Contributed by Butch Vernon on Nov 6, 2005
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Irwin McManus in his awesome book ‘The Barbarian Way’ speaks of rhinos and their limitations. ‘But my favorite of all is the group designation for rhinos. You see, rhinos can run thirty miles an hour, which is pretty fast when you consider how much weight they’re pulling. They’re actually faster
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 5, 2012
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Too often, churchgoers can become “spiritual hitchhikers”.
Have you ever been driving along the road when suddenly you saw a hitchhiker ahead?
What’s the universal symbol of the hitchhiker? (his thumb)
His thumb signal is giving a message loud and clear,
"If you will furnish the car, the
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Contributed by Kelly Mitchell on Aug 15, 2012
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In May of 1846, 187 men, women and children left from Missouri in a wagon train headed to California. There was nothing exceptional about the group or this journey and we would have never known about them had they not made the decision to try a shortcut. The “Hastings Cutoff”, as it was known,
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(Note: I used this illustration as part of a funeral message in January 2017)
Back when I was 11 years of age, I really discovered pro baseball! We lived about four hours away from Cincinnati, Ohio, at the time—which was no problem for me!
Well, I must have really pestered Dad because he
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Apr 26, 2007
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3. A FEW BELIEVED…
One of the great films of 1999 was The Matrix, starring Keanu Reeves. It’s a futuristic sci-fi movie, where the world has been taken over by computers. The computers need the energy that comes from human bodies, so they keep a supply of genetically engineered humans in a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Let me give you some practical advice. Three things that have tended to help me deal with my priorities and events that happen in my day.
1. There are only 24 hours in a day. There is only so much you can get done today – so be realistic when you schedule your day. Don’t schedule your day so
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 8, 2001
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Back in June of 1999, Eddie Stankey died at the age of 83. Time Magazine carried his obituary. It seems that in his day, Stankey (nicknamed “the brat”) had been a “pugnacious pennant-winning 2nd basemen for such championship teams as the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Boston Braves and the New York Giants.
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Contributed by Glenn Teal on Nov 20, 2001
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I love the opening scene from the movie: Sense and Sensibility starring Emma Thompson. As the movie opens a dying father leaves his inheritance to his son after making the son promise that he will be very generous to his sisters. On the way home from his father’s deathbed the son’s hard-hearted
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Contributed by David Yarbrough on Mar 18, 2002
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I heard about a rich man who was determined to take his wealth with him. He told his wife to get all his money together, put it in a sack, and then hang the sack from the rafters in the attic. He said, "When my spirit is caught up to heaven, I’ll grab the sack on my way." Well he eventually died,
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Nov 24, 2001
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The Roman’s Road to Salvation has been a traditional way of leading persons to faith in Christ for many years. Here is a brief outline of that plan.
1. Every human is a sinner. Romans 3:23
2. God’s penalty for sin is death. Romans 6:23
3. In His great love, God has made provision for the salvation
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Contributed by Bryan Ness on Sep 4, 2002
Edward A. Murphy was an engineer working on Air Force Project MX981 in 1949, designed to see how much sudden deceleration a person can stand in a crash.
One day, after finding that a transducer was wired wrong, he cursed the technician responsible and said, "If there is any way to do it wrong,
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Contributed by Paul Kallan on Jan 17, 2003
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Some years ago, there was a very famous film star, MG Ramachandran by name, in Tamil Nadu in India. In his films he always acted as a fighter of injustice and a saviour of the poor, the helpless and the oppressed. He was the saviour who wiped the tears of misery and showed the helpless the way to
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