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  • This Week You May Have Seen The Story Of Maria ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007
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    This week you may have seen the story of Maria Headley. Like many people, playwright Maria Headley had had her fill of terrible dates. Discouraged and looking for love, she decided the time had come for her to eliminate her own (clearly not adequately discriminating) taste from the equation. ...read more

  • My Child

    Contributed by Andy Beech on Mar 29, 2008
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    My Child I would like to rejoice with the rest, Lord, But there’s a great big ache in my heart - For someone I love is suffering, Lord, And I don’t know how to start. Will you help me sing carols again, Lord? And make all my fears depart? Will you lead me safely to Bethlehem To worship with all my ...read more

  • A Pastor Had Gathered A Selected Group Of Workers ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
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    A pastor had gathered a selected group of workers to train them to witness for Jesus. A young worker was complaining to a veteran caller about one of the people he had visited. "I’ tried to tell him about Jesus, I tried to tell him about the love Jesus had for Him. I tried to tell him that Jesus ...read more

  • Don't Just Count Them, Look Them In The Eye

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    DON’T JUST COUNT THEM, LOOK THEM IN THE EYE An item in Leadership magazine illustrates the importance of giving attention to needs, not just to numbers. "During World War II, economist E.F. Schumacher, then a young statistician, worked on a farm. Each day he would count the 32 head of cattle, then ...read more

  • More Time Later...?

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Sep 2, 2009
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    MORE TIME LATER...? When I returned from my trip to Europe, back in 1982, I remember a conversation I had with an high school classmate. He asked me if I heard about Vick, another classmate of ours. Vick was one of my old partying buddies from before I accepted Christ. His parents were good ...read more

  • Legendary Baseball Player Jackie Robinson's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 30, 2009
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    Legendary Baseball Player Jackie Robinson’s Humble Act of Kindness to a Boy As a 7-year-old, Richard Bernstein admired Jackie Robinson’s athletic ability and courage as the first African-American man to play Major League baseball in the modern era. A few years later, while working at a small-town ...read more

  • The Pursuit Of Joy

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
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    THE PURSUIT OF JOY Men have pursued joy in every avenue imaginable. Some have successfully found it while others have not. Perhaps it would be easier to describe where joy cannot be found: Not in Unbelief — Voltaire was an infidel of the most pronounced type. He wrote: “I wish I had never been ...read more

  • Noble Savages

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 3, 2011
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    NOBLE SAVAGES For a while people have believed that our problems exist because we are too civilized. If we would just get back to nature and throw away all of the modern conveniences and the ideas found in the Christian religion, then we would be like the noble savages of old. A good example ...read more

  • Smelly Collections

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 28, 2011
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    SMELLY COLLECTIONS He may dress like a skid-row bum and smell like a dead rat, but Andy Smulian is a hit among London businessmen plagued by those who won't pay their bills. Employed by the London-Manhattan Debt Collection Agency, the 20-years-old youth will stumble into a deadbeat's office for ...read more

  • I Awoke This Morning With Devout Thanksgiving ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my ...read more

  • There's An After-Shave Lotion For Husbands Over ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    There's an after-shave lotion for husbands ...read more

  • Broadly Speaking, The Short Words Are The Best, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the ...read more

  • When Barbara Bush Visited Tokyo She Was Lunching ...

    Contributed by Paul Green on Feb 5, 2010
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    When Barbara Bush visited Tokyo she was lunching with Emperor Hirohito at Tokyo’s Imperial Palace. Looking around her elegant surroundings, she complimented Hirohito on his official residence. "Thank you," he said. "Is it new?" pressed Mrs. Bush. "Yes." "Was the old palace just so old that it ...read more

  • Peter Pan

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Mar 2, 2019
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    Peter Pan and The Hope Of Heaven… St. John’s is the oldest of all the cities in North America. Embedded in this 400-year-old city are many stories. Bowering Park is one of the oldest parks in St. John’s. It was established by a grant of land from the Bowering family in 1911 on the 100th ...read more

  • Years Ago A Young Minister Visited Dundee, ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Sep 19, 2006
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    Years ago a young minister visited Dundee, Scotland, deeply concerned that his ministry was producing such meager results. He decided to visit the scene where years before Robert Murray McCheyne had ministered in such evident power of the Spirit of God. McCheyne died at the age of 30, but not ...read more

  • Years Ago A Young Minister Visited Dundee, ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
     | 701 views

    Years ago a young minister visited Dundee, Scotland, deeply concerned that his ministry was producing such meager results. He decided to visit the scene where years before Robert Murray McCheyne had ministered in such evident power of the Spirit of God. McCheyne died at the age of 30, but not ...read more

  • Play For The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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    PLAY FOR THE MASTER The young man had waited for this moment for many months even years. He had practiced and practiced. It was his premiere appearance as a concert violinist. The audience heard much about his amazing talent, and they packed out the prestigious concert hall to hear him. They ...read more

  • Love Is Not Self-Seeking

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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    LOVE IS NOT SELF-SEEKING I read a beautiful story that illustrates this truth. In December of 1971 the Daily News of Maryville, Tennessee, ran a brief story about a nine-year-old boy who did an inspiring and self-giving act. He loved his mother, who had been widowed, and wanted to buy her a ...read more

  • Ox And Mule

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jun 6, 2017
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    An old farmer plowed hard for many days with an ox and mule yoked together. The ox told the mule that they should play sick and rest. The mule declined saying, “No, we must get the work done for the season is short. But the ox played sick and the farmer brought him hay and corn and made him ...read more

  • The Empty Chair  PRO

    Contributed by Danny Thomas on May 21, 2001
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    The Empty Chair A man’s daughter had asked the local pastor to come and pray with her father. When the pastor arrived, he found the man lying in bed with his head propped up on two pillows and an empty chair beside his bed. The priest assumed that the old fellow had been informed of his visit. ...read more