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  • There Is An Old Story Told About A Little Girl ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 20, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
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    There is an old story told about a little girl who had been passed from one orphanage to another. She was very shy and felt rather unattractive. The other children would not play with her and her teachers considered her to be a problem child. In this particular orphanage there was a rule that all ...read more

  • Several Years Ago While Going Home From Work, ...

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Apr 20, 2005
     | 2,366 views

    Several years ago while going home from work, Giles Tate, a brother in Christ from Amarillo, Texas, saw two children playing in a vacant lot. They were dirty, ragged, and hungry looking. He stopped his car and asked where they lived. They pointed to an old abandonded school bus standing near ...read more

  • Lessons You've Learned  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,778 views

    LESSONS YOU’VE LEARNED Mothers have taught us so much about life. But you have to admit, we, as your children, have taught you some things about life too. Here are a few of the lessons we might have taught you: (1) You have learned that a 3 year old’s voice is louder than 200 adults in a ...read more

  • Like Lucy, Edmund Finds His Way Into Narnia ...

    Contributed by Randall Bergsma on Dec 1, 2005
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    Like Lucy, Edmund finds his way into Narnia through the wardrobe. But he doesn’t meet the nice faun, Mr. Tumnus. Instead, he comes face to face with the most feared being in that world: Jadis, the White Witch. What Edmund doesn’t realize is that he is, in fact, a being that she fears. She wants to ...read more

  • End Time Beliefs: A Tyndale House Sponsored Barna ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
    based on 1 rating
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    End Time Beliefs: A Tyndale House sponsored Barna Group poll indicates 40% of Americans believe the world will end in supernatural intervention, 50% aren’t convinced that the physical world will end and another 10% aren’t sure. Of the respondents who believe the world will end, 38% gave a ...read more

  • Have You Not Heard Of The Madman Who Lit A Lamp ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    Have you not heard of the madman who lit a lamp in the bright morning and went to the marketplace crying ceaselessly, "I seek God! I seek God!" There were many among those standing there who didn’t believe in God so he made them laugh. "Is God lost?" one of them said. "Has he gone astray like a ...read more

  • John Ortberg In His Book The Life You've Always ...

    Contributed by Eric Schall on Oct 23, 2006
     | 1,905 views

    John Ortberg in his book The Life You’ve Always Wanted takes a chapter and deals with the unexpected suffering in this life that we all come up against. He tells this story: “A couple come in for counseling. They desperately want to have a baby. They have waited and prayed for twelve anxious, ...read more

  • They Are Homonyms, Words That Sound Alike But Are ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Jan 22, 2007
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    They are homonyms, words that sound alike but are spelled differently. You understand their meaning by the way I use them in these sentences. “No, Sheila, you can not hide those tacos, bagels, and chocolates under your bed to eat whenever you decide to do so.” “I know Jesus Christ as my personal ...read more

  • I Have A Close Friend Who Tells The Story Of How ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Mar 31, 2007
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    I have a close friend who tells the story of how used to live next door to a poor couple who had a little girl about five years old. He knew that she didn’t have many toys and she played by her self often in the back yard. One day my friend went to the neighbor and explained that the church ...read more

  • There Is Always A Thrill In Belonging To A Noble ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 5, 2007
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    There is always a thrill in belonging to a noble company. Eric Linklater in his autobiography tells of his experience in the disastrous March retreat in the First World War. He was with the Black Watch. They had come out of the battle with one officer, thirty men, and a piper left of the ...read more

  • There Is Always A Thrill In Belonging To A Noble ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There is always a thrill in belonging to a noble company. Eric Linklater in his autobiography tells of his experience in the disastrous March retreat in the First World War. He was with the Black Watch. They had come out of the battle with one officer, thirty men, and a piper left of the ...read more

  • Let Me Give You An Example Of The Kind Of Faith ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Let me give you an example of the kind of faith and trust that is necessary to become a Christian. The world-famous acrobat, Blondin, was born in France in 1824. His real name was Jean Francois Gravalet. Over the years, he became famous throughout Europe and America. In London he once played a ...read more

  • Helen Keller, The Much Beloved Blind, Deaf, And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Helen Keller, the much beloved blind, deaf, and dumb American author, envisioned what she would most like to see if she could see for just three days. In her article “Three Days to See,” she wrote that she would like to see those she loved on the first day - to look deeply and lovingly into the ...read more

  • Humor

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Humor A severe rash prompted a man from a rural area to come to town to be examined by one of my colleagues. After the usual history-taking followed by a series of test, the physician advised the patient that he would have to get rid of the dog that was evidently causing the allergic reaction. As ...read more

  • But In Spite Of The Indisputable Evidence From ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    But in spite of the indisputable evidence from God’s Word, it seems that we really struggle with the fact that we can’t earn our own salvation. I guess that’s because it goes against everything else we’ve learned in our lives, especially the way that grades are determined when we go to school. ...read more

  • Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), The World-Famous ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jun 23, 2007
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    Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), the world-famous violinist, earned a fortune with his concerts and compositions, but he generously gave most of it away. So, when he discovered an exquisite violin on one of his trips, he wasn’t able to buy it. He Later, having raised enough money to meet the asking ...read more

  • While I Was Flat On My Back, Sick And Feeling ...

    Contributed by Philip Gill on Jun 29, 2007
     | 1,772 views

    While I was flat on my back, sick and feeling sorry for myself last Sunday morning I turned the radio on for a VERY short time. Ian McNamara played an interview with Kylie and Wesley Herron who were special guests at the launching of a new Royal Australian Navy vessel the patrol boat HMAS ...read more

  • There Have Been Many Practical Jokes Pulled On ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Apr 12, 2008
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    There have been many practical jokes pulled on folks in recognition of this day. In 2005, the media reported that NASA had discovered water on Mars, and had actual pictures on the official NASA website. Those who went to the NASA website to check it out, found a picture of a glass of water ...read more

  • Ignoring The Warnings  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 28, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
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    IGNORING THE WARNINGS Listen to this description of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in northern Ukraine: "There were two electrical engineers in the control room that night, and the best thing that could be said for what they were doing is they were 'playing around' with the machine. They ...read more

  • Last Lecture

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Aug 2, 2008
     | 2,922 views

    LAST LECTURE You may have heard about the death of 47 year old Carnegie Mellon University computer-science professor Randy Pausch last week from pancreatic cancer. Pausch was most famous for his "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" speech made last fall just after he learned he had months to ...read more