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  • In Looking At Being Prepared, I Came Across ...  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Oct 13, 2005
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    In looking at being prepared, I came across b-prepared.com on the internet. They offer several items to help you be more prepared. Some of the items seem like they would help and other items I really have a question about. For your automobile, they have (among other products) a charger that ...read more

  • Judging Others Isn't Easy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 12, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,845 views

    Judging others isn’t easy. In his little book Illustrations of Bible Truth, H.A. Ironside pointed out the folly of judging others. He related an incident in the life of a man called Bishop Potter. "He was sailing for Europe on one of the great transatlantic ocean liners. When he went on board, he ...read more

  • On An Average Day In The Usa: 1,169,863 People ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
     | 1,571 views

    On an average day in the USA: 1,169,863 people take a taxi, 176,810,950 eggs are laid, 21,000 gallons of oil are spilled from tankers and barges, 63,288 cars crash, 28 mailmen are bitten by dogs, 2 billion $1 bills are in circulation, industry generates nearly 1 pound of hazardous waste for every ...read more

  • But The Question On The Floor Is "What If". What ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Dascoli on Dec 14, 2005
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    But the question on the floor is “What if”. What If Jesus Never Came? What’s the big deal? Toward the end of the Christmas classic It’s a Wonderful Life, George Bailey cries out, “I want to live again! I want to live again!" Immediately he’s flashed from the previous scene and finds himself ...read more

  • 11 Internet Direct Mail Tips: Robert Bly, Writing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,597 views

    11 Internet Direct Mail Tips: Robert Bly, writing it the 6/12 issue of DM News notes the following techniques that seem to be successful in e-marketing. · Use short statements that tease the reader. · Use incentives, discount, gift, free shipping, etc. · Free money is a powerful offer. · With a ...read more

  • Some Of You Might Remember A Family Of Tightrope ...

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Mar 6, 2006
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    Some of you might remember a family of tightrope walkers. They were billed as ‘the Flying Wallendas.’ One of their special stunts was to use members of their family to make a four level pyramid - high atop a platform that they would then cross the tightrope with. They performed this stunt for ...read more

  • Often We Think, Or At Least Live Like, If No One ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jul 29, 2006
     | 1,267 views

    Often we think, or at least live like, if no one on earth knows then God won’t... but can we sin in obscurity? Mitch is married to Barbara and Ed, one of his best friends, is questioning Mitch on this very concept by asking if Mitch would stay faithful if he knew Barbara would never find ...read more

  • Story By Ray Trygstad  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 24, 2006
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    Story by Ray Trygstad There’s a story about three people attending a church service one Sunday morning seeking help through the preaching of the Word. One was a businessman who had failed and was contemplating suicide. The other was a young man whose wages were not sufficient to support his ...read more

  • The Movie "Saving Private Ryan" Ends With Captain ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Mcguire on Feb 7, 2007
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    The movie "Saving Private Ryan" ends with Captain Miller(Tom Hanks’ character)sitting near a bridge after an attack by German forces. His life is ebbing away as he pulls Ryan (Matt Damon)down toward him. Struggling for breath he whispers, "Earn this, earn this." As Ryan stands his face morphs back ...read more

  • Life Examples: Moses: God's Pattern For Success ...  PRO

    Contributed by Nathan Parker on Mar 10, 2007
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     | 4,735 views

    Life Examples: Moses: God’s Pattern for Success (Ex. 3:1-4) One of the greatest differences between the world’s message about success and God’s is this: The world seeks a single formula to produce one set of results for all people, while God’s plan is far more creative, far more individualized, ...read more

  • The Finality Of Death  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Hoos on Apr 21, 2007
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    The Finality of Death When I was just around the age of five or six years old I attended my first funeral. They have since become something that I am used to, but this first time was something that was very memorable for me. I remember standing there, barely able to see into the coffin, and ...read more

  • At One Time Andrew Carnegie Was The Wealthiest ...

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 4, 2007
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    At one time Andrew Carnegie was the wealthiest man in America. He came to America from his native Scotland when he was a small boy, did a variety of odd jobs, and eventually ended up as the largest steel manufacturer in the United States. At one time he had forty-three millionaires working for him. ...read more

  • Servant's Heart

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 6,186 views

    Illustration- Servant’s Heart A minister shared how in his church they were in desperate need of a person to teach a junior high boys class. • Those willing to do it came down to a list with one name on it. • When the minister heard the name he said, ‘You have got to be kidding’. He says now ...read more

  • Lenin Claimed That If Communism Was Implemented ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Lenin claimed that if Communism was implemented there would be bread in every household. Coming from a former communist country we saw that the answer to our problems could not be the Communism. Some of us have witnessed the despair in people’s lives. Communism did never tell us how it would solve ...read more

  • Here Are Some Rules To Live By - Marcus ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Here are some RULES TO LIVE BY - Marcus Aurelius, the great Roman philosopher, identified the following traits of a successful person: Consciousness of an honest purpose in life. A just estimate of himself and everyone else. Frequent self-examinations. Steady obedience to what he knows to be right. ...read more

  • The End Of The War

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Billy Graham wrote in "The Key To Personal Peace" “One of the powerful, enduring images that my wife, Ruth, and I have of our early years together is of the ticker-tape parades in New York City celebrating the end of WWII. The war was finally over And those who were spared from death by the enemy ...read more

  • At One Time Andrew Carnegie Was The Wealthiest ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,581 views

    At one time Andrew Carnegie was the wealthiest man in America. He came to America from his native Scotland when he was a small boy, did a variety of odd jobs, and eventually ended up as the largest steel manufacturer in the United States. At one time he had forty-three millionaires working for him. ...read more

  • Two Days

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jun 18, 2007
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    TWO DAYS There are two days we should not worry about. One is yesterday, with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. Yesterday has passed, forever beyond our control. All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday. We cannot undo a single act we ...read more

  • A Defendant Was On Trial For Murder In Oklahoma. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Cockroft on Jun 28, 2007
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    A defendant was on trial for murder in Oklahoma. There was strong evidence indicating guilt, but there was no corpse. In the defense’s closing statement the lawyer, knowing that his client would probably be convicted, resorted to a trick. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I have a surprise for you ...read more

  • A Priest Visited An Elderly Woman Who Was Dying ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Jun 28, 2007
     | 1,375 views

    A priest visited an elderly woman who was dying at home. She was sure that God no longer loved her because of the sins she had committed in her life; things that she thought were too terrible for even God to forgive. The priest told her about God’s grace and mercy, and Christ’s atonement for our ...read more