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  • Paul W. Powell Once Observed: "Pride Is So ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Paul W. Powell once observed: “Pride is so subtle that if we aren’t careful we’ll be proud of our humility. When this happens our goodness becomes badness. Our virtues become vices. We can easily become like the Sunday School teacher who, having told the story of the Pharisee and ...read more

  • Don't Trust Your Eyes

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Don’t Trust Your eyes. Joke: a. A woman walks in a store to return a pair of eyeglasses that she had purchased for her husband a week before. "What seems to be the problem, madam?" "I’m returning these glasses I bought for my husband. He’s still not ...read more

  • Before World War Ii, No One Could Ever Imagine ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Before World War II, no one could ever imagine being able to see in the dark. Scientists since then have learned to energize photons so that through specialized equipment, you can see objects at night. Some of you ...read more

  • For Centuries People Believed That Aristotle Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    For centuries people believed that Aristotle was right when he said that the heavier an object, the faster it would fall to earth. Aristotle was regarded as the greatest thinker of all time, and surely he would not be wrong. Anyone, of course, could have taken two objects, one heavy and one light, ...read more

  • Wayne Gretzge Was Asked How He Scored So Many ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Wayne Gretzge was asked how he scored so many goals…he replied, “I go where the puck is going to be.” He in a ...read more

  • On 11 May 2000 A Lady Found A New E-Mail Message ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    On 11 May 2000 a lady found a new e-mail message on her computer, which simply said, "I love you". It looked innocent enough, perhaps even romantic. Like most of us would, she clicked to open the message, and the so-called "Love Bug" was born. With lightning speed it raced around the world, ...read more

  • Now, He's Meddling

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Two elderly, excited Southern women were sitting together in the front pew of church listening to a fiery preacher. When this preacher condemned the sin of stealing, these two ladies cried out at the tops of their lungs, "AMEN, BROTHER"When the preacher condemned the sin of lust, they yelled again, ...read more

  • Just Off The Shore Of North Carolina On The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Just off the shore of North Carolina on the island of Cape Hatteras is a village known as Nag’s Head, a small shoreline town where, back in the 1800’s, the “wreckers” lived. These “wreckers” made their living gathering up parts and cargo from ships that had run aground in the night. But these ships ...read more

  • No One Is Exempt From Sin

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Apr 27, 2008
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    NO ONE IS EXEMPT FROM SIN Of course, many of us think we are exempt from this darkness, that it always belongs somewhere else and never enters into our lives. You often hear it on the news when something bad has happened, like a murder: the TV reporter interviews a resident, who says "Well, I ...read more

  • Stay Away From The Bait

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on May 1, 2008
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    STAY AWAY FROM THE BAIT Imagine a fish. This fish really likes minnows. So Mr. Fish swims around the edges of the pond where minnows live in the shallows. He has had several close calls at the north end when he thought he saw a minnow, but narrowly escaped when he felt a hook as he bit down and he ...read more

  • The ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jun 4, 2008
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    The Wheelbarrow Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev used to tell of a time when there was a wave of petty theft in the Soviet Union. To curtail this the authorities put up guards around the factories. At one timberworks in Leningrad, the guard knew the workers in the factory very well. The first ...read more

  • Misdirection In A Football Game Is Fun. ...

    Contributed by David Nuhfer on Jul 16, 2008
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    Misdirection in a football game is fun. Misdirection from Satan is deadly. He has been doing it for thousands of years, from the time in the Garden of Eden when he got Eve to believe that God was holding out on her and Adam, to Exodus when he got the Israelites focused on hating Moses, to the time ...read more

  • In John 6:40 Jesus Says, "For My Father's Will Is ...

    Contributed by Mike Cleveland on Aug 17, 2008
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    In John 6:40 Jesus says, “For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.” But wait a minute, there is something within every person that prevents us from looking to Jesus. It is the belief that we’re ...read more

  • Story: Baboons On The ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Aug 22, 2008
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    Story: Baboons On The Loose In eastern Africa a troop of about 50 baboons made themselves at home right next to a farm. The baboons were amusing at first but soon wore out their welcome. Before long they were ravaging the corn and other crops and helping themselves to anything they could get ...read more

  • What Is More Alarming That An Outbreak Of ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Sep 30, 2008
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    What is more alarming that an outbreak of fire? The fire of sin broke out in Eden And has spread over the whole world The only way of escape is to be pulled out There is a ladder of escape like the ladder Jacob dreamed of, that reaches to heaven it is John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, ...read more

  • You Can Safely Assume That You've Created God ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 19, 2008
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    "You can safely assume that you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all ...read more

  • The Shadow Of Your ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 17, 2009
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    The shadow of your smile When you are gone Will color all my dreams And light the dawn… The year was 1965. The movie was The Sandpiper. The stars were Elizabeth Taylor as the seductress and the late Richard Burton as the Episcopal priest she seduced. The sentiment in the song is that our ...read more

  • Sulfur ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 21, 2009
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    Sulfur Caves In Southern Mexico lies the Cueva de Villa Luz, or Cave of the Lighted House. As you make your way to the cave you walk through a veritable paradise of tropical birds and lush rain forest. Underwater the cave is fed by 20 underground springs, beautiful watercourses which teem with tiny ...read more

  • You've Heard Of Self-Defining Moments, I'm Sure. ...

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jan 25, 2007
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    You’ve heard of self-defining moments, I’m sure. A self-defining moment occurs when something happens that determines your identity from that instant forward. Because of some event or incident, whatever it may be, you will never be the same again. I had such a moment each time my children were ...read more

  • Until You Have Given Up Your Self To Him You ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Dec 11, 2007
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    “Until you have given up your self to Him you will not have a real self... Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours. Nothing in you that has not died will ever be raised from the dead. Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ...read more