Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Our words can crush a person’s spirit, and they can leave people feeling hurt and hopeless.
For example, a middle-aged man had been fighting depression for most of his adult life. Several psychiatrists had agreed that the root problem was chemical and needed to be treated with anti-depressant
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 19, 2001
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Gen. Douglas MacArthur wrote this prayer for his son. He prayed: "Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, & brave enough to face himself when he is afraid. One who will be proud & unbending in honest defeat, & humble & gentle in victory.
"Build me a son
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Brian Mavis on Apr 11, 2001
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Chemistry 101 -- Table of Elements
Two new additions to the Periodic Table of Elements:
Element Name: WOMAN
Symbol: WO
Atomic Weight:(don’t even go there)
Physical properties: Generally round in form. Boils at nothing and may
freeze at anytime. Melts whenever treated properly. Very bitter if
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Contributed by Scott Chambers on Jan 24, 2003
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If you were to visit Paris, you could see the statues of two men, both named Louis. The first is of Louis XIV, France’s absolute monarch, who is remembered today chiefly for his exclamation, "I am the State." He represents one of the supreme achievements of greatness through power. His philosophy
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Danny Thomas on Jun 5, 2003
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Build Me a Son by General Douglas A. MacArthur
Build me a son, O Lord,
who will be strong enough to know when he is weak,
and brave enough to face him self when he is afraid;
one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat,
and humble and gentle in victory.
Build me a son whose wishbone
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Greg Buchner on Dec 14, 2003
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EVERYONE EXPERIENCES Christmas a little differently than others. Here are some quotes I found from women authors...
"Evidently, Christmas was an unmitigated joy only for the people who inhabited department-store brochures and seasonal television specials. For everyone else the day seemed to be a
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Methodist
Contributed by Harold Simpson on Jul 13, 2004
This is how vision works with God. There was a businessman who lived during the depression. In one moment he lost his business, his family, his wife, and house. The only thing he had left to hold on to was his faith. While out walking one day he observed some construction workers building a
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Contributed by Scott Sharpes on Apr 12, 2006
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Eliminate the Little Sins (7)
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 spiritual growth and self-denial, he gets rid of the large, obvious sins. But sad to say, many believers stop
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Nazarene
Contributed by Shane Hart on Aug 10, 2006
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Who Is To Blame
We read in the paper and hear on the air
Of killing and stealing and crime everywhere.
We sigh and say, as we notice the trend,
“This young generation... Where will it end?”
But can we be sure it is their fault alone?
Are we less guilty, who places in their way
Too many things that
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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There’s a story I read that apparently originated in Psychology Today. As the story goes, a number of years ago the prince of Grenada, an heir to the Spanish crown, was sentences to life in solitary confinement in Madrid’s ancient prison. The dreadful, dirty, and dreary nature of the place earned
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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PETER MARSHALL’S CALLING
In her book, A Man Called Peter, Catherine Marshall tells how her late preacher-husband felt a sense of destiny a sense of call in his life.
One dark night, Peter, then a young man, decided to take a shortcut across the Scottish moors. He knew there was a deep deserted
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 8, 2009
From Wm. Barclay’s commentary: One of the great stories of the Christian Church is that of Telemachus. He was a hermit of the desert, but the call of God told him he must go to Rome. Rome was nominally Christian, but still the gladiatorial games went on. Men fought with other and crowds roared with
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Pentecostal
As a young teen, I loved to read books from the “Choose Your Own Adventure” series. In the first couple of pages a story would be set up – for example you are going on a hike with your cousins and it begins to storm. But by the end of page three the reader comes to a critical point in the story
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Sep 17, 2010
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On the news recently a former federal police chief Mick Keelty went into the witness box to PLEAD FOR MERCY for the "drug mule" SCOTT RUSH who is condemned to death before a firing squad in Bali. Scott Rush is only 24 years old. He is one of four Australians who were arrested in Bali in 2005, with
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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Self-sufficiency is an insufficient legacy.
Frankly, a lot of churches in the 1950s had to face this question. The people had just come out of the Great Depression and understood the value of having a lot of money. When the baby boom came, they were able to use that money to build bigger
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