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  • What I Saw At The Abortion Clinic

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 20, 2014
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    "What I Saw at the Abortion Clinic" by Richard Selzer. In this article he talks about witnessing a 19 week old fetus being aborted by an injection procedure no longer in use. He described the abortionist sliding the needle of the syringe into the woman's belly, and then, he writes, "I see ...read more

  • Wooden Legged Friend  PRO

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 30, 2014
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    WOODEN LEGGED FRIEND Two farmers were talking about their livestock when a pig walked by them that had a wooden leg. One farmer was amazed and said, "Is that your pig? Why does he have a wooden leg?" The other farmer smiled and said, " That pig is my best friend! He saved my life." ...read more

  • Sin Changes You

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Apr 21, 2022
     | 1,332 views

    I heard a quote many years ago that I believe is from a movie I do not recommend called 8mm. (it is about human trafficking or some other awful thing). The quote is so true: If you dance with the devil, the devil dont change. The devil changes YOU. We can see this principle illustrated so ...read more

  • Language Is A Great Gift From God That Sets Us ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Language is a great gift from God that sets us apart from every other creature. But sometimes our words are misunderstood or mistranslated; for example, I found some commercial slogans that had been translation into other languages of course they didn’t translate the same: Kentucky Fried Chicken, ...read more

  • Scott Currin" (Nfi), Nov 02, Came To Church ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    "Scott Currin" (NFI), Nov 02, came to Church with family, and introduced himself and said that he was moving to the community. About two weeks later he called and told of mothers death to DWI in Florida...trying to get back home, to Texas, his car broke down, and he needed $150 for bus fare, ...read more

  • Management, Boss

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Illustration- Management, Boss A man entered a pet shop, wanting to buy a parrot. The shop owner pointed out three identical parrots on a perch and said, "The parrot to the left costs 500 dollars." "Why does that parrot cost so much?" the man wondered. The owner replied, "Well, it knows how to use ...read more

  • Talking Is Easy, Isn't It? Some People Have No ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 1,580 views

    Talking is easy, isn’t it? Some people have no problems with talking to you about almost any subject you can think of. They can ramble on and on and say thousands of words, and not really say anything of importance. Three boys were bragging to one another about their fathers. One of them said, “My ...read more

  • When Our Lord Commands Us To "Confess Our Sins ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Aug 25, 2007
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    When our Lord commands us to “confess our sins and pray for each other so that we may be healed,” He is promising us healing to the whole person—physically, spiritually, emotionally, and in of our broken relationships with others. The Holy Spirit moves in small groups such as the Academy for ...read more

  • Two Ladies Were Sharing Lunch Together When One ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 24, 2007
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    Two ladies were sharing lunch together when one said to the other: "I don’t know many Christians, but somehow I can’t help regarding them as hypocrites." Said the other, "But your sister-in-law, she lives in the same house with you; surely you must acknowledge that she is a devoted ...read more

  • I've Been Set Afire By Ed Stetzer's Book, ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 31, 2007
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    I’ve been set afire by Ed Stetzer’s book, Comeback Churches. He did a study that examined 324 churches from 10 denominations that recently experienced renewed growth by conversion after a significant period of plateau and/or decline. Not all comeback churches were contemporary. Many were blended. ...read more

  • The Military Has A Trauma System For Mass ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Nov 9, 2007
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    The military has a trauma system for mass casualties. The lightly injured are called “minimal” because they don’t need immediate treatment. The next level is “Delayed” – they need treatment but they can wait. Then there is “Immediate” that have serious injuries but should survive if they get ...read more

  • How Far Along

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 29, 2008
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    There were two men traveling in the WAY The first man said to the other man: “How long have we been traveling in the “Way?” The other man answered: “Not long enough to get to where we are going but far too long to only be as far as we are. Have you ever looked back on your Christian walk and ...read more

  • Mushrooms Or Maple Trees: Mushrooms Sprout Up ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    Mushrooms or Maple Trees: Mushrooms sprout up overnight and then wither away in a matter of days. Maple trees, on the other hand, grow gradually while learning to withstand the forces of nature that threaten their existence. They result in a majestic fruit bearing entity that lasts for ...read more

  • As A Child I Remember Watching A ...

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on May 20, 2008
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    ILLUSTRATION: AS a child I remember watching a movie about a little boy who got sprayed by a skunk. His parents nearly scrubbed the skin off him but they could not get rid of the odor. So for a couple of days, he had to sleep in the barn and eat his meals outside the house. He could see his family ...read more

  • Two Pals Are Sitting In A Pub Watching The ...

    Contributed by Brien Sims on Jun 18, 2008
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    “Two pals are sitting in a pub watching the eleven-o’clock news. A report comes on about a man threatening to jump from the 20th floor of a downtown building. One friend turns to the other and says, "I’ll bet you ten bucks the guy doesn’t jump." "It’s a bet," agrees his buddy. A few minutes later, ...read more

  • Make Me Fit To Live With

    Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 26, 2008
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    Make Me Fit to Live With John Drescher, in his book, If I Were Starting My Family Again, says something really profound. He used to pray for his children, that they would become more obedient, pleasant, loving, and so on. And then he says: "... it struck me that this kind of praying myst stop...I ...read more

  • He Prefers That We Do Not Go Into Debt. Think ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 11, 2008
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    He prefers that we do NOT go into debt. Think about it… Most of us right now have firsthand experience that when financial woes hit us, every other area of our lives (those other six areas that we’ve talked about) are effected. Verse 6 actually said something that I felt was very convicting and ...read more

  • God Is Never Unsure  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
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    GOD IS NEVER UNSURE Pastor and author A. W. Tozer once said: "All of God’s acts are consistent with all of his attributes. No attribute contradicts any other, but all harmonize and blend into each other in the infinite abyss of the Godhead. All that God does agrees with all that God is, and being ...read more

  • .significant Differences In Law (That Is, ...

    Contributed by Grant Sisson on Mar 5, 2009
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    ...significant differences in law (that is, approved behavior) exist where fundamental values are different. I met a young woman from the Middle East who came to work for a time at The Center for Families. She had come to America with her family, and after they had been here only a couple of ...read more

  • Global Warming Doubts

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,394 views

    GLOBAL WARMING DOUBTS More than 31,000 U.S. scientists, including more than 9,000 Ph.D.s (in fields such as atmospheric science, climatology, Earth science, environment and dozens of other specialties) have signed a petition rejecting "global warming," the U.N.’s assumption that human production ...read more