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  • British Sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein Was Once ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 11, 2007
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    British sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein was once visited in his studio by the eminent author and fellow Briton, George Bernard Shaw. The visitor noticed a huge block of stone standing in one corner and asked what it was for. “I don’t know yet. I’m still making plans.” Shaw was astounded. “You mean you ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • As The Union Pacific Railroad Was Being ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 11, 2007
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    As the Union Pacific Railroad was being constructed, an elaborate trestle bridge was built across a large canyon in the West. Wanting to test the bridge, the builder loaded a train with enough extra cars and equipment to double its normal payload. The train was then driven to the middle of the ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Did You Know That A Wasp Was Larger When It ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Did you know that a wasp was larger when it first comes out of the egg than at any time in its life. It continually shrinks in size until it dies. Some Christians are like a wasp. Sadly, some believers are larger for God at the point of salvation then at any time in their lives. This shouldn’t be. ...read more

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  • There Is Your Revival

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Jun 22, 2007
     | 4,698 views

    *ILLUSTRATION* When my father walked into church that Easter Sunday morning and sat down, God told the pastor of that church, there is your revival. The pastor and another gentleman from the church went over to our home the next week to visit my Dad and to invite him back. 5 weeks after that ...read more

    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Going To Memphis To See Gladys, Or To Pick Up ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
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    Going to Memphis to see Gladys, or to pick up Gladys each weekend to bring her back up to Ridgely. It was a long trip. 200 miles round trip. I didn’t lament that. I didn’t regret that. I didn’t complain. Why, because I got to spend time with my honey. I got to spend time with the love of my ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • The Symbol Of Christ In Mistletoe.collins Notes, ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 26, 2007
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    The symbol of Christ in mistletoe.Collins notes, “The name implies that the plant sprang to life from bird droppings on tree branches. The inspiration behind the plant’s christening, though true, might seem a bit crude and distasteful today, but to the people of the first and second century it was ...read more

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Salt Is Used For Healing 2000 Years Ago There ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    Salt Is Used for healing 2000 years ago there wasn’t a drug store on every corner. If a soldier was hurt in battle, if a farmer was gored by a bull, if a child fell down and scraped his knee there was a common treatment. The wound was bathed in salt and water. And it proved to be an excellent ...read more

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  • A U.s. Lutheran Bishop Tells Of Visiting A Parish ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 9, 2008
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    A U.S. Lutheran bishop tells of visiting a parish church in California and finding a stirring red and orange banner on the wall. “Come Holy Spirit. Hallelujah!” it declared in words printed under a picture of a fire burning. The bishop was also interested in the sign directly underneath the banner ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Too Much ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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    TOO MUCH TROUBLE A site foreman had ten very lazy men working for him, so one day he decided to trick them into doing some work for a change. "I’ve got a really easy job today for the laziest one among you," he announced. "Will the laziest man please put his hand up." Nine hands went up. "Why ...read more

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  • What Good Are You?

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jan 12, 2009
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    "WHAT GOOD ARE YOU?" Hideyoshi, a Japanese warlord who ruled over Japan in the late 1500s, commissioned a colossal statue of Buddha for a shrine in Kyoto. It took 50,000 men five years to build, but the work had scarcely been completed when the earthquake of 1596 brought the roof of the shrine ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Around The Corner I Have A Friend, In This ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Around the corner I have a friend, In this great city that has no end; Yet days go by, and weeks rush on, And before I know it a year is gone, And I never see my old friend's face, For life is a short and terrible race... Tomorrow, I say, I will call on Jim, Just to show that I'm thinking of him. ...read more

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  • On Christian Joy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
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    ON CHRISTIAN JOY Billy Sunday said, "To see some people today you would think that the essential of Christianity is to have a face so long you could eat oatmeal out of the end of a gas pipe." William Barclay said that "A gloomy Christian is a contradiction in terms, and nothing in all religious ...read more

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  • S. Lewis Johnson Wrote In His Article Entitled ...

    Contributed by Doyle Hayes on Jul 7, 2009
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    S. Lewis Johnson wrote in his article entitled “The Paralysis of Legalism” One of the most serious problems facing the orthodox church today is the problem of legalism. One of the most serious problems facing the church in Paul’s day was the problem of legalism. In every day it is the same. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Always Thankful  PRO

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 4, 2009
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    ALWAYS THANKFUL "Several churches in North Dakota were being served by a clever old preacher. The people were always amazed, for no matter what the circumstances, the preacher could always find something to give thanks for. As he made his rounds one cold December morning, he was late in getting to ...read more

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  • Time Magazine, In Its January 11, 2010 Issue, ...

    Contributed by Engleburg Toney on Jan 18, 2010
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    Time magazine, in its January 11, 2010 issue, had an article in it about what a Chicago megachurch was doing to integrate its congregation. It even cited a quote from Dr. King. In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. famously declared that "11 o’clock Sunday morning is the most segregated hour of the week ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

  • Brainerd: Honor To God  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Feb 20, 2010
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    BRAINERD: HONOR TO GOD Let me leave you with some words from the famous American colonial missionary to the Indians, David Brainerd, who died at the age of twenty-nine. His diary reveals a young man intensely committed to God. Brainerd once said to Jonathan Edwards: "I do not go to heaven to be ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Easter In An Anti-God Rally

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 14, 2010
     | 4,213 views

    EASTER IN AN ANTI-GOD RALLY During the early 1920's, a Communist leader named Nikolai Bukharin was sent from Moscow to Kiev to address an anti-God rally. For an hour, he abused and ridiculed the Christian faith until it seemed as if the whole structure of belief was in ruins. Then questions were ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • As The Union Pacific Railroad Was Being ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 14, 2010
     | 1,906 views

    As the Union Pacific Railroad was being constructed, an elaborate trestle bridge was built across a large canyon in the West. Wanting to test the bridge, the builder loaded a train with enough extra cars and equipment to double its normal payload. The train was then driven to the middle of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Too Fast

    Contributed by Bill Burress on Nov 1, 2010
     | 4,176 views

    TOO FAST There was football team who never won a game, so one day before practice the coach decided to have a talk with them. He told them, "Men, our offense is bad, our defense is horrible, and our special teams are the worst I have ever seen, so today we are going back to the basics and start ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Sexuality, Self, And Identity

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 11, 2011
     | 2,443 views

    SEXUALITY, SELF, AND IDENTITY Michael Foucault, in The History of Sexuality: "Sexuality is a word that now serves a purpose like the word soul did in the Middle Ages. In that period, people believed that one's soul united the various aspects of human identity and gave significance to that ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed