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  • The 2001 Nfl Season Had Barely Started And The ...

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Feb 3, 2008
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    The 2001 NFL season had barely started and the New England Patriots were a rising power in the league. Drew Bledsoe was leading the Patriots to a respectable season but then Bledsoe got hurt and a relatively unknown backup quarterback had to take his place. Tom Brady did what many thought was ...read more

  • There Is A Tradition Among The Guards Who Serve ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    There is a tradition among the guards who serve at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Whenever they salute a commissioned officer they say in a loud voice. “Line six, sir!” That is a reference to line six of the Sentinel’s Creed. In 99 words this creed captures what it means to be a guard at the ...read more

  • I Was Performing A Wedding For A Young Couple. ...

    Contributed by Rick Bezanson on Jul 31, 2008
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    I was performing a wedding for a young couple. Before the wedding, the groom came to me and said, “Pastor, I will give you $100 if you change the wedding vows. When you get to the part to ask me to honor, love and obey, just leave that part out for me. Then, he handed me $100. During the wedding, ...read more

  • Many Of You Know How Much I Love The Peanuts ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2008
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    Many of you know how much I love the Peanuts comic strip. In one of the strips, Snoopy, the lovable beagle, was pictured with his left leg broken. Snoopy philosophized about his plight one day while perched on top of his doghouse. He thought, "My body blames my foot for not being able to go places. ...read more

  • There Was A Challenge Given To The Artist Of A ...

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Sep 23, 2008
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    There was a challenge given to the artist of a community. They were to enter a painting that represented peace.As the community began to look at the paintings, there was one that stood out from the rest that they were sure would win.It was a beautiful pastoral scene, a rolling green meadow, ...read more

  • Your Chains Are Gone

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Sep 23, 2008
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    Your Chains Are Gone You will never be a visionary if you cannot see your future. I had a Lab when we were pastored before, and I kept her on a chain. In a few days she had worn the ground to dirt all the way to the end of her chain. She would take off and stop at the dirt just before the ...read more

  • As I Was Praying Recently At A Nearby Beach, A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Oct 24, 2008
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    As I was praying recently at a nearby beach, a man walked by with a big smile on his face and said to me "Good Morning!" I noticed he had one artificial leg and he had been walking by the beach. I noticed on the sand behind him one footprint and a track where the man had been dragging his one ...read more

  • Who Owns The Church?

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jan 6, 2009
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    WHO OWNS THE CHURCH? My grandson Nate and I went to the Church New Year's day to clean up after our wonderful New Year's Eve party. On the way there he asked, "Granpa, do you own the church?" I said, "No. I just manage it." He says, "Well, who owns it?" I tried to tell him that the ...read more

  • In 1833 Charles Darwin Went To The South Sea ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 2, 2009
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    In 1833 Charles Darwin went to the South Sea Islands looking for the so-called “missing link.” As he studied the cannibals who lived there he concluded that no creatures were more primitive and hw as convinced that nothing on earth could possible lift them to a higher level. He thought that he ...read more

  • Yard-Sale Grace

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 23, 2009
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    YARD-SALE GRACE The Yadkinville Church of Christ had a yard sale. Well, it was actually a storage room giveaway. Dennis Conner said, "We didn’t really sell anything. We had so much stuff that it took up too much space. Also, we wanted to reach out to the community. As people came up we told ...read more

  • Temptation And Sin: Steve's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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    TEMPTATION AND SIN: STEVE’S STORY A young man was in a parking lot just shortly after being saved and he found a pack of cigarettes lying unopened on the ground near his car. His first thought was to keep them and smoke them as he had always done, but he felt prompted to do something different. He ...read more

  • Calvin & Hobbes Comic Strip. Well, On One ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 7, 2009
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    Calvin & Hobbes comic strip. Well, on one Mother’s Day, Calvin is pictured standing by his mother’s bed. "Hey, Mom! Wake up. I made you a Mother’s Day card." "My, how sweet of you." she says. "I did it all by myself. Go ahead & read it." She begins to read: "I was going to buy a card with hearts ...read more

  • Grief Doesn't Always Go Away

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on May 26, 2009
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    GRIEF DOESN'T ALWAYS GO AWAY "Jimmy had died just yesterday." I listened closely as details spilled out. Jimmy had been a handsome guy, thoughtful and very caring. "It was a summer day. He and some friends had gone to a meeting. On his way – heart attack. Dead within two minutes." It did not ...read more

  • Depression Stats

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    DEPRESSION STATS The state of depression is a very real and common affliction among people of all ages, race and culture. In January of 2005, Bob Murray, PhD and Alicia Fortinberry, MS complied some staggering statistics on depression: - Depressive disorders affect approximately 18.8 million ...read more

  • Zacchaeus And The Dragon's Den  PRO

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Aug 21, 2009
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    ZACCHAEUS AND THE DRAGON'S DEN Imagine Zacchaeus before The Dragons Den, (TV show where businessmen invest their millions). Imagine the corrupt entrepreneur Zack making his pitch. Duncan Bannatyne and the other dragons are not going to invest there millions into such a dubious character (rip him ...read more

  • Equal Rights, Same ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Feb 23, 2010
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    EQUAL RIGHTS, SAME PRIVILEGES A pilot frequently flew his small private plane in and out of Toronto International Airport. A pastor friend asked him if he ever encountered problems taking off and landing a small craft at an airport that was dominated by so many large jets. He said, "My plane may ...read more

  • A Young Boy Went With His Parents Touring Around ...

    Contributed by David Moore on Jun 9, 2010
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    A young boy went with his parents touring around Europe one summer. Part of their tour included visits to the great old cathedrals of the past. As he visited cathedral after cathedral he was impressed by the massive stained glass portraits of the disciples and of other saints as he stood in their ...read more

  • John Maxwell Wrote A Great Book Called ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 7, 2010
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    John Maxwell wrote a great book called “Failing Forward” the premise of the book is that if we learn from our mistakes then we actually improve in life. He states, “Everybody fails, errs, and makes mistakes. You’ve heard the saying ‘To err is human, to forgive is divine.’ Alexander Pope wrote that ...read more

  • The Ugly Tie Contest

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 18, 2011
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    THE UGLY TIE CONTEST George Hazlett's wife made him a necktie a few years ago that he rarely wore. In fact, George had forgotten about it until one day a local men's store in Salem, Ohio, announced an "ugly tie" contest. George secretly pulled the tie from its resting place and entered it. He ...read more

  • Bread And Butter  PRO

    Contributed by David Tack on Aug 25, 2011
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    BREAD AND BUTTER A small-town baker bought his butter from a local farmer. After weighing his butter, he concluded the farmer had been reducing the amount in the packages but charging the same. Therefore, the baker accused the farmer of fraud. In court the judge asked the farmer, "Do you have ...read more