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  • Many People Find It Much Easier To ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 18, 2010
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    Many people find it much easier to compartmentalize their lives and justify their inconsistencies. Consider this story. A man and his girlfriend went to a fast food restaurant. They bought a bucket of chicken to take on a picnic, but the cashier mistakenly gave them the bucket full of the day’s ...read more

  • We Look For God In Tangible Ways – New Job, ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Feb 4, 2010
     | 1,595 views

    We look for God in tangible ways – new job, any job, or our answers for healing prayer. We strain to see a favourable solution to a tough situation we’re asking God to deal with. When things begin to work out the way we expected we give him credit and praise him for what he’s doing. But when the ...read more

  • Mr. George Kirk Was Another Wonderful Man In That ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010
     | 1,193 views

    Mr. George Kirk was another wonderful man in that same church. He told me that a four-ply tire is made by pulling fabric first from one source, then from a second. The second has fabric whose cords criss-cross the first ply. Then the process is repeated for a four-ply tire. Sometimes a new man ...read more

  • A Young Ensign, After Nearly Completing His ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 9, 2010
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    A young Ensign, after nearly completing his first overseas cruise, was given an opportunity to display his capabilities at getting the ship underway. With a stream of commands he had the decks buzzing with men, and soon his ship was steaming out of the channel en route to the states. His ...read more

  • Let’s Suppose You Left Your Wallet On Your ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Mar 28, 2010
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    Let’s suppose you left your wallet on your seat and I found it tomorrow. Because I found it I instantly believe I have a right to entitlement and spend the money that you have in your wallet (or use your credit cards!) When you find out I did that you will rightfully be angry and accuse me of ...read more

  • Right And Wrong

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 22, 2010
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    RIGHT AND WRONG Years ago, when I lived on South Holmes Street, I used the Super D pharmacy that was nearby. There was a young woman who worked there with whom I had occasional conversations. She told me that everyone in her family had had an abortion except her. She added that she did not judge ...read more

  • Use Money Visually During This Illustration. The ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 17, 2009
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    Use money visually during this illustration. The Barna Research Group asked Americans about the importance of religion. The results say something significant about where people find security. Here is how many people of various income brackets answered “yes” to the question, “Is religion very ...read more

  • King Of The Jungle

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
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    KING OF THE JUNGLE I like the story of the arrogant, prideful lion, who wanted to remind other animals how great he was. He went to the gazelle and roared, "Who is the king of the jungle?" Trembling, the gazelle answered, "Why, you are, mighty lion." He went next to the giraffe and roared, ...read more

  • Carry Their Burden  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 17, 2011
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    CARRY THEIR BURDEN A pastor gathered a group of people from his church to train them to witness. After some minimal training, he sent the group out into the neighborhood. When they returned to share their experiences, one young man said he had tried to tell an older gentleman about the love of ...read more

  • What Is Oneness?

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Apr 8, 2011
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    WHAT IS ONENESS? Well Songwriters: ROGER COOK, ROGER GREENAWAY wrote a song for Blue Mink called Melting Pot, the chorus goes like this: What we need is a great big melting pot, Big enough enough enough to take, The world and all its got And keep it stirring for a hundred years or more, And turn ...read more

  • A Savior, Not An Example

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 12, 2011
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    A SAVIOR, NOT AN EXAMPLE D.M. Stearns was preaching in Philadelphia. At the close of the service a stranger came up to him and said, "I don’t like the way you spoke about the cross. I think that instead of emphasizing the death of Christ, it would be far better to preach Jesus, the teacher and ...read more

  • The Cost Of Christmas

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 4, 2011
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    THE COST OF CHRISTMAS One person observed that the message of Christmas was not one of convenience but "cost": * It cost Mary and Joseph the comforts of home to take a long journey to Bethlehem while she was "very" pregnant with her new child. * It cost the shepherds their comfort by the campfire ...read more

  • Playing God

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Dec 9, 2011
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    PLAYING GOD Have you ever felt like you were adrift in the ocean with no clue on how to get to shore? A lot of times in life we get a curveball when we are expecting a fastball. We get frustrated when we try to figure God out. Without knowing it a lot of times we even try to play God. When you ...read more

  • He Knows About Me

    Contributed by Tim White on Apr 2, 2012
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    HE KNOWS ABOUT ME When I was talking with another counselor once, he asked if he could take me through an exercise that he uses to help people struggling with assurance or attaining victory, and/or were stalled in Christian growth. He had me close my eyes and imagine that Jesus Christ walks into ...read more

  • How To Promote Good Health In Infants

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 8, 2012
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    HOW TO PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH IN INFANTS A person who is "born again" starts a new life similar to that of a newborn infant. Seven rules that promote good health in babies can be adapted and applied to a Christian’s spiritual growth. 1. Daily Food. Take in the "pure milk of the word" through study ...read more

  • Time To A Pig

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 19, 2012
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    TIME TO A PIG There’s the story of a man walking past a farm and noticed a farmer feeding pigs in a most unusual manner. The farmer would lift a pig up to a nearby apple tree, and the pig would eat the apples off the tree directly. The farmer would move the pig from one apple to another until the ...read more

  • Identifying The Ones In Power

    Contributed by Kent Wise on Nov 2, 2012
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    IDENTIFYING THE ONES IN POWER It does not take one long in business to identify the power brokers in a meeting or situation. When I was at Tyson Foods, I would attend monthly cost meetings where our seating arrangements were always pre-assigned. The seating never changed for the middle table. ...read more

  • Death

    Contributed by Jeffrey Rowe on Dec 29, 2012
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    In Psalm 23, death is described as casting a shadow. Let’s look at that for a moment. Have you ever been enjoying a nice sunny day when all of a sudden a dark cloud hides the sun? All of a sudden you’re in this shadow! What does the shadow do? It hides the light. It makes it more difficult to ...read more

  • Critics

    Contributed by David Simpson on Jan 18, 2013
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    If there is one glaring fault in my ministry, it has been to allow others to blur my vision and that of the church. To take away any enthusiasm and joy. No matter what you do in life, you are going to have critics. The only people who don’t hear criticism are the ones not doing anything. Paul ...read more

  • Who Am I?  PRO

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Feb 26, 2013
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    WHO AM I? The German philosopher, Immanuel Kant, used to love to take long walks of a summer evening, meditating and thinking. On one occasion he was seated in a park when a suspicious policeman noticed that he had been there for several hours. The policeman came up to him and said, "What are you ...read more