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  • Defining Moments

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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    DEFINING MOMENTS The American director, Ken Burns (Born: 1953), once said; and, I quote: "Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being." The American public servant, Donald Evans (Born: 1946), once said; and, I ...read more

  • William Gladstone, In Announcing The Death Of ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Feb 9, 2009
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    WILLIAM GLADSTONE, IN ANNOUNCING THE DEATH OF PRINCESS ALICE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, TOLD A TOUCHING STORY. THE LITTLE DAUGHTER OF THE PRINCESS WAS SERIOUSLY ILL WITH DIPHTHERIA. THE DOCTORS TOLD THE PRINCESS NOT TO KISS HER LITTLE DAUGHTER AND ENDANGER HER LIFE BY BREATHING THE CHILD’S BREATH. ...read more

  • Ex – A Man With A Nagging Secret Was Unable To ...

    Contributed by Et Tapper on Feb 9, 2009
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    Ex – A MAN WITH A NAGGING SECRET WAS UNABLE TO KEEP IT ANY LONGER. HE WENT TO CONFESSIONAL AND ADMITTED THAT FOR YEARS HE HAD BEEN STEALING BUILDING SUPPLIES FROM THE LUMBERYARD WHERE HE WORKED. “HOW MUCH LUMBER DID YOU TAK?” THE PRIEST ASKED. “I TOOK ENOUGH TO BUILD MY HOME NAD ENOUGH FOR MY ...read more

  • Hope For A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    HOPE FOR A CHANGE In the Peanuts comic strip, we find Snoopy thinking to himself: "Yesterday I was a dog. Today I’m a dog. Tomorrow I’ll probably still be a dog. Ohh...there’s so little hope for advancement." Well, there is hope for those who have a dog’s life, but the change will require them ...read more

  • Song Above The Noise

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
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    SONG ABOVE THE NOISE A man said: While walking along a busy street one day, I heard someone singing. His sweet voice was distinguishable even above the noise of the traffic. When I located him, I noticed that he had no legs and was pushing himself through the crowd in a wheelchair. Catching up ...read more

  • Learn From Others. Learn From Their Mistakes. ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Feb 19, 2009
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    Learn from others. Learn from their mistakes. Learn from their advice. Ray was too self-centered to do that. He wasn’t seeking advice as much as wanting people to tell him that what he was thinking was right. He didn’t really want his father’s advisors to help him as much as he wanted them to agree ...read more

  • Biblical Truth

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 3, 2009
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    BIBLICAL TRUTH Both George Gallup and George Barna, eminent pollsters and close church observers, have noted declining biblical literacy in the church. The majority of born-again Christian do not believe in absolute truth. 60% of Americans can’t name five of the Ten Commandments. 50% of high ...read more

  • You Don't Have To See To Believe

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Mar 10, 2009
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    YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEE TO BELIEVE Mt. Diablo is only about 3,500 feet, but it is very noticeable as it sits all alone in the Concord, California valley. Before I called them "God sightings" I found myself caught up in an "aha" moment as I looked at the cloud covered Mt. Diablo. I couldn’t help but ...read more

  • Getting Organized  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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    GETTING ORGANIZED In a Peanuts cartoon, Lucy demands that Linus change TV channels and then threatens him with her fist if he doesn’t. "What makes you think you can walk right in here and take over?" asks Linus. "These five fingers," says Lucy. "Individually they are nothing, but when I curl ...read more

  • Ask Jesus To Come To Your ...

    Contributed by Tim Harlow on May 13, 2009
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    ASK JESUS TO COME TO YOUR MARRIAGE Some years ago on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson an 8 year old boy from West Virginia and who was rescued from a coal mine was a guest. Through their conversation it became obvious he went to church a lot, so Johnny asked him if he attended Sunday school ...read more

  • Fully Happy

    Contributed by Paul Green on Jul 20, 2009
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    Robbie Williams: "I don’t think anyone can ever be fully happy. If you’re fully happy then you’re a miserable person, because the grass is always greener on the other side--it has to be. I’m not saying I’m miserable--in fact I’m the happiest I’ve been for a long time, but I’m no happier than I ...read more

  • William Tyndale On Romans

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2009
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    William Tyndale on Romans William Tyndale, the pioneer English Bible translator, wrote these famous words in his prologue to Romans (in the 1534 edition of the English New Testament): "Forasmuch as this epistle is the principal and most excellent part of the New Testament, and most pure [gospel]. ...read more

  • Protective Equipment

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 26, 2009
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    PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT From John Gillmartin--Somehow, the young man found himself standing directly in the path of an oncoming car. The driver hit her brakes. Before either of them could do anything it seemed the 10 year old was shoulder deep in the windshield of the automobile. "Are you ...read more

  • In The 1988 Film Rain Man, Dustin Hoffman's ...

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Dec 17, 2009
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    In the 1988 film Rain Man, Dustin Hoffman’s character is based on a real-life autistic man named Kim Peek. Peek has total recall of more than 9,000 books. When he attended a performance of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, he stood up near the end and loudly ordered, “You’ve got to stop it, stop it, ...read more

  • D.m. Stearns Was Preaching In Philadelphia. At ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Dec 21, 2009
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    D.M. Stearns was preaching in Philadelphia. At the close of the service a stranger came up to him and said, "I don’t like the way you spoke about the cross. I think that instead of emphasizing the death of Christ, it would be far better to preach Jesus, the teacher and example." Stearns replied, ...read more

  • Sandy Sheppard- One Of The Funniest Parties I ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 25, 2010
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    Sandy Sheppard- One of the funniest parties I ever attended was to “roast” Walt, a good friend and mentor, who was celebrating his 50th birthday. Each guest told a humorous story about Walt and presented him with a gag gift. Then Carol got up to speak. “My mother told me if I can’t say something ...read more

  • Still Going Strong

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 7, 2010
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    STILL GOING STRONG I was speaking to a man yesterday who is 95 years old. He still has all his mental faculties and is fascinating to speak with. Many old people can be rigid in their thinking but he has an ability to be flexible, and when you speak with him, you know that He has a deep ...read more

  • What Words Would You Have Had For Adam And Eve ...

    Contributed by Michael Tkachuk on May 6, 2010
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    What words would you have had for Adam and Eve after they were evicted from the Garden? Perhaps you might have said something like this: “It was a paradise, Adam and Eve! What more could you ask for? There were all kinds of fruit trees in the Garden and you were free to eat of every fruit ...read more

  • Many Years Ago, When I Was Planting Churches, ...

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Sep 18, 2010
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    Many years ago, when I was planting churches, someone in one of those churches asked me if I would consider opening another church if they paid me $30,000 a year, plus housing and benefits. It was more than I was making at the time, but I told that person, “No, God called me here and now is not ...read more

  • A Cheerful Liver  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 1, 2010
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    A CHEERFUL LIVER 2 Corinthians 9:7- God loves a cheerful giver. Mary Ann O'Roark: "As a little girl I heard grown ups repeat a bible verse that I was certain said, "God loveth a cheerful liver." I asked my grandma what a liver was. "It's a part inside you," she told me, "like your stomach or ...read more