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  • What Do You Want On Your Tombstone?,

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 14, 2007
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    "What do you want on your Tombstone?," Do you remember the 1995 ads where an executioner asks a condemned man. "Cheese and pepperoni," the man replies in a memorable television commercial for the fastest-growing frozen pizza manufacturer in the United States. Seriously what do you want on your ...read more

  • I Was Woke Up At 4am One Morning And Could Only ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Jul 17, 2008
     | 1,664 views

    I was Woke up at 4am one morning and could only think of one possible person to pray for. I felt no real burden or annointing. I did and went back to sleep. I asked them about it. They said they were thinking of crashing their car into a tree to kill ...read more

  • Going The Second Mile

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 20, 2008
     | 3,054 views

    GOING THE SECOND MILE A salesman called his wife from a coin-operated phone in a distant city, finished the conversation, said good-bye, and replaced the receiver. As he was walking away, the phone rang. He went back and answered it, expecting to be informed of extra charges. But the ...read more

  • The Italian Freedom Fighter Garibaldi Offered ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The Italian freedom fighter Garibaldi offered his men only hunger and death to free Italy. Garibaldi had an incredibly committed volunteer army. He would appeal for recruits in these terms: “I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor provisions; I offer hunger, thirst, forced marches, ...read more

  • The Cowboys Prayer Oh Lord, Ive Never Lived ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "The Cowboys Prayer Oh Lord, Ive never lived where churches grow. I love creation better as it stood That day You finished it so long ago And looked upon Your work and called it good. I know that others find You in the light Thats sifted down through tinted window ...read more

  • Doormat For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    DOORMAT FOR GOD Oswald Chambers confessed, "If I work for God because I know it brings me the good opinion of those whose good opinion I wish to have, I am a Pharisee. If I love Jesus Christ, I will serve humanity, though men and women treat me like a ...read more

  • Tolerate

    Contributed by Thomas Donelan on Jun 1, 2010
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    TOLERATE To tolerate means I can disagree with you while still respecting you. One person is a Republican, another Democrat. We put aside our differences and get along. One person is a (Florida) Gator, another a (FSU) Seminole. We put aside our differences and get along. Some ...read more

  • Avoiding Sales

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2012
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    AVOIDING SALES The Houston Chronicle, Sept. 25, 1995 records the following quote. As a man sat contemplating the impending expenses of Christmas, his wife burst through the door with an armload of packages. She gleefully remarked, "You told me to stay away from all of those sales so ...read more

  • Character And Witness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 15, 2012
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    CHARACTER AND WITNESS John Bunyan said of Christians: "When all their garments are white the world will count them His," and the skeptical German poet Heinrich Heine said to Christians, "You show me your redeemed life and I might be inclined to believe in your Redeemer." The authentic life that ...read more

  • A Certain Medieval Monk Announced He Would Be ...

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Sep 19, 2001
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    A certain medieval monk announced he would be preaching next Sunday evening on "The Love of God." As the shadows fell and the light ceased to come in through the cathedral windows, the congregation gathered. In the darkness of the altar, the monk lighted a candle and carried it to the crucifix. ...read more

  • In Christ We Have  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
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    In Christ We Have: A love that can never be fathomed A life that can never die A righteousness that can never be tarnished A peace that can never be understood A rest that can never be disturbed A joy that can never be diminished A hope that can never be disappointed A glory that can never ...read more

  • Charles Cooley, Regarded By Many As One Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 24, 2003
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    Charles Cooley, regarded by many as one of the most brilliant American sociologists, propagated a concept called the “looking-glass self.” This view essentially states that a person’s self-concept is largely determined by what he/she believes the most important person in his/her life thinks about ...read more

  • Prime Minister Tony Blair, A Confessed Christian ...

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jan 17, 2005
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    Prime Minister Tony Blair, a confessed Christian wanted to end a televised address to the nation with the words “God bless you!” but he was stopped by his media director, spin-doctor, Alistair Campbell, a convinced atheist, in a celebrated remark, “We don’t do God!” Well that’s not what Micah had ...read more

  • A Certain Medieval Monk Announced ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 1,210 views

    Illustration: A certain medieval monk announced he would be preaching next Sunday evening on “The Love of God.” As the shadows fell and the light ceased to come in through the cathedral windows, the congregation gathered. In the darkness of the altar, the monk lighted a candle and carried it to the ...read more

  • Oswald Chambers Writes, "A Saint’s Life Is ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Beaird on Nov 2, 2000
    based on 86 ratings
     | 3,365 views

    Oswald Chambers writes, "A saint’s life is in the hands of God as a bow and arrow in the hands of an archer. God is aiming at something the saint cannot see; He stretches and strains, and every now and again the saint says, "I cannot stand any more." But God does not heed; He goes on stretching ...read more

  • The Devil Says, "Whatever You Don't Have, ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
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    The devil says, “Whatever you don’t have, whatever irritates, whoever disappoints, whatever is uncomfortable, whatever is missing, think on these things.” God says, > Philippians 4:8 … whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is ...read more

  • The 60's Were Very Difficult Times In America. ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Nov 20, 2008
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    The 60’s were very difficult times in America. Morals were declining rapidly, Vietnam was an unpopular war. Many were advocating free love, drugs, and a sexual revolution. Out of those days of spiritual decay, God raised up a group called the "Jesus People." One man who was saved was Greg Laurie ...read more

  • Simplicity Brings Clarity To Our Lives And ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Dec 3, 2008
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    Simplicity brings clarity to our lives and hearts. Worry begins to drop away because we stop worrying about things that cause us worry and focus on accomplishing God’s purposes in us. (Think: loving God and neighbor and helping others become disciples.) Simplicity narrows our focus from many ...read more

  • No Church, No America

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Dec 6, 2008
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    NO CHURCH, NO AMERICA This week I received a letter in the mail from the Reverend Barry W. Lynn, the executive director of the organization "Americans United for Separation of Church and State." There would no America if there was no Church. This country was discovered, founded and populated by ...read more

  • The Future Is, Of All Things, The Thing Least ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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     | 2,233 views

    "The Future is, of all things, the thing least like eternity. It is the most completely temporal part of time for the Past is frozen and no longer flows, and the Present is all lit up with eternal rays. ... Hence nearly all vices are rooted in the Future. Gratitude looks to the Past and love to ...read more