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  • On New Year's Day, 1929, Georgia Tech Played Ucla ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Apr 8, 2007
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    On New Year’s Day, 1929, Georgia Tech played UCLA in the Rose Bowl. In that game a young man named Roy Riegels recovered a fumble for UCLA. Picking up the loose ball, he lost his direction and ran sixty-five yards toward the wrong goal line. One of his teammates, Beeny Lom, ran him down and tackled ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • God Is Willing To Look Out For Us & Take Care Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Richards on May 24, 2005
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    God is willing to look out for us & take care of us. The truth is that we can trust God, even when we don’t fully understand Him. Let me conclude this morning’s sermon with a brief story from Franklin Graham’s fine book, Rebel with a Cause. It took place when young Franklin was still far from God. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Your Affirmation Can Help To Effect That Sense ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Your affirmation can help to effect that sense of importance in another. Sometimes the touch of love is more verbal than physical. Sherman Rogers has written a book about logging in the Pacific Northwest. As a young man he worked in a logging camp, and on one occasion the boss needed to be away ...read more

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  • We Live In An Incredible World That Has Been ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    We live in an incredible world that has been wonderfully designed and marvelously created by God. When the last tubes of the Lincoln Tunnel under the Hudson River for the Pennsylvania Railroad were about to be joined in 1927, a young civil engineer named Richardson was chosen for the task because ...read more

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  • On Books

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    ILL.- TEACHER: Who is your favorite author? PUPIL: George Washington. TEACHER: But George Washington never wrote any books. PUPIL: You got it. TEACHER: How many books have you read in your lifetime? PUPIL: I don’t know. I’m not dead yet. TEACHER: What does your history book tell you about the ...read more

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  • A Good Preacher Friend Of Mine Told Me ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    a good preacher friend of mine told me personally this story. One day while visiting the nursing home, he came across a lady who was very discouraged. In fact, she wanted to die. He made it a point to visit her every time he went, and one day she finally opened up to him and told this very sad ...read more

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  • Some Time Ago Thomas A. Harris Wrote A Book Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Some time ago Thomas A. Harris wrote a book of pop psychology called I’m O. K.—You’re O. K. About that time the Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology was holding its annual meeting on the depravity of man. One of the speakers was theologian Dr. John Gerstner, at that time a professor at ...read more

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  • Perhaps Some Of You Know The Story Of Isobel ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007
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    Perhaps some of you know the story of Isobel Kuhn. She was a popular author and missionary to China, was married to John, a man just as strong willed and stubborn as she was. The two had many conflicts. John, for example, had a cook in China to whom he was devoted but whom Isobel couldn’t stand. ...read more

    Denomination: Other

  • Frank Abagnale Was The World's Greatest Con ...

    Contributed by Bruce Ritter on Feb 2, 2008
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    Frank Abagnale was the world’s greatest con artist. The movie Catch Me If You Can is based on the true-life story this man, who bilked the government out of more than $5 million by the time he was 21. Raised in the home of a father who cheated the government and a mother who cheated on her husband, ...read more

    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • The Late Rev. Dr. John Rowan Claypool Iv Served ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Feb 3, 2008
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    The late Rev. Dr. John Rowan Claypool IV served as a pastor for 47 years, first in Southern Baptist Congregations in the South and then from 1986 to 2000 as the Rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Birmingham, Alabama. In his sermon entitled “The Future and Forgetting,” he shares this ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • John Ortberg In His Book, "Everyone Is Normal ...

    Contributed by Alan Tison on Feb 21, 2008
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    John Ortberg In his book, “Everyone is normal until you get to know them” speaks of this dilemma of getting close to one another without getting hurt. With the following illustration; The North American Porcupine is a member of the rodent family and has about thirty thousand quills attached to his ...read more

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • The Brothers Grimm Tell A Story About A Father ...

    Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Feb 26, 2008
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    The Brothers Grimm tell a story about a father and mother, their young son and the father’s very aged father that lived with them. The old man was feeble and his hands shook. His mealtimes were often noisy and messy because he would clatter the silverware together and he would spill his food or ...read more

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Spiritual Events

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Mar 8, 2008
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    Spiritual Events When I was a Sophomore in college I was taking a shortcut on a country road to avoid heavy traffic on the freeway. I was traveling at about fifty miles an hour or so. This road was a beautiful drive meandering through vineyards, orchards and ranches, it ambled over rolling hills, ...read more

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Max Lucado Tells The Story In His Book, 3:16, ...

    Contributed by Steve Miller on Mar 9, 2008
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    Max Lucado tells the story in his book, 3:16, Numbers of Hope, about Team Hoyt… Team Hoyt consists of a father-son squad: Dick and Rick. They race. They race a lot. Sixty-four marathons. Two hundred and six triathlons. Six triathlons at Ironman distance. Two hundred and four 10K runs. Since 1975, ...read more

    Denomination: *other

  • With Regard To Alcohol Abuse

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    With regard to alcohol abuse: 1. Currently, nearly 14 million Americans—1 in every 13 adults-abuse alcohol or are alcoholic. 2. Several million more adults engage in risky drinking patterns that could lead to alcohol problems. 3. Even more scary and sad is how young people are when they get ...read more

  • More Than A Decade Ago, Matt Thom, A Few Help...

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Aug 1, 2008
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    More than a decade ago, Matt Thom, a few helpful young teens and me conceived of and set in motion a tree house for our back yard. The tree had a great section where branches came together but it wasn’t large enough for a good side platform. Instead, we placed four 12’ pressure treated 4x4’s around ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • The Wild Mouse

    Contributed by Michael Wiley on Nov 20, 2008
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    THE WILD MOUSE When I was a young child, maybe seven or eight, my family and I went to Beach Bend Amusement park in Bowling Green KY, not too far from our home. I love amusement parks. Especially then when mom and dad were paying for everything. The day turned out to be a day that would shape my ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Without One Plea  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    WITHOUT ONE PLEA Charlotte Elliott was a sickly English woman who had developed a long history of refusing to do things she was asked to do because of her illness. Her brother, who was a pastor, had been particularly persistent in trying to get her out of herself, trying to get her involved in ...read more

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  • Making An Impact Through Genuine Giving

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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    MAKING AN IMPACT THROUGH GENUINE GIVING I received this e-mail from my best friend who pastors in Oklahoma. He received it from a member of his congregation. Andrew, I just wanted to let you know how excited I am about the changes in Christmas plans. I would love to be at the pampering night for ...read more

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  • Taken With The Giver

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jan 19, 2009
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    Taken with the Giver When I used to call home after being gone for seven weeks, my two youngest children would say, "Daddy, what are you going to bring me?" My two older children would say, "Daddy, when are you coming home?" Then when I would get home, these two young ones would give me a peck on ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist