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  • Several Years Ago, I Watched A Pbs Special That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 8, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
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    Several years ago, I watched a PBS Special that covered the events leading up to the "Battle of the Bulge" during WWII. It was the autumn of 1944 and Germany had been beaten back behind its borders. The Nazi war machine was in tatters and the repeated bombing raids of the Allies all but ...read more

  • I Have Been Married To The Same Lovely Woman For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2004
     | 2,234 views

    I have been married to the same lovely woman for over 25 years. That’s 25 years of eating together, laughing together, crying together, holding hands, sleeping together in a queen sized bed. A couple of weeks ago she left one Saturday afternoon to spend a Mother-Daughter week in Puerto Valarta, ...read more

  • There Is No God. All Of The Wonders Around Us ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 28, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
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    There is no God. All of the wonders around us are accidental. No almighty hand made a thousand billion stars. They made themselves. No power keeps them on their steady course. The earth spins itself to keep the oceans from falling off toward the sun. Infants teach themselves to cry when they are ...read more

  • Geese  PRO

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Dec 2, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
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    Geese It’s those stately geese I find especially impressive. Winging their way to a warmer climate, they often cover thousands of miles before reaching their destination. Have you ever studied why they fly as they do? It is fascinating to read what has been discovered about their flight pattern as ...read more

  • Ignoring The Warnings  PRO

    Contributed by David Parks on Feb 24, 2005
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    Ignoring the Warnings. Several years ago, a close frind gave me a old hand bill. It was one of thousands that were supposed be dropped over Japan before the first Atomic bombs were droped. One side was a picture of bombers dropping thier deadly cargo. The other side was in Japanese and the third ...read more

  • Will You Give Him Your Best?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 18, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,100 views

    WILL YOU GIVE HIM YOUR BEST? There is a legend about an ancient village in Spain. The villagers learned that the king would pay a visit. In a thousand years, a king had never come to that village. Excitement grew. "We must throw a big celebration!" The villagers all agreed. But, it was a poor ...read more

  • I Want To Share With You The Top 10 Motivational ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joe Fornear on May 5, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
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    -I want to share with you the Top 10 motivational tips of the cynic. 1) Motivation – If a pretty poster and a cute saying are all it takes to motivate you, you probably have a very easy job, the kind robots will be doing soon. 2) (Snowflakes). Individuality –Always remember that you are ...read more

  • Those Of Us Who Had Anything To Do With The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Richards on May 18, 2005
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    Those of us who had anything to do with the Billy Graham Crusade here in St. Louis a few years ago know how well organized everything was. In fact, if you involved in any way shape or form, you know that practically every detail is planned. You might even be tempted to think that the well organized ...read more

  • The Pastor At Church On Fillmore Was Letting Us ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Nov 11, 2006
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    The pastor at Church on Fillmore was letting us know his picture of God’s provision. His dad was a farmer. He grew crops and raised pigs, sheep, and cattle. He never had a lot of money. All of his was tied up in the farm. When his dad would receive a bill he would go out to the field and grab ...read more

  • While Waiting At The Airport For A Delayed Flight ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 23, 2007
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    While waiting at the airport for a delayed flight I got engaged in a conversation with a physicist who worked for the German electronics company that had played a leading role in developing the compact disc (CD). [Phillips and Sony, 1980] I told him I had a question that perhaps he could answer. ...read more

  • Converted By Dreams And Visions

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009
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    CONVERTED BY DREAMS AND VISIONS Do you know that many Muslims are recently becoming Christians because of dreams and visions? According to Wendell Evans of the Billy Graham Center’s Institute for Muslim Studies, "More and more stories are coming out of closed countries, of God supernaturally ...read more

  • Losers Weepers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2009
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    LOSERS WEEPERS A widow, shortly after her husband’s death, was going through his papers. She found a couple of old certificates, yellowed with age and crumbling into dust. They had been made out to her husband more than fifty years ago, and seemed to be some kind of promissory notes. Some sort of ...read more

  • Hurricane Katrina--Fema Leadership ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009
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    Hurricane Katrina--FEMA Leadership Failure On August 31, 2005, FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) regional director Marty Bahamonde emailed the FEMA director regarding the situation in New Orleans immediately following Hurricane Katrina. Bahamonde wrote: “Sir, I know that you know the ...read more

  • Stories Of God's Provision

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 14, 2010
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    STORIES OF GOD'S PROVISION John Brentz, a friend of Luther, and one of the stalwarts of the Reformation, incurred the hatred of Charles V who made many attempts to kill the minister. Hearing that a troop of Spanish cavalry was on the way to arrest him, he cast himself upon God in prayer. At once ...read more

  • Separation From Your Love

    Contributed by Michael Buckingham on Jun 24, 2011
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    SEPARATION FROM YOUR LOVE I remember once there was girl I loved so much in my youth, I thought that we would be together forever, and I thought that I could never live without her! But now I hardly ever think about her... the truth is that I really can live without her. So what changed between ...read more

  • Greater Treasure

    Contributed by Brent Long on Sep 11, 2011
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    GREATER TREASURE In the first week of July, 2011 reports of a discovery in poverty-filled South India crossed the news wire. The vaults of the Padmanabhaswamy temple were opened after 130 years. Temple records mention the treasure, and its existence was known to locals. However, no one knew its ...read more

  • The Great Need For A Savior

    Contributed by Daniel King, D. Min. on Jul 25, 2018
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    Main Idea: Sin is a big problem and that is why we need a great Savior. Verse: “We all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath…” (Ephesians 2:3 NKJV). Illustration: How often do you sin in your ...read more

  • Circuit Riders

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Jun 19, 2020
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    In the early years, Circuit riders were most often lay preachers without formal education. They were young, poor, and, for the most part, single. Traveling thousands of miles a year. Though circuit riders eventually represented many different denominations but none were more aggressive or ...read more

  • His Name Is Mark. He Is A 50 Year Old Man ...

    Contributed by Sam Wrisley on Oct 24, 2007
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    His name is Mark. He is a 50 year old man divorced and addicted to alcohol. I met him across some glass and was only able to talk to him through this heavy black phone. Mark was in Jail. With tears in his eyes he spoke of his fear. He has one chance to do right and doesn’t want to mess up. In ...read more

  • You've Heard The Story. Jetblue Angered A Lot Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,993 views

    You’ve heard the story. JetBlue angered a lot of people when they cancelled a thousand flights in the course of a few days. Negative customer reaction was enough to make the average CEO want to hide. Instead, JetBlue CEO David Neeleman took the pilot’s seat and responded quickly with sincere ...read more