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  • There Was Once A Christian Celebration On The ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 14, 2004
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    There was once a Christian celebration on the west coast of Africa, when converted natives brought of their meager possessions to show their devotion to Christ, a young girl only recently saved from paganism brought a silver coin worth about eighty-five cents, and handed this to the missionary as ...read more

  • The Ring Vs. The Shire  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Feb 21, 2005
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    The Ring vs. The Shire Frodo is a Hobbit of the Shire, where the rule of life could be taken directly from 1 Thessalonians 4:11 – "Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you," But he carries the ring of power and all it’s ...read more

  • Did You Hear About The Twenty-Dollar Bill And A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Apr 6, 2006
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    Did you hear about the twenty-dollar bill and a one-dollar bill talking to one another? They were telling each other where they had been. The twenty said he had just been on a whirlwind trip. He had been to the casinos and to the movies. He had been to a baseball game and purchased hotdogs and ...read more

  • I've Become Convinced That The Problem With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 30, 2006
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    “I’ve become convinced that the problem with believing the Bible is not based on what we don’t understand about the Bible – but it’s based on what we do understand about the Bible. “What we do understand challenges everything about us. Jesus calls us to follow him, and that means we have to give ...read more

  • Sacrifice Is What Milton Olive Iii Was All ...

    Contributed by Todd Stiles on Nov 16, 2006
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    Sacrifice is what Milton Olive III was all about! As a Pfc. in the Vietnam War, he and four other soldiers were moving through a Vietnam jungle together when a grenade was thrown into their midst. Pfc. Olive saw the grenade, and then saved the lives of his fellow soldiers at the sacrifice of his ...read more

  • Nova Scotia. The Manager Of An Insurance Agency ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 17, 2006
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    Nova Scotia. The manager of an insurance agency group told the salesmen under him that they weren’t being assertive enough. They weren’t showing a willingness to do whatever it takes to get their job done. One agent wanted to change that right away. Outside the window, on the 17th floor, were ...read more

  • I Hear Parents Say "Yeah My Daughter Has 4.0 ...

    Contributed by James Chandler on Jan 23, 2007
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    I hear parents say “Yeah my daughter has 4.0 grade point average” or “My son is averaging 10 points a game in basketball.” Not very often do I hear parents say “My child’s prayer life is really growing into something wonderful.” What kind of a dad am I, if I know my children’s grade point average ...read more

  • Strauss On The Death Of Jesus

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Feb 19, 2010
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    STRAUSS ON THE DEATH OF JESUS The German skeptic David Friedrich Strauss, who spent most of his life arguing against the fundamental truths of Christianity, famously discounted this theory in his book, The Life of Jesus for the People. He wrote: "To conceive of a man hanging on a Roman cross in a ...read more

  • The Love For God's House

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 14, 2010
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    THE LOVE FOR GOD'S HOUSE No wonder the Psalmist longed for God’s House. It is sad that many people, even some who claim to know Christ, take so little interest in His church-—the Church He purchased with His own blood. Some people only show up on important occasions in life. The only time the ...read more

  • They Didn't Live Happily Ever After

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Dec 4, 2010
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    THEY DIDN'T LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER For the first time in her life, four year-old Suzie had just been told the story of "Snow White." She could hardly wait to get home from nursery school to tell her mommy. With wide-eyed excitement, she retold the fairy tale to her mother that afternoon. After ...read more

  • How To Be Liked By Your Peers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 30, 2012
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    HOW TO BE LIKED BY YOUR PEERS ScienceDaily (Apr. 16, 2010) — People who pursue happiness through material possessions are liked less by their peers than people who pursue happiness through life experiences, according to a new study...The "take home" message in his most recent study, which appears ...read more

  • Hudson Taylor's Example

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2013
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    HUDSON TAYLOR'S EXAMPLE Years ago the communist government in China commissioned an author to write a biography of Hudson Taylor with the purpose of distorting the facts and presenting him in a bad light. They wanted to discredit the name of this consecrated missionary of the gospel. As the author ...read more

  • Ronald Reagan Forgave

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 27, 2014
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    RONALD REAGAN FORGAVE President Ronald Reagan has always been one of my heroes in life. His forgiveness of his enemies was one of the many things that made him great. Ronald Reagan's attitude after the 1982 assassination attempt on his life made an impression on his daughter, Patti Davis. As she ...read more

  • Ralph Barton, A Successful Cartoonist, Left This ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Ralph Barton, a successful cartoonist, left this note pinned to his pillow as he took his own life: “I have had few difficulties, many friends, great successes; I have gone from wife to wife, and from house to house, visited great countries of the world, but I am fed up with inventing devices to ...read more

  • Before World War Ii, Nora Waln Wrote A Book ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 9, 2007
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    Before World War II, Nora Waln wrote a book exposing Hitler and his Nazi plotters. The book, Reaching for the Stars, was intercepted in the German mails on its way to an American publisher. She fled to London, rewrote the book from memory and sent copies to Heinrich Himmler, the Nazi hangman. He ...read more

  • One Of My Pastors As A Young Man Used This ...

    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 21, 2007
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    One of my pastors as a young man used this illustration. A guy was asking another guy about his plans for the future. He asked him what are your plans. The guy responded, "I plan on graduating from college and getting a good job." The first guy said, "and then what?" The second guy said, "I’ll ...read more

  • Arthur John Gossip Was A Great Preacher In The ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Nov 18, 2007
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    Arthur John Gossip was a great preacher in the Church of Scotland. When he was pastor at Beechgrove Church in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1927 he suddenly lost his beloved wife. The following Sunday he preached perhaps the greatest sermon of the Twentieth Century “When Life Tumbles In, What Then?” ...read more

  • For Those Who Are Single And Wish To Marry, You ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007
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    For those who are single and wish to marry, you must pray, prepare yourself as a bride is to be adorned for her husband (Rev. 21:2, 19:7-8) and go where you are called. You must discover your gifts, develop your gifts and demonstrate your gifts. This thereby attracts the mate that best first with ...read more

  • Francis Schaeffer Struggled To Know God's Will In ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 3, 2008
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    Francis Schaeffer struggled to know God’s will in his life. His father wanted to hear from him soon as to what he was going to be and do in life. His heart was all out to pursue medicine and become a physician. His parents desired him to take on engineering. There was a tussle. It could go either ...read more

  • Jesus Christ Is The Only One Who Walked Past The ...

    Contributed by J. Allen Lucas on Mar 23, 2008
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    Jesus Christ is the only one who walked past the grave! That grave is empty today! We celebrate a risen Christ. Not a dead Christ, but a risen Christ. He didn’t mess around with death, He conquered death and now through Him, we will conquer death. Oh death where is thy sting, oh grave where ...read more