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  • In England About 2 To 3 Miles Off The Coast ...

    Contributed by Shane Rodriguez on Nov 11, 2004
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    In England about 2 to 3 miles off the coast there is a place so deep that all the dissolved sewage of London is released there. Each day of the week except Sunday, a ship loaded with garbage goes to the spot and pumps all of the filth of the city into the depth of the sea. the remarkable thing is ...read more

  • Once During Queen Victoria's Reign, She Heard ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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    Once during Queen Victoria’s reign, she heard that the wife of a common laborer had lost her baby. Having experienced deep sorrow herself, she felt moved to express her sympathy. So she called on the bereaved woman one day and spent some time with her. After she left, the neighbors asked what the ...read more

  • Chuck Swindoll In His Book, "Hope Again," Tel...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
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    Chuck Swindoll in his book, "Hope Again," tells the answer Dr. Bruce Waltke, his Hebrew professor, gave Chuck Swindoll when he asked his professor about some “whys” in his life. His professor answered: “Chuck, I’ve come to the place where I believe only on very rare occasions does God tell ...read more

  • As I Begin To Close, In The Cemetery Of Tuskegee ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    As I begin to close, in the cemetery of Tuskegee Institute, in Tuskegee Alabama, there is a tombstone which reads: "GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER - Died in Tuskegee, Alabama, January 5, 1943. A Life that stood out as a gospel of Self-Forgetful Service. He could have added Fortune to Fame, but caring for ...read more

  • The Call Of Bishop Cowther

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The Call of Bishop Cowther That day, as the slaves were packed into the Portuguese slave ship, they probably did not know that they would be free within a few hours. Even as they were freed by the captain of the British frigate, I don’t think anyone knew the incredible long range results. One of ...read more

  • See You In The Morning.  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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    "SEE YOU IN THE MORNING." Dr. W. A Criswell, Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas Texas, said on one occasion on an airplane flight he found himself seated beside a well-known theologian. He desperately wanted to start a conversation and they did get to talk. The man told Dr. Criswell ...read more

  • A Share In The Treasure  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Sickler on Dec 26, 2011
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    A SHARE IN THE TREASURE A great European king was so enraged at the report of Muslim victories that he immediately joined the crusade to drive Islam out of Palestine. This great king took his army and spent many years fighting in a crusade to free Palestine from Islamic domination. When he left ...read more

  • The Prodigal Son In The Key Of F  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Mavis on Jun 13, 2001
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    The Prodigal Son in the Key of F Feeling footloose and frisky, a feather-brained fellow forced his father to fork over his farthings. Fast he flew to foreign fields and frittered his family’s fortune, feasting fabulously with floozies and faithless friends. Flooded with flattery he financed a ...read more

  • Any Rest That You Receive, Any Comfort That You ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Taylor on Apr 18, 2003
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    Any rest that you receive, any comfort that you find, any hope that you have, and any encouragement you get during the time of suffering is a direct provision from God. When we begin to realize that, then even ...read more

  • It Was May 7, And Roger Simms Was Hitchhiking His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 28, 2004
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    It was May 7, and Roger Simms was hitchhiking his way home, having been discharged from the Army. He flashed his hitchhiking sign at a car, but almost lost hope for a ride when he noticed it was a black, sleek, new Cadillac. To his amazement the car stopped. As Roger entered the car from the ...read more

  • Bondage — It's All In The Mind!

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on Apr 19, 2005
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    Bondage ~ It’s all in the mind! Harry Houdini had a problem. The famed escaped artist found himself in a jail cell that he couldn’t get out of. His mind began to wander back to the challenge he made…any jail cell, he claimed, couldn’t hold him, that is until now. Thirty minutes had gone by since ...read more

  • There Is A Hill In The Lake District Called Rash ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There is a hill in the lake district called Rash Judgment Point and that it was given that name by William Wordsworth. The story goes that while he and his sister were standing at the top of this hill one day during the harvest season looking down on the lake below, they saw a man in a boat ...read more

  • Crocodile Dundee

    Contributed by Dan Stires on Aug 12, 2009
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    CROCODILE DUNDEE Do you remember the movie called "Crocodile Dundee?" It was a good one. Crocodile Dundee comes from the land down under. He is completely out of his realm when he came from Australia to New York City. Crocodile Dundee and his girlfriend are out for a walk at night, when all of a ...read more

  • A Free Gift  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 3, 2003
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    Salvation is a "Free Gift" from God. Although "Free" it does not mean everyone has it. If the local harware store was handing out free snow shovels today, does that mean you have one, no. You have to go to the hardware store and ask for one of those free snow shovels, and then when it is in your ...read more

  • Don't Think That There Is Any Better Answer To ...

    Contributed by David Smith on Apr 21, 2005
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    don’t think that there is any better answer to that question than the one given by the great painter Renoir. In old age the great French painter, suffered from arthritis, which twisted and cramped his hand. Henri Matise, his artist friend, watched sadly while Renoir, grasping a brush with only his ...read more

  • Seems St. Peter And The Devil Had An Agreement To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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    Seems St. Peter and the Devil had an agreement to share the costs of maintaining the fence between Heaven and Hell. One weekend there was a bit of a brawl in Hell that got out of hand, and part of the fence was smashed. It went unfixed for weeks and St. Peter approached the Devil about mending ...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

  • Cradles Of Eminence  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 19, 2002
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    CRADLES OF EMINENCE In a famous study by Victor and Mildred Goertzel, entitled Cradles of Eminence, the home backgrounds of 300 highly successful people were investigated. These 300 subjects had made it to the top. They were men and women whose names everyone would recognize as brilliant in ...read more

  • The Graduation Gift  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on Oct 12, 2002
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    THE GRADUATION GIFT A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealers showroom, and knowing that his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted. As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited ...read more

  • The Following Is A True Easter Story By Roger ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The following is a true Easter story by Roger Hawthorne One of the first Easters of my ministerial career began with a blizzard. I was still a student pastor, and we had arranged to have an ordained pastor come to serve communion. There was a question if he would be able to make it through the ...read more