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  • Egg Cartons  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Egg Cartons A PREACHER found a shoe box in his closet. When he Opened it he found some strange contents. Inside was an egg carton with 5 eggs inside. Next to the eggs was a stack of bills that totaled over 10,000 dollars. As soon as his wife walked thru the door he stopped her to ask if she knew ...read more

  • The King James Version Translates This Verse ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
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    The King James version translates this verse saying, “Our righteousness is as flighty rags.” The word translated there as “filthy rags” literally means, “menstrual cloth.” Forgive my bluntness but God says the best thing you have ever done, apart from Him, stinks like that. When we do things, ...read more

  • Swimming With The Sharks

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jul 2, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
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    SWIMMING WITH THE SHARKS There's an old story of a rich guy who threw a party at his mansion. One of his pride and joys was his new saltwater pool in which he had the ability to let swim in various specious of ocean fish. He had the party assemble along the edge of the pool as he ...read more

  • God Hears Everything We Say

    Contributed by Rev. Duraimony Dickson on Nov 20, 2020
     | 4,032 views

    There was a man who had a habit of grumbling at the food his wife placed before him at family meals. Then he would pray a blessing to the Lord. One day after his usual combination of complaint and prayer, his little girl asked, “Daddy, does God hear us when we pray?” “Why, of course,” he replied. ...read more

  • The Founders Of Our Nation Knew The Great Cost ...

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jul 6, 2005
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    The founders of our nation knew the great cost of freedom. Yet they willingly put themselves on the line for the idea of liberty that springs eternal in the human heart. Signing the Declaration of Independence became a death warrant for those who affixed their signatures. Fifty-six men signed ...read more

  • It Began 68 Years Ago Today, December 1st, 1934. ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Dec 6, 2002
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    It began 68 years ago today, December 1st, 1934. Sergey Kirov, a leader of the Russian Revolution and a high-ranking member of the Politburo, was shot to death at his Leningrad office by Leonid Nikolayev. Many believe that the gunman Nikolayev, a member of the Communist Party, carried out the ...read more

  • God With Us

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2009
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    GOD WITH US Count Zinzendorf, the founder of the Moravians, was converted in an art gallery in Dusseldorf while contemplating a painting of Christ on the cross which had the inscription, "I did this for thee. What hast thou done for me?" This picture had been painted by an artist three hundred ...read more

  • St. Helens Vs. Krakatoa

    Contributed by Scott Spencer on Nov 3, 2011
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    ST. HELENS VS. KRAKATOA May 18, 1980. You might remember that on that day there was an incredible explosion which was estimated at 500 times more powerful than the force of the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. This explosion was so powerful that it ripped 1,200 feet off the top of a 9,700 ...read more

  • The Only Monument In The World Built In The Shape ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Elmore on Nov 2, 2001
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    The only monument in the world built in the shape of a bug, to honor a bug is located in Fort Rucker, Alabama. In 1915 the Mexican boll weevil invaded Southeast Alabama and destroyed 60% of the cotton crop. In desperation, the farmers turned to planting peanuts. By 1917 the ...read more

  • George Bernard Shaw Is Perhaps Most Renowned As A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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    George Bernard Shaw is perhaps most renowned as a free thinker and liberal philosopher. In his last writings we read, “The science to which I pinned my faith is bankrupt. Its counsels, which should have established the millennium, led, instead, directly to the suicide of Europe. I believed them ...read more

  • Greek Philosopher Anaximenes Accompanied ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    Greek philosopher Anaximenes accompanied Alexander the Great on his expedition against the Persians, in the course of which Alexander’s forces captured Lampsacus, the birthplace of Anaximenes. Anxious to save his native city from destruction, Anaximenes sought an audience with the king. Alexander ...read more

  • Open War Is Upon You

    Contributed by C Jordan on Jun 21, 2006
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    QUOTE: (From Waking the Dead by John Eldredge) "In the second film of The Lord of the Rings trilogy - The Two Towers - there is a king who is reluctant to go to war. Theoden...is fearful and timid. An army is marching through his lands, an army bred for a single purpose: to destroy the world of ...read more

  • What Is Repentance? Gordon Macdonald Helps Us ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 16, 2005
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    What is repentance? Gordon MacDonald helps us to understand with these sobering words: “Repentance is not necessarily repentance for what I have done although it may necessitate that. Repentance is for, more significantly, what is in me as a sinner. I suggest to you that the Bible is teaching ...read more

  • The Official Acceptance Of Christianity Enacted ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Sep 18, 2007
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    The official acceptance of Christianity enacted by Constantine in AD 313, led to nearly a half-century of tolerance under Roman rule until Julian the Apostate, a Roman emperor who reigned from AD 361-363, tried to destroy Christianity by persecuting Christians. Even he admitted that “the godless ...read more

  • An Indianapolis Patrolman Ran Into Trouble While ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 15, 2002
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    An Indianapolis patrolman ran into trouble while investigating a routine traffic mishap. His problem began after he had interviewed witnesses, arrested one of the drivers, and written up the accident report. He suddenly noticed that the offending motorist was chewing on something that wasn’t gum. ...read more

  • Jesus' Broken Hands

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 22, 2006
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    Illust. Jesus BROKEN HANDS Story told of a large cathedral church that was hit by a earthquake. The disaster destroyed the church, and all that remained was a century old statue of Jesus stand ing with his arms out stretched, only the rubble that fell from the earthquake fell and broke off the ...read more

  • Robert E. Lee, The Southern General In The Civil ...  PRO

    Contributed by Keith Davis on May 5, 2003
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    Robert E. Lee, the Southern general in the Civil war, was visiting a Kentucky lady. She took him to the remains of a grand old tree at the front of her formerly great mansion. The north and the south had fought a bitter battle right over her front porch, and the limbs and the trunk of that tree had ...read more

  • History Records A Remarkable Account Of The ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 24, 2007
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    History records a remarkable account of the destruction of an ancient town. The watchmen on the walls would call out whenever they thought they saw a foe approaching. Sensing that the people had begun to resent them for giving these false alarms, they decided to remain quiet. Regrettably, not ...read more

  • Man Desiring To Learn How To Play Golf Stood Up ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2008
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    Man desiring to learn how to play golf stood up to tee off,was near sighted. Thought an ant mound was to hold the ball.Placed it on top and began to swing. He cut the ground up before and behind and all around the ball. He destroyed the ant mound and all the ants in it except two. One ant looked to ...read more

  • Crabs In A Basket

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2011
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    CRABS IN A BASKET Charles L. Allen wrote about a fisherman friend of his who told him that one never needs a top for his crab basket. If one of the crabs starts to climb up the sides of the basket, the other crabs will reach up and pull it back down. ("The Miracle of Love") Allen then observed ...read more