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  • Posted: September 21, 2006 © 2006 ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 21, 2007
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    Posted: September 21, 2006 © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com: Noviana Malewa and three of her friends were walking on their way to a private Christian high school in Posa Kota subdistrict of Indonesia on Oct 29, 2005, when they were assaulted by six masked Islamic terrorists - jihadists wielding machetes. ...read more

  • Triumph  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2007
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    TRIUMPH (By Jim L. Davey) It was a dark & sullen morn, as several women approached the tomb, With breaking hearts and deepest gloom, The furthest thing from their minds.....was triumph Why did He have to die they asked, each other on the road that morn, It made no sense, their hearts were ...read more

  • In Ancient Times, Poor Beggars Often Were Found ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Apr 6, 2007
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    In ancient times, poor beggars often were found by rich people’s houses as well as by busy streets and anywhere else people would pass. They were especially found near the temple gates and this still true today. Beggar gypsies are all around the churches in Romania; the same in France and UK. Paris ...read more

  • Ten Years After World War Ii, A West German ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Mar 5, 2005
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    Ten years after World War II, a West German Christian met with some Christians from Warsaw, Poland. He wanted to know if it would be possible for a group of Christians from Germany to come to Poland to apologize for the brutality inflicted upon the Poles during the war. The Polish Christians, to ...read more

  • Story: Perhaps I Can Explain It Better By Telling ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on May 4, 2005
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    Story: Perhaps I can explain it better by telling you as story that the famous Canadian 20th Century Pentecostal missionary, Jonathan Goforth, used to tell. When Jonathan was 16 and still living at home with his parents, his father bought a second farm. He asked Jonathan to look after a huge field ...read more

  • Self Evaluation  PRO

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Jul 23, 2005
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    ILLUSTRATION - Self Evaluation -------------------------------- State employment officials in Tucson, Arizona, posted an interesting sign over a full-length mirror. Directed to all job hunters, it read, “Would you hire this person?” In another office a mirror and sign posed this question: “Are you ...read more

  • Joe Theismann Enjoyed An Illustrious 12-Year ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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    Joe Theismann enjoyed an illustrious 12-year career as quarterback of the Washington Redskins. He led the team to two Super Bowl appearances--winning in 1983 before losing the following year. When a leg injury forced him out of football in 1985, he was entrenched in the record books as Washington’s ...read more

  • Novelist And Essayist George A. Birmingham Was In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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    Novelist and essayist George A. Birmingham was in his nonliterary life a clergyman in Ireland where he was pestered by bishops and other authorities to fill in recurring questionnaires. He took particular umbrage against the annual demand from the education office to report the dimensions of his ...read more

  • One Problem I Remember Was A Time When Our Son ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
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    One problem I remember was a time when our son Bob broke our trust and lied to his mother and me. He was still young, dating Linda, his wife-to-be, and was only allowed to see her on certain nights. Well, one night he wanted to see her without permission and told us he was at his friend’s house. ...read more

  • A Man Was Sitting On The Edge Of The Bed, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Dec 28, 2009
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    A man was sitting on the edge of the bed, watching his wife, who was looking at herself in the mirror. Since her birthday was not far off he asked what she'd like for her birthday. "I'd like to be six again", she replied, still looking in the mirror. On the morning of her birthday, he arose ...read more

  • The Bible Is A Survivor

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    THE BIBLE IS A SURVIVOR The inspiration of the Bible is seen in its unique survival. All through history it has been a hated book for certain people because of its claim to be the word of the living God. But in spite of all attempts at times by emperors, dictators and totalitarian governments to ...read more

  • On A Lighter Side Here Are Some Things That Wise ...

    Contributed by Greg Wiens on Mar 30, 2010
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    On a lighter side here are some things that wise people like me like to ponder: 1. Why is there a best before date on Sour Cream? 2. Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all"? 3. Why are cigarettes sold in gas stations when smoking is prohibited there? 4. If a cow laughed, would milk ...read more

  • Just Last Week Two Women Were Arrested At ...

    Contributed by David Moore on Apr 14, 2010
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    Just last week two women were arrested at Liverpool airport for trying to board a plane with a dead body, they put the dead man into a wheelchair and put sunglasses on him, and were trying check in for a flight to Berlin on Saturday. But airport staff became suspicious, and the two were arrested on ...read more

  • The Real Tonic Of Life

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Apr 26, 2010
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    THE REAL TONIC OF LIFE Lee Garfunkal's Pepsi versus Coke commercial is too funny. Pepsi is delivered to the Shady Acres Senior’s Retirement Home. The residents are talking rap over rock while Grandma zips by on a skateboard. Hi-fives are going around. One old guy loves the music pumping through ...read more

  • An Unread Note Costs A Commander His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2010
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    An Unread Note Costs A Commander His Army During the Revolutionary War, a loyalist spy appeared at the headquarters of Hessian commander Colonel Johann Rall, carrying an urgent message. General George Washington and his Continental [A]rmy had secretly crossed the Delaware River that morning and ...read more

  • Praying For Wind

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 19, 2010
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    PRAYING FOR WIND When Hudson Taylor went to China, he made the voyage on a sailing vessel. As it neared the channel between the southern Malay Peninsula and the island of Sumatra, the missionary heard an urgent knock on his stateroom door. He opened it, and there stood the captain of the ship. ...read more

  • You May Find This Interesting; I Once Did This ...

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Jul 13, 2010
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    You may find this interesting; I once did this driving course called an anti-skid driving course. One of the really valuable learning’s that I got out of it was, that when you drive, you should drive with your eyes looking well ahead maybe a couple of hundred metres ahead, not on the car just in ...read more

  • A Child's View Of God

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 26, 2011
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    A CHILD'S VIEW OF GOD Many of you know that I did not grow up in the church. My family was not religious, and so, we seldom spoke of God. Still in all, even as a child, I had some conception of God. I don’t know where I got it or how I picked it up, but I had an undeveloped, primitive theology. I ...read more

  • One-And-A-Half Degrees Off

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 30, 2011
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    ONE-AND-A-HALF DEGREES OFF On October 31, 1983, Korean Airlines Flight 007 departed from Anchorage, Alaska, for a direct flight to Seoul, Korea. Unknown to the crew, however, the computer engaging the flight navigation system contained a 1 1/2 degree routing error. At the point of departure, the ...read more

  • Abandoned

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on May 15, 2011
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    ABANDONED A little over a week ago I made a pilgrimage over to Wally Mart – I’m sure to get something for dinner. Anyway, while getting out of the car, I noticed that the car in front of me had in it a small child – a baby, sitting in his or her car seat, sleeping away. All the while the baby’s ...read more