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  • What Is The 3rd Largest Nation On The Face Of The ...

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Jan 19, 2010
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    What is the 3rd largest nation on the face of the earth? 1) China 1,335,200,000 2) India 1,175,410,000 3) The Nation of FACEBOOK. If you put all the Facebookers together in one place, there would be over 350 Million people, all gathered somewhere in cyberspace. The United States of America has a ...read more

  • The Bible Is A Survivor

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    THE BIBLE IS A SURVIVOR The inspiration of the Bible is seen in its unique survival. All through history it has been a hated book for certain people because of its claim to be the word of the living God. But in spite of all attempts at times by emperors, dictators and totalitarian governments to ...read more

  • Getting The Fruit For Yourself  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    Getting the Fruit for Yourself A family was driving to Tampa, Florida. As far as the eye could see, orange trees were loaded with fruit. When we stopped for breakfast, I ordered orange juice with my eggs. "I’m sorry," the waitress said. "I can’t bring you orange juice. Our machine is broken." We ...read more

  • The "Yes" Face

    Contributed by Jorge Acevedo on Feb 17, 2010
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    THE "YES" FACE I read a story about our 3rd president, Thomas Jefferson, him and his companions were traveling the countryside when they came upon a river that had overran its banks because of heavy rain. The bridge had been washed out and they had to cross the river on horseback fighting against ...read more

  • There Were Three Men Who Went Bear Hunting ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010
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    There were three men who went bear hunting together: a lawyer, a drunk and a preacher. As they were walking through the woods to pick their places, a bear ran right in front of them. All three with quick reflexes took quick aim and fired. The bear fell down dead. An argument arose about who had ...read more

  • A Stinging Blow For Good  PRO

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 2, 2010
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    A STINGING BLOW FOR GOOD Always remember that God knows what he is doing with us, even if we don’t know. Many years ago there was found in an African mine the most magnificent diamond in the world’s history. It was presented to the King of England to wear in his crown. The king sent it to ...read more

  • No Rest For The Unforgiving

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Mar 19, 2010
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    NO REST FOR THE UNFORGIVING Somewhere in the recesses of my memory is the recollection of a movie. It’s a Western; I know that much. I can’t remember the title of the movie, but I remember the story line. The hero is a law man, and he is transporting a convicted murderer across the treacherous ...read more

  • The Master Is There; That's Enough

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2010
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    THE MASTER IS THERE; THAT'S ENOUGH A sick man turned to his doctor, as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said, "Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other side." Very quietly, the doctor said, "I don't know." "You don't know? You, a Christian man, do not know ...read more

  • Just Last Week Two Women Were Arrested At ...

    Contributed by David Moore on Apr 14, 2010
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    Just last week two women were arrested at Liverpool airport for trying to board a plane with a dead body, they put the dead man into a wheelchair and put sunglasses on him, and were trying check in for a flight to Berlin on Saturday. But airport staff became suspicious, and the two were arrested on ...read more

  • When My Hat Is Here...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 21, 2010
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    WHEN MY HAT IS HERE... So, it’s not true that you can be just as good a Christian without going to church. You can’t simply say "Well, I’m there in Spirit… but I don’t have to be there in body." It’s kind of like the true story of an incident that took place at a University. This university had a ...read more

  • Ask Questions Before Making Decisions

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 22, 2010
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    ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE MAKING DECISIONS Author Bobb Biehl said he decided about twenty years ago to make a hobby of asking questions. He began collecting them and included an entire chapter of questions in his book, Increasing Your Leadership Confidence, in the chapter "Decision-Making." He urged ...read more

  • Have You Ever Seen A Billy Mays Commercial? He ...

    Contributed by Sterling Franklin on Jul 2, 2010
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    Have you ever seen a Billy Mays commercial? He has unfortunately passed away, but he was known for endorsing a lot of products, always keeping a loud voice volume, and enthusiastically selling some of the most ridiculous items on the market. One of the items he endorses is called the Awesome ...read more

  • It’s All ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 7, 2010
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    It’s All Mine George W. Truett, a well-known pastor, was invited to dinner in the home of a very wealthy man in Texas. After the meal, the host led him to a place where they could get a good view of the surrounding area. Pointing to the oil wells punctuating the landscape, he boasted, “Twenty-five ...read more

  • You May Find This Interesting; I Once Did This ...

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Jul 13, 2010
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    You may find this interesting; I once did this driving course called an anti-skid driving course. One of the really valuable learning’s that I got out of it was, that when you drive, you should drive with your eyes looking well ahead maybe a couple of hundred metres ahead, not on the car just in ...read more

  • Active Vs. Passive Hardening Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010
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    ACTIVE VS. PASSIVE HARDENING OF THE HEART We have to distinguish between active hardening and passive hardening (of the heart). What we have in this verse is an example of God’s punitive judgment against a wicked man. Pharaoh was already wicked. Pharaoh already had an evil heart, out of which came ...read more

  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer Wrote: "Marriage Is ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Aug 26, 2010
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    Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote: “Marriage is more than your love for each other. It has a higher dignity and power, for it is God's holy ordinance, through which he wills to perpetuate the human race till the end of time. In your love you see only your two selves in the world, but in marriage you are a ...read more

  • Alexander Fraser Tyler, In His 1770 Book Cycle ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Sep 22, 2010
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    Alexander Fraser Tyler, in his 1770 book Cycle of Democracy, wrote, "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse (generous gifts) from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes ...read more

  • No Need To Mention The ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Oct 22, 2010
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    “No Need to Mention the Name!” One day, crossing a New York City street, a woman became confused, and stepped directly in front of an approaching streetcar. People on both curbs were sick with horror at her sure fate, when a powerful man rushed forward and not only rescued her from the streetcar, ...read more

  • Let God Put It Together

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 14, 2010
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    LET GOD PUT IT TOGETHER One night a father heard his young daughter speaking, although she was alone in her room. The door was open just enough that he could see that she was kneeling beside her bed in prayer. Interested to find out what subjects a child would bring before God, he paused outside ...read more

  • Send Us Some Eternity

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Nov 30, 2010
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    SEND US SOME ETERNITY An English postal worker was in charge of letters inadequately addressed. One Christmas season he discovered a card from his own daughter to Santa. It said, "We're very sad at our house this year. My little brother went to heaven last week. You needn't leave me anything. But ...read more