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  • Ultimately, When Your Friends Close Their Eyes ...

    Contributed by Kent Tucker on Jan 15, 2007
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    Ultimately, when your friends close their eyes for the last time here on earth, where will they open their eyes? At a funeral, you usually hear that the deceased is in a better place now. Well, there are two places out there. One is better and one is not. It is what they do with Christ that will ...read more

  • The Year Was 1968. As A Young Mp I Was Sent To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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     | 1,644 views

    The year was 1968. As a young MP I was sent to Korea that November. Most people have forgotten what happened earlier that year in Korea. The North Koreans captured one of our ships. It was called the “Pueblo Incident. After the U.S.S. Pueblo was captured by the North Koreans, the eighty-two ...read more

  • Here Is A Persistent Legend In Connection With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 8, 2007
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    here is a persistent legend in connection with the building of Solomon’s temple that perfectly illustrates this prophecy. The stones for the temple were prepared in advance in a nearby quarry. As they were needed, they were raised up to the building site. One day the workers in the quarry sent up a ...read more

  • When My Mother Used To Make Jam, I Would Watch ...  PRO

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Dec 30, 2000
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    When my mother used to make jam, I would watch her pour wax over the top of the preserves until it was at the brim of the jar. She would then carefully wipe some wax around the rim itself, and place the rubber lined lid on tight. The wax and the vacuum caused by the cooling preserves would seal ...read more

  • My Daughter Brought A Caterpillar From School One ...  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 8, 2001
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     | 1,790 views

    My daughter brought a caterpillar from school one day. We promptly found a shoe box and put some leaves and grass into the box. My daughter gently placed the little insect into its new home. We punched holes in clear wrap and placed it over the top of the box, so that we could watch our little ...read more

  • Tomorrow Is Memorial Day, A Time For Remembering ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Tomorrow is Memorial Day, a time for remembering people who were important in our lives. Since 1971 Memorial Day has been observed annually on the last Monday in May. The purpose is to honor the nation’s military personnel killed in wartime. The holiday was called Decoration Day at first, because ...read more

  • Love Tore Down The ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 19, 2008
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    Love Tore Down The Wall Some years ago, a couple decided they could not live together anymore. They separated and started divorce proceedings. Dr. J. Mike Minnix, Editor, PastorLife.com. Through their lawyers, they agreed to meet at the home and divide the property. As they went through the home ...read more

  • One Woman Called Her Flight Agent To Book A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2008
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    One woman called her flight agent to book a flight to New York. She said, "I want to go and see the wonders of Hippopotamus, New York; please book me a flight from Dallas." The agent said, "I'm sorry Madame, but there is no such city. Perhaps you want Albany or Syracuse?" After ten minutes the ...read more

  • Since 1971 Memorial Day Has Been Observed ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 25, 2007
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    Since 1971 Memorial Day has been observed annually on the last Monday in May. The purpose is to honor the nation’s military personnel killed in wartime. The holiday was called Decoration Day at first, because people decorated soldiers’ graves with flowers and flags on that day. Today it is ...read more

  • Motor Homes Have Allowed Us To Put All The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Motor Homes have allowed us to put all the conveniences of a home on wheels. A camper no longer means sleeping in a sleeping bag, cooking over a fire, or hauling water from a stream. Now people can park a fully equipped home on a cement slab in the midst of a few pine trees and hook up to a water ...read more

  • Reconcilation Story

    Contributed by Jim Kane on May 18, 2009
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    RECONCILATION STORY It was a conversation that has stuck with me over the years. I was not a part of the conversation, per se, but I was a part of the audience that listened. I think that it took place in 1986 but I cannot remember. It was, I remember, a Sunday night at the church where I was ...read more

  • Missionaries' Lives Spared From Marytrdom As They ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 22, 2009
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    Missionaries’ Lives Spared from Marytrdom As They Sang the Hymn, "Face to Face" Many years ago, a band of Chinese terrorists had captured Rev. and Mrs. Porteous, who were serving as missionaries in China with the old China Inland Mission. The terrorists led them to a lonely spot on a hill and ...read more

  • Enoch Walking With God

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 31, 2011
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     | 6,806 views

    ENOCH WALKING WITH GOD Unity Baptist’s pastor shares from His sermon "Faith: Enoch-walking with God in faith" on sermoncentral.com shares: "Picture in your mind, if you will, Enoch, walking with God in the coolness of the evening, just as night and day are meeting and lengthened shadows begin to ...read more

  • Death As Reward

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 15, 2011
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    DEATH AS REWARD I am reading a book that has changed a lot of the ways I think about things of God. One statement really got me. "Your life is free to be radical when you see death as your reward." The book “Radical” by David Platt. That’s it isn’t it? That is why we worry. Because we don’t see ...read more

  • Lay Aside The Weights

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 24, 2002
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    In high school we had this star player that was lazier than mud. Often the coach placed 5 pound bags of sand around his ankles, he had to wear them all week. Right before the game, the coach untied the weights and sent the boy to the floor. He jumped higher and built ...read more

  • Dearest Jimmy  PRO

    Contributed by James Botts on Sep 1, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,018 views

    Dearest Jimmy, No words could ever express the great unhappiness I’ve felt since breaking off our engagement. Please say you’ll take me back. No one could ever take your place in my heart, so please forgive me. I love you, I love you, I love ...read more

  • In An Article Entitled, "Mosaic And Ancient ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jul 3, 2003
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    In an article entitled, “Mosaic and Ancient Near Eastern Laws,” (from the www.theology.edu/Eqypt3) we read that the Code of Hammurabbi and the Mosaic code “differ in their moral code.” “In the Hebrew laws, a greater value is generally placed on human life, and the Babylonian code has nothing in it ...read more

  • In Middle Eastern Countries, It Was The Slaves ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chad Wright on Mar 30, 2004
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    In Middle Eastern countries, it was the slaves who washed the feet of guests; here Christ took the place of a slave. He makes this clear to His disciples: if their Lord and Teacher has washed their feet, then they should wash one another’s feet, that is, serve each other in humility. This must have ...read more

  • The Great Anglican Bishop, J. C. Ryle, Said Of ...

    Contributed by Robert Walter on Dec 24, 2004
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    The great Anglican Bishop, J. C. Ryle, said of these first seekers of truth (the Magi), “We read of no greater faith than this in all the Bible. It is a faith that deserves to be placed side by side with that of the penitent thief. The thief saw one dying the death of a malefactor and yet prayed to ...read more

  • Rick Warren In The Purpose Driven Life Wrote, ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Apr 6, 2007
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    Rick Warren in the purpose driven life wrote, “It’s not about you. The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, your peace of mind, or even your happiness. It’s far greater than your family, your career, or even your wildest dreams and ...read more