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  • Think About It: We Went Into Slavery Pagans; We ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
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    "Think about it: We went into slavery pagans; we came out Christians. We went into slavery pieces of property; we came out American citizens. We went into slavery with chains clanking about our wrists; we came out with American ballots in our hands. ... When we rid ourselves of prejudice, or racial ...read more

  • Unmarked Police Car

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 30, 2009
     | 1,951 views

    UNMARKED POLICE CAR As my husband, the county highway commissioner, was driving to the hospital for treatment of his painful leg, he decided to use the valet parking service so he wouldn’t have to walk far. Staring at his official-looking vehicle, one of the valets asked my husband if he was ...read more

  • A.w. Tozer, In His Book, The Pursuit Of God, ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 7, 2009
     | 2,737 views

    A.W. Tozer, in his book, The Pursuit of God, tells us how to gain greater unity. "Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each ...read more

  • Jesus And Unity

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 24, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 11,643 views

    JESUS AND UNITY Jesus knew that people contribute their uniqueness to churches and therefore they make it stronger. Each person in the body (on the team) contains a host of knowledge, insight and experiences to a scenario, or a situation. Mike Murdoch makes this observation, "Look at those who ...read more

  • The Setting Is The Front Of A Small Church. The ...

    Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Aug 3, 2009
     | 2,781 views

    The setting is the front of a small church. The pastor says from the pulpit, ‘I’ve misplaced my sermon notes, so I’m just going to read from this devotional—if I can find it here. While I look, maybe the choir can lead us in a hymn’. He glances at the choir which has one person. The choir ...read more

  • While Pulling Out Of Her Driveway, Georgene ...

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Oct 30, 2009
     | 2,087 views

    While pulling out of her driveway, Georgene noticed a mangled ball of fur laying in the street. She pulled the car back into the driveway and walked over to discover that her son’s cat had been run over by a car. Not wanting to upset Billie, she decided to dispose of the “remains” and deal with ...read more

  • In Isaiah 5 God Says Of The Vineyard Of The ...

    Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Nov 4, 2009
     | 2,688 views

    In Isaiah 5 God says of the vineyard of the Lord, i.e. Israel, that after all that God had done for them, they acted unjustly and became corrupted in their ways: Isa 5:4 “What more could have been done to My vineyard that I have not done in it? Why then, when I expected it to bring forth good ...read more

  • Just Passing Through

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 2, 2010
     | 3,410 views

    JUST PASSING THROUGH If a business trip took you to Pueblo for 8 weeks and your company rented you an apartment to stay in ... how much time would you spend decorating the place and making it look nice? Why? You’re just passing through, you won’t be there long. Is it possible that we invest far ...read more

  • In A Peanuts Cartoon Lucy Demanded That Linus ...

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Feb 27, 2010
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    In a Peanuts cartoon Lucy demanded that Linus change TV channels, threatening him with her fist if he didn't. "What makes you think you can walk right in here and take over?" asks Linus. "These five fingers," says Lucy. "Individually they're nothing but when I curl them together like this into a ...read more

  • Corrie Ten Boom On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 4, 2010
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    Corrie Ten Boom on Prayer It was Corrie Ten Boom who asked, “Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tyre?” I am afraid for too many of us it is the spare tyre, the source we look to only when our journey has ground to a halt, but really, it ought to be our steering wheel, and Jesus teaches us ...read more

  • Actress Julia Roberts’ Wedding To Daniel ...

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jun 23, 2010
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    Actress Julia Roberts’ wedding to Daniel Moder featured the vow to “love, support, but not obey.” Will Smith’s vows merely promised good manners. He revealed that in his vows to Jada Pinkett in 1997 “our vows did not promise to forsake all others. The vow that we made was that ‘you will never ...read more

  • God's Elect

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 26, 2010
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    GOD'S ELECT There is no indication anywhere in Scripture that when a man or woman first believes in Jesus for salvation, God says something like, "Oh, look! We hooked another one! Get out the book and write his name down!" God is not taken by surprise, God is not waiting for people to ...read more

  • Is Your Church On Fire?

    Contributed by K. Simms on Nov 5, 2010
     | 4,590 views

    IS YOUR CHURCH ON FIRE? In a little town unknown to many, there was a small church. One night smoke and flames consumed this little church. People from all over town stood in the streets and watched the church as it burned. The local preacher drove up and noticed several people that he hadn't seen ...read more

  • What Will They Say?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
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    WHAT WILL THEY SAY? A minister, a priest and a rabbi die and go to heaven for orientation. They are all asked, "When you are in your casket, and friends, family, and congregants are mourning over you, what would you like to hear them say?" The minister says, "I would like to hear them say that I ...read more

  • Select The Greatest Gift

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Dec 11, 2011
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    SELECT THE GREATEST GIFT Even people of this world know the value of a thoughtful gift. When Pastor John Bisagno was working as chaplain to the Houston Oilers, the players gave him an autographed football which every player had signed inscribed with a Scripture from the Bible. Whenever he looks ...read more

  • Counterfeit Christmas

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 12, 2011
     | 3,657 views

    COUNTERFEIT CHRISTMAS According to a British Paper (Romsey Advertiser): "Christmas shoppers looking for a bargain should be wary of counterfeit goods which flood the market in the run-up to the festive season," the UK Border Agency has warned. "Fake Ugg Boots, GHD hair straighteners, iPhones and ...read more

  • What I Wouldn't Give...

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Mar 29, 2012
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    WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE... When Oliver Wendell Holmes was still on the U.S. Supreme Court, he and Justice Louis Brandeis took walks every afternoon. On one of these occasions Holmes, then ninety-two, paused to gaze in frank admiration at a beautiful young girl who passed them. He even turned to look ...read more

  • Vacation For Seniors!

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Jul 22, 2019
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    A number of years ago I attended a pastors gathering in Toronto. A retired Pastor, now crippled by a stroke, sat along the wall on a chair, all alone. In his prime he was a highly esteemed professor, author and preacher. Now, he sat alone and unnoticed. I walked across the room and lamented this ...read more

  • Yuri Gagarin Did Not See God.

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 9, 2020
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    Do you know the name of Yuri Gagarin?? The year was 1961 and this Russian cosmonaut was the first human to travel into space. After circling the earth, the atheistic astronaut came back and declared that he looked outside his capsule and didn’t see God anywhere. To which Dr. W. A. Criswell ...read more

  • Mom, Why Do You Have White Hair???

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on May 5, 2022
     | 916 views

    One day, a little girl is sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly notices that her mother has several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast to her brunette hair. She looks at her mother and inquisitively asks: “Why are some of your hairs white, ...read more