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  • Mary Cooper (Christian Reader, "Kids Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    Mary Cooper (Christian Reader, "Kids of the Kingdom."): “One of my preschool students had a habit of patting me on the seat of my pants. I tried several things to make him stop, but nothing worked. Finally, I resorted to a time-out chair. Later, when his father came to pick him up, I quietly ...read more

  • One Preacher, Who Was Dead Against The Theory Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Chan on Feb 11, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,267 views

    One preacher, who was dead against the theory of evolution, cried out in one of his sermons: “O men of science give back to me my ancestors in the Garden of Eden, and you may keep yours in the Zoological Gardens.” Actually, evolution is not a fact but a theory. But, the tragic thing about the ...read more

  • How Can You Be So Calm?  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jul 10, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,752 views

    HOW CAN YOU BE SO CALM? Years ago a military officer and his wife were aboard a ship that was caught in a raging ocean storm. Seeing the frantic look in her eyes, the man tried unsuccessfully to remove her fears. Suddenly she grasped his sleeve and cried, "How can you be so calm?" He stepped ...read more

  • In One Of The Games In A Classic Rose Bowl ...  PRO

    Contributed by Eyriche Cortez on Jul 19, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
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    In one of the games in a classic Rose Bowl football contest in 1929, as recounted by Dr Bruce Wilkinson in his Vision of the Leader seminar, Roy Riegels desperately wanted his team to win. The scores were tied. Now, in a crucial moment of that game, Roy Riegels scooped up a loose ball. He cut in ...read more

  • I Came Across A Finding While Doing A Bit Of ...

    Contributed by Lisa Delay on Oct 3, 2005
    based on 1 rating
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    I came across a finding while doing a bit of research about the universe. Scientists have theories that currently offer three possible shapes to the universe. The universe is defined in this case as “everything that exists.” The possible shapes are 1) a sphere 2) a flat “plane” 3) a saddle shape. I ...read more

  • A Few Weeks Ago I Was Walking Through The Alley ...

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Oct 14, 2005
    based on 1 rating
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    A few weeks ago I was walking through the alley into the backyard with Benjamin. It was dark and the alley and the yard are not that well lit. Although we were holding hands, Ben didn’t want to keep going. I asked him why and he replied that he thought there might be witches back there! I told ...read more

  • Les And Leslie Parrot Share In Their Book ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 16, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,488 views

    Les and Leslie Parrot share in their book Relationships this thought: “Recently a pioneering band of researchers studied the age-old mystery of what makes people happy. Their answer is not what you might expect. What appears consistently at the top of the charts is not success, wealth, achievement, ...read more

  • Christmas Present  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 16, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 5,752 views

    Christmas Present It was the day after Christmas at a church in San Francisco. Pastor Mike was looking at the nativity scene outside when he noticed the baby Jesus was missing from the figures. Immediately, Pastor Mike turned towards the church to call the police. But as he was about to do so, ...read more

  • When Corrie Ten Boom Of The Hiding Place Fame Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
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    When Corrie Ten Boom of The Hiding Place fame was a little girl in Holland, her first realization of death came after a visit to the home of a neighbor who had died. It impressed her that some day her parents would also die. Corrie’s father comforted her with words of wisdom. “Corrie, when you and ...read more

  • A Better Life? In 1956 The Typical American Had ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,961 views

    A Better Life? In 1956 the typical American had to work 16 weeks for each 100 square feet of home purchased; now it takes 14 weeks, and the houses are much nicer. Most families of that period had 1 car and strived to own 2; today 1/3 of U.S. families own 3 or more cars. The workforce has never been ...read more

  • Just As Afraid Of You...?

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Mar 22, 2009
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    JUST AS AFRAID OF YOU...? The late great trumpet player Louis Armstrong tells a story about while growing up in Louisiana, having to go down to the pond and getting water for Allie May. He gets down there and is about to scoop the water out of the pond, and all of the sudden coming out of the ...read more

  • Looking For Answers  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
    based on 10 ratings
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    LOOKING FOR ANSWERS Sometimes we look in the wrong places to find answers. The story is told of a drunk who was seen by a police officer looking for something. The drunk was down on his hands and knees and explained in slurred speech to the police officer that he was looking for his wallet. The ...read more

  • Where Else Could I Go?

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on May 9, 2009
     | 1,149 views

    WHERE ELSE COULD I GO? "My little boy gave me a great awakening," said an intelligent and spiritually-minded mother. "Jimmy is getting to an age when he often wants to try his own way instead of mine. Then he generally meets with a difficulty that hurts his feelings, and he comes at once to me ...read more

  • In James 5:15, God Promises Us That A Prayer ...

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on May 26, 2009
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    In JAMES 5:15, God promises us that a prayer offered in true faith will even make the sick person well. Let’s take that model of prayer and hold it up against the way we pray today. Most of us, being honest, pray something like this: ‘God I want you to make me well.’ And then in the back of our ...read more

  • Something Better Down The Road  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
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    SOMETHING BETTER DOWN THE ROAD A football game was being played in Badger Stadium in 1982 in Madison, Wisconsin with more than 60,000 fans in attendance. The home team was losing. But out of the blue during time outs, when play was a at stop, the fans would jump up and roar with excitement. Why? ...read more

  • For Years The Opening Of

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 28, 2009
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    For years the opening of “The Wide World of Sports” television program illustrated “the agony of defeat” with a painful ending to an attempted ski jump. The skier appeared in good form as he headed down the jump, but then, for no apparent reason, he tumbled head over heels off the side of the jump, ...read more

  • John Macarthur On Forgiveness

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 22, 2009
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    JOHN MACARTHUR ON FORGIVENESS John MacArthur gives us reasons why we need to forgive in his book and series, The Art of Giving and Receiving Forgiveness. a. Un-forgiveness imprisons people in the past. i. I always say don’t let the past dictate the future. b. Un-forgiveness provokes ...read more

  • Dale Carnegie In Yellowstone  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,585 views

    DALE CARNEGIE IN YELLOWSTONE Ephesians 4:32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. This command is again repeated by Paul to the Colossians in 3:13, 13Bear with each other and forgive... The alternative to forgiveness is bitterness and ...read more

  • Purpose In Life, Nate Saint And Joan Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 8, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,331 views

    Purpose In Life, Nate Saint and Joan of Arc Nate Saint said, “People who do not know the Lord ask why we waste our lives as missionaries. They forget they too are expending their lives, and when the bubble has burst, they will have nothing of eternal significance to show for the years they have ...read more

  • Four Christmases

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 7, 2009
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    FOUR CHRISTMASES Four Christmases is a movie (I haven’t seen it) about one couple who has to go to 4 Christmas celebrations; One for her mother, one for her father, one for his mother, one for his father because all of them are divorced. Does anyone see a problem with this? However, for many ...read more