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  • In 1837 Three Young Methodist Ministers, James ...

    Contributed by David Ward on Jun 14, 2006
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    In 1837 three young Methodist ministers, James Calvert, John Hunt, Thomas Jaggar, and their wives set out from England for the Fiji Islands. Theirs was a difficult assignment. The work there was only three years old, and the people were still cannibals. Hardly any fruit was seen during their ...read more

  • Weekly Requests Poured In By Mail Asking For ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Aug 14, 2006
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    Weekly requests poured in by mail asking for legal permission to quote and use an author’s writing material. One day a request came, like many previously, asking for permission to use some published work. The sender, from Houston, Texas, was asking if she could use the author’s material as she ...read more

  • Cross Country

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 28, 2006
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    Story – Cross Country. I ran was on the Cross Country team for a year – but being a sprinter, I found it boring. When we would have a meet, we would Line up and go when we heard the Gun. Everyone would take off as fast as they could. Being a sprinter in 10 yards I would have a comfortable ...read more

  • Ah, What An Easy Job Is His  PRO

    Contributed by Mack Armstrong on Feb 18, 2007
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    Ah, what an easy job is his, The man who’s in the preaching biz! He has but little work to do, For all he does the whole week through Is just to call upon the flock As regularly as the clock; To cheer the sick who groan in bed, To preach a sermon for the dead; To teach the sinner righteousness, ...read more

  • Top 10 Family Issues 1. Anti-Christian Culture: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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    Top 10 Family Issues 1. Anti-Christian Culture: Stripping away of Christian heritage and traditional values. 2. Divorce: Ongoing wave of broken marriages and families—inside and outside the church. 3. Busyness: Participation in numerous activities crowding out quality family fellowship. 4. Lack of ...read more

  • Christ Has No Hands But Ours  PRO

    Contributed by David Haun on Jan 9, 2004
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    Christ has no hands but our hands To do His work today. He has no feet but our feet To lead men in His way. He has no tongue but our tongue To tell men how He died. He has no help but our help To bring them to His side. We are the only Bible The careless world will read; We are the ...read more

  • A Little Over 75 Years Ago A Little Known ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Oct 12, 2004
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    A little over 75 years ago a little known American inventor, born of Russian descent named Vladimir Kosma Zworykin began to work for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Over the next few years Mr. Zworykin worked on an idea called an iconoscope and a kinescope. The kinescope would eventually ...read more

  • The Thumb Allows Man A Privilege Many Other Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 17, 2003
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    THE THUMB ALLOWS MAN A PRIVILEGE MANY OTHER OF GOD’S CREATION DO NOT HAVE! The thumb is normally the thickest digit on a human hand and is analogous in position to the big toe. The thumb differs from man’s other digits, in that it only has two phalanges, thus it is permitted greater freedom of ...read more

  • Children Often Receive A Confidence Boost From ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on May 8, 2003
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    Children often receive a confidence boost from their mothers when they are down. Wherever a child may have a sense of low self- esteem, a mother build that child’s confidence through her words of encouragement. Enrico Caruso is but one example. As a child his mother encouraged his talent for ...read more

  • Lamak Was Born Into A Wealthy, Powerful Muslim ...

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Jun 7, 2007
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    Lamak was born into a wealthy, powerful Muslim family in South Asia. His family’s reputation put pressure on him to live like a Muslim. Everything changed when Lamak turned his life over to Jesus Christ while working in Singapore. When he returned home four years later, he accepted the risks ...read more

  • Former Pro Basketball Star Bill Bradley Tells ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Former pro basketball star Bill Bradley tells that at the age of fifteen he attended a summer basketball camp that was run by Easy Ed Macauley, a former college and pro star. "Just remember that if you’re not working at your game to the utmost of your ability," Macauley told his assembled campers, ...read more

  • But In Fact, There Have Been Many Men Of God Who ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    But in fact, there have been many men of God who had professions, or who came out backgrounds that seemed unusual. There was a man from England, his name was John Bunyan and he worked most of his life as a tinker. That’s a person who makes utensils and stuff out of copper and tin. Well following ...read more

  • Recently The Stock Market Plummeted After Hitting ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 8, 2007
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    Recently the stock market plummeted after hitting another record high and who saved the day? The empire! They lowered one insignificant rate but resulted in millions of dollars that would have been spent on interest to be used for spending. The empire saved us!! Meanwhile nothing really changed ...read more

  • Is Your Faith The Real Thing?

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 12, 2008
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    Is your faith the real thing? There are many different flavors of faith available Is your faith the real thing? Diet Coke - says Coke, but without the guilt this is like the person that says they are saved, but lives however they want Diet Caff. Free - says Coke, no guilt and no power, same as Diet ...read more

  • Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
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    NOT IMPRESSED A story is told about Rabbi Joseph Schneerson, a Hasidic leader during the early days of Russian Communism. The rabbi spent much time in jail, persecuted for his faith. One morning in 1927, as he prayed in a Leningrad synagogue, secret police rushed in and arrested him. They took ...read more

  • Checking On Himself

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 24, 2008
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    CHECKING ON HIMSELF I’m reminded of a story of a grocery store owner who overheard a young boy using the pay phone at the entrance of his store. You know how telephone conversations are; you usually hear only one side of the conversation. The young boy was talking and the store manager was ...read more

  • Who Owns The Church?

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jan 6, 2009
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    WHO OWNS THE CHURCH? My grandson Nate and I went to the Church New Year's day to clean up after our wonderful New Year's Eve party. On the way there he asked, "Granpa, do you own the church?" I said, "No. I just manage it." He says, "Well, who owns it?" I tried to tell him that the ...read more

  • Americans In Pain

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
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    AMERICANS IN PAIN Americans in households making less than $30,000 a year spend nearly 20% of their lives in moderate to severe pain vs. less than 8% of those in households earning above $100,000, finds a study by Princeton economist Alan Krueger and Stony Brook Univ. professor Arthur Stone. The ...read more

  • Try This Next Time You're Stopped By A Policeman ...

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Apr 15, 2009
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    Try this next time you’re stopped by a policeman for speeding. Try saying, “Officer, I’m sorry for speeding, but I’ve never robbed anybody. I’ve never cheated on my income tax, and I’ve stopped at every stop sign in town.” Do you think that would work to keep yourself from getting a ticket? ...read more

  • Ushering In A Clean World

    Contributed by John Perry on Apr 10, 2010
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    USHERING IN A CLEAN WORLD There was a man named Dave who was blind. For a period of time we were working with him, bringing him to church and helping him out. Dave began to come along regularly; more than anything I think he liked the fact that people in our church cared about him. One day some of ...read more