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  • Back When I Was A Teen, We Used The Word "Cool." ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 12, 2007
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    Back when I was a teen, we used the word "Cool." It has turned into "Khuuul" but still means the same thing. What you think is "cool" is where your mind is going to be If you think walking closely with God is cool, you are more likely to walk with God… if you feel like your faith was forced upon ...read more

  • C. S. Lewis Gives A Good Example Of How ...

    Contributed by Rusty Davidson on Feb 19, 2007
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    C. S. Lewis gives a good example of how continuing in sin looks. In his book, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, a character comes across a treasure kept by a dragon. Rather than avoid the layer of the dragon, the character sleeps on the treasure and dreams of what he will do with it. Then Lewis ...read more

  • Blind Skiers Were Featured In The 1988 Winter ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ray Searan on Feb 21, 2007
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    Blind skiers were featured in the 1988 winter Olympics. How did they ski being blind? They were paired with sighted skiers who would simply yell, "LEFT" or "RIGHT" when the time came to turn, and the blind skiers obeyed without question! Their obedience brought reward. When we cannot see what God ...read more

  • Rice Christians

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 3, 2007
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    "Rice Christians" In India, I discovered the Christians have a name for people who make a profession of faith just because they want to receive something from the Western Missionaries. They call them “Rice Christians.” The same kind of problem happens here in our country, too. Some people turn ...read more

  • It Always Seems To Me That Christmas Is A Time ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "It always seems to me that Christmas is a time of magic. Each December we celebrate a Prince, the Prince of Peace, born in utter poverty. And the fact of his birth makes hearts turn warmest at the coldest time of the year...One of the great messages of this season is that its never too late to ...read more

  • In Haifa, The Largest City In Northern Israel, ...

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Feb 11, 2010
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    In Haifa, the largest city in northern Israel, a policeman, who knew his Bible, got on the trail of a gang of smugglers. The smugglers had used an donkey-drawn caravan to escape from the police, but the policemen managed to capture some of the donkeys. The clever officer let the beasts of ...read more

  • John Adams On Commitment

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2010
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    JOHN ADAMS ON COMMITMENT It is easy to stand on the sidelines and say what is wrong with people, our nation, our laws. It is much more difficult to speak up about what is necessary to turn things around. On July 4th, 1776, Adams said in an address before the Continental Congress: "Live or die; ...read more

  • Heel Grabber

    Contributed by Alan Vaughn on Mar 26, 2011
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    HEEL GRABBER Have you ever gone to someone's house and they have this little dog and he thinks he is the great avenger or something. He runs up and barks at you just to run away when you reach down to pet him. Then you think he has run away and he’s not paying any attention to you, and you turn ...read more

  • God Told A River  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Walther on May 26, 2011
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    GOD TOLD A RIVER God told a river to flow through a very dry desert to finally arrive at the sea. The river complained to God that it could never make it. It would dry up in the desert and die. But in the end the river trusted God. It changed its course and made a valiant attempt to flow through ...read more

  • A Mother Became Hysterical With Panic Because Her ...

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 25, 2012
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    A mother became hysterical with panic because her little boy had swallowed a £1 coin. She turned to her husband and screamed for him to call a doctor. The husband picked up the phone, but instead of calling the doctor, he decided to call the local Church and ask for (insert your Church treasurer’s ...read more

  • Barna: God's Truth

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 14, 2012
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    BARNA: GOD'S TRUTH George Barna from his book Turning Vision Into Action states, "Abraham was successful until God showed him that material wealth was poverty in eternity. Moses had it made as the adopted son of the Egyptian pharaoh, but he discovered that the finest clothing, the best education ...read more

  • Thanksgiving Gags

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 19, 2012
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    THANKSGIVING GAGS Some of you might want to add variety to your Thanksgiving dinner conversation for those of you who are mischievous: • During the middle of the meal, turn to mom and say, "See mom, I told you they wouldn't notice that the turkey was four months past its expiration date. You were ...read more

  • Nicodemus Was Ready To Take His Relationship With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kevin Karhoff on Feb 18, 2013
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    Nicodemus was ready to take his relationship with Jesus to another level, but it wasn’t that easy. It never is. There would be much to lose if he went public as a follower of Jesus. What would people think if they found out that Nicodemus was an admirer of this homeless-carpenter-turned-rabbi ...read more

  • Raptured?

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 16, 2014
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    Herbert Washington, whom co-workers at Significant Plastics Inc. say was unduly concerned with the rapture and the second coming of Christ, suffered a serious heart attack when co-workers pretended they’d been caught away without him. "We didn’t mean to scare him to death," said one woman. "He’s ...read more

  • So We Love Him In The Desert Place Of A Monday ...

    Contributed by Richard Francis on May 19, 2007
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    So we love him in the desert place of a Monday morning on a crowded train of sneezing sad looking people, we love him in the land of plenty as we gather in fellowship with our brothers and sisters, we love him in the doctors surgery when we are told the lump is bad, when the bills come, when the ...read more

  • As A Young Boy, I Can Remember Am Radio, And How ...

    Contributed by Jason Duhon on Nov 5, 2007
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    As a young boy, I can remember AM radio, and how few stations we could receive back then. Tuning in usually required a good antenna, a good radio, and a steady hand. Our ears were anticipating the music, as we carefully turn the knob in hopes of a good reception. When we await the voice of ...read more

  • In Germany During World War Ii There Was A ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 25, 2008
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    In Germany during World War II there was a Protestant church the stood near some railroad tracks. These tracks often carried Jewish families on their way to be exterminated by the Nazi death camps. The cries for help and justice were sometimes very loud and disturbing especially as the congregation ...read more

  • As I Prayed During The Altar Call At A Camp I ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Jul 17, 2008
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    As I prayed during the altar call at a camp I was sining at I kept seeing the face of a man I didn’t know. This was at Six Mile Turn Camp Wednesday night. I looked through the camp on the way out, and saw a man close but not exact. I kept seeing his face in prayer the next few nights, but he ...read more

  • The Truth Is That God, Who Needs Nothing, Wants ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 5, 2008
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    The Truth is that God, who needs nothing, wants us. The Truth is that we–all of us–have discounted that divine presence and desire, perhaps thinking it’s too good to be true. And so, like Peter, the Rock, we turn to God when He invites us to act in goodness, truth and beauty. We listen to Him ...read more

  • So Humility Is Seeing Our Own And Other Peoples ...

    Contributed by Ruth Hind on Oct 11, 2008
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    So humility is seeing our own and other peoples worth with a God’s eye view and treating them accordingly. But perhaps the best way to describe humility is to turn to an example, My example is George Carey former Abof C who when he was Vicar of a large Church in Durham which was left open all the ...read more