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  • Take A Young Man From A Wealthy Family, Strip Him ...

    Contributed by Tobin Crenshaw on Aug 15, 2010
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    Take a young man from a wealthy family, strip him of all of his money until he finds himself homeless and has to beg on the street, hold him in a cell as a prisoner of war in a foreign land, and turn his family against him and what are the odds you would give for him to impact the world? Or ...read more

  • When I Was In High School, My Thoughts Were; To ...

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Aug 30, 2010
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    When I was in high school, my thoughts were; to graduate, get a really good job and make lots of money and then live happily ever after. So, you can imagine what ran through my mind when I saw my ideal job being advertised in the paper. The ad read something like this: I need one young man who is ...read more

  • Truly Thankful: J. B. Fuqua

    Contributed by Richard Jumper on Nov 16, 2010
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    TRULY THANKFUL: J. B. FUQUA When J. B. Fuqua was just a boy, someone lent him a helping hand. And he paid them back millions of times over for their kindness. J. B. grew up in rural Virginia in the years after World War I. Those were lean times for many people. J. B. made up his mind at a young ...read more

  • I Thought We'd Talk More About God

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 11, 2011
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    I THOUGHT WE'D TALK MORE ABOUT GOD Some years ago, a woman came to me for counseling. Her husband had died suddenly from a rapidly growing cancer, and she was overcome not only with grief but with fear regarding her future. She did not now know who she was or where she was to go. She was beside ...read more

  • How Much Land?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2011
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    HOW MUCH LAND? In his 1886 short story "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" Leo Tolstoy shows how a continual desire for more can ultimately cause us to lose everything. The main character of the story is a peasant named Pahóm, who at the beginning can be heard complaining that he does not own ...read more

  • Broken Vessels Wanted  PRO

    Contributed by David Robb on Jun 1, 2011
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    Broken Vessels Wanted (David Robb) My tears of weeping are pleasing to the Lord. My cries of emptiness are a song to His heart. He is pleased with me when I am broken, because, what He desires most of me is a broken spirit and a humble heart. He desires that of me because, with a broken ...read more

  • Never Go Hungry Again

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 14, 2011
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    NEVER GO HUNGRY AGAIN Fred and Cheryl went to Haiti in 1985 to bring a child home that they had adopted. Addie was five years old. Her parents had been killed in a traffic accident that left her without a family, but as she walked across the tarmac to board the plane, the tiny orphan reached up ...read more

  • Community: A Lost Art  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 14, 2011
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    COMMUNITY: A LOST ART I inherited an old trunk that sat in my grandma’s basement. It had belonged to the generation before, who had used it to bring their possessions across the sea from Sweden. It sits in my dining room. It smells a little musty, but I treasure it as a link to my heritage. I was ...read more

  • God's Word In A Mental Hospital

    Contributed by Michael Walther on Jul 11, 2011
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    GOD'S WORD IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL I think you'll agree that all true and sincere spiritual movement in your life has been caused and created by the word of God. I served for one year as a part-time chaplain at a mental hospital. One of my duties there was to help people suffering from chemical ...read more

  • The Disease Of "Me"

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2011
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    THE DISEASE OF "ME" Basketball coach Pat Riley in his book The Winner Within tells about the 1980 World Championship Los Angeles Lakers. They won the NBA Championship that year, and they were recognized as the best basketball team in the world. They began their 1980-1981 season considered likely ...read more

  • Faster And Faster  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
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    FASTER AND FASTER Does anyone here know who "Million Dollar Bill" is? If you guessed Bill Gates, then you would be wrong. Another nickname is "Awesome Bill from Dawsonville." In the year 1987, at Talladega Motor Speedway, Bill Elliot set the fastest recorded speed for a qualifying lap at 212.809 ...read more

  • The Persuasion Of A Changed Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 18, 2011
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    THE PERSUASION OF A CHANGED LIFE The power of your changed life can be very persuasive even to those who refuse to be persuaded by the word itself. Just a few years ago, Decision magazine told the story of Rick and Shawna Pilat, a Winnipeg couple who had recently come to faith in Christ. For ...read more

  • 9/11: The Last One Rescued

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 19, 2011
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    9/11: THE LAST ONE RESCUED Genelle Guzman McMillan wanted a change from her home in Trinidad, so she moved to New York in 1998. In order to stay in New York, McMillan knew she needed to get a good, steady job. She couldn't believe it when she was hired at one of the World Trade Towers and was ...read more

  • One Life At A Time: Rudy's Story

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
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    ONE LIFE AT A TIME: RUDY'S STORY Rudy Rasmus learned the family business from his father when he was just five years old. His dad brought home a set of blueprints and unveiled his business plans. He said, "This a motel and other people's husbands are going to come and give us money to spend time ...read more

  • Sending The Very Best  PRO

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Nov 18, 2011
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    SENDING THE VERY BEST Someone has composed the following list of "Cards You'll Never See at Hallmark": "Looking back over the years that we've been together, I can't help but wonder.... What was I thinking?!" "I've always wanted to have someone to hold, someone to love.... After having ...read more

  • Simple Solutions

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 1, 2011
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    SIMPLE SOLUTIONS A toothpaste factory had a problem: they sometimes shipped empty boxes, without the tube inside. This was due to the way the production line was set up, and people with experience in designing production lines will tell you how difficult it is to have everything happen with ...read more

  • I Didn't Save You. God Did.

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
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    "I DIDN'T SAVE YOU. GOD DID." Fireman Edward Cushing tells the story of an old frame house burning on the southside of Chicago. He ordered the hoses to start fighting the fire and then dashed inside and pulled three people out. When the blaze was over, the Chief came over and told him he did a ...read more

  • Brett Favre's Perseverance

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 7, 2012
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    BRETT FAVRE'S PERSEVERANCE The man, the myth, the legend was born in a tiny rural Mississippi town called Kiln, population 2,040. As a grandson of a Choctaw Indian, he played strong safety, kicker, punter, and quarterback for his high school team that passed less than five times a game. Favre ...read more

  • Story: Some Years Ago, I Attended Called A ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Feb 23, 2013
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    Story: Some years ago, I attended called a conference called “Spring Harvest at Work” in Sheffield (in November 1998). And what was memorable for me was that the conference organisers sprang a surprise interviewee on us – Jim Bakker- a pariah in the Evangelical community. Indeed he was such an ...read more

  • He Told Me So

    Contributed by C. Scott Ghan on Jun 3, 2013
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    "HE TOLD ME SO" If you have ever clung to a child near death you know the dramatic fork in the road. You either give in almost totally to despair, fear, hopelessness, knowing death is eminent, realizing no miracle cure is coming, you are fighting a losing battle. --Or...you believe there is a ...read more