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  • As I Was Growing Up One Of My Favourite Books Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Oct 31, 2005
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    As I was growing up one of my favourite books was ‘The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.’ I can’t wait for 9 December 2005 when the new film hits our screens! (UK) Early on in the book I remember that Lucy finds her way to a fantasy world called Narnia. She meets a fawn called Tumnus, and while ...read more

  • History Records For Us An Interesting Footnote. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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    History records for us an interesting footnote. It was during the dark winter of 1864. At Petersburg, Virginia, the Confederate army of Robert E. Lee faced the Union divisions of General Ulysses S. Grant. The war was now three and a half years old and the glorious charge had long since given way to ...read more

  • Bob Harris, Weatherman For Ny Tv Station Wpix-Tv ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
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    Bob Harris, weatherman for NY TV station WPIX-TV and the nationally syndicated independent Network news, had to weather a public storm of his own making in 1979. Though he had studied math, physics and geology at three colleges, he left school without a degree but with a strong desire to be a media ...read more

  • The Wall Separating Church And Economics Is Being ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
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    The Wall Separating Church And Economics is being breached. “More and more scholars have been using conventional economic methods to understand the way in which religion relates to the rest of society, and to the economy in particular,” says George Mason University professor Laurence R. Iannaccone. ...read more

  • At A Recent Gathering Of Seminary Professors, One ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    At a recent gathering of seminary professors, one teacher reported that at his school the most damaging charge one student can lodge against another is that the person is being "judgmental." He found this pattern very upsetting. "You can’t get a good argument going in class anymore," he said. "As ...read more

  • On A Cold Winter Evening A Man Suffered A Heart ...

    Contributed by David Johnston on Sep 24, 2006
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    On a cold winter evening a man suffered a heart attack and after being admitted to the hospital, asked the nurse to call his daughter. He explained, "You see, I live alone and she is the only family I have." The nurse went to phone the daughter. The daughter was quite upset and shouted, "You must ...read more

  • On A Cold Winter Evening A Man Suffered A Heart ...

    Contributed by David Johnston on Sep 24, 2006
     | 1,760 views

    On a cold winter evening a man suffered a heart attack and after being admitted to the hospital, asked the nurse to call his daughter. He explained, "You see, I live alone and she is the only family I have." The nurse went to phone the daughter. The daughter was quite upset and shouted, "You must ...read more

  • A Visiting Preacher Once Stayed In A House Of A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Sep 27, 2006
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    A visiting preacher once stayed in a house of a widow. He’d arrived on the Saturday before he was to preach on the Sunday, and the lady of the house, being that sort of person, had given up her bedroom for the guest. When he got up in the morning he threw back the curtains and looked out on a ...read more

  • It's Not Too Late For Any Of Us. But We Can't ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Mar 10, 2007
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    It’s not too late for any of us. But we can’t guarantee that for even the next few seconds. When God gives us the one more last chance we ask for, it may really be the last one he plans to give us. Charlene Cothran is the publisher of Venus Magazine, which is a periodical for lesbians of African ...read more

  • Unknown Source) Once Upon A Time There Was A ...

    Contributed by Darrin Hunt on May 10, 2007
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    (Unknown source) Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born. So one day he asked God, “They tell me You’re sending me to earth soon. But how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?" •Among the many angels, I chose one for you. She will be waiting for you and will take care ...read more

  • When I Was In Boy Scouts Growing Up In Tennessee, ...

    Contributed by Chris Edmondson on May 26, 2007
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    When I was in Boy Scouts growing up in Tennessee, one of the things I learned working for my First Aid Merit badge was this: “If you came upon a person involved in the scene of an accident, and they are bleeding profusely, and they are not breathing, which need to you tend to first?” You stop the ...read more

  • Several Years Ago A Schoolteacher Assigned To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Several years ago a schoolteacher assigned to visit children in a large city hospital received a routine call requesting that she visit a particular child. She took the boy’s name and room number and was told by the teacher on the other end of the line, "We’re studying nouns and adverbs in his ...read more

  • Ministry As A Jockey

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Nov 10, 2007
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    And when we, when people discover the power of the resurrection of Jesus, this affects how we approach life, how we live. Many of us have heard of Darren Beadman. His is one of the celebrity jockeys, in one year the horses he rode earnt $9.6 million dollars. In 1990 and 1996 he rode Melbourne Cup ...read more

  • The Following Cases Of Rebellion Have Been ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 12, 2007
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    The following cases of rebellion have been highlighted by the article Characteristics of A Culture in Rebellion Against God by Dr. Phil Stringer (Florida) 1. A case in point on rebellion: Homosexuality is the ultimate form of rebellion against God. It involves not only rebelling against the ...read more

  • Barnabas Was Seeing So Many People Come To Jesus ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 21, 2008
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    -Barnabas was seeing so many people come to Jesus that he knew he needed more help. So, he set out for Tarsus (probably on foot) to find Saul. Tarsus was 100 miles around the NE corner of the Mediterranean Sea from Antioch. It probably took him a few days to get there. Why did he go to all that ...read more

  • God Will Often Allow Crises Into ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 29, 2008
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    Illustration: God will often allow crises into our lives to show us where we put our confidence. There was a farmer who one day went happily and with great joy in his heart to report to his wife and family that their best cow had given birth to twin calves, one red and one white. And he said, “You ...read more

  • Do They Know You Love Them?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
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    DO THEY KNOW YOU LOVE THEM? On a cold winter evening a man suffered a heart attack and after being admitted to the hospital, the man asked the nurse to call his daughter. He explained, "You see, I live alone and she is the only family I have." The nurse went to phone the daughter. The daughter was ...read more

  • Australia Prime Minister John Howard Finally Had ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jul 12, 2008
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    Australia Prime Minister John Howard finally had enough of being told what Australia should do by Muslims who want to live under Sharia Law! He spoke out last week on television saying… "Immigrants, not Australians must adapt. Take it or leave it. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether ...read more

  • On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    ON BACKSLIDING A. M. Hills (From Backsliders and Worldly Christians) -- "It is doubtful if a moral fall is ever precipitous. People decline in religion and backslide gradually. Like descending a stairway, they go down step by step." Herman Melville -- "We warn you against little concessions, ...read more

  • What Keeps You From Church?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    WHAT KEEPS YOU FROM CHURCH? A young woman in China had been invited to a church and had gone just to please her friend. While she was there, she received Jesus Christ and began attending regularly. She did that because she found pure joy in her soul while she was at church. That was the one place ...read more