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  • Changing Your Mind About Seatbelts

    Contributed by Hugh W. Davidson on Mar 13, 2009
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    CHANGING YOUR MIND ABOUT SEATBELTS I remember when the seatbelt laws came into effect. People had all kinds of excuses for why they weren’t going to wear one. Some said they felt constrained, and some were afraid they’d have an accident because they thought the strap would somehow stop them from ...read more

  • Love Them Like Jesus

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 25, 2009
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    LOVE THEM LIKE JESUS Dr Tom Hermiz in his book on Holiness tells of being in a motel room in Columbus Ohio before preaching three times on Sunday at a missionary conference. The people in the next room had a loud party, and at 1 am he called the front desk, and they called the room. But it was ...read more

  • I Read A Story Of A Pastor Whose Son Began To ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 6, 2009
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    I read a story of a pastor whose son began to drift away from God in high school. The son started to hang out with the wrong crowd changing his actions and attitude. The parents, of course, were broken-hearted. They were embarrassed. But they didn’t hide this. They cried out to God with God’s ...read more

  • A Visiting Minister Was Very Long-Winded. Worse, ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Apr 20, 2009
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    A visiting minister was very long-winded. Worse, every time he would make a good point during his sermon and a member of the congregation responded with "Amen" or "That’s right, preacher" he would get wound up even more and launch into another lengthy discourse. Finally, the host pastor started ...read more

  • The Stink Lets You Know

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Apr 27, 2009
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    THE STINK LETS YOU KNOW March 18, 1937. It was just 17 minutes before school was to dismiss in the little town of New London, TX. It was oil country, and the school board had decided to save some money by using natural gas siphoned off an oil company’s pipeline. It would allow them to fuel the ...read more

  • In 2006 A Study Was Done On The Lifespan Of ...

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on May 11, 2009
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    In 2006 a study was done on the lifespan of people. It was determined that the average person would be alive for around 65 years. That is 3,380 weeks, or 23,725 days, or 569,400 hours, or 34,164,000 minutes, or 2,049,840,000 seconds that the average person is alive. Of course I just wasted like ...read more

  • Ilustration: I Read The Story Of Nine Special ...

    Contributed by Ramon Canals on Jun 5, 2009
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    Ilustration: I read the story of nine special people participating in the Seattle Olympics. A few years ago, at the Seattle Special Olympics, nine contestants, all physically or mentally disabled, assembled at the starting line for the 100-yard dash. At the gun, they all started out, not exactly ...read more

  • The Concept Of

    Contributed by David Hodgin on Jun 30, 2009
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    The concept of “The Six Degrees of Separation” is worth bringing up here. In this concept, people who study such things say that everyone in the world is at most six acquaintances apart from every other person in the world. It is referred to as “The Human Web” and works like this, I know someone, ...read more

  • God's Name

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 20, 2009
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    GOD'S NAME God is not like a dog. Some dogs, as long as you show them affection or give them treats, they will come running and wag their tails and be just so excited. If we didn’t know there name we could call them "Fido" or "Ginger" or any name and they would respond. We could even call them ...read more

  • Revelation At The Front Door

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Sep 22, 2009
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    REVELATION AT THE FRONT DOOR A new pastor was visiting the homes of some of the people in his congregation. He came to one house and he knocked but there was no answer. He could see the lights were on and it seemed very obvious that someone was home, so he knocked again. When there was no ...read more

  • Christians Give In Too Easily To The Devil In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
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    Christians Give In Too Easily to the Devil in Spiritual Warfare In his book Fuzzy Memories, Jack Handey writes: There used to be this bully who would demand my lunch money every day. Since I was smaller, I would give it to him. Then I decided to fight back. I started taking karate lessons. But then ...read more

  • Tourist Asks Tour Guide At Westminster Abbey An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2009
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    Tourist Asks Tour Guide at Westminster Abbey an Important Question The story is told that one day a tour guide was taking people around Westminster Abbey, probably the most famous church in England. The guide pointed out the ancient Abbey’s beauties, its glorious windows, the graves of kings and ...read more

  • There Is An Old Legend Which Says When Jesus Had ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 5, 2009
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    "There is an old legend which says when Jesus had ascended into heaven, the angel Gabriel asked him, "Lord what plans have you made for carrying on your ministry in the world? How will people learn of what you have done for them?" Jesus responded, "I left that to Peter, James and John, Martha ...read more

  • I Have A Friend Who Had An Accident And Now Lives ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 21, 2009
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    I have a friend who had an accident and now lives in constant pain. I ring him up occasionally and seek to encourage him. He loves God but is totally incapacitated. What do you say? How can you provide them with a window of hope? Job expresses his frustration to his friend for his insensitivity to ...read more

  • When I First Came Into Ministry Many Years Ago ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 28, 2009
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    When I first came into ministry many years ago now, Julie and I realized that the only way we could train in the Bible College was to sell everything we owned except our car and our children (actually our children already belonged to God, so they didn’t come into the equation). There was no ...read more

  • Article From Paper On The Pastor And His Wife Who ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 28, 2009
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    Article from paper on the pastor and his wife who collect nativity scenes from all over the world. 1. The message of the nativity according to the article is this: “An Enduring symbol. Christ’s birth has been a powerful story through-out the ages. The Nativity is a three dimensional depiction of ...read more

  • According To The Associated Press,

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 28, 2009
     | 1,586 views

    According to the Associated Press, "Philippine troops went house to house Thursday threatening to use force to move hundreds of residents from the steaming slopes of a lava-spilling volcano. Some farmers begged to stay to guard their livestock while their families spent Christmas Eve in a shelter. ...read more

  • Unlikely Predictions

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Dec 29, 2009
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    UNLIKELY PREDICTIONS Toronto Maple Leafs – rough start to their Season. First eight games were loses. Then hope was born... we got Phil Kessel of the Boston Bruins! Haven’t won the cup since 1967 – yes, I was only 5 years old. People laugh. Leaf jokes are now hotter than Newfie jokes! Things are ...read more

  • When A Man Learned That An Elderly Woman Could ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 4, 2010
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    "When a man learned that an elderly woman could no longer buy her medicine and pay her rent, he came to her rescue. He took her into his home and treated her as if she were his mother. He gave her a bedroom, prepared the food for her meals, bought her medicine, and transported her whenever she ...read more

  • Rearranging Ashes

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2010
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     | 6,277 views

    Rearranging Ashes The story is told of an eastern ascetic holy man who covered himself with ashes as a sign of humility and regularly sat on a prominent street corner of his city. When tourists asked permission to take his picture, the mystic would rearrange his ashes to give the best image of ...read more