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  • Keep Your Fire Hot  PRO

    Contributed by John Perry on Feb 8, 2010
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    Keep Your Fire Hot A pastor went to visit a man who had been absent from church for some time. When the pastor arrived at the house of his wayward parishioner he found him sitting by a fire of glowing coals. The man fully expected his pastor to rebuke him for his tardy attendance at services. But ...read more

  • I Remember Seeing Some Shorts To A Movie Once ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 3, 2010
     | 1,501 views

    I remember seeing some shorts to a movie once where a millionaire agrees to pay a couple a million dollars if the wife will sleep with him for one night. What would you do? The answer to that question tests your character. Impatience is often willing to sleep with the enemy to achieve it's ...read more

  • Who Sits At The Head Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2010
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    Who Sits At The Head of the Table? Sam Bronfman was the former CEO of the Seagram Company, one of the largest distillers of alcoholic beverages in the worlds. One day, he entered a crowded conference room. He was anxious to get on with the meeting, so he plopped down on the nearest chair. One of ...read more

  • Gas ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 29, 2010
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    Gas Mileage According to a story in the Grand Rapids Press, the owner of a small foreign car had begun to irritate his friends by bragging incessantly about his gas mileage. So they decided on a way to get some humor out of his tireless boasting, as well as bring it to an end. Every day one of ...read more

  • His Son Gave His Life On 911

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Sep 22, 2010
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    Lee Lelpi is a retired firefighter, a New York City firefighter. He gave 26 years to the city. But on September 11th, 2001 he gave much more. He gave his son, Jonathan. His son was a firefighter as well. When the Twin Towers fell, Jonathan was there. Firefighters are a loyal clan. When one ...read more

  • No More Taste

    Contributed by John Perry on Oct 20, 2010
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    NO MORE TASTE In the final years of my parents lives, they lived in an area where there were a number of retirement units. It was good for them b/c they met new people their own age, mixed w/ them, had a seniors club they went to & generally had a good time. I remember one couple in particular ...read more

  • Carnival Christians

    Contributed by Major Gerardo Balmori on Apr 2, 2011
     | 2,811 views

    CARNIVAL CHRISTIANS What’s a "Carnival Christian?" A Carnival Christian is someone who enjoys the fun. Someone who gets caught up in the excitement of cheering for Jesus, but sometimes has a hard time taking a personal stand for him when the crowd isn’t around. Commitments for them are difficult ...read more

  • Trapped On A Tram

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Jun 1, 2011
     | 1,805 views

    TRAPPED ON A TRAM It was a beautiful sunny day in Ostrava, Czech Republic, a city of 300,000. It was 1995, and I had just moved there to take an intense Czech language course. After half a day of Czech grammar, I was tired. I got on the tram and spaced out for my 20-minute ride to the suburbs ...read more

  • Lost Alasdair

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jul 10, 2011
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    LOST ALASDAIR In October 1984 my brother-in-law Alasdair got lost. As a family they had visited Venice – long before I knew them – Sandy and Valerie my in-Laws, Moira my wife who was 14 at the time, and Alasdair who was 11. They were at St. Mark’s square, Venice – at the same time as Queen ...read more

  • Loyalty And The Promotional Bottleneck

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2011
     | 2,916 views

    LOYALTY AND THE PROMOTIONAL BOTTLENECK Peter Drucker gave this warning to those who would push back this principle, "Contrary to popular legend, subordinates do not, as a rule, rise to position and prominence over the prostrate bodies of incompetent bosses. If their boss is not promoted, they will ...read more

  • If You Want It Bad Enough

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2011
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    IF YOU WANT IT BAD ENOUGH When a person first comes to faith in Christ and gets a taste of His grace, they can’t get enough of the Bible. Pat Summerall, the well-known sports announcer, trusted Christ with his life and overcame alcohol in the late 60’s. As he describes his life with Christ, he ...read more

  • Maskepetoon

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 29, 2011
     | 1,692 views

    MASKEPETOON When the first missionaries came to Alberta, Canada, they were savagely opposed by a young chief of the Cree Indians named Maskepetoon. But he responded to the gospel and accepted Christ. Shortly after ward, a member of the Blackfoot tribe killed his father. Maskepetoon rode into the ...read more

  • Worship Is More Than Experience

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Oct 17, 2011
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    WORSHIP IS MORE THAN EXPERIENCE There was a woman who went on a short term missions trip to Kenya, helping the missionaries there. Before she left, she stopped at a remote village where she attended a medical clinic. As the native women outside the clinic began to sing together, she found herself ...read more

  • The Old Rugged Cross

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Dec 4, 2011
     | 1,747 views

    THE OLD RUGGED CROSS About an hour away from where I used to live in Coventry (England), there is a little village called Bredwardine. It is in the county of Herefordshire. A lady who attended the Anglican Church in that village died, and in her will she left some money for the Church. As well as ...read more

  • The Grizzly And The Skunk

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Dec 31, 2011
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    THE GRIZZLY AND THE SKUNK Dale Carnegie once noted that there was only animal that the grizzly bear would allow to eat with him. That animal is the skunk. Grizzly bears in Yellowstone Park often come to eat at the place where garbage is dumped. This huge bear can fight and beat almost any animal ...read more

  • Why Jesus Was Born In A Stable

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 5, 2012
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    WHY JESUS WAS BORN IN A STABLE According to the ancient historical writer Jerome, he feels Jesus was born in a stable because "...it would have been fitting for Christ to come into the Holy of Holies in the Temple, but he came into this world in a stinking stable, for us... "Christ found no room ...read more

  • The Impact Of Mothers On Conscience

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2012
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    THE IMPACT OF MOTHERS ON CONSCIENCE According to research published in Psychological Science (October 2004 issue), children who have the good fortune to interact with their mothers a lot develop healthier consciences. These researchers conducts a couple of experiments where they encouraged ...read more

  • Ali Kissed 'em!

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 16, 2012
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    "ALI KISSED 'EM!" Former boxing writer Harold Conrad visited a women's prison with heavyweight fighter Muhammad Ali. "All the inmates lined up," wrote Conrad. "They were ooh-ing and aah-ing as he went along. There were some good-looking ones. But he kissed only the ugly ones." After they left the ...read more

  • Guidelines For Praying  PRO

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 4, 2014
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    GUIDELINES FOR PRAYING If the request is wrong, God says, "No." If the timing is wrong, God says, "Slow." If you are wrong, God says, "Grow." But if the request is right, the timing is right and you are right, God says, "Go!" Here is a prayer where everything was RIGHT: In its early days, ...read more

  • Clean Conscience

    Contributed by Shine Thomas on Jul 24, 2017
     | 5,721 views

    Xaviera Hollander wrote a book with a title: The Happy Hooker. Hollander, a prostitute, sought to silence the people who believe that no prostitute could find joy in what she was doing. In her book, Hollander celebrates the joy that she experienced in her profession, saying that she never felt ...read more

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