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  • Arthur Gordon In An Article Entitled "The Rewards ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 9, 2008
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    Arthur Gordon in an article entitled "The Rewards of Caring," tells the story of how once, as a small boy, he was witness to a near-tragedy. At the beach, a woman stepped off a sandbar into deep, swift water and panicked. At least 20 adults in bathing suits watched, apparently paralyzed, until ...read more

  • Topography, Basketball And The Gospel

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Sep 16, 2008
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    Topography, Basketball and the Gospel Jack went to an Ivy League School and was a star on the basketball team and graduated with a degree in topography – that is, the study of mapping. What do basketball and topography have to do with the Gospel? Nothing. Except that years later Jack found himself ...read more

  • Prayer In Kind

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 29, 2008
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    PRAYER IN KIND It was the Christmas season and a meeting was held in a small church for the announced purpose of praying for a local family that was having a tough time of it. The family was large and they didn't have enough food or enough money to keep the place properly heated. As the people ...read more

  • Miracles

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    MIRACLES I’m reminded of the poem by Clay Harrison entitled "Miracles:" "Miracles can be large or small according to God’s Plan. And they need no explanation for the unbelieving man. The heavens declare His Glory; the harvest proclaims His Love. With the faith of a mustard seed we’ve seen His ...read more

  • Book Search By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    BOOK SEARCH BY GOOGLE Google Inc.’s Book Search is scanning books in undisclosed locations that will eventually lead users to all the estimated 50-100 million books in the world. Funding from Google funds the scanning of these books for its Book Search function, allowing its 28 partner libraries ...read more

  • Missionary, Fred Craddock, Buys Pastries For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 12, 2009
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    Missionary, Fred Craddock, buys pastries for German-Jewish Refugees In the 1940s, Fred Craddock began serving as a missionary to India. When World War II ended, Craddock’s church wired him funds for a steamer ticket to return home. Arriving in his port of departure on Christmas day, Craddock ...read more

  • Medical School Professor Teaches Students The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 1, 2009
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    Medical School Professor Teaches Students the Consequences of Abortion A professor in a world-acclaimed medical school once posed this medical situation to his students: “Here’s the family history: The father has syphilis. The mother has TB. They already have had four children. The first is blind. ...read more

  • From The Associated ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 18, 2010
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    From the Associated Press RIVERTON, Wyo. – Officials say a magnifying glass set on a stand in a sunny room started a small blaze in a Wyoming home. UPS worker Buddy Armstrong was delivering a package to 84-year-old Thomas Guthrie's Dubois home on Tuesday when he heard an alarm inside. Armstrong, ...read more

  • Out At The Fonterra Factory Where I’ve Been ...

    Contributed by John Perry on Apr 17, 2010
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    Out at the Fonterra factory where I’ve been working some shifts they make yoghurt. The milk is pumped into huge stainless steel vats & they add culture, heat the mix & about 6 hours later the milk & culture is basically turned into yoghurt. But between every batch of yoghurt the vats are washed ...read more

  • Gas ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 29, 2010
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    Gas Mileage According to a story in the Grand Rapids Press, the owner of a small foreign car had begun to irritate his friends by bragging incessantly about his gas mileage. So they decided on a way to get some humor out of his tireless boasting, as well as bring it to an end. Every day one of ...read more

  • Jealous Horses

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Feb 3, 2011
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    JEALOUS HORSES When we lived in a small town in central Kansas (Ellsworth), we made many trips to the nearest big town, Salina, Kansas on old Kansas Route 140. On one of those trips in the spring (March 12, 1990), we saw a horse at the edge of a luscious, green pasture with his head stuck through ...read more

  • Potato Provision

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Apr 20, 2011
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    POTATO PROVISION I remember just a few years ago when we lived in Poland as missionaries. We were struggling so much financially. The dollar had plunged in value and we lost about 1/3 of the value of our money and were wondering if we would have to return back to the States. So we were praying for ...read more

  • No Atheists Among Heathens

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
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    NO ATHEISTS AMONG HEATHENS Leith Samuel writes in HIS magazine, "Many missionaries point out that the heathen know more than we think. They know that there is a God. There are no atheists among heathen tribes. There has never been discovered upon earth a tribe of people, however small or depraved, ...read more

  • Feeling A Tug  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
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    FEELING A TUG A small boy was flying a kite one April afternoon when a low drifting cloud encircled the kite and hid it from view. A man passing by asked the little boy what he was doing with that string in his hand. "I’m flying my kite," the child responded. The man, looking up and seeing ...read more

  • Door Of Hope

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2015
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    There is a small metal door painted white in the side of a tiny mission church in Johannesburg South Africa. This door is changing lives. On it are painted the words “door of hope.” That is exactly what it is for various babies within the city. On average some forty to fifty babies were being ...read more

  • Several Years Ago I Read A Story Written By A...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 11, 2015
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    Several years ago I read a story written by a preacher in the Philippine Islands. One day he was passing a large church on Good Friday when he spotted many selling incense, candles, veils and rosaries. He also saw several small boys who were running about selling crosses. He heard them calling, ...read more

  • A Lesson On Purity From Ermine

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 9, 2020
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    In the forests of Northern Europe lives the ermine, a small animal best known for his snow-white fur, which is his protection and security. Instinctively, he protects his glossy coat with great care lest it become soiled. Hunters often capitalize on this trait. Instead of setting a mechanical trap ...read more

  • Horrid French Pun

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 11, 2025
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    A young cook in France, Jean Luc, decided that the French would enjoy feasting on rabbits and decided to raise rabbits in Paris and sell them to the finer restaurants in the city. Jean Luc searched all over Paris seeking a suitable place to raise his rabbits. None could be found. Finally, an old ...read more

  • Destiny Is Not A Matter Of Chance, It Is A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited ...read more

  • The Caliber Of Its Leaders Is The Measure Of A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "The caliber of its leaders is the measure of a movement, for the caliber of men is indicated by the size of the things which challenge them, by the type and size of things which discourage and defeat them, by the caliber of the helpers they choose, by the size and the type of things ...read more