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  • Do You Desire God's Honor Above Your ...

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jun 22, 2008
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    Do you desire God’s honor above your own? My first ministry after seminary was back home in Rochester, NY. I was one of two chaplains at the Monroe County Jail. Every Saturday evening we would hold a worship service in the auditorium at the jail for the inmates. One of the deputies was ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Chuck Swindoll Once Said, "I Once Accepted A ...

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jun 23, 2008
     | 2,903 views

    Chuck Swindoll once said, “I once accepted a speaking engagement among Christians involved in Twelve Step programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous. As I talked with the attendees and pondered what to say, I finally decided on the ironic title, "Why I Wish I Was an Alcoholic." “It occurred to me that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Several Years Ago A Young Frenchman Captured The ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jul 12, 2008
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    Several years ago a young Frenchman captured the attention of the world by walking a tightrope between the towers of New York’s World Trade Center (1350 feet high). A few months later, however, while practicing on a relatively low wire in St. Petersburg, Florida, he fell 30 feet and was injured. As ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Where Are You ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
     | 2,294 views

    WHERE ARE YOU LOOKING? A young second lieutenant at Fort Bragg discovered that he had no change when he was about to buy a soft drink from a vending machine. He flagged down a passing private and asked him, "Do you have change for a dollar?" The private said cheerfully, "I think so, let me take a ...read more

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  • A Motorist Was Driving In The Country When He Saw ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 5, 2008
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    A motorist was driving in the country when he saw some men who had come from an ecumenical meeting: a Baptist Pastor, a Catholic Priest, an Anglican Vicar, and a Jewish Rabbi. They were standing on the shoulder of the road, fishing. Next to them was a sign that read "Turn Around. The End Is Near." ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Healing, God's Way

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 26, 2008
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    Healing, God's Way Healing takes time, patience and determination to persevere through the long process of healing. It’s not easy, but it is the reality of the healing process. Personal Illustration: My own experience with the healing process of my right knee. About two years ago I had a total ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Salman Rushdie, Is An Author Who Had A Fatawah, ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 14, 2008
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    Salman Rushdie, is an author who had a fatawah, or Islamic death edict, put on his life several years ago for writing a book critical of Islam called Satanic Verses. In another book he wrote entitled Imaginary Homelands he notes one of the family traditions of his home: “In our house, whenever ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • But Such An Attitude Is Both Humble And Rare, ...

    Contributed by Ruth Hind on Oct 11, 2008
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    But such an attitude is both humble and rare, contrast it with the attitude displayed in a quote by the American writer Gore Vidal, “Every time a friends succeeds a little piece of me dies”. He felt so diminished, so jealous, if some-one other than himself did well that he couldn’t find it in ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

  • A Young Lady Once Went To Will Rogers For ...

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 14, 2008
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    A young lady once went to Will Rogers for counseling and said, “Mr. Rogers, what can I do about pride? Every time I look in the mirror, I think I’m beautiful.” Will ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • A Fellow Once Made The Remark That If He Were ...

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 14, 2008
     | 2,693 views

    A fellow once made the remark that if he were God, he could certainly do things much better than God seemed to. For example, he said, if I were God I would not have caused the fruit of such a tremendous tree as the oak to be an acorn. Such a mighty tree needs to bear a much larger fruit, like a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • One Of My Favourite Stories, (Whether It Is True ...

    Contributed by David Moore on Nov 7, 2008
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    One of my favourite stories, (whether it is true or not I cannot really say – the Irish love telling “stories”), is about the golfer Seve Ballesteros when he was playing in the Irish Open Golf Championship at Portmarnock. Apparently one of the evenings after play Ballesteros turned up at the Club ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • The Famous Architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
     | 1,515 views

    The famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, designed some unusual buildings. On a university campus in Florida stands a library designed by Wright with an extremely low ceiling, so low that if you are six feet tall and not careful, you keep bumping your head. A man who was having this trouble asked ...read more

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  • As A Teenager I Spent Two Years Living In Butte, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    As a teenager I spent two years living in Butte, Montana. Butte is nestled high in the Rocky Mountains in a small valley which rests directly in the shadow of the great continental divide; a massive mountain range which stretches from New Mexico through Colorado -- where its highest peaks reside -- ...read more

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  • Several Years Ago The New York Telephone Company ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
     | 1,163 views

    Several years ago the New York Telephone Company made a detailed study of telephone conversations to find out which word is the most frequently used. Can you guess which word that was? It was a personal pronoun "I." "I." "I." I was used 3900 ...read more

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  • Agenda Pushers Look For Opportunities To Promote ...

    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Feb 5, 2009
     | 1,268 views

    Agenda pushers look for opportunities to promote their personal opinions and convictions. We just went through the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on he World Trade center. On that day, the Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York, or ROC-NY, which was formed after the Sept. 11, 2001, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

  • Being Right Is More Important, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 27, 2009
     | 1,805 views

    BEING RIGHT IS MORE IMPORTANT, RIGHT? Two Malaysian farmers had a dispute over a calf. 37-year-old Zulkifli said it was his, and 44-year-old Isa said it was his. Zulkifli just went out to tether the calf in a field to graze, when Isa stopped him and claimed the calf was his, claiming that Zulkifli ...read more

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  • Last Week We Attended Our Niece's Wedding. Our ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Mar 4, 2009
     | 1,280 views

    Last week we attended our niece’s wedding. Our little 2 year-old granddaughter Lydia was the Flower Girl and our 5-year-old grandson David was Ring-Bearer. Susan was talking to David after the wedding about what a great job he did coming up that aisle. She told him, “Charis said you were an ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • John W. Gardner, Founding Chairman Of Common ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 22, 2010
     | 913 views

    John W. Gardner, founding chairman of Common Cause, said it's a rare and high privilege to help people understand the difference they can make -- not only in their own lives, but also in the lives of others, simply by giving of themselves. Gardner tells of a cheerful old man who asked the same ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • But Can He Swim?  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Ownby on Mar 28, 2010
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     | 2,314 views

    BUT CAN HE SWIM? A man and his dog were walking the beach when they came upon another visitor to the beach. The owner of the dog was proud of his dog's newly mastered feat, so he said to the visitor, "Watch this!" whereupon he tossed a piece of driftwood far out into the sea and the dog ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Dave Mcpherson Told This ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 6, 2010
     | 1,996 views

    Dave McPherson told this story: A U.S. Air Force transport plane with its captain and 5 crew members was flying over Alaska in the mid-50s when they entered an unusually fierce snowstorm. The navigator contacted an air base only to be told that he had veered several hundred miles off course. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal