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  • In Stockholm, Sweden, A Woman Was Injured As She ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 5, 2005
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    In Stockholm, Sweden, a woman was injured as she rushed to catch a streetcar. She stumbled in front of the moving car and was caught beneath it. The police sent for a crane to lift the car off her body. While waiting for the crane a crowd of people gathered. One man pushed through the crowd, ...read more

  • In His Took Elton Trueblood Quotes A Letter From ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In his took Elton Trueblood quotes a letter from a school girl who probes the depth of her soul. She writes, "I’ve been thinking much this year about the importance of caring, of the passion of life. I’ve often realized that it takes courage to care. Caring is dangerous. It leaves you open to hurt ...read more

  • Reality Check

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    A reality check on how we sabotage ourselves: Do you at times long for days gone by where you did certain activities that you now do not do? This is our unredeemed flesh working on a mind that is not renewed by the word of God. We need to immediately cast out these unhelpful distractions, ...read more

  • In Wwii When The Marines Captured The Island Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2008
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    In WWII when the Marines captured the island of Saipan, the Japanese ordered the inhabitants to kill themselves by jumping off a cliff. I was in Saipan in 1984, and I was at this very hill where the Japanese ordered their own people to jump off and kill themselves. Hundreds of feet below are the ...read more

  • The Jews Have This Concept, When They Celebrate ...

    Contributed by David Baeder on Nov 8, 2008
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    The Jews have this concept, when they celebrate the Passover, they are not only remembering the deliverance of their ancestors from Egypt, they are celebrating their own deliverance from Egypt. It is a concept of historical solidarity. The bible presents this same view in baptism and in the ...read more

  • A Reality Check On How We Sabotage Ourselves: Do ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
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    -A reality check on how we sabotage ourselves: Do you at times, long for days gone by where you did certain activities that do now do not do. This is our unredeemed flesh working on a mind that is not renewed by the word of God. We need to immediately cast out these unhelpful distractions, ...read more

  • More Than Enough

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008
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    MORE THAN ENOUGH A reality check on how we sabotage ourselves: Do you at times, long for days gone by where you did certain activities that do now do not do? This is our unredeemed flesh working on a mind that is not renewed by the word of God. We need to immediately cast out these unhelpful ...read more

  • A Visiting Minister Was Very Long-Winded. Worse, ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Apr 20, 2009
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    A visiting minister was very long-winded. Worse, every time he would make a good point during his sermon and a member of the congregation responded with "Amen" or "That’s right, preacher" he would get wound up even more and launch into another lengthy discourse. Finally, the host pastor started ...read more

  • In 2006 A Study Was Done On The Lifespan Of ...

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on May 11, 2009
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    In 2006 a study was done on the lifespan of people. It was determined that the average person would be alive for around 65 years. That is 3,380 weeks, or 23,725 days, or 569,400 hours, or 34,164,000 minutes, or 2,049,840,000 seconds that the average person is alive. Of course I just wasted like ...read more

  • The Concept Of

    Contributed by David Hodgin on Jun 30, 2009
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    The concept of “The Six Degrees of Separation” is worth bringing up here. In this concept, people who study such things say that everyone in the world is at most six acquaintances apart from every other person in the world. It is referred to as “The Human Web” and works like this, I know someone, ...read more

  • Article From Paper On The Pastor And His Wife Who ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 28, 2009
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    Article from paper on the pastor and his wife who collect nativity scenes from all over the world. 1. The message of the nativity according to the article is this: “An Enduring symbol. Christ’s birth has been a powerful story through-out the ages. The Nativity is a three dimensional depiction of ...read more

  • Image Is Not Everything But It Sure Helps To Send ...

    Contributed by John Perry on Apr 17, 2010
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    Image is not everything but it sure helps to send a positive message to people. Tom was a man in our church. He was from the old school & believed that he needed to live his everyday life dressed in a suit & tie. Naturally he would come to church in his suit & tie. A suit that looked as though he ...read more

  • Jesus' Frustration

    Contributed by Timothy Dolan on Oct 17, 2010
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    JESUS' FRUSTRATION Living our lives, trusting Jesus, does not mean that we will never feel futility or pointlessness. The clear implication of Isaiah 49: verse 4 is that Jesus felt this way. How many times did Jesus have to say, "ye of little faith." "When the disciples failed to grasp the ...read more

  • What Will Your Legacy Be?  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Van Wyk on Feb 24, 2013
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    WHAT WILL YOUR LEGACY BE? I visited the home of Elvis in Graceland, Tennessee. After so many years after his death, I was amazed at the crowds of people that take the tour and listen to his life’s story. The sad thing is, the story will never change, because he has lived his life and what he has ...read more

  • Grace And Matthew

    Contributed by Kevin Karhoff on Mar 12, 2013
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    GRACE AND MATTHEW These days people don't know Matthew as a failure and embarrassment who sold his soul to the Romans for a job. We know Matthew as a follower of Jesus who wrote the first book of the New Testament. It's important to understand that the grace of God doesn't simply invite us to ...read more

  • What Alcoholics Can Teach Us

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 31, 2014
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    Philip Yancey interviewed a young alcoholic who had formerly been an active church member, but had allowed Alcoholics Anonymous to replace the church. When questioned why, the young man responded, "Mainly I'm trying to survive, and AA helps me in that struggle far better than any church." ...read more

  • What The Name

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2010
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    What the Name "Hoover" means in Finland At the end of World War I, Herbert Hoover, later to become President of the United States, led the allied relief efforts in Europe. He kept hundreds of thousands from starving, and a new word entered the Finnish language. In Finland, to “HOOVER” means to be ...read more

  • 20 Signs That You're Getting Old  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jul 30, 2002
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    20 SIGNS THAT YOU'RE GETTING OLD 1. You’re asleep, but others worry that you’re dead. 2. Your back goes out more often than you do. 3. You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room. 4. You buy a compass for the dash of your car/truck. 5. You’re proud of your ...read more

  • Sometimes Even The Best Of Us Don't Get Along ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 12, 2008
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    Sometimes even the best of us don’t get along like we should. I read about an 8-year-old boy from Waterford, Connecticut who saved his sister’s life. Zachary saved his 6-year-old sister, Meghan, when she started choking on a piece of hard candy. Zachary noticed Meghan wasn’t breathing, and gave ...read more

  • Saddam Hussein: A Story Of Judgment

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 17, 2009
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    SADDAM HUSSEIN: A STORY OF JUDGMENT It was in the desert area of Iraq. Saddam Hussein was found in a small hole in the ground, hiding like a rat, curled up hoping to elude capture by the American troops. He was found near a farmhouse outside the city of Tikrit, in a swift raid conducted without ...read more