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  • In The November 1987 Reader's Digest, Betty Wein ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    In the November 1987 Reader’s Digest, Betty Wein retells an old tale she heard from Elie Wiesel (vee-zehl’): “A just man comes to Sodom hoping to save the city. He pickets. What else can he do? He goes from street to street, from marketplace to marketplace, shouting, ‘Men and women, repent. What ...read more

  • A Man Named Victor Frankl, A Jewish Psychiatrist ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    A man named Victor Frankl, a Jewish psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, discovered this great truth in the midst of a Jewish concentration camp during WW II. While seeking to survive the horror of this imprisonment Frankl began observing his fellow prisoners in the hope of discovering what coping ...read more

  • A Well Trained Memory Is One That Permits You To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    "A well trained memory is one that permits you to forget everything that isn’t worth remembering." From ...read more

  • It's Kind Of Like An Athlete Preparing For The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    It’s kind of like an athlete preparing for the upcoming season. Say, for example, basketball season is starting soon. Typically, the basketball coach asks you to do some running in practice; you do sprints up and down the court, up and down the court. At times, it seems useless. But, once into the ...read more

  • Pour Cold Water Into Hot Water & Temp Of Water ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    Pour cold water into hot water & temp of water will lower. Similar to if you put hot water in cold water, the temp will rise. What we do as individuals affects the whole body. Either you are a help or a burden. Which are you? After a defeat, don’t blame God, don’t throw in ...read more

  • If A Football Team Suffers A Loss, What Does The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    If a football team suffers a loss, what does the coach do? Does he throw in the towel? No, he reviews the films, makes the necessary corrections for the next ...read more

  • Prayer Meeting Week After Week With A Woman ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    Prayer meeting week after week with a woman praying every week this prayer: "Lord, please get rid of the cobwebs in my life." Every week, the same prayer, without fail. Over and over again. Finally, one of the men in the prayer meeting got so fed up, he offered up his own ...read more

  • Listen To The Words Of Max Lucado From His Book ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    Listen to the words of Max Lucado from his book "When God Whispers Your Name": "For the next twelve hours I will be exposed to the day’s demands. It is now that I must make a choice Because of Calvary, I’m free to choose. And so I choose. I choose love. No occasion justifies hatred; no injustice ...read more

  • The Paradox Of Our Time In History Is That We ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less ...read more

  • In Miami, Two Brothers Aged 15 And 17 Celebrated ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    In Miami, two brothers aged 15 and 17 celebrated their parents’ weekend absence by cruising the family car into a poor section of town and shooting six-inch spear darts into the backs of people walking down the sidewalk – mostly elderly African-Americans. When they were arrested, the oldest boy ...read more

  • Poem: I Am Just A Raindrop  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    POEM: “I Am Just a Raindrop” The following poem was heard on Paul Harvey’s broadcast in 2004: I AM JUST A RAINDROP I am just a raindrop I was born in the sky and settled into a hillside there to dance in the sun and sparkle And nourish green and growing things But there are other raindrops on the ...read more

  • I Recently Heard The Story Of A Boy Named Eduardo ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    I recently heard the story of a boy named Eduardo who was completely blind. He had spent all of his life trying to understand the mysteries of looking around a corner or why people could not see through a wall. The article said he often pondered the “wonders of a blue sky or green field.” But ...read more

  • Both Fridays And The Number 13 Have Both Been ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    Both Fridays and the number 13 have both been considered “unlucky” down thru the ages. The number 13, for example: The Turks so disliked that number that they practically removed it from their vocabulary (Brewer, 1894). Many cities do not have a 13th Street or a 13th Avenue. Many buildings don’t ...read more

  • For Those Of You Who Weren't Here A Couple Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    For those of you who weren’t here a couple of weeks ago - before he became a preacher John Newton was a wicked man. If there was something evil he could do... and he could figure out a way to do it… he did it. In fact, his wickedness was so obvious, that when his ship, the Greyhound, was caught in ...read more

  • During My First Ministry, I Encountered A Man Who ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    During my first ministry, I encountered a man who approached me about becoming a Christian. He had not been in church much before… but he was scared of God’s judgment. He’d just seen a TV special on a man named Nostradamus who had predicted the end of the world and this young man was afraid that ...read more

  • Here At Our Congregation, Larry Pierce Has Often ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    Here at our congregation, Larry Pierce has often shared about his auto accident that brought him back to Jesus. He had been a Christian years ago but had wandered away and lived his life without God. Then one day, he was driving a pick up truck down a road in Kentucky. He was towing another truck ...read more

  • Oswald Chambers Has Noted: "The Remarkable Thing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    Oswald Chambers has noted: "The remarkable thing about fearing God is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God you fear everything else." From ...read more

  • I Read The True Story Once About A Woman Who Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    I read the true story once about a woman who was babysitting for the 2 year old son of her preacher. The boy was sleeping in her home one night while the preacher and his wife were out of town and the boy woke up at 4:30 a.m. crying for his daddy. “I didn’t know what to do until I remembered my ...read more

  • One Preacher Told Of Having A "Rap Session" With ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    One preacher told of having a “rap session” with some high schoolers. He told them they could ask him anything they liked, and he’d try to answer them. Toward the end of that session, one girl challenge him with this comment: “The Bible says God loves everybody. Then it says that God sends people ...read more

  • St. Thomas Aquinas Wrote; "No Man Can Live ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    St. Thomas Aquinas Wrote; “No man can live without delight, and that is why a man deprived of spiritual joy goes over to evil pleasures”. From Art ...read more