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  • I Learned A Great Life Lesson Once From Some ...

    Contributed by Timothy Archer on Feb 27, 2004
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    I learned a great life lesson once from some scraggly college kid whose name I don’t even know. I was 8 or 9 years old and was taking swimming lessons from the Red Cross. The day came for our swim test to pass from Advanced Beginners to Intermediate, and we each took our turn trying to do the ...read more

  • In The Dark  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jan 29, 2005
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    Illustration: “In the Dark” A young soldier and his commanding officer got on a train together. The only available seats were across from an attractive young lady who was traveling with her grandmother. As the four engaged in conversation, the soldier and the young lady kept eyeing one another, as ...read more

  • Why Do We Have Such A Hard Time Quitting Sin?  PRO

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Jul 17, 2006
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    Why do we have such a hard time quitting sin? a. We enjoy sin God, make me good, but not yet. -St. Augustine. b. There is much to do When a person becomes a Christian, he usually undergoes some radical life changes, especially if he has had an immoral background. Through the first steps of ...read more

  • When I Tutored Back During My High School Years, ...

    Contributed by Brien Sims on Sep 6, 2006
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    When I tutored back during my high school years, I spent most of my hours at a moderate sized middle school called Elementary. During the two years I did after school programs some of the children became attached to me and honestly enough I became attached to them. Even though the little buggers ...read more

  • Mvp Praises God For World Series

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    MVP PRAISES GOD FOR WORLD SERIES A number of years ago, Orel Hershiser was pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers. They had just won the World Series, and Orel had been named "The most valuable player of the series." One of the TV shows about the series showed him in the dugout just before the 9th ...read more

  • Adapted From Don ...

    Contributed by Vonnie E James on Sep 10, 2008
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    Illustration: adapted from Don Fortner ________________________________________ Picture this: You are passing through an alley in St.George’s.It is dark. A man (an X PRA) suddenly leak in front of you without warning from the dark alley. He has a machine gun in his hands, ammunition belts over ...read more

  • A Reasoning ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    A REASONING FAITH Richard Dawkins in The God Delusion says that Christian Faith is non-thinking. He believes religion was responsible for the 9/11 bombings. "Get rid of God and all religions, and you will have peace on earth." Atheists buy into the thought that the natural sciences have displaced ...read more

  • Sit So He Can Walk, So They Can Run

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Aug 9, 2009
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    SIT SO HE CAN WALK, SO THEY CAN RUN I wonder who amongst us this morning feels insignificant. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old African American woman who worked as a seamstress, boarded a Montgomery City bus to go home from work. On that bus on that day, Rosa Parks initiated a new ...read more

  • They Are Who We Thought They ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 11, 2009
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    “They are who we thought they were.” How many have heard the apparently new cliché: "They are who we thought they were" “Normally quiet Arizona Cardinals coach Dennis Green first uttered this trademarked phrase during a swear-filled, post-game tirade in 2006. When he was asked what he thought of ...read more

  • My Mother Has A Fairly Rare Heart Condition Known ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 25, 2009
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    My mother has a fairly rare heart condition known as Hypertropic Cardiomyopathy. It is a disease of the muscle of the heart in which a portion of the muscle of the heart is thickened without any obvious cause. It’s a leading cause of sudden cardiac death in any age group and causes disabling ...read more

  • Craving Milk

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Oct 26, 2011
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    CRAVING MILK I remember our grandkids had ravenous appetites towards mother's milk and they all grew fat as over-stuffed ticks. All 4 of them were roly-poly by 3 months of age. There was an obvious direct corollary between milk ingested and weight gain. Likewise, spiritual infants who crave ...read more

  • The Shepherd's Voice

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 10, 2012
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    THE SHEPHERD'S VOICE If you know and follow Jesus as Shepherd you will be able to flee from untruth and ungodly belief systems. D.L. Moody told the following: A friend, who was traveling in the East, heard that there was a shepherd who still kept up the custom of calling his sheep by name. He ...read more

  • Wiretap Into Your Home

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 22, 2020
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    The church is the bride of Christ. If we love the groom (Jesus), we will look for positive things to say about the bride (the church). Bob Russell tells a story about how years ago, when there were multiple party telephone lines, a preacher picked up the telephone to make a call but couldn’t get ...read more

  • Modern Concepts Of Health Have Lost Their ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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    "Modern concepts of health have lost their connection to God. They look at health as normal anatomical, physiological and mental function. God would remind us that our intended ...read more

  • Charles Swindoll In His Book Getting Through The ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 25, 2005
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    Charles Swindoll in his book Getting Through The Tough Stuff Of Life states, “Confrontation is speaking the truth in a personal, face-to-face encounter with someone we love ...read more

  • The Political Convention Was In Chaos. Each ...  PRO

    Contributed by George Rennau on Aug 25, 2003
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    The political convention was in chaos. Each delegation wanted something different. Some favored states rights, others wanted a stronger central government. Larger states wanted greater representation, and small states wanted an equal voice. Debate dragged on and on. Finally the committee ...read more

  • War Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
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    WAR IS HELL War is defined as “a state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations,” or more generally, as “a state of hostility, conflict, or antagonism.” About 15 years ago a group of academics and historians compiled some startling information. Since 3600 BC, ...read more

  • Mercy, Not Justice  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2001
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    Eph.2:4,5. A young lady who occasionally walked through the park after work, stopped to have her picture taken by a photographer on this particular day. She was very excited about her picture being taken. As she walked out of the park, she looked at the polaroid picture in total amazement. She ...read more

  • Washington's Request  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 29, 2002
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    WASHINGTON'S REQUEST "I now make it my earnest prayer that God would have you, and the State over which you preside, in his holy protection; that he would incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to government, to entertain a brotherly affection and ...read more

  • In What Some Call A Denial Of A Basic Civil ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 23, 2004
    based on 22 ratings
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    In what some call a denial of a basic civil right, a Missouri man has been told he may not marry his long-term companion. …The man claims that the essential elements of marriage – love and commitment – are indeed present. “She’s gorgeous. She’s sweet. She’s loving. I’m very proud of her … Deep ...read more