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  • One Day My Mother Was Out And My Dad Was In ...

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Feb 16, 2008
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    One day my mother was out and my dad was in charge of me and my brother who is four years older than I am. I was maybe 3 and one half years old and had just recovered from an accident in which my arm had been broken among other injuries. Someone had given me a little ’tea set’ as a get-well gift ...read more

  • When My Mother Married My Dad, She Did Know Not ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 25, 2007
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    When my mother married my dad, she did know not how to cook. My grandmother on my mom’s side left her home in Poland to work in the salt mines of Germany at age 13 because she could not get along with her step mother. She never learned to cook. But my mom became an excellent cook. When we were ...read more

  • The Practice Of ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Aug 6, 2009
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    The Practice of Restitution. Do those lofty ideals ever get put into practice? Yes, by specific individuals. Years ago we had in this church a man who had been saved after beginning to attend here. He was serious about Christ and had a strong desire to witness for Christ. The apostle Peter gave a ...read more

  • Surprise Gift

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2011
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    SURPRISE GIFT When Gabriel Hurles turned six a couple of years ago (January 2009), he was so focused on eating his birthday cake, that he hardly noticed the giant package in the corner of the room. When another child pointed out the large gift, Gabriel ran over and began to tear off the wrapping. ...read more

  • The Impact Of Optimism

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2011
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    THE IMPACT OF OPTIMISM Just a few years ago (2004), Fox News reported on a study that came from the Archives of General Psychiatry. Researchers studied 1,000 people aged 65-85 trying to determine the importance of a positive attitude in dealing with life. After almost 10 years of follow-up, these ...read more

  • J. Oswald Sanders On Loneliness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
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    J. OSWALD SANDERS ON LONELINESS J. Oswald Sanders once pointed out: "The round of pleasure or the amassing of wealth are [often] but vain attempts to escape from the persistent ache. The millionaire is usually a lonely man and the comedian is often more unhappy than his audience." In his book, ...read more

  • Preacher Charles Swindoll Recalled His Last ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 5, 2001
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    Preacher Charles Swindoll recalled his last spanking when he turned thirteen years old. Chuck said, “Having just broken into the sophisticated ranks of the teen world, I thought I was something on a stick. My father wasn’t nearly as impressed as I was with my great importance and new-found ...read more

  • What If?  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jul 11, 2002
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    WHAT IF? Almost 226 years ago, a group of men were meeting in trying circumstances. A war was on. Armies were marching and doing battle. They believed in certain truths that ultimately would form one of human history’s greatest nations. They were willing to sacrifice their very lives for making ...read more

  • The Church That Is Alive And Well Is A Growing ...  PRO

    Contributed by Karl Ingersoll on Mar 8, 2003
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    The church that is alive and well is a growing one. Where there is no growth there is a problem. Some churches have parking problems, some other churches don’t. Some churches have kids running around making a lot of noise some other churches tend to be very quiet. Some churches usually have ...read more

  • Moral Decision

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,341 views

    What would be your moral decision on this? Updated 6:33 AM ET May 29, 2003 - Sometimes crime can pay, even on death row, if you’re in need of a new kidney. Thanks to the state of Oregon, a law-abiding citizen in need of a kidney transplant may have to die so that death-row prisoner Horacio ...read more

  • Why Do We Celebrate?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 18, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
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    WHY DO WE CELEBRATE? Lou Whitmire, a reporter in Mansfield, Ohio, asked the all important question "Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving?" to students at Sherman Elementary school. Here are a few of the answers he got: Jamie Copley, 7, said people celebrate Thanksgiving because it’s the ...read more

  • Extraordinary Gift Ideas

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Dec 8, 2008
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    EXTRAORDINARY GIFT IDEAS A while back, on "Good Morning, America," a co-host featured some gift ideas that might be called indescribable. They were extraordinary gifts that some of you might want to include on your Christmas gift list. One of them was a Jaguar automobile, the Jaguar 220. If you ...read more

  • Fake Seatbelts And Submission

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    FAKE SEATBELTS and SUBMISSION Seatbelts can be a hassle. Some people just don’t want to be bothered even when the law requires them to buckle up. According to the Associated Press, a New Zealander named Ivan Segedin took it to an extreme. The police ticketed him 32 times over five years for ...read more

  • Giving Brings Hope And Purpose

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 29, 2011
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    GIVING BRINGS HOPE AND PURPOSE I have a friend that called me last night. I have known him for many years and he has been struggling with uncertainty like most folks in his business. He was also questioning, "Is this what the Lord wants me to do?" Well, he just came back from a trip where he was ...read more

  • The Amazing Story Of The Waldorf-Astoria

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 12, 2023
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    One stormy night an elderly couple entered the lobby of a small hotel and asked for a room. The clerk said they were filled, as were all the hotels in town. "But I can't send a fine couple like you out in the rain," he said. "Would you be willing to sleep in my room?" The ...read more

  • Power To Be The Light

    Contributed by Joshua Blackmon on Jun 3, 2024
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    Smartphones are amazing pieces of technology. Everything my generation went to RadioShack to purchase is now all together in the palm of our hand, including our flashlights. My grandfather loved flashlights. It was okay to get him a new one each year for Christmas or his birthday. He would take a ...read more

  • Words Of Discouragement From Lucy To Charley ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
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    Words of Discouragement from Lucy to Charley Brown Charley Brown says to Lucy, still dispensing sage wisdom for the pre-inflationary price of five cents, "Nobody likes me, Lucy. Everybody hates my guts. Do you see that plane up there, Lucy? It’s a plane full of people going somewhere else. That’s ...read more

  • Did You Know That The First Modern-Day Lottery ...  PRO

    Contributed by Damien Spikereit on Nov 3, 2000
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    - Did you know that the first modern-day lottery was started in 1963 in the state of New Hampshire. And now there are 37 states who have lotteries, including Illinois. And in 1997, statewide lotteries suckered $16 Billion dollars from Americans. - Did you know that the state of ...read more

  • Robert Russell In His Sermon Entitled ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Feb 10, 2007
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    . Robert Russell in his sermon entitled “Releasing Resentment” tells this story: “When I was at the Eddyville State Penitentiary several weeks ago, I learned about Paul Stevens. Paul Stevens’s daughter was stabbed to death by a neighbor in Evansville, Indiana, years ago. Paul spent nearly a ...read more

  • Crisis: Danger + Opportunity

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
     | 3,842 views

    CRISIS: DANGER + OPPORTUNITY Once an eagle reaches maturity, it molts each year. It’s beak keeps growing, so even if damaged soon it is as good as new. I was reading that you cannot tell the age of an eagle once it has reached an adult stage. It seems their strength does not diminish. Their color ...read more