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  • Suicide Attitudes: About Fifteen Million People ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Suicide Attitudes: About fifteen million people (7% of all adults) have attempted suicide at some point in their lives, according to a recent Harris Poll. The research also revealed that 21% of adults have thought seriously about taking their own lives, and 25% believe that ...read more

  • New York City's Mayor David N. Dinkins, When ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    New York City’s Mayor David N. Dinkins, when urged by Manhattan officials to buy some property thought to be an "extraordinary opportunity for the city," said: "If they’re selling elephants two for a quarter, that’s a great bargain. But only if you ...read more

  • A Father Was At The Beach With His Children When ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2007
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    A father was at the beach with his children when the four-year-old son ran up to him, grabbed his hand, and led him to the shore where a seagull lay dead in the sand. "Daddy, what happened to him?" the son asked. "He died and went to Heaven," the ...read more

  • I Heard A Story About A 98 Year Old Man Who Had ...

    Contributed by Daniel Owens on Jan 8, 2008
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    I heard a story about a 98 year old man who had been a Christian for years and years. He was 98 years old and someone asked him, "Is it easier to live the Christian life NOW, than when you were younger?" And this old Christian gentleman ...read more

  • The Children Worked Long And Hard On Their Own ...

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008
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    The children worked long and hard on their own little cardboard shack. It was to be a special spot; a clubhouse where they could meet in solemn assembly or just laugh, play games, and fool around. As they thought long and hard about their rules, they came up with three rather ...read more

  • Recently A Young Man Committed Suicide Live On ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Nov 25, 2008
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    Recently a young man committed suicide live on the internet while others watched. Some thought he was faking it but some people actually encouraged him to take his life. No one tried to stop him until it was too late. In the same way, we are watching ...read more

  • Aesop's Fables, The Fox And The Lion – Fox First ...

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on Jan 13, 2009
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    Aesop’s Fables, The Fox and the Lion – fox first sees lion, scared to death and runs away; second time sees the lion, stands at a safe distance and watches; third time sees the lion, walks up to him and strikes up a conversation, walks away ...read more

  • The Belief That Youth Is The Happiest Time Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on a fallacy. The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are ...read more

  • Getters Generally Dont Get Happiness; Givers ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Getters generally dont get happiness; givers get it. You simply give to others a bit of yourself, a thoughtful act, a helpful idea, a word of appreciation, a lift over a rough spot, a sense of understanding, a timely suggestion. You take something out of your mind, ...read more

  • Gratitude - Dorothy Day

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Dec 31, 2018
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    I try to think back. I try to remember this life that the Lord gave me ... I just sat there and thought of our Lord and his visit to us all those centuries ago and I said to myself that my great luck was to have had him on my ...read more

  • A Woman Was Heartbroken When Her Dog Disappeared. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lance Bane on Nov 7, 2001
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    A woman was heartbroken when her dog disappeared. She put an ad in the paper offering a reward for its return. The next morning the phone rang. It was the voice of a woman: I’m calling about your dog." Then she began to cough. She explained she wasn’t feeling too well. In fact, she hadn’t felt well ...read more

  • Einstein Gave Grudging Acceptance To "The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 28, 2004
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    Einstein gave grudging acceptance to "the necessity for a beginning" and eventually, to "the presence of a superior reasoning power," but never did he accept the doctrine of a personal God. Two specific obstacles blocked his way. According to his journal writings, Einstein wrestled with a deeply ...read more

  • Do You Remember The Story "The Little Engine That ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Dec 9, 2004
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    Do you remember the story “The Little Engine That Could?” A trainload of toys was being taken over the mountain to all the children in Sunshine Valley, but unfortunately the engine broke down. One by one different engines came by, but none were willing to take the trainload of toys over the ...read more

  • If I Were God

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Apr 12, 2008
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    IF I WERE GOD If I were God….How many times have you heard people say that? “If I were God I would have everyone love everyone else, eliminate war, eliminate poverty and win the lottery.” Yeh, that’s just what we need, some thirty five year old running the universe. Have you ever thought that? ...read more

  • We Are ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 29, 2008
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    We Are Accountable Three men who, police say, stole a car in San Jose, California, and drove it to Chico, California, were arrested in Chico when police caught them trying to break into the same car because they had locked the keys inside, or at least thought they had. Chico officer Jose Lara said ...read more

  • Macarthur Told About A Time That He And His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
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    MacArthur told about a time that he and his family came back from vacation to find a large giant sunflower plant growing right in the middle of their garden, but he said they never even had the thought, that it came from any other seed than a giant sunflower seed. "You sow a thought and you reap ...read more

  • Sowing The Flesh

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    SOWING THE FLESH MacArthur told about a time that he and his family came back from vacation to find a large giant sunflower plant growing right in the middle of their garden, but he said they never even had the thought, that it came from any other seed than a giant sunflower seed, "You sow a ...read more

  • Everything Is Wonderful

    Contributed by Hugh W. Davidson on Mar 13, 2009
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    EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL Charles Spurgeon said, "Everything is wonderful until you get used to it." I remember the first time I ever saw an automatic transmission in a car; I thought it was amazing but, unless we ordered it now, we’d never even see a standard on the lot. I remember the first ...read more

  • Ii. Dr. Wilkinson States,

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 11, 2009
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    Dr. Wilkinson states, “But how could turning from my wicked ways be a condition of revival? I had always thought acts of repentance and obedience were the results of revival, not the conditions for it. I had incorrectly thought that when God finally decided, in his sovereignty, to send revival, ...read more

  • Never Done With You

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Apr 14, 2013
     | 2,052 views

    NEVER DONE WITH YOU There is a show on the SyFy channel that Vickie and I watch called "Eureka." It is about a sheriff in a town of geniuses. The Sheriff is always working through comedic catastrophes that the geniuses have induced with their experiments. But the biggest dilemma the sheriff often ...read more

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