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  • Marriage: Sleeping On The ...

    Contributed by Tim Harlow on May 13, 2009
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    MARRIAGE: SLEEPING ON THE HIDE-A-BED Doug and Sylvia Whitt were on their honeymoon, and it was late, after the wedding and all this stuff and they went into the room. It was this beautiful room, and it had all the amenities. They realized there was no bed there. They were like "this is kind of ...read more

  • 1938 God Moves In Mysterious ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 15, 2009
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    1938 God Moves In Mysterious Ways At age 32, William Cowper passed through a great crisis in his life. He tried to end his life by taking laudanum. Then he hired a horse-drawn cabbie, ordering the driver to take him to the Thames, intending to throw himself from the bridge. It was one of London’s ...read more

  • Knowing Scripture To Save Your Life

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 19, 2009
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    KNOWING SCRIPTURE TO SAVE YOUR LIFE Several years ago in Guatemala, a young Christian named Paulos had been arrested with a gang of robbers. In that place and in those days, anyone suspected of a crime, was immediately taken to an open field, ordered to dig a hole, and then toppled into the hole ...read more

  • X As Head Of The Iraqi Olympic Committee, Uday ...

    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 28, 2009
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    „X As head of the Iraqi Olympic Committee, Uday oversaw the imprisonment and torture of Iraqi athletes who were deemed not to have performed to expectations. According to widespread reports, torturers beat and caned the soles of the football players’ feet -- inflicting intense pain without leaving ...read more

  • Jonathan Edwards, Who Was One Of America's ...

    Contributed by Bret Toman on May 20, 2010
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    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 ...read more

  • Crashing Through  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 9, 2011
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     | 4,198 views

    CRASHING THROUGH At three years old, Mike Mays was accidentally blinded by a chemical explosion when he and his 4-year-old sister were playing in the garage. He lived his entire life until he was well into his forties before having his eyesight was restored by a pioneering ophthalmologist. But ...read more

  • Blind But Now I See  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Buckingham on Jul 8, 2011
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    BLIND BUT NOW I SEE Peter spent a few years trying to cope with his blindness, learning ways of looking after himself so that he wasn’t so much a burden upon his family, although they still continued to visit on the odd occasion. He also learned how to read Braille. Then one day he was informed ...read more

  • Ken Wales: Christian Integrity

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2012
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    KEN WALES: CHRISTIAN INTEGRITY Ken Wales is a TV and film producer, who has produced several, award-winning TV series and films, including Christy, East of Eden and the highly-acclaimed movie Amazing Grace. Wales has enjoyed tremendous success as a producer, but he started his Hollywood career ...read more

  • Prayer And The Motorcycle  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Nov 13, 2012
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    PRAYER AND THE MOTORCYCLE There was a woman at work when she received a phone call that her daughter was very sick with a fever. She left work and stopped by the pharmacy to get some medication for her daughter. She returned to her car to find that she had locked the keys inside the car when ...read more

  • Mired In The Mud

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Dec 14, 2015
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    When I was 17 I went for my first road test to get my driver’s license. In order to receive this privilege to drive, an officer accompanied me to observe my skills. As part of the test I was required to make a 3 point road turn on a narrow road. I pulled forward, turned my wheel, and proceeded to ...read more

  • Renewed Like The Eagle  PRO

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 24, 2016
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    RENEWED LIKE THE EAGLE When the Psalmist mentions the renewal of the eagle, he may be referring to the "molting process" in an eagle’s life. As eagles age, their beaks and talons become encrusted with calcium. Thus, neither is as sharp as they once were. When this happens the aging eagle cannot ...read more

  • On Books

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    ILL.- TEACHER: Who is your favorite author? PUPIL: George Washington. TEACHER: But George Washington never wrote any books. PUPIL: You got it. TEACHER: How many books have you read in your lifetime? PUPIL: I don’t know. I’m not dead yet. TEACHER: What does your history book tell you about the ...read more

  • Many People Remember Former New York Mayor Rudy ...

    Contributed by Adam Couchman on Jun 18, 2007
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    Many people remember former New York Mayor Rudy Gulliani specifically because of his leadership following the World Trade Centre attacks in September, 2001. But he will also be remembered for dramatically reducing the crime levels in New York City. For many years New York’s reputation throughout ...read more

  • Facts About America And References To God

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 5, 2007
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    Facts about America and references to God: * All 50 state constitutions refer to "God" and a higher power in them! * Everyone of the country’s major anthems including “The Star-Spangled Banner,” “America” and “My Country Tis of Thee” speaks in some way about pray and God. *The first book printed ...read more

  • A Friend In Erie Who Had A Huge Irish Setter. ...

    Contributed by Art Good on Jul 26, 2007
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    A friend in Erie who had a huge Irish Setter. Truman was not very discriminating when it came to chasing after female dogs. He didn’t much care what kind of dog she was, he was interested. Truman was getting himself in trouble so my friend put in one of those invisible fences. Collar on dog. ...read more

  • There Is A Very Old Story About A Man And His Boy ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 31, 2007
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    There is a very old story about a man and his boy who were walking through the jungle and came upon a man who had fallen into a pit dug to trap lions. He had been trying in vain for hours to climb out and had accomplished nothing except to exhaust himself. Nighttime was about to fall and both he ...read more

  • Not A Time For Weak-Hearted Preaching

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 1, 2007
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    Not A Time For Weak-Hearted Preaching By Fred Jackson and Jody Brown November 22, 2002 (Agape Press) - A well known Bible teacher and author is calling on pastors to confront false beliefs from the pulpit. John MacArthur says no epoch in history has witnessed the rise of as many dangerous belief ...read more

  • One Time I Was Leading A Retreat For Single, ...

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jan 24, 2008
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    One time I was leading a retreat for single, middle-age people, that is people in their 40s and 50s. When I looked on the roster, there was a man I knew was 75 if he were a day, but he had signed up so I didn’t question his age. He was a regular at the church and had gone on other retreats. I ...read more

  • The Late Rev. Dr. John Rowan Claypool Iv Served ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Feb 3, 2008
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    The late Rev. Dr. John Rowan Claypool IV served as a pastor for 47 years, first in Southern Baptist Congregations in the South and then from 1986 to 2000 as the Rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Birmingham, Alabama. In his sermon entitled “The Future and Forgetting,” he shares this ...read more

  • Dr Tim Keller Is The Senior Minister In A Church ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Jack on Mar 17, 2008
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    Dr Tim Keller is the senior minister in a church next to the world trade centre – the Redeemer Church. And he talks about a debate he was in with a Muslim scholar before a university audience. The debate went on as most of those debates do with perfect civility as they expressed their point of ...read more