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  • John Was Having Trouble Hitting The Ball. He ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Mar 9, 2008
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    John was having trouble hitting the ball. He was striking out and the head coach was unhappy. John was very upset and felt like giving up. One of the others coaches said, "No matter what happens, even if you strike out, remember that your parents will always love you." The next at bat, John ...read more

  • Dad Often Reminds Me Of The Tombstone Somewhere ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    Dad often reminds me of the Tombstone somewhere in the US that has as the epitaph Pause, stranger, when you pass me by, For as you are, so once was I. As I am now, so will you be. Then prepare unto death, and follow me. And someone had scratched on it: To follow you I’m ...read more

  • Christian Charities Won 22 Spots Among The Top ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
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    Christian Charities won 22 spots among the top 100 best U.S. nonprofit groups for financial integrity, according to The NonProfit Times. Catholic Charities USA, The Salvation Army, and Habitat for Humanity were among the top 10. World Vision and Food for the Poor ranked 14th and 18th, while Campus ...read more

  • Women Are More Likely To Work During Pregnancy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    Women are more likely to work during pregnancy than they were 30 to 40 years ago. They also are returning to work more rapidly after having their first child; 64% are back at work within a year vs. 17% in the 60s. 66% of women who had their first child between ’01 and ’03 worked during their ...read more

  • The New Golden Rule For Business, First Developed ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    The New Golden Rule for business, first developed by Fred Reichheld, loyalty expert and author, is the one statistic that increasingly is taken most seriously by investors. Originally dubbed the Net Promoter Score, it could also be called the Customer Evangelism Score. It may be the most revealing ...read more

  • Nice Guys Do Finish First, According To A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
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    Nice Guys do finish first, according to a Harvard University study. The study involved college students playing a punishment-heavy version of the game Prisoner’s Dilemma over and over. The study found those who used punishments were the losers. Those who punished their opponents the least were the ...read more

  • Living Standards In Britain Are Set To Rise ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
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    Living standards in Britain are set to rise above those in America for the first time since the 19th century, according to a report by the respected Oxford Economics consultancy. It says the GDP per head in Britain will be £23,500 in '08 vs. £23,250 in the U.S., reflecting both the strength of the ...read more

  • Now, Christian Is The Hour For You And Me To ...

    Contributed by Lay Man on Jun 18, 2008
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    "NOW, Christian is the hour for you and me to prove God. But what in reality are we doing? Tempting Him! To see how far we can go how much we can get away with, while souls drop into hell all around us, and the cry of the Psalmist is heard in the land, I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but ...read more

  • We Begin Today's Message By Viewing The Final ...

    Contributed by Carl Greene on Aug 2, 2008
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    WE BEGIN TODAY’S MESSAGE BY VIEWING THE FINAL SCENE FROM “THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS.” HERE, CHINGACHGOOK, THE LAST MOHICAN, MORNS THE LOSS OF UNCAS, HIS SON AND ACKNOWLEDGES HIS OWN MORTALITY. WE SEE THE PAIN IN HIS EYES WHEN HE GAZES AT HIS “WHITE” SON. WE SEE A YOUNG WOMAN COME TO THE WHITE ...read more

  • During A Conversation With A Trapeze Artist The ...

    Contributed by Chad Bolfa on Aug 5, 2008
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    During a conversation with a trapeze artist the performer admitted the net underneath was there to keep them from breaking their necks, but added, "The net also keeps us from falling. Imagine there is no net. We would be so nervous that we would be more likely to miss and fall. If there wasn’t a ...read more

  • Tune Into The Gospel

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 11, 2008
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    TUNE INTO THE GOSPEL Right now, there are thousands of radio stations broadcasting through the air all over the U.S. Some have news shows, others play a variety of musical styles; commercials are blaring while other stations broadcast sporting events. But if you do not tune in, those radio ...read more

  • 1 Pet 5:8 Kjv Be Sober, Be Vigilant; Because Your ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Aug 16, 2008
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    1 Pet 5:8 KJV Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: There was an old preacher telling his people not to be afraid of the lion; not only is he under the feet of Jesus, but the reason he roars is because Jesus pulled ...read more

  • We Are Not To Be Dazzled, As Many People Are, By ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 18, 2008
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    "We are not to be dazzled, as many people are, by the person, gifts or office of teachers in the church. They may come to us with great dignity, authority and scholarship. They may be bishops or archbishops, university professors or even the pope himself. But if they bring a gospel other than the ...read more

  • Our Youngest Daughter, Kimberly, Had Only Been ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Nov 24, 2008
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    Our youngest daughter, Kimberly, had only been married a year when she told us, “I don’t know why people say the first year is so hard. All you have to do is be nice to each other.” We laughed, of course, because … after all … they were still just newlyweds. But really, what she said is true. ...read more

  • When Nasa First Started Sending Up Astronauts, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including ...read more

  • Wal-Mart Net Sales ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    WAL-MART NET SALES RISING Wal-Mart’s net sales for 2008 Q4 came in at $106.3 billion, an 8.3% jump over a year ago. Income from continuing operations for the quarter gained 4% to $4.1 billion. Same-store sales at its U.S. stores rose ...read more

  • Relationship Sins Cost

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    RELATIONSHIP SINS COST Divorce and out-of-wedlock childbearing cost U.S. taxpayers more than $112 billion a year, finds a study funded by the New York-based Institute for American Values, the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, Families Northwest of Redmond, WA, and the Georgia Family ...read more

  • E. Stanley Jones, Famous Missionary To India At ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 25, 2009
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    E. Stanley Jones, famous missionary to India at the beginning of the last century, summed up the matter for us. Prayer is surrender – surrender to the will of God and cooperation with that will. If I throw out a boat hook from a boat and catch hold of the shore and pull, do I pull the shore to ...read more

  • Broken Dreams As Children Bring Their Broken ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Broken Dreams As children bring their broken toys With tears for us to mend, I brought my broken dreams to God Because He was my friend. But then instead of leaving Him In peace to work alone I hung around and tried to help With ways that were my own. At last I snatched them back ...read more

  • If You've Ever Made The Journey From Jerusalem ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 22, 2009
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    If you’ve ever made the journey from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea, you see this immediately. The whole area is desert, and any drop of water that falls on that desert is immediately swallowed up by the volcanic sand and the sparse vegetation. Ezekiel sees the grace of God flowing from the Temple of ...read more