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  • On The Morning Of October 2, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    On the morning of October 2, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, the wife of the president, found her husband unconscious on the bathroom floor of their private White House quarters bleeding from a cut on his head. Wilson had suffered a stroke - a massive attack that left his left side paralyzed and impaired his ...read more

  • Title: The Hero, The Knight And The Good ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    Title: The Hero, the Knight and the Good Samaritan: There’s one Big Difference Henry Lawsons’ poem The Good Samaritan: ‘Once on a time there lived a man,’ But he has lived alway, And that gaunt, good Samaritan Is with us here to-day; He passes through the city streets Unnoticed and unknown, He ...read more

  • Awaiting Our Full Adoption  PRO

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jul 10, 2008
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    AWAITING OUR FULL ADOPTION LAST WEEK I SPOKE ABOUT ROMAN ADOPTION, AND THAT A CHILD WOULD BE TREATED AS HIS OWN CHILD. THIS IS A PICTURE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO US AS SONS/DAUGHTERS OF GOD: WE ARE ADOPTED INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD. THERE WAS A SECOND ADOPTION PROCESS OFTEN UNDERTAKEN IN ROMAN ...read more

  • How Can We Be A Friend To The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    How Can We Be A Friend To The Suffering? 1. We can be there for them. 2. We can feel their pain. 3. We can encourage them. 4. We can listen more than we talk. 5. We can be honest: I don’t know… don’t try to explain everything. 6. We can look beyond their faults and look to their needs. 7. We ...read more

  • I Am Free In Christ To Drink Any Coffee That I ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jul 6, 2009
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    I am free in Christ to drink any coffee that I want. But if I know that certain brands of coffee or tea have not be grown and bought in a responsible fashion then in my opinion I am abusing my freedom and am hindering my witness to those who have suffered from the injustice. I had a Starbuck’s ...read more

  • Giving Up Is Better Than Ecstasy

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 4, 2009
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    GIVING UP IS BETTER THAN ECSTASY Scott Peck writes in his book "The Road Less Traveled: "I spent much of my ninth summer on a bicycle. About a mile from our house the road went down a steep hill and turned sharply at the bottom. Coasting down the hill one morning, I felt my gathering speed to be ...read more

  • A Millionaire Leaves It ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2010
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    A Millionaire Leaves It All A famous millionaire died of cancer. For weeks he suffered intolerable agony. Although surrounded by every luxury and receiving every possible care, he died as wretchedly as a pauper. There was the usual publicity, flowers, telegrams, an expensive bronze casket and a ...read more

  • John Wesley: "It Is Impossible For Any That Have ...  PRO

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 7, 2011
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    John Wesley: "It is impossible for any that have it, to conceal the religion of Jesus Christ... As well may men think to hide a city, as to hide a Christian; yea, as well may they conceal a city set upon a hill, as a holy, zealous, active lover of God and man." He goes on to say that "it is ...read more

  • Love Of A Disciple  PRO

    Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on Jul 6, 2011
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    LOVE OF A DISCIPLE Tertullian, an early Christian author, reported that the Romans would exclaim, "See how they love one another," and Justin Martyr, a Greek-speaking Christian apologist, sketched Christian love this way: "We who used to value the acquisition of wealth and possessions more than ...read more

  • Because I Said So!" Romans 11:33-36 Key ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on May 21, 2005
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    “Because I Said So!” Romans 11:33-36 Key verse(s) 11:“Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!” Because I said so! If you are a parent the odds are that it is likely at some time in the course of that career you uttered these words with feeling. “Because I said so!” There ...read more

  • The Papoose

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2007
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    The Papoose I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now…John 16:12.” Those precious words of our Lord Jesus Christ in John 16:12 bring back a memory from my past. When our middle son was very young, he fell and cut a rather deep gash in the area between his lip and chin. ...read more

  • Have You Ever Watched The Rudy Rudiegar Story. I ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Have you ever watched the Rudy Rudiegar story. I cry every time I see the movie. A story of a young man, really pretty small in stature who dreamed of attending Notre Dame. Really he not only dreamed of attending there, but dreamed of playing football. Dreamed of making his father proud. He went to ...read more

  • A Child's Fascination With The Refrigerator ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 20, 2009
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    A Child’s Fascination with the Refrigerator Light As a child I was fascinated one day by’ the fact that when you open the refrigerator, there is always a light burning. I was fascinated by it because I wanted to know whether that light was on when the door was closed as well as when it was open. ...read more

  • The Stranger By Billy Joel  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Luthy on Sep 21, 2001
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    "The Stranger" by Billy Joel Well we all have a face that we hide away forever And we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone Some are satin, some are steel, some are silk, and some are leather They’re the faces of the stranger, but we love to try them on Well we all fall in love, ...read more

  • Last Week, As Part Of Their Study Of Wwii, We ...

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Aug 23, 2007
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    Last week, as part of their study of WWII, we watched, The Longest Day, a classic film with dozens of famous actors, including John Wayne. Much of the action centers on the allies efforts to take Omaha Beach. The Germans had every tactical advantage and hundreds of men were killed by machine gun ...read more

  • One Rascal Among Honest Men

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 19, 2011
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    ONE RASCAL AMONG HONEST MEN A king visited a slave ship, and there was a slave galley where they chain men to the oars and they row and a man beats the drum and another man has a lash to make them row. And they would take the prisoners of the state and put them to use, pulling on the oars. The ...read more

  • Can't Never Did Nothing.

    Contributed by Michael Walther on May 27, 2011
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    "CAN'T NEVER DID NOTHING." When I was in high school, I worked as a janitor. I was the summer help, and I was teamed up with the regular janitor named Jim. Jim was a rough character. When I first met him he reminded me of Charles Manson. He was a former Marine who had been through some very ...read more

  • The U.s. Standard Railroad Gauge (Distance ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Prater on Jan 5, 2001
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    The U.S. standard railroad gauge (distance between rails) is four feet, eight-and-one-half inches. Why such an odd number? Because that’s the way they built them in England, and American railroads were built by British expatriates. Why did the English adopt that particular gauge? Because the ...read more

  • There Was A Man Marooned On An Island Who Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 7, 2002
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    There was a man marooned on an island who was desperately looking for a boat to come by and rescue him. After many days praying and asking God to send a boat to rescue him, he sighted a boat and his hopes were lifted. He ran out on the beach took some shirts and waved them to get the attention of ...read more

  • This May Be An Urban Myth, But It's Good ...  PRO

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Jul 18, 2003
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    This may be an urban myth, but it’s good anyway... The US standard railroad gauge – that’s the distance between rails – is 4 feet, 8-1/2 inches. Why such an odd number? Because that’s the way they built them in England, and American railroads were built by British expatriates – that is, people who ...read more