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  • Game Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
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    Game of Life In 1860, a lithographer named Milton Bradley decided to invent a board game where people by playing it would learn life lessons. They would learn about the risks and the rewards in life and decisions and consequences. It was originally called “The Checkered Game of Life.” It was a ...read more

  • He's Alive!

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 21, 2008
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     | 3,946 views

    He's Alive! One church I read about put on a Christmas program that included a manger scene with their children. There was a little 5-year-old boy on the drama team, I think he was a shepherd that year. He was energetic to say the least! This little boy was a handful. During rehearsals he was all ...read more

  • I Remember When I Was A Small Boy That I Was ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 13, 2008
     | 753 views

    I remember when I was a small boy that I was fascinated with soldiers. I played with little green army men, listened to Dad tell stories of the second world war he was in. I loved to dress up and play army (Get the pictures). I had the steel hat, inside liner, and jacket, etc. I loved playing ...read more

  • Blind Against The Blind  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 8, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,581 views

    BLIND AGAINST THE BLIND Today we're going to examine a miracle in which Jesus gives sight to two blind men. I've known several people who are physically blind and I'm always amazed by what they can do without sight. Growing up in Alabama, one of the most celebrated sports heroes in our state was ...read more

  • God "Subdues" Our Sins

    Contributed by Charles Jones on Apr 11, 2013
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    GOD "SUBDUES" OUR SINS The word "subdue" is such a powerful word. In the Hebrew, it is the word "kabash" (kaw-bash) meaning to "tread down, disregard, conquer, bring into subjection". The Hebrew word for "cast" is "shalak" (shaw-lak) which means "to hurl, to throw away". What an amazing ...read more

  • At A Certain Moment, A Doctor Will Determine ...  PRO

    Contributed by Howard Flynn on May 17, 2001
    based on 135 ratings
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    "At a certain moment, a doctor will determine that my brain has ceased to function and that, for all intents and purposes, my life has stopped. When that happens, do not attempt to instill artificial life into my body by the use of a machine. And don’t call this my "deathbed." Call it my "bed of ...read more

  • When I Was A Teenager My Older Brother Took On A ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on May 21, 2001
    based on 97 ratings
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    When I was a teenager my older brother took on a vacation to New Orleans. I remember walking down Bourbon Street seeing the places of sin that lined that street. As we walked along the street men stood outside the bars swinging the doors open inviting everyone to take a look inside, saying; “come ...read more

  • Top 10 Things You'll Never Hear Dad Say  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Mavis on Jun 11, 2001
    based on 73 ratings
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    TOP 10 THINGS YOU’LL NEVER HEAR DAD SAY 10. Well, how ’bout that? I’m lost! Looks like we’ll have to stop and ask for directions. 9. You know Pumpkin, now that you’re thirteen, you’ll be ready for unchaperoned car dates. Won’t that be fun? 8. I noticed that all your friends have a certain ...read more

  • The Wrong Guy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
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    THE WRONG GUY Determined to avenge the assault of their young fourteen year old girlfriend, ten young people raced away from the hospital with a description of her assailant: an Hispanic man driving a red vehicle. Then by deception, the group of vigilantes lured young Leonel Cifuenies, a ...read more

  • One Of The Classic Episodes Of The Dick Van Dyke ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jun 6, 2002
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    One of the classic episodes of the Dick Van Dyke Show concerns a problem that Ritchie is having with a girl named Priscilla. For a period of time he comes home every afternoon after school battered and bruised by this girl. Rob and Laura are at a loss to know what to do and so Laura goes and ...read more

  • A Fly Doing The Impossible  PRO

    Contributed by Tylor Cates on Jan 24, 2004
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    A Fly Doing The Impossible Prop: Toy fly I was driving down the road at about 75 mph on the interstate the other day and something happened that happens a lot unfortunately. There was a fly in my car. You know how annoying that can get with the fly just buzzing back and forth in the car. I was ...read more

  • This Past Sunday Afternoon, After Katrina Had ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Sep 24, 2005
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    This past Sunday afternoon, after Katrina had already made a mess of South Florida, Gladys and I watched the news as the killer storm made it’s way across the Gulf, with its eye focused on the gulf coast. We, along with many of you and countless millions of others across the country, watched with ...read more

  • Matryoshka Doll

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Aug 30, 2010
     | 2,130 views

    I purchased this doll a few years back when I visited in Russia. It’s called a Matryoshka doll (Russian Nesting doll). (taking dolls apart) If you’re familiar with these dolls, you know that you open up one and there’s another inside … and so on and so on. This continues until you get to the ...read more

  • Reality Therapy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
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    REALITY THERAPY Aaron was an eleven-year-old boy whose behavior was described by Dr. William Glasser, his psychiatrist, as horrible. In his book, Reality Therapy, Glasser says Aaron was the most obnoxious child he had ever met. The boy would kick, scream, run away and hide, become withdrawn, ...read more

  • Singing For The Girls

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jun 22, 2011
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    SINGING FOR THE GIRLS Last Sunday night I preached in a town called San Miguel. It was known for witch doctors and demonic things going on. We had a constant string of problems happening one after another. The church was crowded with every seat taken and faces looking through the back doors and ...read more

  • Consecrated To Do God's Will

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 25, 2017
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    Years ago a young girl entered a little Presbyterian Church out of curiosity. There she heard the gospel for the first time and was converted. She later heard God’s call on her life to go to China as a missionary. She was the only daughter of a multi-millionaire. She was socially prominent and ...read more

  • Saved From The Guttermost To The Uttermost

    Contributed by Dr. David Hallum on Sep 11, 2019
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    Introduction: Larry Johnson was an oil field hand. Big, loud, cursing, drinking, woman chasing and completely anti-God. He worked on one of the dirtiest jobs in the old field – he ran a workover crew. Those guys NEVER came home clean. They were covered in grime, sludge and oil from head to toe ...read more

  • Possibilities

    Contributed by Bobby Bodenhamer on Oct 17, 2008
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    Possibilities He was born into wealth and was raised in a mansion. Today he wears prison gray after being convicted of planting a car bomb that took the lives of two members of his family. His almost unbelievable reversal of circumstances came after he tried to get control of a $10-million family ...read more

  • My Friends, If You See A Temptation Coming, And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
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     | 2,966 views

    My friends, if you see a temptation coming, and you can avoid it, run! Don’t wait around, don’t play around, run. You drop a match in your lap, you don’t sit there and wonder how long it can sit there before it burns you. You get rid of it. … > 1 Samuel 17:48 When the Philistine started ...read more

  • In His Autobiography In 2004, Pete Rose Finally ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In his autobiography in 2004, Pete Rose finally admitted that he bet on baseball games while employed as manager of the Cincinnati Reds — an infraction that produced a lifetime ban from the sport in 1989. Rose’s admission of guilt came after denying any wrongdoing for almost 15 years. And he has ...read more