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  • Love Gives To The Limit

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 3, 2009
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    LOVE GIVES TO THE LIMIT The late great Scots Church of Scotland theologian, educator, author, and radio and television presenter, William Barclay (1907 - 1978), once said, "Love never calculates; love never thinks how little it can decently give; love’s one desire is to give to the uttermost ...read more

  • * In The Lower Part Of South Carolina Is A ...

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Nov 9, 2009
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    *** In the lower part of South Carolina is a very poisonous snake called the coral snake. It’s venom is very potent and very deadly. However, those people who live in that area rarely die from the bite because they know a secret.... "shake it off’. You see, while the venom is very deadly, the coral ...read more

  • Who Would You Quote In Outer ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2009
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    Who Would You Quote in Outer Space? On Christmas Day 1968, the three astronauts of Apollo 8 circled the dark side of the moon and headed for home. Suddenly, over the horizon of the moon rose the blue and white earth, garlanded by the glistening light of the sun against the black void of space. ...read more

  • Before Nelson Mandela Was Released From Prison, ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 23, 2009
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    Before Nelson Mandela was released from prison, Archbishop Desmond Tutu stood in front of the South African Embassy in Washington D.C. one afternoon and said, “Those of you inside, are you listening? Do you hear me? You have already been defeated. Do you understand that? You have already lost and ...read more

  • My Older Sister Sue Is Panicked By Mice. She ...

    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 26, 2009
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    My older sister Sue is panicked by mice. She lives in an old farm house, next door to the house we grew up in. One night she went into her kitchen and saw a mouse scury underneath the pantry door. Wanted it eradicated, she called Dad who went over the house to take care of the problem. He was ...read more

  • When I Was Younger, I Would Mow The Lawn With Ear ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 9, 2010
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    When I was younger, I would mow the lawn with ear mufflers on. It was a time to be with God and my own thoughts. Quiet time with lawnmower accompaniment. Once–just once and barely for a minute–I had a very quiet Epiphany. I remember it as if it were yesterday. I had turned a corner on the ...read more

  • Lambing: A Shepherd Tells Of How They Get An ...

    Contributed by Richard White on Jan 9, 2010
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    Lambing: A shepherd tells of how they get an orphaned lamb to be adopted. Two ewes gave birth, one ewe died giving birth while the other gave birth to a stillborn lamb. The ewe that survived would not accept the surving orphaned lamb. The shepherds would take the wool off the dead lamb and ...read more

  • God Showing Through  PRO

    Contributed by John Perry on Feb 9, 2010
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    GOD SHOWING THROUGH One Sunday morning a little girl on her way home from Sunday school in the car said to her parents, "I don't understand." Her parents said "What don't you understand, sweetheart?" She said "Well, our Sunday school teacher today told us that God is inside of us!" "That's right ...read more

  • So When That Adversary Learned Of The New Guy On ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 20, 2010
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    So when that Adversary learned of the new guy on the Jordan, whom John had baptized amid some sort of theophany, he did his own research. All these human messiahs had come and gone with a few carefully- placed temptation. Even the great King David had succumbed to a foreign woman bathing next ...read more

  • Revenge: A Lazy Form Of Grief

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Mar 19, 2010
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    REVENGE: A LAZY FORM OF GRIEF In the 2005 film, The Interpreter, Nicole Kidman plays the role of Sylvia Broome, a United Nations translator who overhears an assassination plot. In one scene in the movie, Sylvia talks about revenge and mercy. She speaks of a primitive tribe and a tradition they ...read more

  • Achieving Goals: The Phillies

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Apr 21, 2010
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    ACHIEVING GOALS: THE PHILLIES The team with the most errors in a single season was the 1883 Philadelphia (Quakers) Phillies who played 99 games and ended the season in last place with 17 wins, 81 loses, and one tie. They averaged 6.3 errors per game with 639 errors. They played for 67 years before ...read more

  • A Boy Without Athletic Ability Is Chosen To Play ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2010
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    A Boy Without Athletic Ability is Chosen to Play a Game There was a boy who did not have much athletic ability. Every time he and his friends would play some game, he was always the last to be chosen. One day two new fellows came to play with them and were allowed to be team captains because they ...read more

  • Cookie Ingredients And Kids

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2010
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    COOKIE INGREDIENTS AND KIDS One time a preacher had a minute with the children before the sermon. He called them up front and he spoke about the ingredients required to make up a church, using a chocolate chip cookie as an example. He explained to the children that, as with a cookie requiring ...read more

  • R ...

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 30, 2010
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    REVIVAL! A final note: I miss aspects of society in previous years. I miss the time when no one argued about what marriage was. I miss the time when lines were more clearly drawn. Sometimes, I wish I could just go back to the church of my childhood and hear my Old Pastor, Dr. Sightler, preach. ...read more

  • Jesus Knocking

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Oct 14, 2010
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    JESUS KNOCKING A nurse on the Pediatric Ward before listening to the little ones' heart beat would plug the stethoscope into their ears and let them listen to their own hearts. Their eyes would always light up with awe, but she never got a response to equal four-year old David's comment. She ...read more

  • The Bird's Return

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
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    THE BIRD'S RETURN The great Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (Ro-ald Amun-son) was the first to discover the magnetic meridian of the North Pole and the first to discover the South Pole. On one of his trips, Amundsen (Amun-son), took a homing pigeon with him. When he had finally reached the top ...read more

  • Believing The Ancient Record

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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    BELIEVING THE ANCIENT RECORD On January 6, 1822, Heinrich Schliemann was born. He would one day achieve world renown and great wealth. When Heinrich Schliemann was seven years old, a picture of ancient Troy in flames captured his imagination. Contrary to what many people believed, Heinrich argued ...read more

  • Master And Commander: Hold Fast

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Jan 28, 2011
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    MASTER AND COMMANDER: HOLD FAST You may have seen that Russell Crowe film, Master and Commander, Now there’s a battle scene in it, (pp) where one of the old salts just prior to boarding the enemy ship puts his knuckles out in front of him and the young midshipmen looking on is greatly encouraged ...read more

  • About The Tongue

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2011
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    ABOUT THE TONGUE There's an old story that the Jewish rabbis tell. As the story goes, one day a rabbi asked his servant to go and buy some good food for him in the market. When the servant returned home, he presented the rabbi with a tongue. The next day, the rabbi told the servant to go the ...read more

  • A Naval Student Was Being Put Through The Paces ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 4, 2011
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    A naval student was being put through the paces by an old sea captain. "What would you do if a sudden storm sprang up on the starboard?" asked the captain. "Throw out an anchor, sir." replied the naval student. "What would you do if another storm sprang up aft?" asked the captain. "Throw out ...read more