Contributed by Sermon Central on May 19, 2002
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READING THEIR NAMES
Jeff Greenfield is a news correspondent for ABC News. He lives in Salisbury, Connecticutt and has attended the same Memorial Day observance in his community for the last 15 years. He writes:
"At 10 a.m., the parade begins moving down Main Street. It is a small parade:
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Which reminds me of something I heard about a famous preacher by the name of Peter Cartwright, who by the way, was converted during a camp meeting in Logan County in 1801. He surrendered to the ministry in 1802 and became one of the leaders of what we now refer to as the 2nd Great Awakening.
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Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Feb 2, 2009
INTEGRITY MELTDOWN
What do the following people have in common?
John Edwards
David Duchovny
Fast Eddie Johnson
Winona Ryder
Jeremiah Gunner Scott
Karen Raborn
Heather Johnston
Amy Wilkins
The all experienced some type of integrity meltdown.
John Edwards -- Had and affair and fathered a child
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Christian Missionary Alliance
Video Illustration: Wingclips.com Narnia movie clip “The Wardrobe.”
The following from Wingclips.com:
Some journeys take us far from home. Some adventures lead us to our destiny.
Based on the beloved classic novel by ‘CS Lewis’, Four London children are sent to a professor’s country home in order
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Bret Toman on May 20, 2010
Jonathan Edwards, who was one of America's greatest theologians, was a New England pastor of the 1700s. Edwards was brilliant. At age 6 he studied Latin. He entered Yale when not quite 13 and graduated when barely 15. He was ordained at 19, taught at Yale by 20 and later became president of
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Baptist
Contributed by Scott Sharpes on Dec 16, 2010
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?
A number of years ago a couple traveled to the offices of an Adoption Society in England to receive a baby. They had been on the waiting list a long time. They had been interviewed and carefully scrutinized. Now at last their dreams were to be fulfilled. But their day of
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Nazarene
Contributed by Coz Von on Mar 7, 2016
”Elijah was physically taken up into heaven in a flaming chariot of fire. God said: Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their father. Malachi 4:5-6
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Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
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Bill Hybels is the Pastor of the largest church in America, Willow Creek Community Church, just outside of Chicago, Illinois. His ministry began as an outreach from another church to teenagers during the early 70’s. They called the youth ministry Son City. He and his wife Lynne recount the story of
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Baptist
Contributed by William Jewett on Nov 2, 2000
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John Maxwell tells a story that illustrates the importance of a positive attitude. A newly married woman insisted on going to the California desert so she could be near her soldier husband. The only place the couple could find to live was a rundown shack near an Indian village. The daytime heat was
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In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Quickly, God was faced with a class action suit for failure to file an environmental impact statement. God was granted a temporary permit for the project, but was stymied with the “cease and desist” order for the earthly part. Then God said,
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Baptist
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 14, 2002
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A Real Bad Dude
An old fellow had been in the north woods for weeks by himself, camping out. Each night at dusk he built a campfire, boiled water for coffee, and took out his skillet to fry up some bacon for dinner.
As he was sitting by the fire one night, the water boiling and the bacon
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2002
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MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB
Mary had the little Lamb, who lived before His birth;
Self-existent Son of God, from Heaven He came to Earth. (Micah 5:2)
Mary had the little Lamb; see Him in yonder stall—
Virgin-born Son of God, to save man from the Fall. (Isaiah 7:14)
Mary had the little Lamb, obedient
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Contributed by Mike Leiter on Jan 15, 2003
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Being shocked by electricity can be very dangerous. Just ask professional golf legend Lee Trevino. He was struck by lightning while sitting under a tree during a tournament several years ago. He said, “It bolted my arms and legs out stiff, jerked me off the ground”. He went on to explain that he
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Vineyard
Contributed by Ken Kersten on Apr 18, 2005
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The great comedian Carl Hurley tells the story about trying to throw a trash can away. He said it’s the one thing you can’t get the garbage man to pick up. He said, I set an old rusty garbage can out at the street one morning thinking the garbage man would understand that it needed to be thrown
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Aug 1, 2005
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I use to read mysteries stories. The problem I had with them was I would be reading and it would get late. I had to work the next morning. It was after midnight.
The problem was it was just about that time in the book where the Villain would have the pretty young thing tied up on the saw
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Baptist
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 23, 2006
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The Bible according to kids:
IN THE FIRST BOOK OF THE BIBLE, GUINESSIS. GOD GOT TIRED OF CREATING THE WORLD SO HE TOOK THE SABBATH OFF.
ADAM AND EVE WERE CREATED FROM AN APPLE TREE. NOAH’S WIFE WAS JOAN OF ARK. NOAH BUILT AND ARK AND THE ANIMALS CAME ON IN PEARS.
SAMSON SLAYED THE PHILISTINES
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Independent/Bible
As a young father, one of the great delights I had was putting the presents for my children under the Christmas tree each year. The bigger ones that required assembly would always make the night a little longer than it should have been, because I always prided myself in my ability to figure out
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Baptist
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