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  • We Live In A World Today That We Should Sift All ...

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Jul 31, 2011
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    We live in a world today that we should sift all our children’s activities and things that they are exposed to each day as though we were looking and inspecting the candy they get on Halloween night and throw out the things that look suspicious. I know it’s hard and most of the time just impossible ...read more

  • Following The Masses

    Contributed by Dusan Tillinger on Mar 30, 2012
     | 4,431 views

    FOLLOWING THE MASSES A few years ago I was walking down Prague's Wenceslaus Square when I coincidently, without realizing it, found myself in the middle of a protest. It was so easy to blend with them, to get into their middle and march with them, but once I tried to leave that mob, step out and ...read more

  • Y2k

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 27, 2012
     | 1,973 views

    13 years ago, there were people running all over the place, buying up food and bottled water and gas and everything else they could think of, just in case something happened with all of that Y2K stuff. They did all of that just in case they were without power, or open food stores for a few days. ...read more

  • Ronald Reagan Forgave

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 27, 2014
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     | 4,548 views

    RONALD REAGAN FORGAVE President Ronald Reagan has always been one of my heroes in life. His forgiveness of his enemies was one of the many things that made him great. Ronald Reagan's attitude after the 1982 assassination attempt on his life made an impression on his daughter, Patti Davis. As she ...read more

  • You Are The One On Trial

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 17, 2017
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    Some people come to the Bible or to any work of great literature without the capacity to understand what is in it. They are like a person who comes to a well for a drink of water, only to find that there is no bucket to draw the water out of the well. When people say, "I don’t get anything out ...read more

  • This Was The Best Wine They Had Ever Tasted

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 5, 2008
     | 1,897 views

    This was the best wine they had ever tasted Jesus took wash water, and turned it into GOOD WINE I don’t drink enough water They say you should drink 8 glasses a day I have a hard time drinking enough water. I don’t like the taste of water That is why God invented Diet Dr Pepper These people didn’t ...read more

  • To Prevent Rot – My Grandmother, Grinny, Would ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 1,526 views

    1. To prevent rot – My Grandmother, Grinny, would take the rock ice from ice cream churn after churning ice cream and pour it around her mailbox post to keep the grass from growing there. A North American once asked a South American why they couldn’t seem to get their governments in order down ...read more

  • Boating On The Chesapeake Bay

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jun 4, 2008
     | 1,848 views

    BOATING ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY One family was filled with skilled boaters and water-skiers. They often skied not on nice, glassy lakes but on the huge, choppy Chesapeake Bay. To one preschool nephew, however, the experience was absolutely horrifying. It seemed to him that everyone would be thrown ...read more

  • Give Yourself Right Now

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 26, 2008
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    GIVE YOURSELF RIGHT NOW Those in recovery groups talk about seeing what he or she can “pack into the stream of life.” Many addicts and alcoholics initially think of themselves as pretty good people who just need to cut back drinking. If they have problems, they happen because of other people. ...read more

  • Man's Anger Toward God

    Contributed by Clarence Clough on Aug 7, 2008
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    MAN'S ANGER TOWARD GOD ...is more disastrous than the following: As a passenger boarded the Los Angeles-to-New York plane, he told the flight attendant to wake him and make sure he got off in Dallas. The passenger awoke just as the plane was landing in New York. Furious, he called the flight ...read more

  • I'm Told That An Angel Came To Adam Before Eve ...

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Sep 7, 2008
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    I’m told that an angel came to Adam before Eve was created and said, “I have a proposition for you Adam. We are going to create for you an individual like you, but a little different – a female!” So Adam said, “Well what will she be all about? What will she do?” The angel told Adam, “She will take ...read more

  • First ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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    First Fight Three weeks after her wedding day, Joanna called her pastor in hysterics. She was crying, “Pastor, John and I had our first fight together! It was awful. What am I going to do?" The pastor, leaning back in his chair and shaking his head said, "Calm down, Joanna, this isn’t nearly as ...read more

  • An Old Mountaineer And His Wife Were Sitting In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    An old mountaineer and his wife were sitting in front of the fireplace one evening taking life easy. After a long silence, the wife said: "Jed, I think it’s raining. Why don’t you get up and go outside and see?" The old mountaineer continued to gaze into the fire for a while, sighed and then said, ...read more

  • This Quote From Tim Keller Is Spot On: "Christmas ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    This quote from Tim Keller is spot on: "Christmas is the end of thinking you are better than someone else, because Christmas is telling you that you could never get to heaven on your own. God had to come to you." Do you want to be home for Christmas? Then come home to Christ. You will remain ...read more

  • Japan Has Fewer Children

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
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    JAPAN HAS FEWER CHILDREN Japan has fewer children age 14 or younger now than at any time since 1908. 70% of its workforce will be lost by 2050. The Washington Post called the situation "a slow-motion demo-graphic catastrophe without precedent." Population Research Institute cites two reasons for ...read more

  • Faith Is Like This – You Are A Paratrooper. You ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Faith is like this – You are a paratrooper. You learn how to pack your chute. You crease the silk in just the right way, making sure that all the lines of the chute are not tangled. You fold it and pack it perfectly. You get in the plane and you fly to the drop zone. You hook up and wait for the ...read more

  • There Was A Man Living In The Hills Of Arkansas ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There was a man living in the hills of Arkansas who was brought to Christ. He was known as “Mr. Moonshine” because of the many LIQUOR STILLS that he had hidden away back in the HILLS. After becoming a Christian, his life CHANGED dramatically. He DESTROYED all of his STILLS and POURED out all of ...read more

  • There Is A Story About The Apostle John At The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There is a story about the Apostle John at the end of his life. He was the pastor at the church in Ephesus, and at this point he was so old that he could no longer walk. Sunday after Sunday they other elders would carry him in on a mat and set him in the middle of the assembly. From this mat he ...read more

  • We Have Bought All The God Is Only Love Theology ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 1, 2007
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     | 1,186 views

    We have bought all the God is only love theology of today. However, the plain meaning of this passage is still in affect today, whether we believe it or not. We need to get serious about it. However, our modern scientific minds silently scoff at God bringing sickness and death as judgement, ...read more

  • Several Years Ago, I Was Working On Replacing An ...

    Contributed by Todd Pugh on Jan 14, 2008
     | 1,325 views

    Several years ago, I was working on replacing an old, falling-over retaining wall on the side of my house. Some of the stones I replaced were too big for me to move and some were cemented together into “blobs” of rock and concrete. So I set out to bust them up with a sledge hammer. I struck ...read more