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  • Only One Opinion Counts

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2011
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    ONLY ONE OPINION COUNTS An umpire named Babe Pinelli once called Babe Ruth out on strikes. When the crowd booed with disapproval, the legendary Ruth turned to the umpire and said, "How could you call that a strike? There are 40,000 people here who are of the opinion that the last pitch was a ...read more

  • How Martin Luther Overcame The Devil

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2011
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    HOW MARTIN LUTHER OVERCAME THE DEVIL Martin Luther was often very graphic in his description of the activities of the Devil. Asked one time how he overcame the Devil, he replied, "Well, when he comes knocking upon the door of my heart, and asks 'Who lives here?' the dear Lord Jesus goes to the ...read more

  • Killing Each Other Over Race

    Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Mar 22, 2011
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    KILLING EACH OTHER OVER RACE Two million people have been killed during the civil war in the Sudan Region of Africa mostly over race, mostly over skin tone. The name Sudan comes from "bilad al sudan": Arabic for "the land of the blacks." So you might expect Sudanese to be comfortable with the ...read more

  • Use What Is There  PRO

    Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Mar 22, 2011
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    USE WHAT IS THERE My son Omri is large, extremely smart and very active. He has not met a tree or roof that he has not at least mentally pondered climbing. Omri's teacher runs up to me the other day and says, "Your son almost made me lose my mind, my religion and my job." This is not unusual, so I ...read more

  • The Birth Of The Poor People's Campaign

    Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Mar 22, 2011
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    THE BIRTH OF THE POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN A visit to a fledgling Head Start program in Marks brought home the reality of rural poverty to Dr. King and Ralph Abernathy. "We looked around the primitive schoolhouse and saw them watching us, wide-eyed and silent, having been told who we were," Abernathy ...read more

  • The Angel And Anthony Burger

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 22, 2011
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    THE ANGEL AND ANTHONY BURGER Anthony Burger died at age 44. Many feel that he is the finest gospel pianist that ever lived. He spent the last ten years playing for the Gaither Vocal Band. He last played on a cruise ship. Fifteen hundred people were on the cruise, vacationing during the day, and ...read more

  • The Public Scavenger

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
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    THE PUBLIC SCAVENGER A long time ago in Greece, some politicians decided to play a joke on a fellow politician in their group. They got him appointed to the post of Public Scavenger. It was a dirty, lowly post. But instead of being humiliated, the man decided he would show everybody what he could ...read more

  • Never On Guard

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
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    NEVER ON GUARD When Fred Mitchell, chairman of the China Inland Mission, died, one of the speakers at his funeral said this about him: "You never caught Fred Mitchell off his guard because he never needed to be on it." (George Duncan, Living the Christian ...read more

  • Major Osipovich, An Air Force Pilot For The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
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    Major Osipovich, an Air Force pilot for the former USSR, planned to give a talk at his children's school about peace. That meant he would have to take some time off during the day to give his talk, so he volunteered for night duty. That’s how Major Osipovich found himself patrolling the skies over ...read more

  • Husbands Like Me  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
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    HUSBANDS LIKE ME Larry Moyer tells the story of a woman who woke her husband in the middle of the night, and said, "Henry, wake up. I just had this terrible nightmare. I dreamed I was at an auction for husbands. One husband brought $10,000 and others sold for sums in the millions." That's all it ...read more

  • Church Asks Non-Participants To Leave

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
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    CHURCH ASKS NON-PARTICIPANTS TO LEAVE Just a few years ago, Larknews.com carried the following fictional piece of satire on its website. In the form of a news release, it reported: Julie and Bob Clark were stunned to receive a letter from their church in July asking them to "participate in the ...read more

  • Paul Billheimer: The Agent Of Destruction

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
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    PAUL BILLHEIMER: THE AGENT OF DESTRUCTION In his book, Don't Waste Your Sorrows, Paul Billheimer wrote: "Satan is the agent of destruction, not God. Who was it that destroyed Job's fortune, family, and health when God permitted it done? Satan. Satan brings about accidents, sickness, disease, and ...read more

  • Sing A New Song

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Mar 21, 2011
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    SING A NEW SONG Boom! Boom! The two-fold pounding of the avalanche cannon awoke me from my slumber. No, we didn't get snow last night, I mused. But sure enough, God dumped nine inches of fresh snow onto the mountains above. Now, I love winter; it's great skiing on fresh powder. However, I ...read more

  • Walgreen: A Second-Mile Man

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
     | 2,723 views

    WALGREEN: A SECOND-MILE MAN Second-mile people always excel. Around 1920 a pharmacist bought a drug store on the south side of Chicago. Soon, he was bored with his job and began to dream how he could make it more exciting. It was during a time when people were just beginning to call in their ...read more

  • Reality Therapy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
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    REALITY THERAPY Aaron was an eleven-year-old boy whose behavior was described by Dr. William Glasser, his psychiatrist, as horrible. In his book, Reality Therapy, Glasser says Aaron was the most obnoxious child he had ever met. The boy would kick, scream, run away and hide, become withdrawn, ...read more

  • Your Mess Becomes Your Message

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 21, 2011
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    YOUR MESS BECOMES YOUR MESSAGE Joe Almanza grew up in a family of organized crime called the Mexican Mafia: "We were supplying most of the heroin for the Southern and Midwestern US. I became addicted to heroin. I went to many drug addiction agencies. I sold some heroin to an undercover agent ...read more

  • Tancho And The Bell

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 21, 2011
     | 1,543 views

    TANCHO AND THE BELL The Emperor Charlemagne wanted to have a magnificent bell cast for the church he had built. An artist named Tancho was employed by the church to make it. He was furnished, at his own request, with a great quantity of copper, and a hundred pounds of silver for the purpose. He ...read more

  • The Best Definition Of A Friend

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 21, 2011
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    THE BEST DEFINITION OF A FRIEND A British publication once offered a prize for the best definition of a friend. Among the thousands of answers received were the following: "One who multiplies joys, divides grief, and whose honesty is inviolable." "One who understands our silence." "A volume ...read more

  • The Origin And Cause Of Our Redemption Is The ...

    Contributed by Mark Haines on Mar 21, 2011
     | 3,172 views

    The origin and cause of our redemption is the [inexpressible] love of God the Father, who willed to redeem us by the blood of His own Son; the grace of the Son, who freely took our curse upon Him, and imparts His blessing and merits to us; and the Holy Spirit, who communicates the love of the ...read more

  • When We Sin, We Are Judged Because In That ...

    Contributed by Mark Haines on Mar 21, 2011
     | 2,087 views

    "When we sin, we are judged because in that moment of choosing sin we are actually electing the absence of God in our lives at that point. You see, [sin and salvation are] always relational. Sin separates us from God--that’s the point--sin is our embrace of the absence of God in our ...read more

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