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  • The Powerhouse  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
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    The Powerhouse Stephen Kuusisto grew up feeling a stigma about being legally blind. For him, sight consisted of a kaleidoscope of shapes, colors, and shadows. Privately he would press his face close to the page of a book and memorize street names in an exhausting attempt to appear more able to see ...read more

  • Stella Awards

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    STELLA AWARDS Several years ago Stella Lieback sued McDonalds for pouring hot coffee on herself. Her grandson was driving the car with Stella in it. At her request, he stopped the car so she could add cream to her coffee. She spilled the coffee on her leg and burned herself. Her lawsuit originally ...read more

  • Throwing In The Towel

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 30, 2008
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    THROWING IN THE TOWEL I don't know whether you are a lover of boxing as a sport or not, but when a boxer has had enough, the trainer can 'throw in the towel." This signifies we just can't go on any further... We often use the turn of phrase to say were giving up. If were honest, there may be ...read more

  • Are You ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 7, 2009
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    ARE YOU SERIOUS? Mr. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma City purchased a brand new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On his first trip home, having driven onto the freeway, he set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the drivers seat to go into the back and make himself a cup of coffee. Not ...read more

  • A Fine Lad Entered The Army. He Faced A Real ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jan 22, 2009
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    A fine lad entered the Army. He faced a real test the first night he went to be in the barracks. He had formed the commendable habit of placing his Bible on his bed at home, and kneeling down to read a chapter while having his daily prayer time before retiring. Surrounded by scores of rough men ...read more

  • Buyer's Remorse And A Dead ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    BUYER’S REMORSE AND A DEAD DONKEY A city boy, Kenny, moved to the country and bought a donkey from an old farmer for $100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day. The next day the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry son, but I have some bad news, the donkey died." Kenny replied, ...read more

  • Masterpiece To Mess

    Contributed by Rob Willis on Apr 10, 2006
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    News story dated January 30, 3006: A visitor to a British museum destroyed a set of priceless 300-year-old Chinese vases after tripping up on his shoelace, the Daily Telegraph reports. The three Qing vases, dating from the late 17th or early 18th century, had stood on a windowsill at the ...read more

  • Scotty Jordan And I Were Talking Yesterday About ...

    Contributed by Charles Newman on Apr 15, 2006
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    Scotty Jordan and I were talking yesterday about the little chicks that Mrs. Patricia brought to the Easter egg hunt. They were so cute and cuddly, not a child could resist holding one. I made the comment to Scotty that those baby rabbits need their mother for nourishment and I wondered why the ...read more

  • Finally, On April 20, 2003, Easter Sunday, It Was ...

    Contributed by Vinnie Cappetta on May 14, 2006
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    Finally, on April 20, 2003, Easter Sunday, it was time for my unit to move north into Iraq. Not wanting my fiancée or family to spend their Easter worrying about me, I didn’t tell them I where I was headed until after I had arrived there. Before crossing the border, I locked a magazine of ...read more

  • Our Body. Makes Me World Conscious. If We Are ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Sep 9, 2006
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    Our Body. Makes me world conscious. If we are walking down the street, how do people recognize you? Do they know you by your spirit? By your soul? No, by your body which includes your face. In 24 hours the average adult accomplishes much: Your heart beats 103,689 times Your ...read more

  • A Modern Day Example Of This Is Found In The ...

    Contributed by Daniel Sorensen on Nov 6, 2006
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    A Modern day example of this is found In the movie Groundhog’s day. Bill Murray finds that he is stuck repeating the same day over and over again. At first, he is very frustrated and thinks he is going to go insane. No matter what he does he cannot affect or change the events of the day. Then ...read more

  • I Begin This Morning With A True Story About True ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    I begin this morning with a true story about true love. He first saw her in Sunday school when he was six and she was just five. Many years later he would recall: "She had golden curls and beautiful blue eyes. I thought she was the most beautiful and the sweetest person on earth." They graduated ...read more

  • Christopher Reeve

    Contributed by Walter Rogers on Apr 3, 2007
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    3. Christopher Reeve a. Superman brought fame b. Man of Steel – Hero #1 (A hero is someone who commits a courageous actions with ou considering the consequences, someone who is larger than life) c. Horse Accident, Memorial Day 1995, on 3rd of 15 jumps, horse stopped and he fell, breaking his neck. ...read more

  • Leighton Farrell Was The Minister Of Highland ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on Feb 14, 2005
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    Leighton Farrell was the minister of Highland Park Church in Dallas for many years. He tells of a man in the church who once made a covenant with a former pastor to tithe ten percent of their income every year. They were both young and neither of them had much money. But things changed. The layman ...read more

  • To Build A Bridge

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 4, 2005
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    Illus.: “To Build a Bridge” The Brooklyn Bridge is truly a miracle bridge. In 1863, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea for this spectacular span. Bridge-building experts throughout the world told him it was a crazy idea and that he should forget it. It couldn’t be ...read more

  • Amazed That Two People Could Be Raised In Same ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 5, 2005
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    Amazed that two people could be raised in same household, by same parents, in same town, go to same school, experience much of same life and yet one be so different from the other. The Jews all be religious and seeking God yet some obtained and some became enemies of the gospel. Latter half of ...read more

  • Bondage — It's All In The Mind!

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on Apr 19, 2005
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    Bondage ~ It’s all in the mind! Harry Houdini had a problem. The famed escaped artist found himself in a jail cell that he couldn’t get out of. His mind began to wander back to the challenge he made…any jail cell, he claimed, couldn’t hold him, that is until now. Thirty minutes had gone by since ...read more

  • Toot And Tumble! (07.22.05--Pride--2 Chronicles ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jul 19, 2005
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    Toot and Tumble! (07.22.05--Pride--2 Chronicles 26:16) Sometimes we just amaze ourselves when it comes to our own ability to work things out. You know, when faced with a troublesome situation, we come up with a problem solution that even we didn’t see coming. The story is told of two ducks and a ...read more

  • Let Me Talk To You About Ants. Not The Kind ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 6, 2005
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    1. Let me talk to you about Ants. Not the kind that marry uncles, but the kind that live outside. According to a CNN article, 2."Like humans, fungus-growing ants are true farmers and the survival of the colony depends on the food they grow. Anywhere from a few hundred to over five million ants ...read more

  • The New Preacher, Fresh Out Of College, Had Just ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 7, 2005
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    The new preacher, fresh out of college, had just moved into town. He was nervous but excited about all of the opportunities. After a few days, a nurse at the hospital called and said that he needed to come and visit Mabel. He had never met Mabel but she was a member of the church. On the way to ...read more