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  • What Is Great Learning?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 21, 2012
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    WHAT IS GREAT LEARNING? Thomas Fuller was born in Africa about 1710. He was sold as a slave in Virginia in 1724. There is some disagreement about whether someone taught him to count to 100 or if he taught himself. He never had a day of formal education. He taught himself to figure in his head how ...read more

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  • Henry Ford: Resisting ...

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Apr 30, 2013
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    HENRY FORD: RESISTING CHANGE Back in 1912, Ford Motor Co. had a production manager named William Knudsen - considered one of the best in his field. Knudsen became convinced that the Model T (which had been in production for 4 years now) had to be updated. But, the only problem was - Henry Ford ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Grandma Minnie's Roses

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 27, 2014
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    “Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind." - Henri Frederick Amiel Grandma Minnie never had much. She grew up poor and learned early the art of survival. A very ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Let Me Use An Illustration From Physical Science ...

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 3, 2008
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    -Let me use an illustration from physical science to give us some insight into the infilling of the HS. If you’ve ever done a speedometer check, then you are probably familiar with the formula for determining velocity or speed. When you take the distance traveled and divide it by the amount of time ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Titanic's Last Hero

    Contributed by Sylvester Fergusson on Jan 25, 2008
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    Titanic’s Last Hero John Harper was born into a Christian family May 29, 1872. He became a Christian 13 years later and had already started preaching by age 17. He received training at the Baptist Pioneer Mission in London, and in 1896 he founded a church, now known as Harper Memorial Church, which ...read more

    Denomination: Adventist

  • Some Years Ago, I Had The Sheer Joy Of Seeing ...

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Mar 7, 2008
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    Some years ago, I had the sheer joy of seeing the movie adaptation of Fulton Oursler’s novel, The Greatest Story Ever Told. I loved the way Max von Sydow brought the personality of Jesus to the screen; it was perhaps the most natural portrayal of our Lord that I’ve ever seen. It was a long movie ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • A Heart Of Sacrifice

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
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    A heart of sacrifice i. ((Lk 10:34-35) "He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I ...read more

  • C ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    CHRISTIANS? Let’s go for a second to the lastest Barna Poll on Born Again Christians. In order to do this we need to understand a little information about what they consider to be a Born Again Christian. In Barna Research Group studies, born again Christians are not defined on the basis of ...read more

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  • In Or Out Of The Fort?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    IN OR OUT OF THE FORT? One of the things I find really neat about this area is all of the forts. You have Fort Morgan, all the Forts over at Pensacola NAS. We have had forts all over this country since the day the Pilgrims first landed, up to right now. Some were made of wood, stone, brick and ...read more

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  • Can't Wait Until Morning  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Gallimore on Aug 28, 2008
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    Can't Wait Until Morning Dr. W. A Criswell, Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas Texas, said on one occasion on an airplane flight he found himself seated beside a well-known theologian. He desperately wanted to start a conversation and they did get to talk. The man told Dr. Criswell about ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Here!

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Feb 9, 2009
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    "HERE!" The Rogers are devout Christians who have built a strong family. The father has a special interest in the spiritual condition of each of his children and often would quiz them in order to know if they were sure of their salvation. Occasionally he would ask them to share in their own words ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Richest Man In Town

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
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    RICHEST MAN IN TOWN In 1972, a young Egyptian businessman named Farahat lost an $11,000 watch. He was stunned when a garbage man dressed in filthy rags found it and returned it to him. Farahat asked him why he didn’t just keep the watch. The garbage man said, "My Christ told me to be honest until ...read more

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  • Danger: Listen

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Aug 21, 2021
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    DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE YOUNG GIRL CUTTING THROUGH THE WOODS TO TAKE HER GRANDMOTHER SOME FOOD? The weather had turned very cold. The snow was coming down. The cold north wind was blowing so hard. The young girl was walking through the field returning home. She heard someone calling to her. ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Five Thousand Fishes And Two Thousand Loves?

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 6, 2022
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    • A young preacher graduated from Bible College and was invited back to his home congregation to preach a sermon. He wanted to make a good impression. He did his best to prepare to preach to his home church. He wrote his sermon word for word and memorized it. He had a very dramatic beginning to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Corrie Ten Boom On Forgiveness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2022
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    Corrie Ten Boom had her entire family killed in a Nazi concentration camp for hiding Jews in their home. In her book, “The Hiding Place” she writes: It was at a church service in Munich that I saw him, a former S.S. man who had stood guard at the shower room door in the processing center at ...read more

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  • The Train And The Boy  PRO

    Contributed by Brent Williams on Jun 7, 2001
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    The Train and the Boy I would like to tell you a story about a man named John Griffith. John was the father of an 8-year-old boy during the 20’s and 30’s. John was very fortunate during those times, because he had job. John loved his son very much. He was the apple of his eye. John’s son was a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • One Of America's Greatest Poets Is Henry ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Skinner on Dec 4, 2005
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    One of America’s greatest poets is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The year 1860 found Longfellow happy in his life, enjoying a widening recognition, and elated over the election of Abraham Lincoln which he believed signaled the triumph of freedom and redemption for the nation. The following year the ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • War Often Brings Out The Good In People, In A Way ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Nov 11, 2006
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    War often brings out the good in people, in a way that we could never imagine. One such man was Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941) Maximilian Kolbe was a Roman Catholic priest, who was put in a Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz for his faith. In the camp, he would share his meagre rations of food ...read more

    Denomination: Anglican

  • Fiddler On The Roof  PRO

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Oct 28, 2002
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    [Fiddler on the Roof] Tevye: "Golde, I have decided to give Perchik permission to become engaged to our daughter, Hodel." Golde: "What? He’s poor! He has nothing, absolutely nothing!" Tevye: "He’s a good man, Golde. I like him. And what’s more important, Hodel likes him. Hodel loves him. So what ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Karl Loved To Follow His Dad Around. From An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Apr 15, 2004
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    Karl loved to follow his dad around. From an early age, Hirschel always found young Karl at his heels. The shelves of books in Hirschel’s Law study fascinated young Karl and the lad quizzed His dad to annoyance. The book Hirschel seemed to love the most was the Torah, the Hebrew Book of Law. ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God