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  • It's Been Said That If A Bird Were To Fly Around ...

    Contributed by Robbie Bankens on Oct 5, 2004
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    It’s been said that if a bird were to fly around the earth just once, every 1000 years and gently rub it’s wing on the tip of Mount Everest as it flew by, that when the last grain of the earth had been rubbed away by ...read more

  • In A Cemetery In Hanover, Germany, Is A Grave On ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 13, 2004
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    In a cemetery in Hanover, Germany, is a grave on which were placed huge slabs of granite and marble cemented together and fastened with heavy steel clasps. It belongs to a woman who did not believe in the resurrection of the dead. Yet strangely, she directed in her will that her grave be made so ...read more

  • A Methodist Minister Was Continually Bragging ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 13, 2004
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    • A Methodist minister was continually bragging to his Baptist minister friends about the greatness of his church. No matter what they said, he always found a way to claim that the Methodists were better. Eventually his friends got tired of this, and decided to play a prank on the Methodist. One ...read more

  • Passing Through A Country Graveyard, A Man Was ...

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Oct 15, 2004
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    Passing through a country graveyard, a man was struck by the inscription on a tombstone. The stone was by the side of the path where everyone could see it. It had been placed there in memory of a young man who died at the age of seventeen. It was, "Reader, stop and think; I am in eternity! and you ...read more

  • Play 2:40 & Fade Of "Tears Of Heaven" By Eric ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 18, 2004
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    Play 2:40 & fade of “Tears of Heaven” by Eric Clapton - lyrics on powerpoint) I am a fan of Eric Clapton’s music but until this week I didn’t know what motivated Eric to write the song we just heard. “Tears of Heaven” won Eric Clapton a 1993 Grammy and Song of the year award. I know Eric ...read more

  • Philippine Girl

    Contributed by John Harvey on Nov 2, 2004
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    **Philippine Girl-{page 33} The Christians surrounding the girl’s bed were sad. Because of her extensive internal injuries doctors could do nothing for her. Weeks ago, the believers had bought her a white dress to celebrate her new life and pure heart in Christ Jesus. Her father had not been ...read more

  • Dr. Charles H. Hennekens Of Harvard Medical ...

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Nov 9, 2004
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    Dr. Charles H. Hennekens of Harvard Medical School says that retirement may increase a man’s risk of dying of heart attack. His statement - “We found an 80 percent higher rate of death from coronary disease ...read more

  • Dr. Ian Paisley, The Fiery Irish Cleric And ...

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Dec 8, 2004
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    Dr. Ian Paisley, the fiery Irish cleric and politician was reputed to have been preaching one Sunday on the End Times - and in particular on the Day of Judgment. As he reached the climax of his address he said that on the Day of Judgment "there would be wailing and gnashing of teeth." At which ...read more

  • A Train Was Filled With Tired People. Most Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Dec 13, 2004
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    A train was filled with tired people. Most of them had spent the day traveling through the hot dusty plains and at last evening had come and they all tried to settle down to a sound sleep. However, at one end of the car a man was holding a tiny baby and as night came on the baby became restless ...read more

  • Most Of You Probably Already Have Your Christmas ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Dec 18, 2004
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    Most of you probably already have your Christmas tree. If you don’t have a "fake" tree than you probably went to a lot, or got a permit to cut one down. You looked at various trees, you selected one, put it in a tree stand, watered it & decorated it. It will be the center of attention in your home ...read more

  • The Late Vance Havner's Wife Was Also Named ...  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Black on Feb 2, 2005
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    The late Vance Havner’s wife was also named Sarah. Shortly after her untimely death, Warren Wiersbe met him at Moody Bible Institute, and expressed his condolences with the simple words, "I’m sorry to hear you lost your wife." Dr. Havner smiled and replied, "Son, when you know where something is, ...read more

  • William Gurnall In His Book "The Christian In ...

    Contributed by Thomas Black on Feb 2, 2005
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    William Gurnall in his book "The Christian In Complete Armour" writes: "Ask faith to look through the keyhole of the promise and tell you what it sees there laid up for him that overcomes; ask it to listen and tell you whether it cannot hear the shout of those crowned saints receiving the reward ...read more

  • My Wife And I Was On Our Way To Church The Other ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2005
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    My Wife and I was on our way to church the other day; I was in my car and she was in her car. We deceided to find out which one of us would get to the church first. My son was in the car with me and my daughter was in the car with my wife. My wife pulled out of the drive-way before I did and down ...read more

  • Joseph Bayley Writing In, The Last Thing We Talk ...

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jun 13, 2005
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    Joseph Bayley writing in, The Last Thing We Talk About, used these words to describe what we’ve all felt. “This frustrates us, especially in a time of scientific breakthrough and exploding knowledge, that we should be able to break out of earth’s environment and yet be stopped cold by death’s ...read more

  • If We Abide By The Principles ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Illustration: "If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper, but if we and our posterity ignore its instructions and authority, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe ...read more

  • A Person's Last Words Are Important. We Hang On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A person’s last words are important. We hang on to the dying words of those closest to us. We pass on the final words of great leaders for the next generation. It’s as if we are waiting for them to sum everything up in a few final statements. Some are famous: Nathan Hale (1755-1776) – "I only ...read more

  • I Began To Understand God's Omnipotent Power," ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    "I began to understand God’s omnipotent power," Struecker said. "He was orchestrating every single bullet that was fired that night. ... The peace that I had was not only for my own life, but for the lives of my soldiers. If any of them were to get shot, then that was part of God’s sovereign plan." ...read more

  • Max Lucado Says, "The Bible Has Been Banned, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Max Lucado says, “The Bible has been banned, burned, scoffed, and ridiculed. Scholars have mocked it as foolish. Kings have branded it as illegal. A thousand times over, the grave has been dug and the dirge has begun, but somehow the Bible never stays in the grave. Not only has it survived, it has ...read more

  • I Read An Article In The Atlantic Journal The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I read an article in the Atlantic Journal the other day; it said, “The world is too big for us. Too much going on, too many crimes, too much violence and excitement. Try as you will you get behind in the race…It’s an incessant strain, to keep pace… and you still lose ground. Science empties its ...read more

  • Grim Reaper

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Grim Reaper According to an old fable, a man made an unusual agreement with Death. He told the Grim Reaper that he would willingly accompany him when it came time to die, but only on one condition—that Death would send a messenger well in advance to warn him. Weeks passed into months, and months ...read more