Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 21, 2001
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When attendees at a drunk-driving "awareness picnic" saw a woman being given a field sobriety test by police, they gathered around to watch the "demonstration." It wasn’t a demonstration: a police officer saw Linda M. Harris, 53, the coordinator of the Dona Ana County (N.M.) drunken-driving
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 3, 2001
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A woman became worried about her husband who went to sea with the navy. Just as the man got ready to sail his wife handed a prayer request to her Pastor which stated: "George Bowen’s wife requests prayer for her husband’s safety who has gone to sea. Instead of conveying the true message the Pastor
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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I remember reading a Peanuts cartoon strip in which Lucy comes up to her brother Charlie Brown and does something that is very unusual for her. She says--I love you. But Charlie Brown keeps responding by saying: no you don’t. And each time Lucy answers a little louder: yes I do, I really love you.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2002
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PURE AS IVORY
Early in her career, adult film star Marilyn Chambers appeared on Ivory Snow boxes, holding a sweet baby. As her screen popularity in X-rated movies grew, Ivory sought out a cover girl that better reflected its image of 99 44/100% purity.
Are you a good cover model for God’s
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Contributed by Edwin Amundson on Jul 30, 2002
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How do I know we need women? According to the United Nation's statistics: "Women constitute over 50 percent of the world's population. But women do three-fourths of the world's work, receive one-tenth of the world's salaries, and own one one-hundredth of the world's land."
Women are major
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Baptist
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 21, 2005
“What we leave behind is not as important as how we lived.”
Capt. James T. Kirk to Capt. Jean Luc Picard, on “Star Trek – Generations”
That declaration may be true to the degree that the phrase ‘what we leave behind’ refers only to material and tangible things. But
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Orthodox
On Thursday when I went to pick up my granddaughter from the Learning Center she is attending for the summer there was one of the kids balancing with arms outstretched on a skateboard without wheels and with one of those virtual reality visors on his head. He appeared to be having a blast –
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United Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 24, 2003
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My Father is very patient and kind.
My Father is not envious, never boastful.
My Father is not arrogant.
My Father is never rude, nor is He self-seeking.
My Father is not quick to take offense.
My Father keeps no score of wrongs.
My Father does not gloat over my sins but is always glad when truth
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 11, 2003
Dr. Paul Tourier once compared life to a man hanging from a trapeze. The trapeze bar was the man’s security, his pattern of existence, his lifestyle. Then God swung another trapeze into the man’s view, and he faced a perplexing dilemma. Should he relinquish his past? Should he reach for the new
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 23, 2001
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An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. A pessimist fears this is true. The tire is only flat on the bottom. Winners see risk as opportunity. They see the rewards of success in advance. They do not fear the penalties of failure. The winning individual knows that bad luck is
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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Everybody longs for freedom. But for many people its pursuit leads to bondage. The greatly loved Bible teacher Henrietta Mears knew the secret of true freedom, and she wanted her students to know it too. With young people in mind, she said, "A bird is free in the air. Place a bird in the water
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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A story is recorded of the famous theologian Thomas Aquinas visiting the Renaissance Pope, Pope Innocent II.
The Pope showed Thomas the abundance of funds in the church treasury, the works of art, the extravagant decorations and ornaments in the chapel.
"You see, Thomas," said the Pope, "the
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Anglican
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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One Sunday morning, Satan happened to be standing outside of a large Baptist Church. Inside, the people were singing, praying, and listening to a sermon. Someone passed by on the sidewalk and noticed Satan standing on the steps of the church. The passerby asked Satan if it bothered him to hear the
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Contributed by Lorenzo Edwards on Feb 20, 2008
And a lot of times when we think that the thief comes to steal us generally think that he comes to take some tangible things from us. You know something’s that we can feel something’s we can see. And when we think that, the enemy comes to kill we may generally think that he comes to kill our body
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 4, 2008
I always tell couples that I marry about the 50/50 principle of marriage. True or false. Marriage is a 50/50 proposition. Each partner brings their half to make a whole. It’s false of course. It is 100/100. In relationships, two halves don’t make a whole. We joke about our better half. But in
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Church Of God
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Oct 28, 2008
Fountain of Youth
There is a legend of a Fountain of Youth believed to be in Florida. The legend has different variations of regaining one's youth. Some say must you drink the water, while others suggest if you bathe in the water it will restore your youth. Some records date back to the 15th
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Salvation Army
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