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  • New Ratings: The Entertainment Software Rating ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    New Ratings: The Entertainment Software Rating Board® has set up a new category for video game ratings. The “E10+” category was created for games suitable for children ages 10 and older. These fall between the ones rated “E” for “everyone,” which many tweens outgrow, and the ones rated “T” for ...read more

  • Returning Thanks

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Nov 21, 2006
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    Returning Thanks is a LEARNED Trait. We are not born grateful creatures. Take a baby for just a little while and you’ll probably hold in your arms what could be best described as a schizophrenic! One minute cooing, the next crying; one minute silent, the next screaming; one minute friendly ...read more

  • Our Personal Rainbow

    Contributed by Susan Blader on Nov 27, 2006
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    Our Personal Rainbow And did you know that God gives each of us our own personal rainbow? No two people will see the same rainbow. A rainbow is formed by a raindrop that acts like a prism, separating sunlight into its individual color components. If you stand looking at a rainbow, and someone ...read more

  • Christ-Like Simplicity

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 1, 2009
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    CHRIST-LIKE SIMPLICITY Francis de Sales, 17th cent. writer, said that Christ-like simplicity is similar to what we see in little children "who with one hand cling to their father, and with the other gather strawberries or blackberries along the hedges. For just like this, while you are gathering ...read more

  • I Can't Tell A Lie

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jun 5, 2011
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    I CAN'T TELL A LIE A grandmother was looking after her two little grandchildren, a 7-year-old girl, and a 5-year-old boy, and both these children had been very, very naughty. As the time drew near for their mother to pick them up, the little girl asked, "Are you going to tell Mummy how we ...read more

  • Focus On Christ

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 25, 2011
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    FOCUS ON CHRIST The healthiest people do not think about their health; the weak induce disease by morbid introspection. If you begin to count your heartbeats, you will disturb the rhythmic action of the heart. If you continually imagine a pain anywhere, you will produce it. And there are some ...read more

  • Maybe The Most Famous Of All The Unexpected ...  PRO

    Contributed by Hal Seed on Jul 27, 2007
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    Maybe the most famous of all the unexpected heroes of 911 was a 32 year old Oracle salesmen named Todd Beamer, the determined Christian on flight 93 who called up the GTE operator to find out what was happening, prayed the Lord’s Prayer with her over the phone, added, “Jesus, help me,” then said, ...read more

  • We Can't Imagine What Our Redeemer Has In Store ...  PRO

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Dec 4, 2007
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    We can’t imagine what our Redeemer has in store for us. The Holy Spirit gives us a few clues, but it is like a person blind from birth trying to comprehend color. Imagine if you lived in a world of darkness – then could suddenly see. Imagine if you lived in a world without taste – and suddenly ...read more

  • A Loaded Mini-Van Pulled Up To The Only Remaining ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on May 3, 2008
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    A loaded mini-van pulled up to the only remaining campsite. Four youngsters leaped from the vehicle and feverishly began unloading the gear and setting up the tent. The boys rushed off to gather firewood while the girls along with their mother began to set up the camp stove and cooking utensils. A ...read more

  • Kids Mirror ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    KIDS MIRROR PARENTS An American Bible Society study conducted by Weekly Reader Research found children do mirror their parents’ behavior. Parents who attend church weekly tend to have teens that worship weekly, while 78% of parents who never attend worship services have teens who never attend, ...read more

  • History Records That During The Civil War, Many ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Hensley on Jun 27, 2001
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    History records that during the Civil War, many acts of violence were committed by both the armies of the north and the south. Once such act occurred in October of 1862 in the town of Palmyra, Missouri. According to W. E. Sutterfield, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Palmyra, the town was ...read more

  • The Trouble Tree  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 5, 2002
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    THE TROUBLE TREE The carpenter I hired to help me restore an old farmhouse had just finished a rough first day on the job. A flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric saw quit, and now his ancient pickup truck refused to start. While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence. On ...read more

  • The Young Woman Was Married And Had Two Beautiful ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 20, 2003
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    The young woman was married and had two beautiful children, but one day as she was standing over the sink, washing dishes, she thought, ’There must be more to life than this.’ When her husband came home, he found a note she’d written and began to weep. She would call him about once every week to ...read more

  • Shedding Light On Thanksgiving  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 18, 2003
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    SHEDDING LIGHT ON THANKSGIVING The Associated Press, New York, carried this short piece on the first Thanksgiving: "This time of year, classrooms across the United States are filled with tales of the first Thanksgiving feast. But children might not be getting the whole story, says Kenneth C. ...read more

  • King Herod Was A Descendant Of The Edomite, Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Nov 24, 2004
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    King Herod was a descendant of the Edomite, who was commonly called Edomeans during Jesus’ days. Herod had ruled as governor of Galilee from 47 to 37 B.C. he was then promoted to rule as king over all Palestine from 37 to 4 B.C. he became famous for building cities, fortresses, and temples ...read more

  • Listen To The Expectations Of A Wife In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Feb 22, 2005
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    Listen to the expectations of a wife in the mid-50’s. This is entitled: “How to be a Good Wife” and was purportedly taken from a high school economics text book in 1954. Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal, on time. Prepare Yourself. Take 15 minutes ...read more

  • My Oldest Son Loves To Read. His Mom Gets The ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jun 13, 2005
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    My oldest son loves to read. His mom gets the credit for that. She has a ferocious appetite for reading, (as well as being extremely beautiful). One of the first series of books Kenny read was the children’s version of The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. The seventh book is entitled The Last ...read more

  • On The Final Page Of The Final Book Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Nov 23, 2005
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    On the final page of the final book of The Chronicles of Narnia, some of the children who have been to Narnia lament that they once again must return to their homeland—the Shadow-Lands. But Aslan (the lion who represents Jesus) has the best news of all for them: [Aslan spoke to the children,] ...read more

  • In His Book Written In Blood, Robert Coleman ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    In his book Written In Blood, Robert Coleman tells the story of a little boy whose sister needed a blood transfusion. The doctor explained that she had the same disease the boy had recovered from two years earlier. Her only chance for recovery was a transfusion from someone who had previously ...read more

  • We Had A Lady In Our Church In San Antonio – ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Nov 17, 2006
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    We had a lady in our church in San Antonio – Betty. Betty is a woman in command. Betty is a woman that would get things done.She would call the downtown shelter every year and ask how many coats were needed. Yes it does get cold in San Antonio. She would go to a local store. Find some very nice ...read more