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  • The Last Written Words Of Martin Luther Were, "It ...

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Dec 24, 2007
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    The last written words of Martin Luther were, “It is true, we are beggars all.” If you spend any time at all with beggars, you realize that one thing they are not plagued with is modesty. They simply cannot afford to be modest. On a trip to Denver, my family and I witnessed a panhandler across the ...read more

  • 1) The Cheap Husband Who Went Christmas Shopping; ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ronald Thorington on Jan 1, 2008
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    1) The cheap husband who went Christmas shopping; A wealthy man went Christmas shopping for his wife. He was looking around the ladies perfume area of a store when when a sales clerk ask if she could help. He replied that he was looking for something for his wife for Christmas, so the clerk ...read more

  • I Have Problems With My Spinal Cord That Keeps Me ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Feb 2, 2008
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    I have problems with my spinal cord that keeps me in a great deal of pain most of the time. Some of you know the pain I am talking about. I take the medications and undergo the procedures so I won’t hurt as much afterward. You may have also heard me say I don’t want anyone cutting and probing ...read more

  • When A Dream Dies The World Is Not The Same You ...

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Feb 6, 2008
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    When a dream dies the world is not the same you realize in an instant that everything has changed tomorrow will be different the plans will all be new for the dream that you were chasing no longer lives inside of you to know the race is over and you’ve been left behind is like a snowflake in the ...read more

  • In Dwight Pentecost's Commentary On The Book Of ...

    Contributed by Robert Mitchell on Mar 3, 2008
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    In Dwight Pentecost’s commentary on the book of Philippians he refers to an occurrence of a church split in Dallas Texas. The church split was so bad that it involved a legal suit of one side of the church against the other over who had the right of owner ship of the church property. The case went ...read more

  • When I Was 14 Months Old He Had A Medical ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 26, 2008
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    When I was 14 months old he had a medical ailment, which could have been fatal in the 1960s. The surgeons thought I had no hope and my parents gave him up for dead. They promised God that if I lived, I would minister unto the Lord all the days of his life. The churches all over Delhi prayed for my ...read more

  • Shaved Heads Reaffirms A Friend!

    Contributed by Daniel Harman on Mar 28, 2008
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    SHAVED HEADS REAFFIRMS A FRIEND! A teenage boy was diagnosed with cancer and as a result was in the hospital for several weeks to undergo radiation treatments and chemotherapy. During that time, he lost all of his hair. On the way home from the hospital, he was worried-not about the cancer, but ...read more

  • Our Religion Has Become Ineffective In The World. ...

    Contributed by Michael West on Mar 29, 2008
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    Our religion has become ineffective in the world. We are being rejected more each day. The world wants us to take our little god and go somewhere else. Our religion has become powerless because we believe in a powerless god. Our religion is weak because our god is weak. Our faith is weak because we ...read more

  • There's An Old Fable About A Miserable Rich Man ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    There’s an old fable about a miserable rich man who went to visit a rabbi. The rabbi took the rich man by the hand and led him to a window. "Look out there," he said. The rich man looked into the street. "What do you see?" asked the rabbi. "I see men, women, and children," answered the rich ...read more

  • During The Revolutionary War, A Loyalist Spy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    During the Revolutionary War, a loyalist spy appeared at the headquarters of a British colonel, carrying an urgent message. General George Washington and his Continental army had secretly crossed the Delaware River that morning and were advancing on Trenton, New Jersey where that troop of British ...read more

  • I Recently Heard The Story Of A Boy Named Eduardo ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    I recently heard the story of a boy named Eduardo who was completely blind. He had spent all of his life trying to understand the mysteries of looking around a corner or why people could not see through a wall. The article said he often pondered the “wonders of a blue sky or green field.” But ...read more

  • Australia Has Two Animals Pictured On Their Coat ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    Australia has two animals pictured on their Coat of Arms. They are an Emu and a Kangaroo. These are some strange choices to those who don’t know why they are there. The Emu is nothing but a big, dumb bird and a kangaroo just looks funny while it hops along to escape danger. But there’s more to it ...read more

  • An Employee Of A Department Store Once Told This ...

    Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Apr 16, 2008
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    An employee of a department store once told this story. He was working as a store clerk in Sporting Goods one day when a manager came in. She proceeded to tell each employee what they were doing wrong and how they should change. The next day she came in again and was upset that none of her ...read more

  • God Lights The Way

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 22, 2008
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    GOD LIGHTS THE WAY My brother-in-law has a friend named Pedro. The first time Pedro ever read the Bible, was when he was in prison. But once he "saw the light," he couldn't get enough of it. He read the entire Bible through in a matter of weeks. He would hold the Bible kind-of under the table ...read more

  • Looking At The Master

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Apr 25, 2008
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    LOOKING AT THE MASTER A pastor once told his congregation about a man who had a dog, and the man was trying to train his dog to be obedient. And what he would do was to take a large piece of meat--good, red, juicy meat that dogs would normally like to eat--and he would put it in the middle of the ...read more

  • Baring My Soul  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Patrick on Apr 28, 2008
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    BARING MY SOUL When we carried our son and daughter-in-law to the airport in Birmingham, as they left to go overseas, I cried. I had told myself not to cry. Get this picture. My oldest son felt led of God to spend his life serving in southeast Asia. He was about to leave. I knew that for the rest ...read more

  • When You Take A Public Speaking Class, You're ...

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on May 15, 2008
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    When you take a public speaking class, you’re often told that an attention getting step is one of the best ways to keep your audience focused on what you want them to hear. People tend to notice when you say something that seems out of place or show something people can look at. I once used a ...read more

  • Most Of You Have Never Heard Of Lawrence ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on May 23, 2008
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    Most of you have never heard of Lawrence Hanratty, who was named the "Unluckiest Man In New York City." (Profiled in the Los Angeles Times) He was nearly electrocuted to death in a construction site accident in 1984. For weeks he lay in a coma, with his lawyers fighting for his liability claim, ...read more

  • I Have A Lot Of Friends In Ministry, And One In ...

    Contributed by Larry Vinson on Jun 17, 2008
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    I have a lot of friends in ministry, and one in particular had a chance to say what he had been waiting to say to his now former church when he resigned from his position. He had only been there six months, but it was long enough to realize that there were some problems within that particular ...read more

  • There Was A Father Who Took His Two Young ...

    Contributed by Mick Court on Jun 22, 2008
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    There was a father who took his two young children to an amusement park. They were so excited. After going on all the rides they wanted, he said now it is time for the ghost train! They both didn't want to go, and yet the father insisted it was part of the experience of going to an amusement park. ...read more