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  • Golden Years

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    GOLDEN YEARS New research finds the happiest Americans are the oldest. Older adults are more socially active than the stereotype of the lonely senior suggests, social activity can help keep away the blues. Duke Univ. aging expert Linda George reports the odds of being happy increase 5% with every ...read more

  • God Still Surprises Us

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 30, 2009
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    GOD STILL SURPRISES US Often God surprises us to our shame. I remember a couple that shared how they tried to witness and help their neighbor who was a raging alcoholic. They prayed for her and took her under their wing but she seemed hopeless. She might get clean for a little while, but then she ...read more

  • Shock In Heaven

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 3, 2009
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    SHOCK IN HEAVEN I was shocked, confused, bewildered as I entered Heaven’s door, Not by the beauty of it all, by the lights or its décor. But it was the folks in heaven who made me sputter and gasp; the thieves, the liars, the sinners, the alcoholics, the trash. There stood the kid from 7th ...read more

  • Kyle Idleman On Dying To Self

    Contributed by Kevin Karhoff on Mar 18, 2013
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    What’s it look like to die every day? Well, dying to yourself today may mean spending your lunch hour serving food to the homeless at the shelter down the street from your office. It may mean the next time you talk to your neighbor, instead of playing it safe and keeping comfortable you bring ...read more

  • None Of Us Get Out Without Pain

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    NONE OF US GET OUT WITHOUT PAIN There is a calendar entitled "The 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said." Each day, it features a stupid statement from someone. A page in the calendar had this amazing quote, "Listen closely: If you bought our course, ’How To Fly In Six Easy Lessons,’ we apologize for any ...read more

  • Pressure Washing

    Contributed by Jack Kale on Apr 6, 2016
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    Pressure Washing The wooden fence around our yard was black from mildew in parts, but it was mostly sun bleached gray. The grime was heaviest around the sprinkler heads where Florida humidity turns the porous wood into a mildew factory. I had grown accustomed to the funk and had gotten so ...read more

  • When Johnny Was 6 Years Old He Was With His ...

    Contributed by David Swanger on Jul 13, 2007
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    When Johnny was 6 years old he was with his father when they were stopped for speeding. His father handed the officer a twenty dollar bill along with his drivers license, turned to his son and said “It’s okay son, everybody does it.” When he was 8 he was present at a family counsel lead by his ...read more

  • Sam Haughey (Commercial Salmon Fisherman From ...

    Contributed by Scott Bradford on Jun 2, 2008
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    Sam Haughey (commercial Salmon fisherman from Alaska)told me a story recently, as I gave him a ride back from Methodist Hospital, how when he wakes up in the middle of the night in Alaska, he looks out the window, and he counts his boats. One night, several years ago, he looked out and one was ...read more

  • The Golden Rule And The Holocaust  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
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    THE GOLDEN RULE AND THE HOLOCAUST Living the Golden Rule is pretty simple isn’t it? It’s just being considerate, mindful, and thoughtful but sometimes to live the Golden Rule requires great moral courage. It requires a willingness to sacrifice. In March of 1943, Bulgaria which had aligned with ...read more

  • Discipleship And Pioneering

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 20, 2010
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    DISCIPLESHIP AND PIONEERING George Washington Bush was born in Pennsylvania in 1778 and was a veteran of the War of 1812 fighting in the battle of New Orleans. In 1830, he moved to Missouri where he met and married Isabella, a young German American. One of the first African Americans to head out ...read more

  • George Washington Bush Was Born In Pennsylvania ...

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 20, 2010
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    George Washington Bush was born in Pennsylvania in 1778 and was a veteran of the War of 1812 fighting in the battle of New Orleans. In 1830, he moved to Missouri where he met and married Isabella, a young German American. One of the first African Americans to head out West, Bush purchased six ...read more

  • Alexander Whyte Said, “ It Would Change ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Hamby on Jan 23, 2001
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    Alexander Whyte said, “ It would change your whole heart and life this very (day) if you would take Peter and Cornelius home with you and lay them both to heart. If you would take a four cornered napkin when you get home, and a…. Pen and ink and write the names of the nations, and the churches, and ...read more

  • How Does God Pursue Me?  PRO

    Contributed by Darron Khan on May 30, 2002
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    HOW DOES GOD PURSUE ME? You know it’s just stunning when you think of how tenaciously God pursues us. I grew up in a thoroughly pagan home. My father was raised a Muslim and my mother grew up pretty much oblivious to God. Yet, despite this, I cannot tell you how many different individuals God ...read more

  • A Joke On The Management Of Cows Has Been ...  PRO

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 8, 2003
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    A joke on the management of cows has been circulating for many years under the subject “World Economics,?“World Politics,?or “World Ideologies? Communism: You have two cows. The government takes both, milks them, keeps the milk, and gives you a pint. Socialism: The government takes one of your cows ...read more

  • Rich As A King

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2003
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    RICH AS A KING History books are filled with wealthy people who were practically destitute compared to me. I have triple-tracked storm windows; Croesus did not. Entire nations trembled before Alexander the Great, but he couldn’t buy cat food in bulk. Czar Nicholas II lacked a compound-miter ...read more

  • Wesley's Ministry Of Social Reform Began With ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Jan 27, 2007
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    Wesley’s ministry of social reform began with Charles Wesley’s Holy Club at Oxford University in 1729. The Holy Club personally ministered in Oxford’s two prisons, at the workhouse, with poor familes, and in a school for underprivileged children. Methodism was actively engaged in abolishing ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago The Chernobyl Nuclear Plant In ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 21, 2007
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    A few years ago the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Russia had a meltdown and created an enormous tragedy. The disaster threatened the people in Russia and the neighboring countries, but also countries as far away as Sweden. To make the best of a catastrophic situation, the Russian authorities ...read more

  • A Girl Said, "My Mother And I Returned To My ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A girl said, “My mother and I returned to my parents’ house late one evening to find my father, my college-age brother, Steven, and my ten-year-old sister fast asleep. “Mom had forgotten her house keys, so we knocked loudly, first at the back door and then the front and side doors. We yelled my ...read more

  • In High School, A Boy Named Tony, Came To Be One ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In high school, a boy named Tony, came to be one of my best friends. After high school, Tina and I married and bought a home in Myrtle. My friend also married a pretty, young girl and bought the house next door. By this time, Tina and I had been saved and were trying to live for the Lord. But our ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago The Chernobyl Nuclear Plant In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,374 views

    A few years ago the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Russia had a meltdown and created an enormous tragedy. The disaster threatened the people in Russia and the neighboring countries, but also countries as far away as Sweden. To make the best of a catastrophic situation, the Russian authorities ...read more