I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, although I was severely tested by the plots of the Jews. Acts 20:20 You know ...read more

  • Two Years Ago The Commandant Of The Marine Corps ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Feb 2, 2007
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    Two years ago the Commandant of the Marine Corps stood before the graduating class of officers from Quantico. He reminded them of the proud traditions of the Marine Corps. He reminded them of their loyalty to God, country, and Corps. He also reminded them of the great sacrifices made by the men ...read more

  • U.s. Population The U.s. Is The Fastest Growing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
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    U.S. Population The U.S. is the fastest growing industrialized nation in the world, growing by 2.8 million people a year (a fertility rate of 2.05). Although 12% of the U.S. population is 65 or older, higher fertility rates and immigration keep America younger than Europe. About 40% of our ...read more

  • Black Owned Businesses Are Among The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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    Black Owned Businesses are among the fastest-growing segments of the U.S. economy, says the Census Bureau. The number of black-owned businesses grew by 45% from ‘97 to ‘02, more than 4 times the overall rate. Blacks now own 5% of all non-farm U.S. businesses. Revenues increased 25%, to about $89 ...read more

  • Dead Churches  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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    DEAD CHURCHES In the town of Sedlec in the Czech Republic, there is a famous cemetery that dates back to the 13th century. Some 40,000 people who died from the Black Plague in the 14th century and in the Hussite wars in the beginning of the 15th century were buried there. Around 1400 a Gothic ...read more

  • Perfect Obedience: Arabian ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
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    PERFECT OBEDIENCE: ARABIAN HORSES Arabian horses go through rigorous training in the deserts of the Middle East. The trainers require absolute obedience from the horses, and test them to see if they are completely trained. The final test is almost beyond the endurance of any living thing. The ...read more

  • Isolation, Loneliness More Difficult Than ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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    ISOLATION, LONELINESS MORE DIFFICULT THAN PAIN William H. Willimon, in his commentary on our text, shared the following story from his childhood. "A little girl in my second grade class got the dreaded disease of polio. Our teacher described to us the possible complications of her disease. She ...read more

  • The Liberty Bell: Proclaim Liberty

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on May 22, 2009
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    THE LIBERTY BELL: PROCLAIM LIBERTY One of the most prominent symbols of freedom in the United States is the Liberty Bell, which hangs today in the historic district of Philadelphia. It’s been called an icon of liberty and justice. It’s most famous ringing was on July 8, 1776, when the sound of the ...read more

  • No House Without ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 31, 2009
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    No House Without Sorrow Among the parables that Chinese teachers use is the story of a woman who lost an only son. She was grief-stricken out of all reason. She made her sorrow a wailing wall. Finally she went to a wise old philosopher. He said to her, “I will give you back your son if you will ...read more

  • The Broom And The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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    THE BROOM AND THE WATER In his Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan describes Interpreter’s house, which Pilgrim entered during the course of his journey to the Celestial City. The parlor of the house was completely covered with dust, and when a man took a broom and started to sweep, he and the others ...read more

  • H. G. Wells On The Value Of Humans

    Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Jun 29, 2009
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    H. G. WELLS ON THE VALUE OF HUMANS Can we doubt that presently our race will more than realise our boldest imaginations, that it will achieve unity and peace, and that our children will live in a world made more splendid and lovely than any palace or garden that we know, going on from strength to ...read more

  • Sealed By The Spirit

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jul 7, 2009
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    SEALED BY THE SPIRIT How many of you have ever canned food? When I was a child, we lived on a farm in the Appalachia Mountains of Virginia, and my parents canned all kinds of food. If they just put it in the jar without sealing it, the outside air would get in it and ruin the food. By sealing it, ...read more

  • Balanced Scale?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    BALANCED SCALE? I read that years ago in England when they still used the balanced scales that a baker sued a farmer over the pound of butter that he was buying. And he said that when he first started buying butter from the farmer, it was a full pound. But gradually the farmer was selling him less ...read more