Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Some time ago Thomas A. Harris wrote a book of pop psychology called I’m O. K.—You’re O. K. About that time the Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology was holding its annual meeting on the depravity of man. One of the speakers was theologian Dr. John Gerstner, at that time a professor at
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FIVE STUPID THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE
The woman at the well in John 4 was like the women Dr. Laura Schlessinger had in mind when she wrote a book called, "Ten Stupid Things Women do to Mess Up Their Lives." Here are 5 of them ---
(Now, keep in mind, these didn’t come from me. I’m quoting from the
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 10, 2010
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JOHN HARPER'S LAST CONVERT
John Harper was born into a Christian family May 29, 1872. He became a Christian 13 years later and had already started preaching by age 17. He received training at the Baptist Pioneer Mission in London, and in 1896 he founded a church, now known as Harper Memorial
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Contributed by Mark Thometz on Aug 27, 2012
Kids have a lot of questions. The “why” questions I've found is most popular. Back in Boise I work for the YMCA as an after school child care worker. Needless to say, when it's you and 2 other adults with 35+ kids a lot of “why” questions come up. “Why can't we do that?...well why? Why!?” This last
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In a certain pond, there were two ducks and a frog who were neighbors and the best of friends. They played together all day long during the summer time.
But as the cold drew near and the water dried up, the ducks realized they would have to move. This would be easy for them, but what about their
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Contributed by Mark Hensley on Mar 28, 2002
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WE SHALL ALL BE CHANGED
The first Law of Thermodynamics says that no mass or energy is ever destroyed, that it merely changes form. When a piece of wood is burned, it is not gone. Some of it becomes heat; some deteriorates into the ashes. But it is not destroyed - it just changes. When a lake
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Contributed by Chad Wright on May 11, 2002
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The human heart is a hard-working marvel. It can keep on beating automatically even if all other nerves were severed. In a 70 year lifetime, it will beat an average of 75 times a minute, forty million times a year - or two-and-a-half billion times. At each beat, the average adult heart discharges
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Contributed by Steven Dow on Jul 9, 2002
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Unamuno, the Spanish philosopher, tells about the Roman aqueduct a Segovia, in his native Spain. It was built in 109 A.D. For eighteen hundred years, it carried cool water from the mountains to the hot and thirsty city. Nearly sixty generations of men drank from its flow.
Then came another
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 28, 2001
Where Do You Belong?
Erma Bombeck told of a little boy named Donald who talked about education and the fears of going to school: "My name is Donald, and I don’t know
anything. I have new underwear, a loose tooth, and didn’t sleep last night
because I’m worried. What if a bell rings and a man
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Contributed by Charles Salmon on Mar 11, 2003
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The story is told that when the Gospel was first preached on the island of Barbados, several accepted the invitation to be baptized. When they arrived at the water for the baptismal service the women were dressed in nightgowns and the men in striped pajamas. The missionaries were afraid this might
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Imagine for a moment that you live in an old, run down, dilapidated shack. One like one you see on World Vision pictures from 3rd world countries – rusty metal kind of thrown over top of a couple walls full of holes. No running water. No toilet. Dirt on the floor when it is dry, mud when it is
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Contributed by Pat Cook on Sep 2, 2003
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Sir Alexander Mackenzie is a Canadian hero. An early fur trader and explorer, he accomplished a magnificent feat when he led an expedition across Canada from Fort Chippewyan on Lake Athabasca to the Pacific Ocean. His incredible journey was completed in 1793, 11 years before Lewis and Clark began
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Contributed by Evie Megginson on Apr 26, 2004
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On a particularly rough airplane flight, a lady became very airsick. Her shoulders drooped, and her head slumped forward - she was totally wiped out. The stewardess came by to help her. "Come, come now," she said, "buck up and get control of yourself. Sit up and take courage." She put her arm under
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