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  • There Was A Man In England Who Put His ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Jun 25, 2006
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     | 1,638 views

    ‘There was a man in England who put his Rolls-Royce on a boat and went across to the continent to go on a holiday. While he was driving around Europe, something happened to the motor of his car. He cabled the Rolls-Royce people back in England and asked, “I’m having trouble with my car; what do you ...read more

  • How The Gospel Came To Korea

    Contributed by Jun Tadena on Aug 25, 2006
     | 1,894 views

    How the Gospel Came to Korea Robert J. Thomas, a Welshman, was a colporteur working in China for the Scottish Bible Society. In the course of his work, he learned that the Korean language is based on Chinese and that, as a result, the Korean intellectuals could read Chinese. His main responsibility ...read more

  • Priorities: Are You Going Too Fast?  PRO

    Contributed by David Parks on Sep 18, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,364 views

    Priorities: Are You Going Too Fast? A number of years ago, a Navy jet fighter plain shot itself down over the deserts of Nevada while testing a new cannon mounted on its wing. The plane was flying at supersonic speeds but the cannon shells were subsonic. What hap¬pened was critical. The fighter ...read more

  • No Charge

    Contributed by Danny Rogers on Sep 27, 2006
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    A young boy wrote a letter to his mother: Dear Mom, For cleaning my room: 25c For doing the dishes: 25c For taking out the trash: 25c For cutting the grass: 25c Total: $1.00 The mother came home and read the note. She then pulled out the dollar and placed it with his note. She then ...read more

  • Lets Be Honest, There Are Things We Face In Our ...

    Contributed by Randall Bergsma on Dec 19, 2006
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    Lets be honest, there are things we face in our lives, and times when we are afraid. Your newly married and your thinking “What did I get myself into? I don’t know what I’m doing. ”You have a friend in trouble and you think “I don’t know what to say!” You’re in your job and you think, “Why did ...read more

  • In 1968, The Historical Veracity For The ...

    Contributed by John Harvey on Mar 31, 2004
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    In 1968, the historical veracity for the crucifixion of Jesus took another leap forward. A mass gravesite in Israel was uncovered that contained 35 male bodies, each of which died a brutal death around the rime of the Jewish revolt against Rome in 70 AD. An inscription identified one of the men ...read more

  • I Do Not Trust People Who Never Admit Faults Or ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 16, 2004
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     | 1,447 views

    I do not trust people who never admit faults or sins. It tells me that they are either living under a delusion or they have filled their lives with so much busyness that they make no space for introspection. This week I was reading a book titled Revolution in World Missions by K.P. Yohannan. ...read more

  • Dear Abby, Happiness Is Knowing That Your Parents ...

    Contributed by Martin Kim on Nov 22, 2004
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    Dear Abby, Happiness is knowing that your parents won’t almost kill you if you come home a little late. Happiness is having your own bedroom. Happiness is having parents that trust you. Happiness is getting the telephone call you’ve been praying for. Happiness is knowing that you’re well dressed as ...read more

  • In 1932 Herbert Taylor Was Assigned The Job Of ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Dec 7, 2004
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    In 1932 Herbert Taylor was assigned the job of saving an aluminum products company from bankruptcy. The company’s products were better than their competitor’s. Their sales people were no better than their competitors’. So he decided that their company would be known for the character, ...read more

  • Msnbc Reported On An Archaeological Dig In Cana, ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 3, 2007
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    MSNBC reported on an archaeological dig in Cana, Israel in 2004. The article read: “Among the roots of ancient olive trees, archaeologists have found pieces of large stone jars of the type the Gospel says Jesus used when he turned water into wine at a Jewish wedding in the Galilee village of ...read more

  • Words, Just Words  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Words, just words I was reading the other day. The famous American author, Samuel Clement, Mark Twain, attended a Sunday service. He met the preacher at the door afterward to shake his hand. And he told him that he had a book at home with every word he had preached that morning. The minister ...read more

  • We Need To Cultivate The Habit Of Bearing Each ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 3,963 views

    We need to cultivate the habit of bearing each other’s burdens. Lend a hand by lifting a heavy load. Burdens are the over loads which we can lighten by building meaningful relationships with others in the church. I read a story a few years ago about a family who found out that their un-born child ...read more

  • The May 1984 National Geographic Showed Through ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 2,095 views

    The May 1984 National Geographic showed through color photos and drawings the swift and terrible destruction that wiped out the Roman Cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 A.D. The explosion of Mount Vesuvius was so sudden that the residents were killed while in their routine: men and women were ...read more

  • Warren Buffet Is One Of The Richest Men In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Warren Buffet is one of the richest men in America. In 1997, among the 70 or so people in this country who were worth 1 billion dollars or more, Buffet was the only one of only a few who acquired his wealth through investing. Many investors look to him for investment advice. His firm Berkshire ...read more

  • Love Stories Of Over-Comers, Like…  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jul 21, 2007
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    love stories of over-comers, like… o Johnny Fulton, who was run over by a car at the age of three. He suffered crushed hips, broken ribs, a fractured skull, and compound fractures in his legs. It didn’t look as if he would live. But he would not give up. In fact, he later ran the half-mile in ...read more

  • In Large Part, Jesus Has A Negative Attitude ...

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Oct 10, 2007
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    In large part, Jesus has a negative attitude toward wealth. Doesn’t have much of anything good to say about money (Mark 4:19; Matthew 6:19; Luke 12:13; 16:1; 19:1). Jim Bakker, of PTL fame, once the health and wealth and prosperity gospel preacher, said he was convinced by God in a dream, and he ...read more

  • Unopened Letters

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 23, 2007
     | 1,676 views

    Unopened Letters A childhood accident caused poet Elizabeth Barrett to lead a life of semi-invalidism before she married Robert Browning in 1846. There’s more to the story. In her youth, Elizabeth had been watched over by her [oppressive] father. When she and Robert were married, their wedding was ...read more

  • Marjorie Thompson Makes An Interesting Point When ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 7, 2008
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    Marjorie Thompson makes an interesting point when she says, ‘As people become hungrier for spiritual nurture, they often become more dissatisfied with their own tradition of corporate worship. Part of the problem is that average person in the pew has little say over how worship is planned, much ...read more

  • As A Young Boy My Father Took Me Out Pheasant ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2008
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    As a young boy my father took me out pheasant hunting. We didn’t have a dog and as I was too young to fire a gun I took on the role of the dog. It was a few hours until we found a pheasant under a fence row. I was sent in to flush the bird. As it took wing a shot rang out. Feathers exploded ...read more

  • A Minister Travelling On A Train In Europe Was ...

    Contributed by Darren Rogers on Jan 31, 2008
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    A minister travelling on a train in Europe was the sole occupant of a compartment, except for a young man reading a newspaper. The youth was also a Christian, but so weak was his faith, and so many were his temptations, that he told the minister he did not think he would be able to stand life a ...read more