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  • Marriage Conflict And Forklifts  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Harlow on May 13, 2009
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    MARRIAGE CONFLICT AND FORKLIFTS Ephesians 4:26 says, "In your anger do not sin." Best story I read on this, as I was doing research this week, was about a woman who attacked her house with a forklift. This is the news report: Diane Fittipaldi, 2013 Sunset Lane, told Municipal Court Judge Levi ...read more

  • Ill<><i Heard A Pastor Tell Bout Company In Nw ...

    Contributed by West Garner on Jun 29, 2009
     | 2,668 views

    I heard a pastor tell about a company in the NW that had a need come to them. The Need was for a bear proof trash can. All trash cans were being destroyed by grizzlies. Three companies took on the challenge and each developed a product for testing. They took the three products out into grizzly ...read more

  • Kingdom In My Heart

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
    based on 1 rating
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    KINGDOM IN MY HEART Alistair MacLean quotes a story from Tauler, the German mystic: One day Tauler met a beggar. "God give you a good day, my friend." he said. The beggar answered, "I thank God I never had a bad one." Then Tauler said, "God give you a happy life, my friend." "I thank God," said ...read more

  • Leaving A Message For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    LEAVING A MESSAGE FOR GOD In March 2009, Dutch artist Johan van der Dong decided God needed a telephone number. So, he got him one, a cell phone number to be exact--to show that God was "available anywhere and anytime." In an interview, Dong said, "In earlier times you would go to a church to say ...read more

  • Intercession: Pyramid Prayer?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009
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    INTERCESSION: PYRAMID PRAYER? Philip Yancey in his book on prayer tells of a young American soldier in Iraq who learns that his wife back home has advanced cervical cancer. Doctors gave a bleak prognosis. In desperation, he sent an urgent email to his church with the request that everyone in turn ...read more

  • Confusing Messages

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 19, 2009
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    CONFUSING MESSAGES PARIS (AFP) – Heart attack survivors who eat chocolate two or more times per week cut their risk of dying from heart disease about threefold compared to those who never touch the stuff, scientists have reported. ...the new study, led by Imre Janszky of the Karolinska Institute ...read more

  • Do You Remember The Story Of Beauty And The ...

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Aug 21, 2009
     | 1,859 views

    Do you remember the story of Beauty and the Beast? Of course, you do. There was a time when the Beast’s face was handsome and his palace pleasant. But that was before the curse—before the shadow fell across the castle of the prince. And when the darkness fell, he hid. Secluded in his castle, he was ...read more

  • In The Broadway Musical,

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Aug 31, 2009
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    In the Broadway musical, “Guys and Dolls,” there is a line where Sky Masterton (the Marlon Brando role in the film version) shares some advice that his father gave him. Sky is a gambler and the entire play revolves around a certain bet that he makes which pays off in a way he isn’t expecting. But I ...read more

  • The Apostle Paul Specifically Tells Us In I ...

    Contributed by Sidney Sumida on Oct 6, 2009
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    The apostle Paul specifically tells us in I Thessalonians 3:3, that our afflictions are God appointed. That means God specially designs our trials to the right specifications with the intent of reaching our hearts! I remember when I was growing up and entering the adolescence years of my life ...read more

  • The Runaway Sheep

    Contributed by David Rumley on Oct 28, 2009
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    THE RUNAWAY SHEEP Have you heard the story of Shrek, the merino sheep that had evaded capture and shearing for six years? When he was finally discovered in his high mountain cave of New Zealand by musterer Ann Scanlan, he was almost unrecognizable as a sheep. The first thing his rescuer did was ...read more

  • How Linus Deals With Problems: Run ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 29, 2009
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    How Linus Deals With Problems: Run away Remember the cartoon series, Peanuts? In one of the scenes, Linus and Charlie Brown are walking along and chatting with one another. Linus says, “I don’t like to face problems head on. I think the best way to solve problems is to avoid them. In fact, this is ...read more

  • Board Game, Sorry, Reveals Insincerity, Hypocrisy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2009
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    Board Game, Sorry, Reveals Insincerity, Hypocrisy and Lack of Repentance Have you ever played the BOARD GAME SORRY? You move your TOKENS around the BOARD & if you happen to land on the SAME SPOT of ANOTHER PLAYER then you say the word SORRY & you send them BACK to the very BEGINNING POINT. How many ...read more

  • Scrubs Christmas Voiceover  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 10, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
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    SCRUBS CHRISTMAS VOICEOVER The cast of the TV Show Scrubs have done a number of satirical looks at various things. The did a voice over of "Charlie Brown’s Christmas" and Dr. Cox does the Linus soliloquy which originally was the story of Christmas from the gospel. This post-modern version [IMHO] ...read more

  • They Are Who We Thought They Were

    Contributed by Timothy Dolan on Nov 10, 2009
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    THEY ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE How many have heard the apparently new cliché: "They are who we thought they were"? "Normally quiet Arizona Cardinals coach Dennis Green first uttered this trademarked phrase during a swear-filled, post-game tirade in 2006. When he was asked what he thought of ...read more

  • Grace Never Loses Its ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 20, 2009
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    Grace Never Loses Its Value A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, “Who would like this $20 bill?” Hands started going up. He said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this.” He proceeded to crumple the ...read more

  • We Can't Take Another's Medicine To Make Him Or ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2009
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    We can’t take another’s medicine to make him or her well A little girl, whom we will call Ellen, was some time ago helping to nurse a sick gentleman whom she loved very dearly. One day he said to her, “Ellen, it is time for me to take my medicine, I think. Will you pour it out for me? You must ...read more

  • Lucado On John 3:16

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 28, 2009
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    LUCADO ON JOHN 3:16 Max Lucado describes John 3:16 this way in his book "3:16 The Numbers of Hope" pages 8, 9: "A twenty-six-word parade of hope: beginning with God, ending with life, and urging us to do the same. Brief enough to write on a napkin or memorize in a moment, yet solid enough to ...read more

  • Accepting Forgiveness Can Be Difficult

    Contributed by Greg Bond on Dec 28, 2009
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    ACCEPTING FORGIVENESS CAN BE DIFFICULT I’m sure that many of you, just looking at this title, already have emotions running through your mind. Maybe accepting forgiveness from God and acceptance into His fellowship, is something you have struggled with personally, or you know one person, or ...read more

  • Because One Teen Took Action

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 8, 2010
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     | 2,786 views

    BECAUSE ONE TEEN TOOK ACTION There was a youth group where the teenagers were challenged to try to reach someone in their school for Christ. Everyone blew it off. Except for one guy. He felt compelled to take action. So he did. He knew who he wanted to see come to Christ. It wasn’t exactly someone ...read more

  • I ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
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    ILLUSTRATION How many of us had to be taught how to talk back to your parents? How may of us had to be taught how to cheat on a test or our tax return? How many of us had to be taught how to lie? How many of us had to be taught how to be selfish? Just as all of us don’t need to be taught how to ...read more