Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 12, 2003
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I like the story about a professor who sat at his desk one evening working on the next day’s lectures. His housekeeper had laid that days mail and papers at his desk and he began to shuffle through them discarding most to the wastebasket. He then noticed a magazine, which was not even addressed to
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Contributed by Mike Hamilton on Feb 27, 2003
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Illustration: A lady was out hitting all the local garage sales when she came across an old needlepoint picture that read, “Prayer Changes Lives.” She bought it, took it home and began to look for just the right place to hang the new picture. Finally, she decided that it went well in the dinning
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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Meaning no disrespect to the religious convictions of others, I still can’t help wondering how we can explain away what to me is the greatest miracle of all and which is recorded in history. No one denies there was such a man, that he lived and that he was put to death by crucifixion. Where...is
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 27, 2007
When I lived in San Antonio there was a lot of building going on and limestone was used in building a lot. It was everywhere, Dig a hole and chances are – limestone.
I had a chance to watch some of the stone masons in action. These guys were very fast in their work. As they built a wall, or a
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Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Feb 21, 2008
Years ago a Chicago restaurant had specially printed place mats at all its tables. The mats were designed exclusively for the restaurant. And if you asked the waitress, she’d give you one to take home, frame, and hang on your wall…The wording that appeared on those mats…went something like this:
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Don Jones on Apr 1, 2007
The soldier’s first article of faith is summed up nowhere more eloquently than in an 1865 letter from William Tecumseh Sherman to U.S. Grant: "I knew wherever I was that you thought of
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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The soldier’s first article of faith is summed up nowhere more eloquently than in an 1865 letter from William Tecumseh Sherman to U.S. Grant: "I knew wherever I was that you thought
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Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 18, 2007
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Calvin Coolidge once said…
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful
men with great talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2002
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THE PECKING ORDER
A few years ago a minor scientific discovery of the "pecking order" among hens caught popular imagination. Within a flock of hens, one is dominant. She pecks away at any that arouse her displeasure. After the first or second attempt, they no longer peck back. Instead, they take
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