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  • In Her Book, Celebrate Joy! Velma Seawell ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 2, 2008
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    In her book, Celebrate Joy! Velma Seawell Daniels gives a striking new meaning to this familiar phrase. She tells of interviewing a man who had made a trip to Alaska to visit people who live above the Arctic Circle. "Never ask an Eskimo how old he is," the man said. "If you do, he will say, "I ...read more

  • Wheat ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2012
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    WHEAT HARVEST I grew up in Wellington, Kansas which is a small farm town of about 8,000 people located 30 miles south of Wichita, Kansas. Wellington’s big claim to fame is being the Wheat Capitol of the World. The farmers of my home town produce more wheat per capita than anywhere else in the ...read more

  • French Fries  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 24, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
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    French Fries Like many modern fathers, I never seem to have enough time to spend with my children. So I was pleased that I had to "watch" the two boys last Saturday. We ran a couple of errands, got the car washed, and then they decided it was time for lunch. I asked them where they wanted to ...read more

  • Wayne Cordeiro Tells Of A Receptionist From His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Dec 1, 2006
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    Wayne Cordeiro tells of a receptionist from his church who has found a “little slice of heaven on earth” around God’s people: He found out she worked her “day job” six days a week, and volunteered to be a receptionist at the church building her one day off. He says: “Why do you come here and do ...read more

  • How Much Time Do We Have ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2010
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    How Much Time Do We Have Left? A few years ago People Magazine published an article entitled, “Dead Ahead,” telling about a new clock that keeps track of how much time you have left to live. It calculates an average life span of 75 years for men and 80 years for women. So you program your sex and ...read more

  • How Do You ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Aug 1, 2012
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    HOW DO YOU KNOW There is a Chinese parable about a Chinaman who had one horse and one son. One day the horse, out of control, wandered away with the boy on its back and they were both lost. The man’s neighbors came to console him the next day and they said, “We are so sorry you lost your horse and ...read more

  • But There Was A Time When You Got To Christmas ...

    Contributed by Dale Harlow on Dec 17, 2007
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    But there was a time when you got to Christmas and it all slowed down. You would have the week between Christmas and New Year’s sort of as the holiday. It is not that you didn’t work during that time, but things slowed down significantly. But like those hospital stays it has been shortened ...read more

  • Since The 1800's When Irish And Scottish ...

    Contributed by Cris Willis on Dec 27, 2007
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    Since the 1800’s when Irish and Scottish immigrants brought their Halloween festivities to North America, the holiday has evolved considerably. The celebration’s connection with All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day has mostly ...read more

  • Celebrate Everything

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 16, 2008
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    CELEBRATE EVERYTHING Years back my wife reminded me "Tomorrow will be trash day." I responded to her, "Well, that makes this trash eve. What can we do to celebrate?" You see, if we work ...read more

  • In 1986 I Had A Series Of Experiences That Turned ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 31, 2001
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    In 1986 I had a series of experiences that turned my preaching around. I came to realize that the ability to help or stir people depends primarily on preparing the heart of the preacher. I found in myself that the pull toward religious Pharisaism is a constant, a ...read more

  • During World War Ii, The Nazis Set Up A Camp ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2002
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    During World War II, the Nazis set up a camp factory in Hungary where hundreds of Jewish prisoners had survived in disease infested barracks on little food and gruesome backbreaking work. Each day the prisoners were marched to the compound¡¦s giant factory where tons of human waste and garbage were ...read more

  • Try This On For Size. These Are Twelve Questions ...

    Contributed by Robert Castile on Jan 2, 2007
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    Try this on for size. These are twelve questions for the purpose of self-examination proposed by the famous Methodist missionary John Fletcher of Madeley. He called them "Self-examination Questions for Spiritual People." And he meant that we should ask ourselves these questions each and every ...read more

  • On April 23rd, 1978, In A Small Seaside Chapel In ...

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Jan 13, 2008
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    On April 23rd, 1978, in a small seaside chapel in San Juan, La Union, in the Republic of the Philippines, my father, speaking the local dialect of Ilocano, baptized me, his son. He said I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. On that day, the heavens didn’t ...read more

  • There Was A Little Boy With A Bad Temper. His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 20, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
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    There was a little boy with a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, to hammer a nail in the back fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Then it gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his ...read more

  • Establishing A Memorial  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2003
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    ESTABLISHING A MEMORIAL NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 15, 2003, as Peace Officers Memorial Day and May 11 through May 17, 2003, as Police Week. I call on all Americans to observe these events with appropriate ceremonies and ...read more

  • Influence

    Contributed by Ryan Davis on Sep 26, 2005
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    INFLUENCE There are little eyes upon you. And they’re watching night and day; There are little ears that quickly Take in every word you say; There are little hands all eager To do anything you do; And a little boy who’s dreaming Of the day he’ll be like you. You’re the little fellow’s ...read more

  • A Wise Mother And Christ's Picture  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Greene on Dec 29, 2005
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    A Wise Mother And Christ’s Picture A mother visited her boy at college. Upon entering his room, her eye swept across the walls, which were covered with more than a dozen suggestive pictures. Her heart was grieved, but she said nothing. Several days later, the mailman delivered a package to the ...read more

  • Looks Can Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009
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    LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING Girolamo Savonarola was one of the great preachers of the fifteenth century. He preached in the great cathedral of Florence, Italy, which contained a magnificent marble statue of Mary. One day he noticed an elderly woman praying before this statue and then realized it was ...read more

  • Where Was God On 9/11?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 13, 2012
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    WHERE WAS GOD ON 9/11? In his article, "Ten Years Later", R.C. Sproul said: "A full decade has passed since America suffered the tragedy of 9/11. Ten years ago, I repeatedly heard the question raised: 'Where was God in all of this? Where was God on 9/11 when the planes crashed into the twin towers ...read more

  • No Atheists In The Water  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Mar 31, 2013
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    NO ATHEISTS IN THE WATER David Harrell wrote a book telling the story of his father, Edgar Harrell. Edgar was one of the 300 survivors of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, the last US ship sunk by enemy contact in WW2. 600 of the 900 men who survived the ship's sinking were stranded in the ...read more