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  • A Heart For ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 1, 2010
     | 5,735 views

    A Heart for Praise Louis Albert Banks tells of an elderly Christian man, a fine singer, who learned that he had cancer of the tongue and that surgery was required. In the hospital after everything was ready for the operation, the man said to the doctor, “Are you sure I will never sing again?” The ...read more

  • Tolerate

    Contributed by Thomas Donelan on Jun 1, 2010
     | 2,980 views

    TOLERATE To tolerate means I can disagree with you while still respecting you. One person is a Republican, another Democrat. We put aside our differences and get along. One person is a (Florida) Gator, another a (FSU) Seminole. We put aside our differences and get along. Some ...read more

  • My Dad Used To Tell A Story About An Old Georgia ...

    Contributed by David Swinney on May 31, 2010
     | 2,778 views

    My dad used to tell a story about an old Georgia redneck who would routinely head out into the swamp and return with a boat full of fish—more than anyone could conceivably catch, even in a long day of fishing with rod and reel. Well, in the course of time, his exceptional good luck caught the ...read more

  • Graduates From Christian College Heading For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2010
     | 3,547 views

    Graduates from Christian College Heading for Mission Field Receive Unexpected Gifts Just last May (2009), John Ortberg, pastor of the Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in Menlo Park, California, found himself and his family in Azusa, California, because one of his kids was graduating from Azusa ...read more

  • C.s. Lewis On A Right Understanding Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2010
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    C.S. Lewis on a Right Understanding of Self C. S. Lewis put it this way: When a man is getting better, he understands more and more clearly the evil that is still left in him. When a man is getting worse, he understands his own badness less and less. (Leadership, Vol. ...read more

  • Tim Keller On The Gospel  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2010
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    TIM KELLER ON THE GOSPEL Tim Keller once said, “Here’s the gospel: you’re more sinful than you ever dared believe; you’re more loved than you ever dared hope." (Source: Tim Keller, Treasure ...read more

  • The Love Of Christ Enables Believers  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,817 views

    THE LOVE OF CHRIST ENABLES BELIEVERS I like the way one pastor put it years ago (1986) when he became overwhelmed with all the "ideals" he was collecting from church growth seminars and books. He said, "Quite frankly, I'm sick to death of ideals. I have so many ideals and I've been so frustrated ...read more

  • No Greater Gift To The Church

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2010
     | 2,726 views

    NO GREATER GIFT TO THE CHURCH Andrew Murray once said, "God has no more precious gift to a church or an age than a man who lives as an embodiment of His will, and inspires those around him with the faith of what grace can do (Andrew Murray, Leadership, Vol. 7, no. 4). Dear friends, by God's ...read more

  • Benedict ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2010
     | 3,458 views

    Benedict Arnold In American history, there is a man who became famous for all the wrong reasons. You have probably heard his name, even if you don’t know the details of his life. Benedict Arnold is a name that brings to mind betrayal and treason; yet he actually was a gifted man and a great ...read more

  • Cost Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2010
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    Cost of Freedom At Hebron Baptist Church several years ago a speaker named Clebe McClary spoke. There was a patch where his left eye had once been. A hook extended from the artificial limb where a strong arm had once helped make him an outstanding athlete. He had been through countless surgeries to ...read more

  • Questions Help You Learn...?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2010
     | 3,538 views

    QUESTIONS HELP YOU LEARN...? A father and his small son were out walking one day when the lad asked how electricity could go through the wires stretched between the telephone poles. "I don't know," said his father. "I never knew much about electricity." A few blocks farther on, the boy asked ...read more

  • Jesus And Satan Have A Discussion As To Who Is ...

    Contributed by Noel Atkinson on May 30, 2010
     | 2,514 views

    Jesus and Satan have a discussion as to who is the better programmer. This goes on for a few hours until they come to an agreement to hold a contest, with God as the judge. They sit themselves at their computers and begin. They type furiously, lines of code streaming up the screen, for several ...read more

  • Roman Soldier Shares Coat With A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
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    Roman Soldier Shares Coat with a Beggar Martin of Tours was a Roman soldier and a Christian. One cold winter day, as he was entering a city, a beggar stopped him and asked for alms. Martin had no money; but the beggar was blue and shivering with cold and Martin gave what he had. He took off his ...read more

  • Corrie Ten Boom On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2010
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    Corrie ten Boom on Humility Corrie ten Boom was once asked if it were difficult for her to remain humble. Her reply was simple. “When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday on the back of a donkey, and everyone was waving palm branches and throwing garments onto the road, and singing praises, do ...read more

  • A Boy Without Athletic Ability Is Chosen To Play ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2010
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    A Boy Without Athletic Ability is Chosen to Play a Game There was a boy who did not have much athletic ability. Every time he and his friends would play some game, he was always the last to be chosen. One day two new fellows came to play with them and were allowed to be team captains because they ...read more

  • Brothers Reunited After Fighting Each Other ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2010
     | 3,025 views

    Brothers Reunited After Fighting Each Other During the Civil War James Campbell and his brother Alexander immigrated to America in the 1850s. James settled in Charleston where he worked as a drayman and clerk; Alexander lived in New York and worked as a stonemason. On June 10, 1862, Alexander wrote ...read more

  • Truth Of Resurrection Grips 19th Century ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2010
     | 3,418 views

    Truth of Resurrection Grips 19th Century Preacher R. W. Dale preached in England in the late 1800s. One day, as he was writing an Easter sermon, a light went on for him as it did for John here in verse 8. He described the event: “‘Christ is alive,’ I said to myself; ‘alive!’ and then I ...read more

  • Poem: I Met A Traveler From An Antigue Land By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2010
     | 3,274 views

    Poem: I Met A Traveler From an Antigue Land by Percy Bysshe Shelley In 1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley published a poem on the ephemeral nature of human kings and political powers: I MET A TRAVELER FROM AN ANTIQUE LAND I met a traveler from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of ...read more

  • Ruth Bell Graham Tells Childhood Story Of Son, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2010
     | 2,502 views

    Ruth Bell Graham Tells Childhood Story of son, Franklin with His Toy Gun Ruth Bell Graham tells this story about her son Franklin: Franklin was sleeping on the front porch with his cowboy boots and toy gun. We were having problems with some polecats (skunks), and Franklin told me not to worry ...read more

  • Gas ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 29, 2010
     | 1,471 views

    Gas Mileage According to a story in the Grand Rapids Press, the owner of a small foreign car had begun to irritate his friends by bragging incessantly about his gas mileage. So they decided on a way to get some humor out of his tireless boasting, as well as bring it to an end. Every day one of ...read more

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