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  • Christmas Pants

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 10, 2009
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    CHRISTMAS PANTS I told you about a pair of guys who had exchanged the same pair of moleskin pants for over a decade. Each year they tried to outdo one another with the only rules being they couldn’t damage the pants and they had to use scrap material. I’d left the story with Kunkel having received ...read more

  • The Magic Of The Family Meal, Time Magazine ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 14, 2009
     | 3,029 views

    The Magic of the Family Meal, Time Magazine Article Check out these words from an article in TIME magazine called, “The Magic of the Family Meal” (www.time.org, 6/4/06): “…There is something about a shared meal--not some holiday blowout, not once in a while but regularly, reliably--that anchors a ...read more

  • Miraculous Protection Of Matt And Lora Higgens ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 17, 2009
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    Miraculous Protection of Matt and Lora Higgens during the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya in 1960 in Answer to Prayer In 1960, the Mau Mau uprising gripped Kenya. During that time, missionaries Matt and Lora Higgens had to drive through hostile territory on their way to Nairobi, well aware that many had ...read more

  • Daddy, Are You There?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 7, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,809 views

    DADDY, ARE YOU THERE? Oh how blessed it is to know that when the times of pain come and when our hearts become broken, we have Someone to whom we can turn that will give us Strength and that will keep us Safe. Only Jesus does that! A little girl and her father were returning from the funeral of ...read more

  • Dobson: Differences In Generations

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,700 views

    DOBSON: DIFFERENCES IN GENERATIONS James Dobson recently wrote about the difference between the current generation and the WW II generation of fifty years ago: "Commitment, dedication, and patriotism have given place to sensuality, hedonism, and selfishness. If the decade of the '40s was ...read more

  • Let's Begin Understanding This Name, /Adonai/ ...

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jun 15, 2010
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    Let’s begin understanding this name, /Adonai/ (אֲדֹנָי), meaning /Lord/, by going back to the Middle Ages. Picture a medieval manor. Peasants worked the surrounding fields. Craftsmen lived in the village. The manor house, maybe with a moat and watchtower, ...read more

  • The Story Of Faith Hope

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
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    THE STORY OF FAITH HOPE Myah Hope was given the news that she was pregnant. Like most mothers to be, she dreamed of what giving birth to a child and raising them would be like. But when she was 19 weeks pregnant, she was told that something was wrong with her baby's head. The doctor said that ...read more

  • Jesus Saves Me Now

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 30, 2011
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    JESUS SAVES ME NOW The old version used to tell us that He was able to keep us from falling. The new version, giving a closer rendering of the Greek, tells us that He is able to guard us from stumbling. So He can. So He will. But we must trust Him. Moment by moment we must look into His face, and ...read more

  • Salvation And The Surgeon

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 17, 2012
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    Jesus came to be our Savior. To be our substitute. To die FOR us. But while God would be the only one pure enough to die for us... Gods don't die. And while mortals CAN die, no mortal man could ever be the sinless sacrifice the law required to pay for our sins. No ordinary man would be pure and ...read more

  • The Importance Of Forgiveness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2014
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    Life assurance is far more valuable and important than life insurance. One famous atheist said, "The one thing I envy about you Christians is that you have someone to forgive you." A man by the name of Val Patterson died on July 12th of this year due to cancer. He knew the end was coming, so he ...read more

  • John Bowes, Chairman Of The Parent Company Of ...

    Contributed by Richard Burkey on May 19, 2005
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    John Bowes, chairman of the parent company of Wham-O—the maker of Frisbees—once participated in a charity effort. He sent thousands of the plastic flying discs to an orphanage in Angola, Africa. He thought the children there would enjoy playing with them. Several months later, a ...read more

  • The Clip You Are About To See Is From The Movie, ...

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005
     | 1,255 views

    The clip you are about to see is from the movie, “Parenthood”.[5] In this movie Gil Buckman (played by Steve Martin) and his wife are struggling to be perfect parents. Gil is having a real hard time dealing with the uncertainties of life. And because of all his fears of what might go wrong he is ...read more

  • In His Book, Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller Talks ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jan 16, 2007
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    In his book, Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller talks about the kind of ruts a lot of us tend to get ourselves into. He says, ‘The most difficult lie I have ever contended with is this: Life is about me…. I hear addicts talk about the shakes and panic attacks and the highs and lows of resisting their ...read more

  • Finding Perspective  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2001
    based on 167 ratings
     | 4,175 views

    FINDING PERSPECTIVE It’s something like what Coach John McKay of USC said to his team after they had been humiliated 51-0 by Notre Dame. McKay came into the locker room and saw a group of beaten worn-out and thoroughly depressed young football players who were not accustomed to losing. He stood up ...read more

  • Hard Work, Strong Character  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2001
    based on 95 ratings
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    HARD WORK, STRONG CHARACTER Delayed gratification is also important in training children. A lot of parents are unwilling to make sacrifices that are necessary in order to meet their children’s deepest needs. A promotion at work, a TV show, or a nap on the sofa may all seem much more enticing ...read more

  • Ask: What Is Faith Through Experience?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 14, 2001
    based on 21 ratings
     | 2,922 views

    ILL: Ask: What is Faith through Experience? A vocational school teacher taught a class of mentally impaired teenagers. Looking at his students’ capabilities rather than their limitations, he got them to play chess, restore furniture and repair electrical appliances. Most important, he taught ...read more

  • Living Together Before Marriage Is Nothing More ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 8, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,827 views

    Living together before marriage is nothing more than “playing house.” It’s being shown that living together is not best. Charles Colson sites the National Survey of Families & Households. In that survey they came up with some startling data. It found that almost half of all couples who cohabit ...read more

  • A Limerick Conveys A Message Very Pertinent To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 7, 2002
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    A limerick conveys a message very pertinent to all of us in the Lord’s Body. There once were two cats of Killkenny. Each thought there was one cat too many. They fought and they spit, they clawed and they bit, till instead of two cats there weren’t any! How many times have we seen the saga of ...read more

  • Preparing For Large Christmas Eve Family ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 18, 2002
    based on 75 ratings
     | 4,897 views

    Preparing for large Christmas Eve family gathering, a mother had been giving out orders like a drill sergeant: "Pick up your things! Don’t get your clothes dirty! Put away those toys." Well, her 4-year-old daughter had been underfoot all day, so she sent her to the next room to play with their ...read more

  • The Hope College Women's Basketball Team Had ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Oct 13, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,236 views

    The Hope College Women’s basketball team had made it to the national playoffs. The final game saw Hope 20 points behind with 10 minutes left to play. The team remained calm and began to narrow the gap. Then with just 5 seconds remaining, a 3 point basket tied the game. The final score was decided ...read more