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  • Loss For Words

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 27, 2012
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    LOSS FOR WORDS Once when Red Skelton was being interviewed he was asked if he ever was at a loss for words. He hesitated a minute then said, "I dreamed I died and went to heaven. Just as I was taken ...read more

  • The Word Of God

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 9, 2012
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    ILLUS: (I had 6 plastic see through pitchers on stage… one of which was full of water. Holding up an empty pitcher I said…) Imagine this empty pitcher represents that nation of Israel. (I began to pour water from the full pitcher into the empty one). God poured out His will and wisdom into them. ...read more

  • Last Words

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Feb 6, 2013
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    LAST WORDS My father worked for the railroad when I was younger. One night a train was backing up to hook up to some other cars and one man was not watching. He was in the way and the train made the connection right through his body. He did not die immediately, but he knew he had only a short ...read more

  • Words Matter

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 23, 2014
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    WORDS MATTER The Book of James in the New Testament reminds us that words can direct, delight or destroy (ch. 3). Is this true? Look no further than to what happened in Germany in WWII. For every word in Hitler’s poisonous book, Mein Kampf, it cost the life of 125 people. Here are some words to ...read more

  • The Living Word

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017
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    Ravi Zacharias tells of ministering in Vietnam in 1971, and one of his interpreters was Hien Pham, an energetic young Christian. He had worked as a translator with the American forces, and was of immense help both to them and to missionaries such as myself. Hien and I traveled the length of the ...read more

  • The Light Of The Word

    Contributed by Taiwo Oyadiran on Mar 23, 2019
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    I like to tell this story about my son as a 2-year-old. I always liked to give him a shower/bath and like most kids that age, he liked playing with the water. Many times, when there’s water and soap on his head and face, he, of course, had to close his eyes. That part he didn’t like. No kid would ...read more

  • The Power Of A Word

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 17, 2007
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    “A careless word may kindle strife, A cruel word may wreck a life; A bitter word may hate instill, A brutal word may smite and kill; A gracious word may smooth the way A joyous word may light the ...read more

  • One Word  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Brown on Mar 11, 2008
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     | 4,019 views

    One Word I sat down one day and began to think about what word I would choose if I could only choose one word to describe myself; one word which would describe me better than any other word. Many words immediately began to pour into my mind. I could think of so many aspects of my life that I ...read more

  • Spelling A Word

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 27, 2008
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    SPELLING A WORD A woman died and went to heaven but when she arrived at the "Pearly Gates," she found Peter. "Before you can come in, you have to spell a word," he said. "What word?" she asked. "Any word?" "L-O-V-E. Love," she said. "Come on in. But I was wondering if you'd do me a quick ...read more

  • World Of Words

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    WORLD OF WORDS We live in a world of words. Words are all about us, words on TV, words on the radio, spoken words by family and friends, words printed in newspapers, books, on computers, and words on the Internet. The world of words have turned us into a people who have been overwhelmed, ...read more

  • Jesus' Words

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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    JESUS’ WORDS There is a hopefulness in life as we hear and become empowered by Jesus’ words. A Sunday School teacher illustrated this concept of hopefulness in life by drawing on the blackboard two pathways. In the middle of one she placed a large rock, covering the entire path. At the end of ...read more

  • 25 Words Or ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
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    25 WORDS OR LESS A teacher in an adult education creative writing class told her students to write "I love you" in 25 words or less, without using the words, "I love you." They had 15 minutes to complete this assignment. A woman in the class spent about 10 minutes looking at the ceiling and ...read more

  • A Few Words

    Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Jun 2, 2009
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    A FEW WORDS Imagine going into a bank, innocently filling out a withdrawal slip, and within minutes being arrested by the police. When Ron Schatz filled out a withdrawal slip in an American bank, he had no idea that handcuffs would soon be placed upon him. It took a while to straighten out the ...read more

  • New Orleans (Bp)--An Explosive New Study Says ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 31, 2001
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     | 3,401 views

    NEW ORLEANS (BP)--An explosive new study says some gay people can turn straight if they really want to. Robert L. Spitzer, a psychiatry professor at Columbia University who led the study, said he couldn’t estimate what percentage of highly motivated gay people can change their sexual orientation ...read more

  • Words Arethe Most Powerful Narcotic, The Most ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Words arethe most powerful narcotic, the most potent stimulant, the most remarkable hallucinogen ever devised. Words teach, they sing, they hurt, they sanctify. They also degrade, inflame, mislead andlieWords also infect ...read more

  • The Word "Paradise" Is A Persian Word Meaning "A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Mar 16, 2004
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    The word "Paradise" is a Persian word meaning "a walled garden". When a Persian king wished to do one of his subjects a very special honour he made him a “companion of the garden” and he was chosen to walk in the royal garden with the king. It was more than immortality that Jesus promised the ...read more

  • The Word Advent Comes From The Latin Word, ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Weeks on Dec 9, 2006
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    The word Advent comes from the Latin word, “advenire”, conjugated as “adventus” which is a combination word of “ad” meaning, “to” or “toward” and “venire”, “come” which is conjugated as ventus, which means more specifically, “coming”. Combining them gets us literally, “toward the coming.” The ...read more

  • Never Answer An Angry Word With An Angry Word. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    Never answer an angry word with an angry word. Its the second one ...read more

  • Why Is The F*** Word And And The Sh** Word Used ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 7, 2010
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    "Why is the F*** word and and the Sh** word used so freely today? Jesus doesn’t directly include this in what He says about oaths in Matthew 5 but it is there by way of application and other passages enlarge on this area of sin, so I am taking a detour. The spirit of what Jesus is saying in Matthew ...read more

  • The Word "Baptize" Comes From The Greek Word ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 25, 2009
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    The word “baptize” comes from the Greek word baptizo. It is just a common, ordinary, household word in the Greek language, which has been in use through the centuries. In Greek literature there are some typical examples of the use of the ordinary Greek word baptizo. Aristotle, who lived 384-322 ...read more

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