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  • I Recently Read Of A Sign Which Hangs On The Wall ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
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    I recently read of a sign which hangs on the wall of Shishu Bhavan, a children’s home in Calcutta, which reads; People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered, love them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish ulterior motives, be kind anyway. If you are successful, you ...read more

  • The Olympic Scandal Of '67

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Aug 10, 2008
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    The Olympic Scandal of '67 In the year AD 67 the Olympics were held and six events were won by a quite prestigious competitor. The events were: Heralds (a trumpet blowing competition - the winners were then enlisted to announce the athletes) Tethripon (four horse chariot) Foals Tethripon (four ...read more

  • I Watched One Of My Favorite Movies Last Night. ...

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Sep 29, 2008
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    I watched one of my favorite movies last night. It is an old comedy called "The God's Must Be Crazy." It is about a bush tribe that lives in the Kalahari Desert; they have no earthly possessions. They are happy, content, and self sufficient. A bush plane flies overhead (which they mistake for a ...read more

  • Grace Is A Force A Power That We All Need To ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 26, 2008
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    Grace is a force a power that we all need to experience and to tap because it has power: Grace has the power to transform a life filled with sorrow to a life filled with joy. Grace has the power to deliver one from them self. Grace has the power to bring love into a loveless life. Grace has the ...read more

  • So What Is A Vision? George Barna Defines It As, ...

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Dec 10, 2008
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    So what is a vision? George Barna defines it as, "Vision for ministry is a clear mental image of a preferable future imparted by God to His chosen servants and is based upon an accurate understanding of God, self and circumstances." Vision is more than simply what could be. It’s something that must ...read more

  • During My Undergraduate Studies Some Years Ago, I ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Apr 26, 2009
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    During my undergraduate studies some years ago, I interviewed a lady whose religious belief was a hybrid of different religions. She spoke of trying to climb to a higher consciousness as her spiritual guide (which was an apparition that looked like an embryo with thousands of tentacles protruding ...read more

  • Redeeming The Rag, Tag And Bobtail

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2010
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    REDEEMING THE RAG, TAG AND BOBTAIL Luke 19:10 "...the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost." In the 3rd-century, a skeptic named Celsus made fun of Origen (a Christian leader of day) "When most teachers go forth to teach, they cry, ’Come to me, you who are clean and worthy,’ and they ...read more

  • Converted Not Once, But Often

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Aug 3, 2010
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    CONVERTED NOT ONCE, BUT OFTEN A person of no less stature than Ruth Graham, the daughter of a Presbyterian missionary and the wife of a world-famous evangelist, struggled with this idea of a "moment of conversion." She was raised in the faith and knew that she was secure in Christ, and yet she ...read more

  • Alexander Fraser Tyler, In His 1770 Book Cycle ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Sep 22, 2010
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    Alexander Fraser Tyler, in his 1770 book Cycle of Democracy, wrote, "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse (generous gifts) from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes ...read more

  • God's Heartbeat In Us  PRO

    Contributed by John D Jones on Oct 26, 2011
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    GOD'S HEARTBEAT IN US For 72 years Gordon and Norma Yeager shared their lives together as husband and wife. On October 12, 2011, while on a morning drive Gordon came to a stop sign and failed to yield to oncoming traffic. The elderly couple was taken to the Marshalltown Hospital near Des Moines, ...read more

  • The Evil In Ourselves

    Contributed by Steven Ferber on Apr 10, 2012
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    THE EVIL IN OURSELVES A few weeks ago Americans were stunned by the news that an American soldier in Afghanistan apparently killed 17 Afghan civilians. Friends and teachers of Robert Bales describe him as caring, gregarious and self-confident before he just "snapped." One childhood friend told the ...read more

  • D.l. Moody On Grace

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2012
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    D.L. MOODY ON GRACE D.L. Moody was an American evangelist (February 5, 1837 - December 22, 1899 - 62 years). Moody said: "Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live. The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out." He also said: ...read more

  • Henry Ford: The Bang On The Table  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 26, 2012
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    HENRY FORD: THE BANG ON THE TABLE In 1896, Henry Ford attended a company event where Thomas Edison (the great inventor) was the guest of honour. His friend introduced him to Edison as "the man trying to make a car that runs on gasoline." Edison asked young Henry Ford a host of questions and when ...read more

  • In 1937, Napoleon Hill Wrote A Development / ...

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jul 18, 2015
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    IN 1937, NAPOLEON HILL wrote a development / self-help book: THINK AND GROW RICH. Hill discussed a man that invested all his and his family’s money into a GOLD MINE. The man worked and worked. He was so excited, he was going to make millions of dollars and become rich and famous. For weeks the man ...read more

  • A Tribute To Ms. Gossips-A-Lot

    Contributed by James Snyder on May 3, 2025
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    I was sitting in the shopping mall, drinking coffee and taking a break. I don't like going to the mall, but sometimes I have to go and pick up something for The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage. Sometimes, I think she does it on purpose, knowing how much I dislike it. I try to make the most ...read more

  • Out Of The Sun, Packed In A Diamond Formation And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    Out of the sun, packed in a diamond formation and flying as one that day, the Minute Men dove at nearly the speed of sound toward a tiny emerald patch on Ohio’s unwrinkled crazy quilt below. It was a little after nine on the morning of June 7, 1958, and the destination of the Air National Guard’s ...read more

  • I Can Remember One Saturday Afternoon In The 60's ...

    Contributed by Frank Zerbel on Feb 4, 2005
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    I can remember one Saturday afternoon in the 60’s as I was outside with the push mower cutting the grass for my father when two men carrying a box down our driveway caught my attention. They sat it down outside the front door and unpacked our first color TV. It had a beautiful solid wood cabinet ...read more

  • A Letter Written By Seminary Professor, Dr. R. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 3, 2007
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    A letter written by seminary professor, Dr. R. Scott Clark who teaches at Westminster Seminary California: “Ironically, I warned the students in the doctrine of God class Wednesday and Thursday of last week that they must preach and teach the doctrine of providence to their people before their ...read more

  • Happiness... Or Holiness?  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Happiness... or Holiness? We Christians have sometimes made a mistake when leading others to Christ in allowing (or encouraging) them to believe that, once they are born-again children of God, there will no longer be any trials in their lives. This may be especially true when they come to ...read more

  • Road Rage And Patience

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
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    ROAD RAGE AND PATIENCE (From Bob Bob Mionske’s Blog on Cyclists and the Law) Charles Montgomery writes: "The driving experience primes car drivers for meltdowns. They are conditioned by popular culture to see cars as symbols of freedom, yet city driving is a slow-motion trap that subjects drivers ...read more