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  • Let Me Tell You About Sin And The Power Of Sin. ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Mar 23, 2010
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    Let me tell you about sin and the power of sin. It keeps its victims in an almost trance-like state. It is a sort of spell that keeps you from recognizing the deadly path on which you tread. It brings you to do things openly that would in any moment of clear thought shame you and that you would ...read more

  • Jesus’ Mission We're Told In Luke 19:10 Is ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Mar 28, 2010
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    Jesus’ mission we're told in Luke 19:10 is to “Seek and save what was lost.” Lost doesn’t mean “damned or doomed,” says William Barclay. In the New Testament it simply means to save people in the wrong place. Barclay continues that “a thing is lost when it has got out of its own place into the ...read more

  • When To Begin Influencing One's Child For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2010
     | 3,034 views

    When to Begin Influencing One’s Child For Christ In a mothers’ meeting there was a big discussion on the theme: “How early in a child’s life ought one to begin to influence him toward God?” After a much spirited debate, a visiting grandmother was asked to make a comment. In essence, she said: “I ...read more

  • Too Important Not To Share

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 14, 2010
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    TOO IMPORTANT NOT TO SHARE Mercedes Benz was the company who first produced a car body design that absorbed the force of a collision on impact. One Mercedes Benz TV commercial shows their car colliding with a cement wall during a safety test. Since then of course many other car companies have ...read more

  • No Good Christians

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Jul 26, 2011
     | 2,336 views

    NO GOOD CHRISTIANS Have you ever been on a vacation and then felt like you need another vacation because you were so tired? That is this life. A lot of times we do things that we think will bring us peace and contentment but in the end they just make us more worn out. The more you TRY to be a ...read more

  • A Positive Stillness

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 30, 2011
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     | 4,320 views

    A POSITIVE STILLNESS "The greater mystery, surpassing all words, summons us to silence. It must, of course, be a silence with content, not just the absence of speech and action. We should expect the liturgy to give us a positive stillness that will restore us. Such stillness will not be just a ...read more

  • Tongue Is Like A Fire

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 9, 2011
     | 4,673 views

    TONGUE IS LIKE A FIRE When we were children, my brother and started a small fire in the field across from our home. We just wanted to burn off some briars and things so that we could clear the field to play. Wow, did we ever clear that field. The wind picked up and before long the fire was ...read more

  • Oops...

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Aug 13, 2011
     | 2,112 views

    OOPS... A secretary was leaving the office one Friday evening when she encountered one of the bosses, Mr. Jones. He was standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in his hand. "Listen," said Mr. Jones, "This is important, and my secretary has already left. Can you make this thing ...read more

  • The Meaning Of Bitterness

    Contributed by David Tack on Dec 23, 2011
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    THE MEANING OF BITTERNESS "Eadie [A Scottish Theologian 1810-1876] says that Pikria [bitterness] is 'a figurative term denoting that fretted and irritable state of mind that keeps a man in perpetual [constant] animosity--that inclines him to harsh and uncharitable opinions of men and things--that ...read more

  • On The Obedience Of A Dog

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 18, 2012
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    ON THE OBEDIENCE OF A DOG It's been said that it is not the dog's keen smell or hearing that has endeared him to modern man, it's his uncomplaining readiness to obey and lavish affection on his human friends. A dog is loyal, loving, and lovable, even if his master can boast none of these ...read more

  • George Mueller On Prayer

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 5, 2012
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    GEORGE MUELLER ON PRAYER George Mueller: "I live in the spirit of prayer. I pray as I walk about, when I lie down and when I rise up. And the answers are always coming. Thousands and tens of thousands of times have my prayers been answered. When once I am persuaded that a thing is right and for ...read more

  • Your Cheatin' Heart

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Aug 12, 2020
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    Ft. Knox guards $13 billion in gold. During WWII, the original Declaration of Independence, the original copy of the U.S. Constitution, the first printing of the copy of the Guttenberg Bible, and the original copy of Magna Carta were all moved to Ft. Knox. The security is updated constantly. Not ...read more

  • Superstition

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 31, 2020
     | 1,639 views

    “The number 13, black cats, breaking mirrors, or walking under ladders, may all be things you actively avoid – if you’re anything like the 25% of people in the US who consider themselves superstitious. “…Superstition also explains why many buildings do not have a 13th floor … some airlines such as ...read more

  • Honesty

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Feb 7, 2022
     | 1,647 views

    Blaise Pascal observed that human life is nothing but perpetual delusion; human relationships are based on mutual deception. Martin Buber wrote of the uncanny game of hide and seek we play - in which the soul seeks to hide from itself. Thomas Merton - our minds are deformed with a contempt for ...read more

  • Willie Nelson Apparently At One Time Owned A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Willie Nelson apparently at one time owned a golf course. He said the great thing about owning a golf course was that he could decide what par for each hole was. He pointed at one hole and said, “See that hole there? It’s a par 47. Yesterday I birdied it.” Well, we cannot decide what par for the ...read more

  • Menelik Was The King Of Ethiopia From 1899 To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Menelik was the king of Ethiopia from 1899 to 1913. He heard about a new device that could be used for dealing with hardened criminals, so he ordered one. When his new electric chair arrived he was severely disappointed that it wouldn’t work. It seems that Ethiopia would not have electricity for ...read more

  • Dr. Thomas Holman At The University Of Washington ...

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Oct 10, 2007
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    Dr. Thomas Holman at the University of Washington in Seattle did a study some years ago with his colleagues. They developed a “life’s events scale” where they determined a numerical value for the different things in life that cause us stress. The loss of a spouse = 100 pts. Divorce = 73 Getting ...read more

  • A Security Guard Worked At Drug Company For ...

    Contributed by Rick Bezanson on Oct 26, 2007
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    A security guard worked at Drug Company for fifteen years. At first he was always very alert and watchful for thieves. But as the years passed he became relaxed and lazy. Sure enough one evening the company was robbed of thousands of dollars of drugs while the guard slept. The next day the company ...read more

  • I Like To Watch The Old Westerns On Tv. The ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Dec 15, 2007
     | 1,627 views

    I like to watch the old westerns on TV. The battle usually centered on the cowboys and Indians. We would even go out a play cowboys and Indians after school or on Saturday after watching an episode on TV. One thing that was in every movie was the rescue. The cowboys would be surrounded by ...read more

  • A Young Lady In San Francisco Wanted To Go To ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 6, 2008
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    A young lady in San Francisco wanted to go to China as a missionary. Therefore she applied to be a missionary to the Mission board in the USA. The mission board interviewed her and asked her 2 important questions. (a) How far do you live from Chinatown? She said, ‘A couple of miles.’ (b) Have you ...read more