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  • I Remember When I Was 16 Years Old How I Made My ...

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 1, 2007
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    I remember when I was 16 years old how I made my first profession of faith. Our church was in revival with Bro. Bobby McGilliard leading the service. Through his message God began to reveal to me that I was lost and headed for a place called Hell. I went forward and one of the councilors took me to ...read more

  • Tom Carried His New Boat To The Edge Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Tom carried his new boat to the edge of the river. He carefully placed it in the water and slowly let out the string. He marvelled at how well the ship he built moved in the water. Tom sat in the warm sunshine and enjoyed the boat. Suddenly a strong current caught the boat. Tom tried to pull it ...read more

  • I Read The Book By Robert Bellah Habits Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,672 views

    I read the book by Robert Bellah Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life not long after it came out in 1985. It is about the rise of radical individualism in our culture which is committed only to the self. It is even more relevant today than when it was written. He ...read more

  • At The 1st Church I Served, I Was Visiting With ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    At the 1st church I served, I was visiting with a husband and his wife. Lela, the wife, was the most gentle women you could ever encounter. Her husband Marvin wasn’t a bad guy either… but he rarely showed up for church. Couldn’t be bothered. Well, here I was – just trying to get acquainted – when ...read more

  • Wesley: The Faith Of A Son

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    WESLEY: THE FAITH OF A SON John Wesley was an honor graduate of Oxford University, an ordained clergyman in the Church of England and orthodox in theology. He was active in practical good works, regularly visiting the inmates of prisons and workhouses in London and helping distribute food and ...read more

  • Whirpool Galaxy

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 12, 2009
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    WHIRPOOL GALAXY God breathed out our sun. His word put the earth in its orbit around the sun. But this is really nothing. Our sun is one of between 200 and 400 billion other suns in our galaxy. What is our galaxy called? Milky way. Now I want to show you a picture. [This picture can be found ...read more

  • Leo Tolstoy Once Wrote A Story About A Successful ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Mar 9, 2010
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    Leo Tolstoy once wrote a story about a successful peasant farmer who was not satisfied with his lot. He wanted more of everything. One day he received a novel offer. For $1000, he could buy all the land he could walk around in a day. The only catch in the deal was that he had to be back at his ...read more

  • The Conversion Of George Whitefield

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 29, 2011
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    THE CONVERSION OF GEORGE WHITEFIELD In the 1730's in England, a young man named George Whitefield desperately wanted to be right before God. As a student at Oxford, he was part of the Holy Club, along with John and Charles Wesley. The members of that club rose early every day for lengthy ...read more

  • Statistics On Loneliness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 7, 2011
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    STATISTICS ON LONELINESS This week I read an article by Medical News Today about the health effects of loneliness. Quoting the article, it states that "there is evidence that the risk of developing and dying from heart disease can depend on the strength of one's social network of friends and ...read more

  • A Unique Excuse

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
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    A UNIQUE EXCUSE A man who bought a brand new Mercedes and got out on the interstate. It was a convertible and the top was down, the breeze was blowing through his hair, and he decided he would open it up to see what it could do. The needle hit 80 miles an hour, then 90, then 100, then 110, then ...read more

  • What Kind Of Heart Do You Have?  PRO

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Sep 23, 2012
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    WHAT KIND OF HEART DO YOU HAVE? I was reading this week an article by Bryan Doyle. It talks about hummingbirds. Hummingbirds have race car hearts that eat oxygen at an eye-popping rate. Their hearts are built of thinner, leaner fibers than ours. Their arteries are stiffer and more taut. Their ...read more

  • Lack Wisdom?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 29, 2025
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    I am told there was a happy old man. People came from far and wide to sit at this man’s feet and learn. One day a young man asked him: HOW DID YOU GET SUCH WISDOM? It was evening. The old man said: Saddle up the fastest horse and ride as fast as possible. Go due east until you come to a big river. ...read more

  • A Walk-On  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 5, 2001
    based on 68 ratings
     | 3,817 views

    Jason Smith is a basketball player for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes. He is a walk-on, which means he did not receive a scholarship. He played very little during his fours years on the team, but he stayed with it. He demonstrated real faithfulness. But more than that is the example of his ...read more

  • A Young Man Had An Accident While Driving His Car ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 11, 2001
    based on 132 ratings
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    A young man had an accident while driving his car that was quite spectacular. When the policeman arrived he found the young man standing near his car mumbling. As the officer approached he overheard the young man saying, ’Oh, my BMW, oh my BMW, oh my BMW’. Looking at the young man the policeman ...read more

  • It Had Been A Long Flight And The Crew Was Tired. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brent Zastrow on Apr 18, 2001
    based on 308 ratings
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    It had been a long flight and the crew was tired. This was even made more apparent by the rough landing. This particular airline had a policy that the pilot must stand by the door as the people exited to thank them for flying with the airline. The pilot was dreading this because of the landing ...read more

  • In A Recent Issue Of Reader’s Digest, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Cassara on Sep 8, 2001
    based on 77 ratings
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    In a recent issue of READER’S DIGEST, Janey Walser wrote these words: I once worked in a grocery store and often assisted elderly people when they came in. One woman shopped nearly every day, asking for just a few items each time. After a month, she said to me, "I suppose you wonder why I’m here so ...read more

  • In The Spring Of 1894, The Baltimore Orioles Came ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Dunn on Feb 3, 2002
    based on 53 ratings
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    In the spring of 1894, the Baltimore Orioles came to Boston to play a routine baseball game. But what happened that day was anything but routine. The Orioles’ John McGraw got into a fight with the Boston third baseman. Within minutes all the players from both teams had joined in the brawl. The ...read more

  • Recently I Stepped Into The Restroom Next To The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 13, 2005
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    Recently I stepped into the restroom next to the office where I work. Another employee was standing there with a scowl on his face, and complained to me about the smell in the bathroom. I was rather puzzled. Just by the very nature of their purpose restrooms have a tendency to contain some very ...read more

  • In Discipleship Journal, Carole Mayhall Tells Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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    In Discipleship Journal, Carole Mayhall tells of a woman who went to a diet center to lose weight. The director took her to a full-length mirror. On it he outlined a figure and told her, “This is what I want you to be like at the end of the program.” Days of intense dieting and exercise followed, ...read more

  • A.m. Hunter Says, "'remembering,' In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Darryl Bell on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
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    A.M. Hunter says, “’Remembering,’ in the biblical idiom, is not to entertain a pallid idea of a past event in one’s mind, but to make the event present again so that it controls the will and becomes potent in our lives for good or ill” (quoted in David Garland, The NIV Application Commentary: Mark, ...read more