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  • Max Lucado, In No Wonder They Call Him The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Max Lucado, in No Wonder They Call Him the Savior, tells the story of Maria and her daughter Christina. Longing to leave her poor Brazilian neighborhood, Christina wanted to see the world. Discontent living at home having only a pallet on the floor, a washbasin, and a wood-burning stove, she ...read more

  • There Were Two Seven Year Old Girls That Could ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There were two seven year old girls that could not wait for Christmas. You remember that time in your life when you didn’t sleep much the week before Christmas because of the excitement. These girls felt that excitement, they couldn’t wait to open their presents from the mom and dad. The Christmas ...read more

  • There Is Nothing More Poignant Than Considering ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There is nothing more poignant than considering the end of things. Whenever we experience the end of things it helps us consider what is really important. I was struck this week by John Piper’s journal entry: He recounted as he sat beside the bed of his father keeping a vigil. He monitored his ...read more

  • When The Show "Let's Make A Deal" Aired In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    When the show “Let’s Make A Deal” aired in the seventies, one of the hardest things for people to do was to make a decision. Monty Hall would give them a choice between the prizes they had already won or they could trade that in for what was behind door # 1, 2, or 3. Behind one of those doors was a ...read more

  • One Of The Things I Love To Do Most Is To Tell ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    One of the things I love to do most is to tell people about how I met the risen Lord. I was a senior in high school. I was just about to graduate. And my English teacher gave us one final assignment. He put a bowl on the table filled with slips of paper. He said, "Each slip of paper has a value on ...read more

  • As America Was Being Settled "…men Of Genuine ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    As America was being settled "…men of genuine greatness of character and talents were continually rising up in the western itinerancy. Samuel Parker, born in New Jersey in 1774, and converted in his fourteenth year, was a man of genius, and was called the Cicero of the western ministry. After ...read more

  • Nietzsche Said "A Man Can Undergo Torture If He ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Sep 25, 2007
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    Nietzsche said “A man can undergo torture if he knows the way of life,” but Christian Reger said, "here at Dachu, I learned something far greater. I learned to know the who of my life. He was enough to sustain me then, and is enough to sustain me still.” Christian Reger was a minister with the ...read more

  • Story: In The Late Nineteenth Century In South ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 24, 2007
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    Story: In the late nineteenth Century in South Africa, an old man was digging for gold in a river bed. He had been at it for many years. Every now and then he found a little bit of gold, not enough to make him rich – but just enough to maintain his interest. The part of river in which he was ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago The Special Olympics Were Being ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Jan 3, 2008
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    A few years ago the Special Olympics were being held in Seattle, Washington. Nine physically or mentally challenged runners lined up at the starting line for the 100 meter run. At the sound of the gun, all the runners began to run as fast as they could. That is all, “except for one boy who ...read more

  • Here Are Some Twisted Facts From Various Media ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 29, 2008
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    Here are some twisted facts from various media sources (not true but reported as true): The following information is from the website legendsofamerica.com. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year. Butterflies taste with their feet. More people are killed by donkeys ...read more

  • Poem: I Am Just A Raindrop  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    POEM: “I Am Just a Raindrop” The following poem was heard on Paul Harvey’s broadcast in 2004: I AM JUST A RAINDROP I am just a raindrop I was born in the sky and settled into a hillside there to dance in the sun and sparkle And nourish green and growing things But there are other raindrops on the ...read more

  • The Mirror  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 21, 2008
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    THE MIRROR Author Robert Fulghum tells this story of one of his professors, a wise man whose name was Alexander Papaderos: At the last session on the last morning of a two week seminar on Greek culture, Dr. Papaderos turned and made the ritual gesture: "Are there any questions?" Quiet quilted ...read more

  • The Beggar And The Bread

    Contributed by Ryan Reed on May 30, 2008
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    THE BEGGAR AND THE BREAD A beggar came and sat before me. "I want bread," he said. "How wise you are," I assured him. "Bread is what you need. And you have come to the right bakery." So I pulled my cookbook down from my shelf and began to tell him all I knew about bread. I spoke of flour and ...read more

  • Titles

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jun 2, 2008
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    TITLES I have been a pastor at Shiloh Bible Church for eleven years. But my association with the church began long before that. My in-laws, Harold and Dorothy Wills, retired to the Bloomsburg area back in the 1980's and they started coming to Shiloh. And so when our family would come up from ...read more

  • Dr's Les And Leslie Parrot Say We Need To Fire Up ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 4, 2008
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    Dr’s Les and Leslie Parrot say we need to fire up the passion in the Bed room: They state in their book , “The Love List” this: “Fire Up Passion In The Bedroom” (Once a Month), Sarah was in grade school when she heard a number of new words at school from other students. She asked her mother about ...read more

  • Between You And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    BETWEEN YOU AND GOD I conclude with a story that I heard Pastor Larry Booker tell in a sermon he preached on August 4, 2007 at the First Pentecostal Church of North Little Rock, Arkansas. The title of the message was "Three Attitudes of Jewish Babylon." I understand just as you do that holiness ...read more

  • The Christian's Passion  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    The Christian's Passion "Denying Oneself" There is a tale of the great English actor Macready. Macready was once asked by a preacher; "What is the difference between you and me?" You see the actor appeared before crowds night after night proclaiming fiction and people listened with delight. The ...read more

  • Happiness... Or Holiness?  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Happiness... or Holiness? We Christians have sometimes made a mistake when leading others to Christ in allowing (or encouraging) them to believe that, once they are born-again children of God, there will no longer be any trials in their lives. This may be especially true when they come to ...read more

  • Christmas Adorations  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 15 ratings
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    Christmas Adorations For thousands of years the Israelites had been looking for the coming of the Messiah. There in Bethlehem by the miraculous power of God, Mary, a young virgin, gave birth to the Savior of the world. Most people missed that glorious event, but a few did not. Who are the ...read more

  • You Can't Put God In A Box

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    You Can't Put God in a Box Have you heard that before? In a sense, it is certainly true. The eternal Creator God is outside all our finite minds can comprehend. He is not bound by the natural laws that He put into place for His creation. Though WE cannot confine Him or "put God in a box," HE ...read more