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  • I Have Heard Stories From The Elders That Grew Up ...

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Oct 30, 2006
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    I have heard stories from the elders that grew up during the “Great Depression” of how they would work all day and never get a chance to play like most kids for the simple reason of survival for themselves and their family. You would ask them but elder when did you get a chance to be a child? They ...read more

  • I Have Heard Stories From The Elders That Grew Up ...

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Oct 30, 2006
     | 1,268 views

    I have heard stories from the elders that grew up during the “Great Depression” of how they would work all day and never get a chance to play like most kids for the simple reason of survival for themselves and their family. You would ask them but elder when did you get a chance to be a child? They ...read more

  • Recently I Laid A Small Circle Of Poison Around A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
     | 2,587 views

    Recently I laid a small circle of poison around a hill of stinging ants. Thinking the tiny granules of poison were food, the ants began to pick them up and carry them throughout the colony. I returned later to see how well the poison was working. Hundreds of the stinging ants were carrying the ...read more

  • Born-Again Doesn't Mean What It Used To: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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     | 2,279 views

    Born-Again Doesn’t Mean What It Used To: According to University of California-Santa Barbara researcher and author Wade Clark Roof, 1/3 of American’s 77 million baby boomers identify themselves as born-again, but only 55% of those have any link to a conservative Protestant church. 50% say that ...read more

  • Rude Awakening: "People Have No Tolerance Or ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    Rude Awakening: “People have no tolerance or compassion anymore,” says Lori Vitto, USAirways. Service industry customer complaints are way up and road rage is common. Incivility is on the rise and almost the norm in some parts of the culture. Some see all this as the dark side of the New Economy. ...read more

  • World Renowned Evangelist Luis Palau, Shares ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    World renowned evangelist Luis Palau, shares this personal testimony in his sermon “Go to the Ends of the Earth.” “My family and team have gone to over sixty countries declaring the glory of God. When I first went to the Muslim-, Hindu-, and Buddhist-majority nations, I trembled to do the right ...read more

  • It's Kind Of Like Someone Who Has A Slow Leak In ...

    Contributed by Art Good on Jul 26, 2007
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    It’s kind of like someone who has a slow leak in their tire. Each day it loses a little bit of air. And they might even notice it looks a little low. But they don’t take care of it. One morning they go outside and their tire is completely flat! And they think to themselves, “Man, my tire just ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago, The "In-Thing" For The 6 ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sullivan on Feb 18, 2008
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    A few years ago, the “in-thing” for the 6 year-old set was a group of teenage super-heroes called the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. They were an unlikely hit- originally produced with a very low budget in Japan, then badly dubbed into English. But their appeal was that- while ordinary teenagers by ...read more

  • Mere Human Reason

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Sep 17, 2008
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    Martin Luther said to Erasmus: "Mere human reason can never comprehend how God is good and merciful; and therefore you make yourself a god of your own fancy, who hardens nobody, condemns nobody, pities everybody. You cannot comprehend how a just God can condemn those who are born in sin, and ...read more

  • Often Times We Are Like The Children On The ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Sep 30, 2008
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    Often times we are like the children on the Candid Camera episode Years ago on Candid Camera, children were used in an experiment about generosity. The children were placed by themselves in a room with a plate of cookies. On the plate were at least two cookies, there may have been more, but one of ...read more

  • M ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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    Marriage? Through a scheduling mix-up, a man and a woman who had never met before found themselves in the same sleeping-carriage of a train. It’s late, the train is full, and everyone else is already asleep. After the initial embarrassment, they both manage to get to sleep; the woman on the top ...read more

  • Submarine-Style Peace

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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    SUBMARINE-STYLE PEACE Several years ago a submarine was being tested and had to remain submerged for many hours. When it returned to the harbor, the captain was asked, "How did the terrible storm last night affect you?" The officer looked at him in surprise and exclaimed, "Storm? We didn't even ...read more

  • Oxen, Nuts And Shells  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,300 views

    OXEN, NUTS AND SHELLS All of us, at one time or another, have heard humorous stories of people who in a moment of frightful crisis will make extravagant promises to Almighty God, to other people; or, to themselves! Then, when the crisis is over or has subsided, they reduce the levels of their ...read more

  • God-Fanatics

    Contributed by David Moore on May 26, 2010
     | 1,446 views

    GOD-FANATICS Did you know that an online survey of 20 000 football fans revealed that 51% said they would starve themselves for a week if that would bring victory in the upcoming World Cup to their national squad. More than 40% offered to give up dating for a year, 7% said they would gladly give ...read more

  • Recently I Laid A Small Circle Of Poison Around A ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 27, 2010
     | 2,538 views

    Recently I laid a small circle of poison around a hill of stinging ants. Thinking the tiny granules of poison were food, the ants began to pick them up and carry them throughout the colony. I returned later to see how well the poison was working. Hundreds of the stinging ants were carrying the ...read more

  • Lost Alasdair

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jul 10, 2011
     | 2,687 views

    LOST ALASDAIR In October 1984 my brother-in-law Alasdair got lost. As a family they had visited Venice – long before I knew them – Sandy and Valerie my in-Laws, Moira my wife who was 14 at the time, and Alasdair who was 11. They were at St. Mark’s square, Venice – at the same time as Queen ...read more

  • One Way Fans Try To Follow Jesus Without Denying ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kevin Karhoff on Mar 4, 2013
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    One way fans try to follow Jesus without denying themselves is by compartmentalizing the areas of their lives they don’t want him to have access to. They try to negotiate the terms of the deal. I’ll follow Jesus, but I’m not going to sell my possessions. Don’t ask me to forgive the people who ...read more

  • Road Signs Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 30, 2013
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    ROAD SIGNS OF THE FAITH The problem Israel faced is a problem people have faced down through the ages. During World War II, during the Battle of the Bulge, there was a group of German soldiers who dressed themselves in the uniforms of the Allies. These German soldiers used American military ...read more

  • The Idolatry Of Cell Phones

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 26, 2023
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     | 1,983 views

    t’s no surprise that 45% of Americans say that their phone is the most valuable possession. What is surprising is how far our obsessions with cell phones go: Over one-third of Americans (36%) say they’d give up their pets to keep their cell phone. 53% say that in a house fire or other disaster, ...read more

  • Thy Great ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Thy Great Salvation “I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes…” (Romans 1: 16) Christians, like the apostle Paul, are not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ. God has chosen to offer a ...read more