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  • We Will Remain Christians

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2011
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    "WE WILL REMAIN CHRISTIANS" An American journalist in 1993 interviewed a group of children from a Sunday school in southern Sudan where Arab Muslims regularly raided their village and slaughtered Christians. Many of their relatives had already been killed. The journalist asked, "Would you turn to ...read more

  • How The Words Of Psalm 23 Echoed In Their Hearts! ...

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Sep 20, 2009
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    How the words of Psalm 23 echoed in their hearts! "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death" (Psalm 23:4 KJV). How dark that valley seemed as their tear-blurred eyes stared at the two caskets! It had been summer vacation. A family camping trip. The two girls laughing down ...read more

  • A Little Girl's Trust

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2011
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    A LITTLE GIRL'S TRUST It's a lesson we need to learn, as well. Our true security comes from God and God alone, so we must learn to trust Him. Don't trust in a lie. Don't trust in an idol. Trust in the Lord. Then and only then will you be truly secure. Five-year-old Jessica became a bit ...read more

  • Norman Cates Tells The Story Of A Christian Who ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Norman Cates tells the story of a Christian who prayed this prayer every morning: "Lord, if you want me to witness to someone today, please give me a sign to show me who it is." One day he found himself on a nearly empty bus when a big, burly man sat next to him. The timid believer anxiously ...read more

  • The Mirror  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 21, 2008
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    THE MIRROR Author Robert Fulghum tells this story of one of his professors, a wise man whose name was Alexander Papaderos: At the last session on the last morning of a two week seminar on Greek culture, Dr. Papaderos turned and made the ritual gesture: "Are there any questions?" Quiet quilted ...read more

  • The ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Aug 22, 2008
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    The Mirror Author Robert Fulghum tells this story of one of his professors, a wise man whose name was Alexander Papaderos: At the last session on the last morning of a two-week seminar on Greek culture, Dr. Papaderos turned and made the ritual gesture: "Are there any questions?" Quiet quilted ...read more

  • Once, I Took The Kids Up To The Cabin Without ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Dec 29, 2004
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    Once, I took the kids up to the cabin without Pam. The cabin is a rustic place with no running water, no electricity, but plenty of space for the kids to run and play. On the day that we were to come back home, I got them dressed in the morning, packed up the van, and loaded them in. I took a ...read more

  • I Enjoyed Watching The Dick Van Dyke Show When It ...  PRO

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jul 27, 2005
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    I enjoyed watching the Dick Van Dyke show when it was on in the 60’s. The main two characters were Rob and Laura Petrie, played by Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. In one episode it was very close to time for Laura to deliver their baby. There was a scene where they were going to bed for the ...read more

  • When I Was A Teenager, I Remember My Unle ...

    Contributed by Shawn Miller on Jul 6, 2009
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    When I was a teenager, I remember my uncle telling me of times when He would go spelunker caves. He loved the thrill of finding new caves and the thought of being somewhere where no one had been. He told me that there were times deep inside some of the caves where you had to crawl on your stomach ...read more

  • The Visited Planet,

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 14, 2009
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    “The Visited Planet,” by J.B. Phillips Once upon a time a very young angel was being shown round the splendours and glories of the universes by a senior and experienced angel. To tell the truth, the little angel was beginning to be tired and a little bored. He had been shown whirling galaxies and ...read more

  • If You Think That Babies Can't Hear Inside Their ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 6, 2004
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    If you think that babies can’t hear inside their mother’s womb, you are in for a surprise. Research indicates that loud noises can provoke movement by the fetus and alter its heartbeat. Photographs taken by ultrasound show unborn babies turning toward the tinkling of a bell or the flashing of a ...read more

  • Edison: Complete Forgiveness

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Apr 26, 2010
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    EDISON: COMPLETE FORGIVENESS When Thomas Edison and his staff were developing the incandescent light bulb, according to Ken Sande, it took hundreds of hours to manufacture a single bulb. One day, after finishing a bulb, notes Sande, Edison handed it to a young errand boy and asked him to take it ...read more

  • In The Movie "Life Is Beautiful" - Nominated In ...

    Contributed by John Tung on Apr 10, 2007
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    In the movie “Life Is Beautiful” - nominated in 1998 as Best Picture for the Oscars - the main character Guido is placed in a concentration camp by the Nazis. Guido and his son, who is with him, pretend for his son that this horrible place is a game, with rules, so that his son doesn’t get too ...read more

  • I Was A Member Of The Young And Restless In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 3, 2002
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    I was a member of THE YOUNG AND RESTLESS in THE GENERAL HOSPITAL in the city of DALLAS. I was waiting to see THE DOCTORS. They told me I was at THE EDGE OF NIGHT, my condition was very serious. Suddenly, I realized I had just ... ONE LIFE TO LIVE. I wanted to see ALL MY CHILDREN before I entered ...read more

  • God Answers His People. In The Days Of His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    God answers his people. In the days of his uncertainty John Bunyan was tortured by doubt. “Everyone dost think his own religion rightest, both Jews and Moors and pagans. And how, if all our faith in Christ and scripture should be but a think-so, too?” But when the light broke, he ran out crying ...read more

  • Coming Out Of The Sewer

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Apr 27, 2008
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    COMING OUT OF THE SEWER I remember a documentary, it was about a Christian agency that worked with children who lived in sewers - somewhere in eastern Europe - the work of the agency is to re-house these kids - a chance for a new life away from the darkness and filth of the sewers into foster ...read more

  • Beholding The Night Sky

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jan 2, 2015
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    When our daughter was in Junior High School, she made friends with a group of girls from Olney, Texas, a community about forty minutes to the south of us. And they invited her to a function their school was having on a certain Friday night. So, I drove her over, and, when the time came, I went ...read more

  • Just Off The Shore Of North Carolina On The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Just off the shore of North Carolina on the island of Cape Hatteras is a village known as Nag’s Head, a small shoreline town where, back in the 1800’s, the “wreckers” lived. These “wreckers” made their living gathering up parts and cargo from ships that had run aground in the night. But these ships ...read more

  • Just Off The Shore Of North Carolina On The ...

    Contributed by Neil Partington on Jul 23, 2007
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    Just off the shore of North Carolina on the island of Cape Hatteras is a village known as Nag’s Head, a small shoreline town where, back in the 1800’s, the “wreckers” lived. These “wreckers” made their living gathering up parts and cargo from ships that had run aground in the night. But these ships ...read more

  • Maclaren On Facing Death

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2011
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    MACLAREN ON FACING DEATH The great 1800s Scottish preacher Alexander MacLaren said: "Many of us cling to life with a desperate clutch, like some poor wretch pushed over a precipice and trying to dig his nails into the rock as he falls. Some of us cling to it because we dread what is beyond, and ...read more