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  • Near The End Of His Life, Jean-Paul Sartre Told ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    Near the end of his life, Jean-Paul Sartre told Pierre Victor: "I do not feel that I am the product of chance, a speck of dust in the universe, but someone who was expected, prepared, prefigured. In short, a being whom only a Creator could put here; and this idea of a creating hand refers to God. ...read more

  • I Want To End With A Candle Illustration. I Have ...

    Contributed by C Reola on Nov 26, 2006
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    I want to end with a candle illustration. I have here with me Junior and Senior candle prepare two candles, one long and one short...the long one is the junior candle and the short one is the senior candle. Who is Senior and who is Junior? As I said earlier, life is short. We do not know when ...read more

  • On Her 60th Birthday, A Woman From Brooklyn ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Parks on Oct 21, 2004
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    On her 60th birthday, a woman from Brooklyn decided to prepare her last will and testament. She went to her rabbi to make two final requests: First, she insisted on cremation. “What is your second request?” the rabbi asked. “I want my ashes scattered over Bloomingdale’s.” “Bloomingdale’s. Why ...read more

  • Dad Often Reminds Me Of The Tombstone Somewhere ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    Dad often reminds me of the Tombstone somewhere in the US that has as the epitaph Pause, stranger, when you pass me by, For as you are, so once was I. As I am now, so will you be. Then prepare unto death, and follow me. And someone had scratched on it: To follow you I’m ...read more

  • When He Was The Pastor Of The Methodist Church ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    When he was the pastor of the Methodist church in Scarborough, William Sangster had an eccentric member who tried to be a zealous Christian. Unfortunately, the man was mentally deficient and usually did the wrong thing. While working as a barber the man lathered up a customer for a shave, came at ...read more

  • Retirement Ready? 74% Of Baby Boomers Believe ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Retirement Ready? 74% of Baby Boomers believe they are financially prepared for retirement, but 59% expect to carry debt into retirement and 46% have less than $50,000 in savings. More than 50% of pre-retirees underestimate their life expectancy. According to mortality tables, a married couple at ...read more

  • Author, Pastor And Commentator Dr. Warren ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Dec 30, 2006
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    Author, pastor and commentator Dr. Warren Wiersbe makes an interesting observation in noting that “The magi were seeking the King; Herod was opposing the King; and the Jewish priests were ignoring the King.” He makes further mention of the fact that the Jewish leaders were a mere five miles away ...read more

  • A Chance To Warm Up?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Dr. Ted Engstrom said, “A man tends to overestimate what he can do in a year, and underestimate what he can do in five.” In a Peanuts cartoon strip, Charlie Brown says to Linus, "Life is just too much for me. I’ve been confused from the day I was born. I think the whole trouble is that we’re ...read more

  • Selfish  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jan 19, 2008
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    Selfish A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin, 5, and Ryan, 3. The boys began to argue over who would get the first pancake. Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral lesson. “If Jesus were sitting here, He would say, ‘Let my brother have the first pancake; I can wait.” Kevin ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago I Heard About A Woman Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Feb 4, 2008
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    : A few years ago I heard about a woman who called the Butterball turkey hotline. She had a turkey that had been in the freezer for a couple of years and wanted to know if it would still be okay to prepare it for their Thanksgiving Day meal. The operator told her that even though the meat ...read more

  • The Most Recent Pca Magazine, Byfaith, Reported ...

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Sep 17, 2008
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    The most recent PCA magazine, ByFaith, reported on Lynn Wheeler’s response to being made a quadriplegic in a car wreck. Rather than pout or withdraw, “Lynn continues to attend church every Sunday, though it requires getting up at 5 am to begin the preparations to leave the house. [And] She has ...read more

  • I've Never Met A Man, I Don't Care What His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "I've never met a man, I don't care what his condition, in whom I could not see possibilities. I don't care how much a man may consider himself a failure, I believe in him, for he can change the thing that is wrong in his life anytime he is prepared and ready to do it. Whenever he develops the ...read more

  • The Fig Tree Jesus Cursed

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 11, 2025
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    An acted-out parable: most of Israel was like a fig tree out of SEASON. “The early figs, appearing in March or April and ripening in June, are called ‘bikkurah.’ …The early fig was considered a great delicacy by the Hebrews. The late or green figs, which sometimes ripen after the fall of the leaf, ...read more

  • The Wood Had Now Burnt Long Enough To Be Glowing ...

    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Apr 10, 2008
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    The wood had now burnt long enough to be glowing embers of charcoal. The fire was cracking and popping a little. The waves were slapping the shoreline of the lake. A mist was rising off the water and being burned away by the morning sun. It was a good morning for a breakfast of fish and bread. But ...read more

  • The Month After Christmas  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 28, 2002
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    The Month After Christmas Twas the month after Christmas, and all through the house Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse. The cookies I’d nibbled, the eggnog I’d tasted At the holiday parties had gone to my waist. When I got on the scales there arose such a number! When I walked to ...read more

  • Twas The Month After Christmas, And All ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Prater on Jan 3, 2001
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    ‘Twas the month after Christmas, and all through the house, nothing would fit me, not even a blouse. The cookies I’d nibbled, the fudge I did taste, all the holiday parties had gone to my waist. When I got on the scales there arose such a number! When I walked to the store (less a walk than a ...read more

  • My Grandfather Ralph Hose Would Never Go Fishing ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 15, 2005
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    My grandfather Ralph Hose would never go fishing on a Sunday. As his grandson I asked him why. He told me the story of his brother Herbert. In my grandfather’s family the men never went to church but the women did every Sunday. On any Sunday Ralph, Wilbur, Harold, Herbert, and my great ...read more

  • Natural Says...jesus Says...

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Dec 8, 2008
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    NATURAL SAYS...JESUS SAYS... The natural says that you must be conceived of a man and a woman, yet he was conceived of the Holy Spirit. The natural says that your birth will bring your family joy, yet when He came He brought joy to the world and heaven. (At his birth, and angelic choir erupted in ...read more

  • Where Is Your ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    Where Is Your Treasure Intro: Long ago, in a kingdom far, far away, a rich king hired a “fool” to entertain him and make him laugh when he was sad. He gave the fool a golden scepter and told him that when he met a greater fool than he, to pass the golden scepter to that person. Years passed ...read more

  • We Tend To Be Tough On Others And Easy On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    We tend to be tough on others and easy on ourselves. Few things are more discouraging to people that living with someone who can’t be pleased. A speaker at a marriage seminar told this story on himself. He and the family were gathered in the den to watch a football game. His wife asked the kids, ...read more