Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Apr 6, 2018
Before his death Winston Churchill became a follower of Jesus Christ. He made his own funeral arrangements. When they said the benediction, he had arranged for a bugler high in the dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral to play “Taps,” the universal signal of the day is over. After he finished there was a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2008
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CHILDREN NOT HAPPIER AFTER DIVORCE
"One of the many myths of our culture is that divorce automatically rescues children from an unhappy marriage . . . However, when one looks at the thousands of children that my colleagues and I have interviewed at our center since 1980, most of whom were from
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88 REASONS
You might remember a man by the name of Edgar Whisenant. He was
a NASA engineer who used his mathematical skills to set a date for the return of Jesus. He wrote a book called, "88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will Take Place in 1988" The book caused a real buzz in the Christian
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Contributed by Harold Orndorff on May 25, 2004
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It is interesting, is it not, that so many Christians spend so much time predicting when the coming of Jesus will occur. A few years ago I was on a Christian radio talk show to discuss politics. As we were leaving the studio, we met the fellow who was coming in to do the show after us. He had
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Contributed by James Mercer on Dec 8, 2009
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LIFE BEGINS AT THE CROSS
We don’t begin to live until we believe on Jesus and receive this everlasting life. A popular book a generation ago was entitled, Life Begins at Forty, where the author sought to prove that a person just enters the prime of life at forty years of age. The new saying is
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It was pretty early in the morning that September Tuesday. I was a brand-new principal; you all were about eight or nine years old, just about the age when long-term memories begin to stick in your head. I walked out into my assistant’s office; she was turning on the television to see what was
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Contributed by Jeffery Russell on Jan 17, 2008
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President Ronald Reagan one time told the story of when he was a teenager, he needed a new pair of boots made. In those days, you couldn’t just go to a shoe store, you went to the shoemaker shop. The cobbler asked the young man- “Do you want blunt end toes or pointed end toes?” Reagan shrugged his
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Contributed by Alan Perkins on Mar 30, 2001
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There is a story (perhaps apocryphal) of Boswell, the famous biographer of Samuel Johnson. In his advanced years, Boswell reflected on the most important day of his life. He said it occurred one day during his youth, when his father had invited him to go fishing. While most of his childhood days
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If you’ve been watching the Stock Market for the last few months, you know our country is suffering from a crisis of confidence. I hope you’re not letting the news from wall street get you down. I thought it might cheer you up if I shared a stock report that hasn’t made the news: (get out your
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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One day shortly after the birth of their new baby, the mother had to go out to do some errands. So, the proud new papa stayed home to watch his wonderful new son.
Soon after the mother left, the baby started to cry. The father did everything he could think of to do but the baby wouldn’t stop
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 3, 2009
JUDGE NOT...
Several years ago Bobby Knight, Indiana University’s long time, legendary and often controversial head basketball coach was fired. After this several sports news programs showed various heated interviews with Bobby Knight over this incident and several others over the years. One of
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 29, 2008
GET RECHARGED OFTEN
This is our first year with cell phones. Marylu was a counselor up at Camp Emmanuel this year for two weeks. Her cell phone kept needing to be recharged, because out at camp the towers are remote (it said, "extended service area") and cell phones keep looking for a better
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