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  • A Wealthy Man And His Son Loved To Collect Rare ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A wealthy man and his son loved to collect rare works of art. They had everything in their collection, from Picasso to Raphael. They would often sit together and admire the great works of art. When the Vietnam conflict broke out, the son went to war. He was very courageous and died in battle while ...read more

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  • I Recently Went To An Art Exhibit In ...

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 25, 2007
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    I recently went to an art exhibit in Winston-Salem, NC featuring the work of the artist Grandma Moses. Her art work is best described as American Folk Art with primitive and colorful paintings of rural scenes. When I look at her work it brings me a warm and content feeling, despite its ...read more

    Denomination: Methodist

  • Seven Year Old Tommy Had Been Asking His Parents ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Oct 30, 2007
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    Seven year old Tommy had been asking his parents for a dog but they were not convinced that the family needed one. After Tommy’s repeated pleas, his dad told him if he would help his mother with chores around the house he could earn enough money to buy a dog. Tommy was more than eager to accept ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Fight Club

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Feb 9, 2008
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    In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Three In One who makes our lives more beautiful than what they could ever be on their own. Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, About ten years ago, a movie came out that just about everyone saw. It was called “Fight ...read more

    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Perhaps The Most Famous Missing Man In American ...

    Contributed by Joe La Rue on Mar 18, 2008
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    Perhaps the most famous missing man in American history is Judge Joe Crater, who was an associate justice of the New York Supreme Court when he vanished without a trace in August, 1930. One of the most recognizable people in New York City, he was vacationing with his wife in Maine when he received ...read more

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • A Prayer Of God's ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Apr 21, 2009
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    A PRAYER OF GOD’S SERVANTS We are God’s servants. We put God’s love for all people first. No race is superior to another. No government is more loved than another. No nation is dearer than another. We do not put our nation’s economy before God’s economy. He tells us to seek first His Kingdom, ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Here's A Story About A Boy Involved In A ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 16, 2009
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    Here’s a story about a boy involved in a worthwhile activity. Guideposts’ senior staff editor and writer, Richard H. Schneider, included this information in the July 2003 issue of Guideposts. Did you know....................? In the spring of 1958, a 17-year-old, Robert G. Heft, was a high school ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • In The Book

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Oct 19, 2009
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    In the book “101 Romantic Ideas” Laura Jeanne Allen tells the following story. My Grandfather and Grandmother were married for over half a century, and played their own special game from the time they had met each other. The goal of their game was to write the word "SHMILY" in a surprise place ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • The Gift Of The Skates

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
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    THE GIFT OF THE SKATES So how do we recognize His authority in our lives? How do we express our faith and our love to Him? By committing ourselves to His mission. Jesus doesn’t say anything about saving sinners and getting them into heaven. The primary priority of his mission is to preach good ...read more

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  • Looking For Purpose In Life? Then Serve ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009
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    Looking For Purpose in Life? Then Serve Others We need to ask ourselves on a daily basis the following questions: "What are we going to do to be a better Christian? What are we going to do to make our homes happier? What are we going to do to make our church better? What we are going to do to help ...read more

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  • Cuban Missle Crisis Compared To Spiritual ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 1, 2009
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    Cuban Missle Crisis Compared to Spiritual Brinkmanship It is October 14th, and the sun is reflecting mirages of water on an Air Force base runway in southern Florida. The silence of that scene is interrupted as a long-winged plane touches down on the runway and taxies to the hanger. A thousand ...read more

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  • Love Of God

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 16, 2010
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    LOVE OF GOD Let’s say you had a child who kept getting in trouble, you kept bailing him out as a child, and eventually as he grew up even you couldn’t bail him out anymore, you had to let him go live his life the way he was choosing because nothing you or anyone else did could stop ...read more

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  • Who's Your Daddy?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2010
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    WHO'S YOUR DADDY? "A seminary professor was vacationing with his wife in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. One morning they were eating breakfast in a little restaurant, hoping to enjoy a quiet, family meal. While waiting for their food, they noticed a distinguished looking, white haired man moving from ...read more

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  • The Hunger And The Hunt

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Nov 13, 2010
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    THE HUNGER AND THE HUNT "She was not beautiful but her eyes were magnificient. They were piercing and caught the light as jade shards and occasionally as she passed into shadows you could catch glimses of the hunger betrayed in the depths of their opalescent gaze. As the inquisitive marvelled at ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Words In The Spirit

    Contributed by D. Marie Hamilton on Apr 16, 2011
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    WORDS IN THE SPIRIT When I was asked to be the preacher for the North Little Rock Ministerial Alliance Community Thanksgiving Service, I was floored. I didn't think that anybody thought that much about me. I was honored by the gesture, but the moment I said "yes," my nerves got the best of me. I ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Keeping The Last Note

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 21, 2011
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    KEEPING THE LAST NOTE When little Elena was diagnosed with the rare and terminal form of pediatric brain cancer in 2006, her parents were told she had just 135 days to live. The distraught couple vowed to make each moment special for Elena and her sister Gracie, then four. "We wanted to protect ...read more

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  • The Parable Of The Dragonfly

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 23, 2011
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    THE PARABLE OF THE DRAGONFLY Down below the surface of a quiet pond lived a little colony of water bugs. They were a happy colony, living far away from the sun. For many months they were very busy, scurrying over the soft mud on the bottom of the pond. They did notice that every once in a while ...read more

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  • We Lost The Farm

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 8, 2012
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    "WE LOST THE FARM" Richard Culp worked in the hot California sun as foreman of a large ranching operation. He and his wife, Geneva, also owned their own farm, consisting of 200 acres of almond trees. Then years of bad weather and skimpy harvests forced Richard to take on additional work, but even ...read more

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  • Christ Transforms A Prisoner

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 18, 2012
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    CHRIST TRANSFORMS A PRISONER Chuck Colson tells story after story of men in prison who had committed crimes, but who came to Christ and were thoroughly converted. No one would have guessed that some of these men would be devout followers of Christ one day. One such story was the account of a man ...read more

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  • The Best Thanksgiving Ever

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 27, 2014
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    “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus They lived a comfortable life in the upscale part of town, the children were teen and pre-teen then and had most anything their hearts desired. They had begun to recite their ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic