Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Behind the scenes of an Arizona circus, Bobb Biehl started chatting with a man who trains animals for Hollywood movies: " ’How is it that you can stake down a ten-ton elephant with the same size stake that you use for this little fellow?’ I asked, pointing to a baby elephant who weighed three
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A young employee secretly misappropriated several hundred dollars of his business firm’s money. When this action was discovered, the young man was told to report to the office of the senior partner of the firm.
As he walked up the stairs toward the administrative office, the young employee was
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Contributed by Patrick Mccosh on Jul 23, 2007
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One summer morning as Ray Blankenship was preparing his breakfast, he gazed out the window, and saw a small girl being swept along in the rain-flooded drainage ditch beside his Anover, OH home. He knew that downstream the ditch disappeared with a roar underneath a road and then emptied into the
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Contributed by Bruce Ritter on Feb 2, 2008
hile parachuting of any kind is risky, the incoming fire of a fortified enemy, raises the danger profile for any special forces mission seeking to get behind enemy lines. Not only does a paratrooper become an easy target, but the sound of the aircraft would also alert the enemy.
HALO stands for
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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
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 15, 2008
n India this week (early Oct., 2008), here is the latest:
"Christians feel unsafe even under government protection, and are leaving the refugee camps to escape to other areas of India. In Kandhamal, the destruction has continued for more than a month.
Bhubaneshwar (AsiaNews) - About 12,000 people
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TEMPLE OF GREED
Stanford Kurland ran Countrywide Mortgage through 2006. Then after the mortgage crisis began (for which Kurland may be partially responsible) he opened up PennyMac, a company that says they will help bail out the mortgage industry by buying the troubled mortgages at a reduced rate
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Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jun 3, 2009
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RICHARD WUMBRAND
Richard Wumbrand was sent to study Marxism in Moscow, but returned clandestinely the following year. Pursued by Siguranþa Statului (the secret police), he was arrested and held in Doftana prison. Wurmbrand subsequently renounced his political ideals. He started to preach Christ.
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Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 19, 2009
KNOWING THE FATHER'S LOVE
Consider an illustration of two children and two fathers. One child feels like he’s just a tenant in the house, a servant doing what he’s commanded to do. He doesn’t know his father very well or his father’s love. He just knows what he’s been commanded to do.
The other
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ORTBERG ON GOD'S PRESENCE
John Ortberg’s quote about God’s Presence:
"Now let us bring God into the picture. The reality with God is that we are never speaking or acting in his absence. The psalmist said, 'Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go to the
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ON THE WAY TO THE FAIR
A man was going to the county fair one day with a pig under one arm and a chicken under one arm, and a basket on his head. He came to a crossroads and didn’t know which way to turn. While he stood there deciding, an attractive young woman approached him, heading the same
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2011
REDEFINING "DEVIANCY"
Alcoholism, drug abuse, teen pregnancy, abortion, homosexuality, school violence, child abuse, pornography, rape, robbery and murder pervade our nation. America is drowning in wickedness and immorality. For example, Oregon approved legalized physician-assisted suicide in 1994
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WHAT IS NOT GOD'S WILL
Sometimes we want things we know is not God's will.
Jay Kesler wrote of a time when he caused an auto accident. He prayed that it did not happen, but it did.
I know how the young Jay Kesler felt. I've done things that I wanted to undo and said things that I wanted to
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