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  • Dale Carnegie In Yellowstone  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2009
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    DALE CARNEGIE IN YELLOWSTONE Ephesians 4:32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. This command is again repeated by Paul to the Colossians in 3:13, 13Bear with each other and forgive... The alternative to forgiveness is bitterness and ...read more

  • Many People Find It Much Easier To ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 18, 2010
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    Many people find it much easier to compartmentalize their lives and justify their inconsistencies. Consider this story. A man and his girlfriend went to a fast food restaurant. They bought a bucket of chicken to take on a picnic, but the cashier mistakenly gave them the bucket full of the day’s ...read more

  • Questions Help You Learn...?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2010
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    QUESTIONS HELP YOU LEARN...? A father and his small son were out walking one day when the lad asked how electricity could go through the wires stretched between the telephone poles. "I don't know," said his father. "I never knew much about electricity." A few blocks farther on, the boy asked ...read more

  • George Macdonald And Alan Redpath On The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2010
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    George MacDonald and Alan Redpath on the Importance of Depending Upon God George MacDonald, "In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably." Any seemingly successful person who does it independently of God is above all most miserable! Man is incomplete until he ...read more

  • Shaping To Fit "Up There"

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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    SHAPING TO FIT "UP THERE" A Christian man who in a time of business recession lost his job. He then also lost a sizable fortune, and his beautiful home. To add to his sorrow, his wife died, and having no children and very few relatives, he found himself very much alone. The man was a Christian and ...read more

  • Are You Going Deaf?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jul 2, 2011
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    ARE YOU GOING DEAF? Fed up with people telling him he was going deaf, a man went to get his hearing tested. After examining the man, the audiologist place a clock on a desk and asked the man if he could hear it ticking. The man replied; "Yes I can." The audiologist then placed the clock at the ...read more

  • I Shall Be Alive...

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 11, 2011
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    I SHALL BE ALIVE... One of the penetrating churchmen of the past generation was Reverend James Gordon Gilkey. While living in Portland, Oregon, he was told by his physician that he had an incurable disease. Death could not be averted, nor long delayed. What did he do? Here is his own story: "I ...read more

  • Tommy's Dog

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Sep 2, 2011
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    TOMMY'S DOG Tommy, one of my neighbor's grandsons, walked into the convenience store and asked the clerk for a box of Tide so that he could wash his dog, Petey. The clerk was appalled and told the boy, "Son, you can't use Tide on a dog. It might hurt him. Are you sure you want Tide?" "Oh, yes," ...read more

  • The Terrible Grip

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 8, 2011
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    THE TERRIBLE GRIP Lucas Sibanda, a South African was walking along a remote path, was minding his own business when a python slithered out from behind some shrubs. Sibanda froze. Within a few seconds the snake had wrapped itself around him and began constricting. Pythons are large snakes that ...read more

  • We Had Been Given A Gift To Go The Whitewater ...

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Dec 9, 2011
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    We had been given a gift to go the Whitewater Center in Charlotte, NC to go on a Rope Course and Zip Line. First of all you get into a harness which feels like you are a two year old that has just gotten into trouble for the 20th time. Now you are on a leash, a short leash. The rope course is ...read more

  • The Access Of A Son

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 25, 2011
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    THE ACCESS OF A SON Dale was one of my childhood friends. His dad ran the projectors in one of the local movie theatres. If I went to that theatre without Dale I paid full admission and had to sit on the main floor with everyone else. If I went with Dale, I got in free and got to sit up in the ...read more

  • He Knows About Me

    Contributed by Tim White on Apr 2, 2012
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    HE KNOWS ABOUT ME When I was talking with another counselor once, he asked if he could take me through an exercise that he uses to help people struggling with assurance or attaining victory, and/or were stalled in Christian growth. He had me close my eyes and imagine that Jesus Christ walks into ...read more

  • What Commitment?

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jul 1, 2012
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    WHAT COMMITMENT? When I was in my first year of ministry, I walked into our District preachers meeting at the same time as Bobbie Potter, who was pastor of Munholland UMC in Old Metairie. He asked if I preach last Sunday which I did. Then he asked, "What did you ask them to commit to?" I said I ...read more

  • Marriage Takes Hard Work

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Aug 28, 2012
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    MARRIAGE TAKES HARD WORK Good marriages are designed in heaven, but they are made on earth. And it takes hard work. It reminds me of the pastor of a big city church who ran an ad for a caretaker/housekeeper. The next day, a well-dressed young man appeared at the pastor's door. But before he ...read more

  • Who Am I?  PRO

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Feb 26, 2013
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    WHO AM I? The German philosopher, Immanuel Kant, used to love to take long walks of a summer evening, meditating and thinking. On one occasion he was seated in a park when a suspicious policeman noticed that he had been there for several hours. The policeman came up to him and said, "What are you ...read more

  • Looking At The Door

    Contributed by Kevin Humphrey on Mar 12, 2013
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    LOOKING AT THE DOOR A defendant was on trial for murder. There was strong evidence indicating guilt, but there was no corpse. The lawyer, knowing that his client would probably be convicted, resorted to a trick: "Within one minute, the person presumed dead in this case will walk into this ...read more

  • No Slackers  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 2, 2013
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     | 5,967 views

    NO SLACKERS A large company, feeling it was time for a shakeup, hired a new CEO. This new boss was determined to rid the company of all slackers. On a tour of the facilities, the CEO noticed a guy leaning on a wall. The room was full of workers and he wanted to let them know that he meant ...read more

  • New Perspective

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 15, 2013
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    New Perspective A guy was crossing the street to visit his neighbor. As he started to cross the street, a car was bearing down on him, so he stopped and backed up to the curb. The car stopped, so he started to cross, and the car started to move toward him. He changed direction and went back to the ...read more

  • If I Could Rescue Just One Person...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 23, 2014
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    In 1879, Charlie Peace, a well-known criminal in London, faced execution by hanging. When he was marched to the gallows, a minister walked behind him. In keeping with custom, the minister read aloud this passage from a prayer book, "Those who die without Christ experience hell, which is the pain ...read more

  • During The Great Depression A Good Man Lost H...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 9, 2015
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    During the Great Depression a good man lost his job, exhausted his savings, and forfeited his home. His grief was multiplied by the sudden death of his young wife. The only thing he had left was his faith. One day as he combed the neighborhood looking for work he stopped to watch as men did ...read more