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  • Stuttering  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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     | 3,538 views

    STUTTERING A enormously muscular guy with a bad stutter goes to a counter in a department store and asks, "W-w-w-where’s the m-m-m-men’s dep-p-p-partment?" The clerk behind the counter just looks at him and says nothing. The man repeats himself: "W-w-w-where’s the m-m-m-men’s dep-p-p-partment?" ...read more

  • Escaped ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
     | 3,200 views

    ESCAPED CONFLICTS In the 1980’s a retired couple was alarmed by the threat of nuclear war so they undertook a serious study of all the inhabited places on the globe. Their goal was to determine where in the world would be the least likely place affected by a nuclear war -- a place of ultimate ...read more

  • Never Said Thanks  PRO

    Contributed by Et Tapper on Feb 9, 2009
    based on 8 ratings
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    NEVER SAID THANKS Edward Spencer was a ministerial student in Evanston, Illinois, and also a member of a life-saving squad during his school years. In 1860, a ship went aground on the shore of Lake Michigan near Evanston, and Spencer waded again and again into the frigid waters to rescue seventeen ...read more

  • The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    THE SHEEP-CHASER A guide on a tour bus that traveled through Israel’s countryside had the crowd engaged as he explained the history, the scenery and the lifestyle. In his description, he included a heart-warming portrayal of the ancient shepherd/sheep relationship. He told of how the shepherd ...read more

  • The World Doesn't Hate You

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
     | 4,086 views

    THE WORLD DOESN’T HATE YOU After a tough and discouraging day at work, Melvin plopped himself on the couch and began wallowing in self-pity. His moaned to his wife, "Nobody cares about me. In fact, the whole world hates me." Without even looking up from her work, Melvin’s wife replied, "That’s ...read more

  • Imbalanced ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 1,911 views

    IMBALANCED COVERAGE Only 8% of Americans are atheist, reports The National Cultural Values Survey conducted for the Culture and Media Institute (CMI). Yet the U.S. news media does not subject atheism or atheists to the same skepticism to which it subjects Christians and Christianity. From the 105 ...read more

  • Christ Was Love  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
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    CHRIST WAS LOVE I read a story that I thought was a perfect illustration as to what the perfect gift looks like at Christmas. It centered on a school Christmas pageant. Of course there was nothing there to make it religious. Only snowmen, reindeer and the like. And so the kindergarten class was ...read more

  • Light In The Darkness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 11, 2009
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    LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS I remember a story told to me by a friend who flew combat choppers in Viet Nam. He was radioed to a secret mission one night which required him to fly in total darkness, totally by instruments. Hovering above a jungle under heavy cloud cover, he told me that it seemed you ...read more

  • The Story Of Isaac ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    THE STORY OF ISAAC WATTS A young boy complained to his father that most of the church hymns were boring and old-fashioned, with tiresome words that meant little to his generation. His father challenged him with these words: "If you think you can write better hymns, why don’t you?" The boy ...read more

  • Famous Last Words  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    FAMOUS LAST WORDS Karl Marx, died in 1883 with these last words: "Go on, get out - last words are for fools who haven’t said enough." Thomas à Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, d.1170 "I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace." The very last words ...read more

  • I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    I CHEATED... Davy Troxel said: My 8-year-old son came home from school with a stuffed animal he had won at the class Valentine party. "How did that happen?" I asked. "Well," he explained, "the teacher put all our names together, then picked one out. I cheated, though," he said, looking ...read more

  • Easter Is The Truth That Turns A Church From A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,815 views

    Easter is the truth that turns a church from a ...read more

  • To Give Without Any Reward, Or Any Notice, Has ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special ...read more

  • The Seed You Sow Today Will Not Produce Crop ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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     | 4,415 views

    "The seed you sow today will not produce crop till tomorrow. For this reason, your identity does not lie in your current results. This is not ...read more

  • God Is Preparing His Heroes; And When The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,256 views

    "God is preparing His heroes; and when the opportunity comes, He can fit them ...read more

  • Every Single Apostle Experienced Persecution: 1 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on May 29, 2007
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    • Every single apostle experienced persecution: 1 John died of old age exiled on the island of Patmos. 2 Peter was crucified upside down under Nero. 3. Andrew died upon a cross at Patrae, in Achia 4.James the brother of Jesus was thrown from a pinnacle of the temple and beaten to death by a ...read more

  • I Know Of A Priest Back In New York City Who Went ...  PRO

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Jun 3, 2007
    based on 18 ratings
     | 2,149 views

    I know of a priest back in New York City who went to Ireland to visit his relatives. While he was staying at his cousin’s farm, they decided to have some fun with him. After doing some chores in the fields, they told him to come in for dinner just as soon as he was through rounding up the sheep ...read more

  • Bamboo

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,274 views

    Once upon a time, in the heart of an ancient Kingdom, there was a beautiful garden. And there, in the cool of the day, the Master of the garden would walk. Of all the plants of the garden, the most beautiful and most beloved was gracious and noble bamboo. Year after year, bamboo grew yet more noble ...read more

  • More Than Anyone Else Christian Parents Can Have ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,446 views

    More than anyone else Christian parents can have the most influence on their children, because when Christ died upon the Cross the veil was ripped open so they could enter into the presence of God who sits on the Throne of Grace. The call to pray is from God’s Word and we are given a sure promise, ...read more

  • Paul Harvey Told About A 3-Year-Old Boy Who Went ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,490 views

    Paul Harvey told about a 3-year-old boy who went to the grocery store with his mother. Before they entered the grocery store she said to him, "Now you’re not going to get any chocolate chip cookies, so don’t even ask." She put him up in the cart & he sat in the little child’s seat while she ...read more

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