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  • There Is A Story About A Little Girl Who Proudly ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    There is a story about a little girl who proudly wore a shiny cross on a chain around her neck. One day she was approached by a man who said to her, "Little girl, don't you know that the cross Jesus died on wasn't beautiful like the one you're wearing? It was an ugly, wooden thing." To which the ...read more

  • Whoever Gets The Son Gets It All  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    WHOEVER GETS THE SON GETS IT ALL The story is told about a wealthy man and his only son - both of whom loved to collect rare works of art! They had everything - from the late great Andalusian-Spanish painter, draughtsman, and sculptor, Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) to the late great Italian painter ...read more

  • I Don't Eat Negroes

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    I DON'T EAT NEGROES Dick Gregory tells the story of a black man who, back in the 60s, walked into a restaurant in Mississippi. He sat down, studied the menu and ordered the fried chicken. A couple of local good-ole-boys started giving him a hard time. The first redneck yelled across the room, ...read more

  • Yancey Noted: "Today As I Read The Accounts Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    Yancey noted: "Today as I read the accounts of Jesus’ birth I tremble to think of the fate of the world resting on the response of two rural teenagers. How many times did Mary review the angel’s words as she felt the Son of God kicking the walls of her uterus? How many times did Joseph ...read more

  • Wesley: The Faith Of A Son

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    WESLEY: THE FAITH OF A SON John Wesley was an honor graduate of Oxford University, an ordained clergyman in the Church of England and orthodox in theology. He was active in practical good works, regularly visiting the inmates of prisons and workhouses in London and helping distribute food and ...read more

  • Stella Awards

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    STELLA AWARDS Several years ago Stella Lieback sued McDonalds for pouring hot coffee on herself. Her grandson was driving the car with Stella in it. At her request, he stopped the car so she could add cream to her coffee. She spilled the coffee on her leg and burned herself. Her lawsuit originally ...read more

  • Celebration Fires

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
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    CELEBRATION FIRES During the dark winter of 1864, at Petersburg, Virginia, the Confederate army of Robert E. Lee faced the Union divisions of General Ulysses S. Grant. Late one evening one of Lee's generals, Major General George Pickett, received word that his wife had given birth to a beautiful ...read more

  • Life Is Not Like A Vcr

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    LIFE IS NOT LIKE A VCR Tim Brown, professor of preaching at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan tells a story about one of his former students who was also named Tim. The former student was a successful young man who called one day to tell the professor that he was sick and in the ...read more

  • Phillip Brooks, A Great American Preacher Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    Phillip Brooks, a great American preacher of another day, said, "Do not pray for easy lives, pray to be stronger people; do not pray for tasks equal to your powers, pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work may be no miracle, but you shall be a miracle. Every day you shall ...read more

  • The Light Of Hope  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    THE LIGHT OF HOPE As Craig T. Kocher in his commentary on our text states, "Christian hope is fundamentally different from optimism. Christian hope locks its steely eyes on the devastation of the world around it, and readily acknowledges that things may not get better. Christian hope does not bury ...read more

  • The Right Perspective  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 29 ratings
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    THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE A man was walking through an art gallery when he came upon a picture of the Lord Jesus dying upon the cross. He stopped and looked at the beautiful portrait of Calvary's love. As he stared into the face of Christ, so full of agony the gallery guard tapped him on the shoulder. ...read more

  • Not My Job  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    NOT MY JOB The names in this story have been changed out of respect for their privacy. Julie W told her family's story in a magazine article. [My daughter], Allison, came home for the weekend. She opened the door, didn't speak, and dropped her duffel bag. Smudges of mascara circled her eyes. I ...read more

  • The Meaning Of Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    THE MEANING OF LIFE Atheist philosopher Bertrand Russell: "Unless you assume a God, the question of life's purpose is meaningless." (Quoted in Warren, The Purpose Driven Life, 17). Welsh scholar Rheinallt Williams: "There is nothing which arises more spontaneously from man's nature than the ...read more

  • Dave's Peace  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    DAVE'S PEACE Dave Dravecky: After he underwent surgery to remove his arm up to his collarbone. His cancerous left arm had been amputated. As he looked in the mirror he said "Okay God. This is what I have got to live with. Put this behind me; lets go forward." A couple of days later he was walking ...read more

  • Silent Night

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    SILENT NIGHT Europe in the early 1800s was a place of great war, turmoil and upheaval. Even after the Napoleonic Wars officially ended in 1815, it's effects continued to take their toll. The year 1816 was one in which national and municipal borders were divided, changed and reset. Areas, such as ...read more

  • Reluctant Fasting  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    RELUCTANT FASTING I ran across an article a few months back in Discipleship Journal called "Confessions of a Reluctant Faster." The author mentioned how God impressed upon her the need to pray and fast for a woman in her small group deeply involved in New Age. She didn't like the idea of fasting, ...read more

  • Real Persecution

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    REAL PERSECUTION There's a cartoon that puts persecution in perspective. In the four panels, we see people praying--first a New Testament Christian: "Lord, give me the courage to face this accusing mob." Then a Reformation Christian: "Lord, help me declare Your truth despite the cost." A 20th ...read more

  • There’s A Subject In School You Either Love Or ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    There’s a subject in school you either love or hate--History. People who lack an appreciation of history don’t learn from it. Military leaders study the lives of great generals and the strategies of past battles. Even with the advent of sophisticated technology on the battlefield there is still ...read more

  • During The American Revolution, Farmers Who ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    During the American Revolution, farmers who joined the Continental Army during the spring and summer went AWOL in the fall and winter. They were known as "summer soldiers". They signed up with the Army after their crops were planted, they fought the British over the summer, but then returned home ...read more

  • John Calvin Noted That €œa Person’s Life Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    John Calvin noted that “A person’s life is appraised according to its purpose.” The purpose of these two men, Timothy and Epaphroditus, was to serve God with reckless ...read more