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  • There Was Another Man Who Earnestly Tried To Make ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Dec 12, 2007
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    There was another man who earnestly tried to make the scriptures come to life. No, I am not talking about a nativity scene with live animals like my friends church. He chose a passage that many in this room know from the book of Isaiah. It says in 11:6, The wolf will live with the lamb, the ...read more

  • On December 24th, 1914, During The First Year Of ...

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Dec 24, 2007
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    On December 24th, 1914, during the first year of World War I, British and German troops were entrenched against each other in bitter fighting and cold. The gun play died down that night. Soon, a British sentry reported to his superior officer that the Germans were doing something odd – each soldier ...read more

  • I Think Of The Familiar Story Of The Little Boy ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
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    I think of the familiar story of the little boy who made him a toy sailboat. He carried the little boat out to the pond and began watching it float on the water. However, the wind pulled the little boat away from shore, and all the broken-hearted boy could do was watch it be blown out of reach and ...read more

  • Many Years Ago I Read Some Words Penned By F. ...

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 2, 2008
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    MANY YEARS AGO I READ SOME WORDS PENNED BY F. BUECHNER. I wrote these words in the front of my Bible. I have studied these words many times. I make an offering of these words to you. THE SKELETON IS YOU! F. BUECHNER: OF THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS ANGER IS POSSIBILLY THE MOST FUN. TO LICK YOUR WOUNDS, ...read more

  • Whenever I Hear The Word "Everlasting" I Am ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    Whenever I hear the word “everlasting” I am reminded of Everlast boxing gloves. I recall living in Moberly, Missouri where the Everlast Boxing Equipment company is located. The building where the company first began production has been abandoned for a new facility; however this presented a bit of ...read more

  • The Arrest

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Apr 29, 2008
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    THE ARREST A police officer in a small town stopped a motorist who was speeding down Main Street. "But officer," the man began, "I can explain..." "Just be quiet," snapped the officer. "I'm going to let you cool your heels in jail until the chief gets back." "But, officer, I just wanted to ...read more

  • Where Are You ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
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    WHERE ARE YOU LOOKING? A young second lieutenant at Fort Bragg discovered that he had no change when he was about to buy a soft drink from a vending machine. He flagged down a passing private and asked him, "Do you have change for a dollar?" The private said cheerfully, "I think so, let me take a ...read more

  • A Sisyphean Task (Sisyphus)

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
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    A SISYPHEAN TASK (Sisyphus) In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was a brilliant rascal who sometimes played tricks on the gods to get what he wanted. He even used trickery to avoid death. Finally the gods had enough and condemned Sisyphus to eternal hard labor -- his punishment: rolling a boulder up a ...read more

  • The Law Shows Your Stains, But Doesn't Clean ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    THE LAW SHOWS YOUR STAINS, BUT DOESN’T CLEAN THEM The late, J. Vernon McGee said: "There must be shedding of blood for sin. You have a mirror in your bathroom, which is a picture of the law, and there is a basin underneath the mirror. You do not wash yourself with the mirror; it only reveals the ...read more

  • A Motorist Was Driving In The Country When He Saw ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 5, 2008
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    A motorist was driving in the country when he saw some men who had come from an ecumenical meeting: a Baptist Pastor, a Catholic Priest, an Anglican Vicar, and a Jewish Rabbi. They were standing on the shoulder of the road, fishing. Next to them was a sign that read "Turn Around. The End Is Near." ...read more

  • A Pastor Tells The Story Of Traveling Home From ...

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Aug 10, 2008
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    A pastor tells the story of traveling home from his student church in Tennessee on a Sunday night. As he neared his home the car in front of him swerved and plunged down the bank. He stopped and rushed over to the car, which was overturned. He thought everyone had been killed. But the doors ...read more

  • Film: The Green Mile

    Contributed by Steve Smith on Oct 14, 2008
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    Film: The Green Mile Tom Hanks – Paul Edgecomb; Michael Duncan – John Coffey Coffey had the ability to reach inside and remove one's sickness. Hanks had a kidney infection/stone. Coffee reached out and touched him and was able to literally take on that sickness and remove it from Hanks. The ...read more

  • You Are The Whipping Soldier

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 11, 2009
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    YOU ARE THE WHIPPING SOLDIER A man who was deeply troubled by his sins had a vivid dream in which he saw Jesus being savagely whipped by a soldier. As the cruel scourge came down upon Christ’s back, the dreamer shuddered, for the terrible instrument left gaping wounds upon the bleeding, swollen ...read more

  • Beware Of Attachments

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 21, 2011
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    BEWARE OF ATTACHMENTS Felipe Massa of Brazil should have won the Formula One Grand Prix in Singapore in September 2008. But as he drove off from a refueling stop while in the lead, the fuel hose was still attached. By the time his team removed the hose, he had lost so much time that he finished ...read more

  • The Martyrs For Christ

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 1, 2011
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    THE MARTYRS FOR CHRIST James the son of Zebedee was beheaded in Jerusalem, the first of the apostles to die, during the Easter season in about the year A.D. 44. Matthew was slain with the sword in a city in Ethiopia. Mark was dragged through the streets of Alexandria until he expired. Luke was ...read more

  • Pecans

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 9, 2015
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    We might be used by God to produce fruit we will never see. Takes time to take a fruit tree from a sapling to a mature, fruit producing tree. Down South, a young man, walking along a dirt path, comes upon an old man bowed to the ground planting pecan trees in a field. He stops and asks the old ...read more

  • Just As Scared Of You  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Apr 3, 2009
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    JUST AS SCARED OF YOU The great musician Louis Armstrong told the story about the old lady who sent him to spring with a bucket to get water. When Armstrong got there, he saw the eyes of an alligator, and in fear he drops the bucket and runs back to the lady. She asks him where her water is, and ...read more

  • No Witnesses

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Apr 13, 2009
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    NO WITNESSES Think about this. There were no witnesses to creation except the angels. God created, and He created man last. So He had to have told Adam what He did, and the information was passed down from there. So we either believe the Creation account, or we disbelieve and we accept some ...read more

  • Simple Love

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 1, 2009
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    SIMPLE LOVE The great theologian of the last century, Karl Barth, wrote a 10 volume theological work titled "Ethics." When traveling and lecturing throughout the United States at all the important universities and theological schools, it is reported that one young man asked him, "Dr. Barth, you ...read more

  • Walt Disney Is Given Credit For An Important ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 9, 2009
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    Walt Disney is given credit for an important one-liner: change is inevitable; growth is optional. Nancy Adler likens the challenge implied in this truth to a hot-air balloon ready for flight. The only thing preventing the balloonist’s soaring into the air is the load of sand ballast holding it ...read more