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  • The Aged Atheist  PRO

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Mar 29, 2009
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    Dr. Jess Moody once wrote with biting sarcasm, "What do aged atheists have to talk about, as they sit around waiting to die? Do they discuss the legacy of morality, decency, integrity, and spiritual sensitivity they have given to their children? Or the good atheism has done the world: the ...read more

  • Service And Usefulness

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jun 8, 2012
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     | 4,011 views

    SERVICE AND USEFULNESS The great Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer, Niccolo Paganini willed his marvellous violin to city of Genoa on condition that it must never be played. The wood of such an instrument, while used and handled, wears only slightly. But set aside, it begins to ...read more

  • Texas Longhorn Sermon!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 6, 2014
     | 3,975 views

    TEXAS LONGHORN SERMON! Being raised in Dallas, Texas.......I am very familiar with Texas and Longhorns. But, have you ever heard of the definition of a TEXAS LONGHORN sermon? If you have any pastor friends from Texas.....this one is for you! A TEXAS LONGHORN sermon is............a sermon ...read more

  • A World In Turmoil

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 25, 2007
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     | 2,041 views

    A World In Turmoil The Personnel Journal reported this incredible statistic: since the beginning of recorded history, the entire world has been at peace less than eight percent of the time! In its study, the periodical discovered that of 3530 years of recorded history, only 286 years saw peace. ...read more

  • The Bible Is A Universe Of Revelation Facts ...

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Feb 17, 2008
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    The Bible is a universe of revelation facts which have no meaning for us until we are born from above; when we are born again we see in it what we never saw before. We are lifted into the realm where Jesus lives and we begin to see what he sees. Oswald Chambers (1874-1917). Edythe Draper, Draper’s ...read more

  • G. Campbell Morgan On Worship

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    G. Campbell Morgan says this about worship: "The word "worship" runs through the Bible, and the thought of worship is to be found from beginning to end. The thought of worship is the recognition of divine sufficiency, the recognition of our absolute dependence on the divine sufficiency, the ...read more

  • Guests At Weddings Are Seated By Taking The Right ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,426 views

    Guests at weddings are seated by taking the right arm of the usher. However, the bride comes down the aisle on her father’s left arm. He stands between his daughter and the groom to protect her, until she finally says she does indeed want to go away with Big & Ugly. We begin the ceremony on the ...read more

  • Our Lives Should Always Be The First Things To ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 3, 2008
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    "Our lives should always be the first things to speak; and if our lips speak more than our lives, it will avail very little. So often the tragedy has been that people proclaim the gospel in words, but their whole life and demeanor has been a denial of it. The world does not pay much attention to ...read more

  • This Christmas Has Set Me Off. It Has Given Me ...

    Contributed by Neal Gracey on Sep 1, 2008
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    This Christmas has set me off. It has given me new fire. It is a wakeup call to men, women and children around the world that 200? could be the beginning of new dark ages. There is a possibility that our children's children could be jailed or killed for speaking about Christ. Want to know what's ...read more

  • E. Stanley Jones, Famous Missionary To India At ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 25, 2009
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    E. Stanley Jones, famous missionary to India at the beginning of the last century, summed up the matter for us. Prayer is surrender – surrender to the will of God and cooperation with that will. If I throw out a boat hook from a boat and catch hold of the shore and pull, do I pull the shore to ...read more

  • Did You Read B.c. In Yesterday's Cartoons? Two ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 30, 2002
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    Did you read B.C. in yesterday’s cartoons? Two women are sitting on a small hill. One is reading the Bible and says, “Oh, my goodness. . . Says here. . . Jesus descended into hell!” The other is shocked and says, “You’re kidding!” Then the woman with the Bible says, “Oh, no. . . Not to ...read more

  • Women Rule The Web Women Are The Dominating ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
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    Women Rule the Web Women are the dominating presence on the web. U.S. women over the age of 18 comprise 40.9% of all online users, up from 40.3% in May ‘00. Men 18 and older now compose 39.8% of all online users, ...read more

  • Where Are The Pastors? Presbyterian Church, Usa, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    Where Are The Pastors? Presbyterian Church, USA, reports that almost 50% of PCUSA churches with 51 to 100 members are without a pastor. Over 76.6% of these Presbyterian congregations of less than 50 have no pastor. A significant number of small rural and inner-city churches do not have a pastor, ...read more

  • Merchantmania: According To A July Ebay Survey, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Merchantmania: According to a July eBay survey, more than 724,000 Americans report eBay is their primary or secondary income source. Another 1.5 million say they supplement their income by selling on eBay. A separate MasterCard study estimates there are 5 million web-driven ...read more

  • True/False Quiz

    Contributed by Roger Haber on Oct 24, 2006
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    Let’s start with a true/false quiz: • I am growing in my intimacy with God and faithfulness to his word. • I am growing in real relationships with others in a small group. • I am growing in my service to God and others. • I am growing in reaching my pre-Christian relationships for ...read more

  • Golf...is A Trifling Thing Beside The Privilege ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Golf...is a trifling thing beside the privilege of taking a small son to the zoo and letting him see his first lion, his first tiger and, best of all, his first elephant. Probably he will think that they are part of your own handiwork turned out for his pleasure...Cortez on his ...read more

  • Harry S. Truman Said: Men Who Live In The Past ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 22, 2010
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    Harry S. Truman said: Men who live in the past remind me of a toy I'm sure all of you have seen. The toy is a small wooden bird called the "Floogie Bird." Around the Floogie Bird's neck is a label reading, "I fly ...read more

  • Harry Truman, "Men Who Live In The Past Remind ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Harry Truman, “Men who live in the past remind me of a small wooden bird called the ‘Floogie Bird.’ Around the Floogie Bird’s neck is a label reading, ‘I fly backwards, I don’t care where I’m going. I just want to see where I’ve been.’” Our sins ...read more

  • 1 The Children Had All Been Photographed, And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    #1 The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a copy of the group picture. “Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say, ‘There’s Jennifer, she’s a lawyer,’ or ‘That’s Michael, he’s a ...read more

  • Is This The Only Way We Can Get To Heaven!!!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Mar 19, 2023
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     | 1,471 views

    The preacher had been delivering a dry, long-winded discourse, completely oblivious to the time, to a restless, bored congregation. As the preacher continued his long, drawn-out sermon, he was quickly brought down to earth as a small boy sitting on the front pew yelled out to his weary mother, ...read more