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  • My Wife Has Caused A Lot Of Stress In My Life; ...

    Contributed by Ronald Franklin on Aug 7, 2008
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    My wife has caused a lot of stress in my life; in fact, I am married to a stress agent! Now, before you start wondering about our relationship, you need to know that if you are married at all, you are married to a stress agent too! That’s part of God’s plan. She has introduced stress in my life by ...read more

  • The Daughter's Statement Of Submission Is One Of ...

    Contributed by Charles Jones on Aug 23, 2008
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    The daughter’s statement of submission is one of the most touching speeches in Scripture (Judg. 11:36). She shared her father’s extreme reverence for God, even if it cost her marriage, children, and life itself. No wonder the young women of Israel honored her ever after (11:40). What does this ...read more

  • Plan Your Life

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 24, 2008
     | 5,160 views

    PLAN YOUR LIFE A famous British writer George Bernard Shaw once visited a sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein at his studio. The visitor noticed a huge block of stone standing in one corner and asked what it was for. "I don’t know yet. I’m still making plans." Shaw was astounded. "You mean you plan your ...read more

  • Dale Rooks, A School Crossing Guard In Florida, ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 28, 2008
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    Dale Rooks, a school crossing guard in Florida, tried everything to get cars to slow down through the school zone. But nothing worked…until he took a blow dryer and wrapped it in electrical tape, making it look like a radar gun. Dale just points the thing at cars, and it’s incredible how quickly ...read more

  • Muslims ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    MUSLIMS HOME-SCHOOLING Across the U.S., Muslims who find a public school education clashes with their religious or cultural traditions have turned to home schooling. The choice is intended partly as a way to build a solid Muslim identity away from prejudices their sons and daughters can face in ...read more

  • I Was Just Watching The Movie,

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Mar 30, 2009
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    I was just watching the movie, “Chicken Run” the other night. In the movie, the rooster, played by Mel Gibson has convinced two rats who scrounge for things to get them what they need to help the chickens escape the chicken farm. The rats had been demanding eggs, but the hens had refused. But ...read more

  • The Desire For Love

    Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Aug 8, 2024
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    The Desire for Love Humor: A couple who had been chatting online for weeks finally met on their first date. After an expensive meal in an upscale restaurant, the lady plucked a daisy from the flower arrangement on the table, pulling the pedals off one by one. She repeated to herself, “He loves me, ...read more

  • God Vs. Voodoo

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2011
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    GOD VS. VOODOO Pastor Mike Breaux tells the story below when his daughter Jodie answered God's call to go into missions work: During her junior year of high school, Jodie struggled to find a faith of her own. She wanted to know in her heart that all of what she'd been taught to believe was true ...read more

  • Message To Garcia  PRO

    Contributed by Mitchell Skelton on Nov 16, 2002
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    Message to Garcia Article Excerpts In all this Cuban business there is one man who stands out on the horizon of my memory. When war broke out between Spain and the United States, it was very necessary to communicate quickly with the leader of the insurgents. Garcia was somewhere in the ...read more

  • Be A Magnet!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 29, 2003
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    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

  • Community: A Lost Art  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 14, 2011
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    COMMUNITY: A LOST ART I inherited an old trunk that sat in my grandma’s basement. It had belonged to the generation before, who had used it to bring their possessions across the sea from Sweden. It sits in my dining room. It smells a little musty, but I treasure it as a link to my heritage. I was ...read more

  • End Of The World Predictions

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 1, 2012
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    END OF THE WORLD PREDICTIONS It's hard to believe it was just a year ago that the head of The Family Radio Broadcasting Network--Harold Camping--predicted, through 2,000 billboards worldwide, that on May 21, 2011 the righteous, which totaled 3 percent of humanity, was to be whisked away to heaven, ...read more

  • Drifting

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 7, 2019
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    Drifting Along (Philippians 3:12-21) Intro: The two trappers In the mid 1800’s their were two trappers that had been trapping muskrat and beaver all summer and fall. They had been working their traps in the Cumberland Plateau area of Tennessee. With their packs full of furs ...read more

  • Unsung Heroes-Those Who Made Copies Of The Scriptures

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Sep 30, 2021
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    Introduction: sometimes we forget, or take for granted, the easy availability of God’s Word. Retail stores (not just Christian bookstores) sometimes have copies of the whole Bible for a dollar per copy! Secondhand or thrift stores occasionally have donated Bibles and other portions for a very ...read more

  • A Better Plan

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 8, 2007
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    Illustration: A Better Plan When in college Robert J , Morgan came across a poem written by a teenage girl looking for a husband. It was written as a prayer, and this is what she said: Dear God, I pray all unafraid / As girls are wont to be I do not want a handsome man / But make him, Lord, like ...read more

  • I Have Obtained A Copy Of A Recently Discovered ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008
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    I have obtained a copy of a recently discovered document from the 1st century. It’s from the first publisher of the Bible – this was before there was Zondervan and Tyndale and all those publishers. It’s a letter from them to the Bible’s original author… Dear Sir, While we appreciate that the ...read more

  • A Word About Bread And Stones:

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Jul 18, 2024
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    Text: Luke 4:1-4, KJV: 1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. 3 And the devil said unto him, If thou ...read more

  • Three Little Pigs—follow Up

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Jun 29, 2011
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    THREE LITTLE PIGS--FOLLOW UP Once there was a mother pig who had three little pigs. The pigs left their mother’s pen to live out their lives in the best way possible. The first little pig had not gone far when he decided to base his life on the pursuit of happiness. The pig did whatever made ...read more

  • To One It’s Monday To Another It’s Wednesday

    Contributed by James Snyder on Jan 11, 2020
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    Time goes so fast at times that I do not always remember what day it is. I get so busy trying to get my work done that I forget if it’s Monday or Friday. It is a good thing I am getting older because I have a built-in excuse for forgetting what day it is. Recently, the Gracious Mistress of the ...read more

  • What’s So Peasy About Easy?

    Contributed by James Snyder on Mar 6, 2021
     | 1,396 views

    I am nowhere to be found when it comes to crafts, remodeling, and just plain fixer-uppers. My carpentry skills are nowhere to be found even though I've looked for a long time. If I try to fix something, I make it worse than it was. Fixing is not my strong suit. On the other side of the ...read more