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  • S. Trett Cathy, Founder Of Chick-Fil-A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on Nov 7, 2004
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    S. Trett Cathy, founder of Chick-fil-A restaurants, nearly 1,000 restaurants that generate $1 billion in sales – still teaches Sunday School every Sunday – still has all corporate-owned ...read more

  • God Settles His Accounts  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2009
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    GOD SETTLES HIS ACCOUNTS An atheist farmer often ridiculed people who believed in God. He wrote the following letter to the editor of a local newspaper: "I plowed on Sunday, planted on Sunday, cultivated on Sunday, and hauled in my crops on Sunday; but I never went to church on Sunday. Yet I ...read more

  • The Hand Of God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I was particularly impressed by the poem that the Queen Mother – who had a wonderful Christian faith – chose for her funeral I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year. “Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.” And he replied: “Go out into the darkness and put your hand ...read more

  • In The Darkest Time Of World War Ii In The City ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In the darkest time of World War II in the city of London a message came across the air to bring a New Year’s message to the discouraged people. In the process the announcer quoted the following poem: “I said to a man who stood at the gate of the year Give me a light that I may tread, safely into ...read more

  • Lois A. Cheney Wrote A Useful And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Lois A. Cheney wrote a useful and thought-provoking poem on the cross: I stand before the cross and wonder. I stand before the cross and fear. I kneel before the cross and weep. I pray before the cross and rejoice. To know the cross is to know Christ. To feel the cross is to feel Christ. To gaze at ...read more

  • Metamorphosis

    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Aug 16, 2008
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    Metamorphosis In a world filled with sweet scents and blue sky, Lives the gentle, uplifting butterfly, Whose metamorphosis has this truth to teach: Our aspirations are within our reach. For this fluttering flyer of soaring worth Was at one time a creature that crawled the earth. When she climbed ...read more

  • The Choice: Build Up Or Tear Down  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 11, 2009
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    THE CHOICE: BUILD UP OR TEAR DOWN Years ago I picked up a poem named "The Choice." I do not know where I got it nor the author, but it illustrates the importance of building others up. This poem raises the question of whether we will "tear down or build up." "I watched some men tearing a building ...read more

  • In The Town Of Port Hope In Ontario, There Is A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In the town of Port Hope in Ontario, there is a monument erected, not for a politician or a war hero, but for a poor, unselfish working man who gave most of his life and energy to help those who could not repay him. Joseph Scriven was born in Dublin 1820. In his younger days, he had the potential ...read more

  • Song – God Bless ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 16, 2009
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    SONG – GOD BLESS AMERICA. An eerie quiet fell over the battlefield near the French city of Verdun. It was Nov. 11, 1918, and the guns were abruptly silent. Some of the soldiers sank to the ground; others stared into space. Some began to shake. The Great War was finished, but the men could not ...read more

  • There Were Two Men Shipwrecked On An Island. The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 4, 2001
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    There were two men shipwrecked on an island. The minute they got onto the island, one of them started screaming and yelling, "We’re going to die! We’re going to die! There’s no food! No water! We’re going to die!" The second man was propped up against a palm tree and acting so calmly it drove the ...read more

  • The Clock Of Life  PRO

    Contributed by Sol Madlambayan on Dec 2, 2002
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    The clock of life is wound but once, And no man has the power To tell just when the hands will stop. At late or early hour. To lose one’s wealth is sad indeed. To lose one’s health is more, To lose one’s soul is such a loss That no man can restore. Thirty-nine people died while you read this ...read more

  • The Clock Of Life Is Wound But Once, And No Man ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 28, 2004
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    The clock of life is wound but once, And no man has the power To tell just when the hands will stop. At late or early hour. To lose one’s wealth is sad indeed. To lose one’s health is more. To lose one’s soul is such a loss that no man can restore. Thirty-nine people died while you read this ...read more

  • St. Augustine Echoed This Thought Centuries Ago ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 17, 2006
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    St. Augustine echoed this thought centuries ago in his beautiful poem entitled “Incarnation”: Maker of the sun, He is made under the sun. In the Father he remains, From his mother he goes forth. Creator of heaven and earth, He was born on earth under heaven. Unspeakably wise, He is wisely ...read more

  • Grandma's Game

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    GRANDMA'S GAME Eight-year-old Ann Johnson wrote this poem which expresses the influence of millions of grandparents on their grandchildren: My grandma likes to play with God, They have a kind of game. She plants the garden full of seeds, He sends the sun and rain. She likes to sit and talk with ...read more

  • It Was Jesus' Habit Was To Go To "Church" ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Mills on Oct 13, 2002
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    It was Jesus’ habit was to go to "church" (synagogue) on Sabbath (Sunday). What makes us think that we are any better than Jesus, so ...read more

  • A Baby Was Born Down South. A Girl By The Name ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 3, 2002
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    A baby was born down south. A girl by the name of Helen Keller was destined from early childhood never to see or speak or hear! She became mean spirited and would through fits of rage many times during the day. She came under the care of a young adult by the name of Anne when she was around 5 ...read more

  • Good Friday  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Killam on Apr 18, 2003
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    Dennis Bratcher said, Good Friday is not a day of celebration but of mourning, both for the death of Jesus and for the sins of the world that his death represents. Yet, although Friday is a solemn time, it is not without its own joy. For while it is important to place the Resurrection against the ...read more

  • I Read An Article Once That Stated That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Johnson on Apr 26, 2004
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    I read an article once that stated that waitresses and waiters complained that Sunday was the worst day of the week to work. I thought, as I read this article, that my faith was going to be strengthened by what I was about to read. I thought the article would state how these servers would rather be ...read more

  • B. Illustration: I Remember Growing Up Going To ...

    Contributed by Philip Cunningham Iii on Dec 29, 2007
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    B. ILLUSTRATION: I remember growing up going to church… going BOTH Sunday morning & Sunday night. 1. Always wondered, “Why do we have to go Sunday night? I punched my ticket Sunday morning!” a. How little I understood back then… b. It’s not about punching a ticket; it’s about giving your ...read more

  • Gladyce, A Widow, Attended Church Faithfully ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Gladyce, a widow, attended church faithfully every Sunday. She would get there about 20 minutes early to sit and pray. This was her ritual. Just her and Jesus. She had been doing this for years. Then one Sunday a new family sat behind her. This was disturbing. She said, “Oh, well, they’re visitors ...read more