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  • I Am A Skeptic About Everything, Including God ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 18, 2002
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    I am a skeptic about everything, including God and athiesm. I am not certain about issues of cosmology. Sometimes I believe that our universe is the result of random forces. Other times I believe that there must be some purpose or ordering force, though I do not begin to understand what or who it ...read more

  • For Dave Roever It Was Late 1968 When He Found ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Apr 18, 2003
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    For Dave Roever it was late 1968 when he found himself in Vietnam for the first time serving with the United States as a member of the elite Brown Water Black Beret. He served in the Mekong Delta area until July 26, 1969 when he was severely wounded. As the boat he was riding in while looking for ...read more

  • Shedding Light On Thanksgiving  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 18, 2003
    based on 19 ratings
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    SHEDDING LIGHT ON THANKSGIVING The Associated Press, New York, carried this short piece on the first Thanksgiving: "This time of year, classrooms across the United States are filled with tales of the first Thanksgiving feast. But children might not be getting the whole story, says Kenneth C. ...read more

  • Black Bart Was A Professional Thief Whose Very ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Hill on Jul 8, 2004
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    Black Bart was a professional thief whose very name struck fear as he terrorized the Wells Fargo stage line. From San Francisco to new York, his name became synonymous with the danger of the frontier. Between 1875 and 1883 he robbed 29 different stagecoach. Amazingly, Bart did it all without ...read more

  • It Was A Fog-Shrouded Morning, July 4, 1952, ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Sep 25, 2006
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    “It was a fog-shrouded morning, July 4, 1952, when a young woman named Florence Chadwick waded into the water off Catalina Island. She intended to be the first woman to swim the 21 miles from the island to the California coast. Long-distance swimming was not new to her; she had been the first woman ...read more

  • Too Many Professing Believers Have Given Up On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    Too many professing believers have given up on God. They’ve dropped the ball. •Many because they were never encouraged. (Gregory Dawson (SC.com) Ben Hooper was born several decades ago as an illegitimate child who never knew his dad. As a result, he was constantly taunted by classmates. When he was ...read more

  • Today I Had Lunch With A Man Who Is What We Call ...

    Contributed by Ian Johnson on Sep 7, 2005
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    Today I had lunch with a man who is what we call a Maori Kaumatua, or leader. He is in His late 50’s, when he was 10 he and His family had no knowledge of Jesus or his claims on their lives. In fact they were deeply into the other side, having open visions of their tribal guardian and other ...read more

  • During World War Ii A Marine Was Serving In The ...

    Contributed by Jonathan Campbell on Jun 23, 2011
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    During World War II a Marine was serving in the South Pacific. His platoon was under fire and they were trying to signal their comrades that they had taken a certain hill. Their sergeant issued an order for a man to take the American flag and raise it up on a pole to let other units know they had ...read more

  • Wear The Pants  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 7, 2011
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    WEAR THE PANTS Levi-Strauss recently ran an ad campaign that targeted men for a line of Dockers pants (June 2011). Maybe you've seen some of the ads. One of them was called a "MAN-ifesto," and the script went like this: "Once upon a time, men wore the pants, and wore them well. Women rarely had ...read more

  • Who Do I Shoot?

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Apr 19, 2012
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    WHO DO I SHOOT? A new soldier was on sentry duty at the main gate. His orders were clear. No car was to enter unless it had a special sticker on the windshield. A big Army car came up with a general seated in the back. The sentry said, "Halt, who goes there?" The chauffeur, a corporal, said, ...read more

  • I've Heard The Statement, "There Are No Atheists ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jun 3, 2007
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    I’ve heard the statement, “There are no atheists in a foxhole.” It’s true that a man who ignored God all his life will probably call out to Him when he’s facing enemy fire. But how much better to be like the World War II General I read about. Lt. General Sir William Dobbie was Governor General of ...read more

  • The Zeal Of Communists

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The Zeal of Communists. In the late 1940s Whittaker Chambers was called to witness before a New York Grand Jury against Alger Hiss, one of our high government officials. Chambers, a one-time Communist, accused Hiss of trying to transmit confidential government documents to the Soviet Union through ...read more

  • One Of The Things I Enjoy Most About The Movies ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Mar 24, 2008
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    One of the things I enjoy most about the movies made from Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” is the camaraderie among the various groups of friends and traveling partners as the character, Frodo, made his way to the mountain where he was to destroy the powerful, evil ring that was a threat to all ...read more

  • Dumb Crooks

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jul 3, 2008
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    DUMB CROOKS 1.) A Circle-K convenience store was patronized by man requesting change for a twenty dollar bill. As soon as the register drawer was opened, the man pulled a gun and demanded it contents. He fled with all dollars of it, but left his original twenty lying on the counter. 2.) A guy ...read more

  • Stay Busy Until The Master's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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    STAY BUSY UNTIL THE MASTER’S RETURN "The disciple is not called to eliminate his ignorance of the timing of the end, he is called to cope with it and respond to it appropriately." "How can a doorkeeper fulfill his duties if he spends his time calculating how long the delay will be?" In the ...read more

  • Deception: The Trojan ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
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    DECEPTION: THE TROJAN HORSE I doubt you’ll recognize this man. His name is Heinrich Schliemann. In 1871, Heinrich Schliemann began to fulfill a dream he’d had since his youth. He started excavating an ancient city in Turkey. He was looking for the lost city of Troy. And to the amazement of many, ...read more

  • The Apostle John

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on May 26, 2009
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    THE APOSTLE JOHN Here are some of the things we know about John, John was one of the apostles. In fact he was the youngest apostle. His brother was the apostle James who is beheaded in Acts 12. He is the only apostle to not be martyred for his faith. And he walked in the inner circle of Jesus. ...read more

  • Faith Fights  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 19, 2009
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    FAITH FIGHTS Habakkuk 2:4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. I heard a story about a midwestern farmer 50 years ago. The farmer went to the bank to borrow money to buy seed to plant his whole farm in corn. He fired up the old tractor ...read more

  • Taken Out By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
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    TAKEN OUT BY WATERMELONS Years ago, I went to the Sultan Centre in Salmiya. This was back in the days when it was the only one in town, and you were still allowed to take your shopping cart up that moving ramp to the second floor. I had gone upstairs after getting some groceries. As I was coming ...read more

  • Who's In Charge?

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Jun 3, 2023
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    One of the most disturbing movies ever produced is Francis Ford Coppola’s classic reflection on the Vietnam War, Apocalypse Now. The film tracks an American officer who is sent upriver into the heart of the war-torn countryside in order to find and eventually assassinate a renegade commander who ...read more