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  • Missing The Big Story  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    Missing the Big Story On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made their first flight of an airplane at Kitty Hawk NC. The flight lasted 59 seconds and travelled 850 ft. Wilbur rushed to the local telegraph office and sent the following message home -- WE HAVE FLOWN FOR 59 SECONDS - WE ...read more

  • A Man From China Who Was Converted To Christ Told ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    A man from China who was converted to Christ told this story: A man fell into a dark, slimy pit. He tried to climb out of the pit, but he couldn’t. Confucius came along, saw the man and said, "Poor fellow, had he listened to me, he never would have gotten there," and he went on. Buddha came along ...read more

  • Five Finger ...

    Contributed by John Browning on Jan 31, 2009
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    Five Finger Prayer This is so neat. I had never heard this before. This is beautiful - and it is surely worth making the 5 finger prayer a part of our lives. 1. Your thumb is nearest you. So begin your prayers by praying for those closest to you. They are the easiest to remember. To pray for our ...read more

  • 51% Of Baby Boomers Say They Are Doing Financial ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    51% of baby boomers say they are doing financial planning and their goals are set and on ...read more

  • Buyer's Remorse And A Dead ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    BUYER’S REMORSE AND A DEAD DONKEY A city boy, Kenny, moved to the country and bought a donkey from an old farmer for $100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day. The next day the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry son, but I have some bad news, the donkey died." Kenny replied, ...read more

  • Answered Prayer Helps Persuade Agnostic While ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 28, 2010
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    Answered Prayer Helps Persuade Agnostic While F.B. Meyer on Oceanliner While crossing the Atlantic on an oceanliner, F.B. Meyer was asked to address the first class passengers. At the captain’s request he spoke on "Answered Prayer." An agnostic who was present at the service was asked by his ...read more

  • Branded As Christ's Disciple

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2010
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    BRANDED AS CHRIST'S DISCIPLE Two Texans were trying to impress each other with the size of their ranches. One asked the other, "What's the name of your ranch?" He replied, "The Rocking R, ABC, Flying W Circle C, Bar U, Staple Four, Box D, Rolling M, Rainbow's End, Silver Spur Ranch." The ...read more

  • Baptism Of Paul ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2010
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    Baptism of Paul Harvey Paul Harvey wrote about his own baptism. He said that even though he had received almost every reward for his broadcasting ability that he still felt empty inside. One summer, however, he and his wife were vacationing in a place called Cave Creek, AZ. Sunday morning came and ...read more

  • G. Campbell Morgan Personalizes Jesus' Word To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2010
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    G. Campbell Morgan Personalizes Jesus’ Word to Jairus Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, that great preacher of 19th century spoke powerfully on this passage from his own experience. He said, “I can hardly speak of this matter without becoming personal and reminiscent, remembering a time forty years ago when ...read more

  • Former Convict And Judge Together At ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2010
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    Former Convict and Judge Together at Communion A large prosperous city church had three mission churches under its care that it had started. On the first Sunday of the New Year all the members of the mission churches came to the city church for a combined Communion service. In those mission ...read more

  • Bill Hybels: Difficult Forgiveness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2010
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    BILL HYBELS: DIFFICULT FORGIVENESS Everything we have seen about how to deal with difficult people when put to action will bring glory to God. We find this in an illustration from Bill Hybels: "A couple of years ago, a member of my church’s vocal team and I were invited by a Christian leader ...read more

  • A Millionaire Leaves It ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2010
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    A Millionaire Leaves It All A famous millionaire died of cancer. For weeks he suffered intolerable agony. Although surrounded by every luxury and receiving every possible care, he died as wretchedly as a pauper. There was the usual publicity, flowers, telegrams, an expensive bronze casket and a ...read more

  • A Little Girl's Alphabet ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 10, 2010
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    A Little Girl’s Alphabet Prayer A father walked by his daughter’s bedroom door which was cracked just enough so that he could see that she was kneeling beside her bed in prayer. Interested to find out what subjects a child would bring before God, he paused and listened. He was puzzled though to ...read more

  • Forgiveness Works Like This, " No Matter How ...

    Contributed by Steve Gulbronson on May 25, 2010
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    Forgiveness works like this, " No matter how many steps we take away from Jesus, it only takes one step to get back, ...read more

  • Car Trouble Opens An Opportunity To Be A Good ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010
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    Car Trouble Opens an Opportunity to be a Good Samaritan This was written by a Metro Denver Hospice Physician: I was driving home from a meeting this evening about 5, stuck in traffic on Colorado Blvd., and the car started to choke and splutter and die. I barely managed to coast, cruising, into a ...read more

  • An Angry Hospital Patient ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2010
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    An Angry Hospital Patient Repents I read about a woman who was in the hospital when she got a bad report. She was so mad at God she went into the hospital chapel to tell God off. She was angry because she thought God had been fooling people by telling them he was a God of love. As she approached ...read more

  • Commitment And Loyalty To Christ Likened To A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 7, 2010
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    Commitment and Loyalty to Christ Likened to a Trapeze Artist John Ortberg (Faith & Doubt, p. 169-170) says the word trapeze describes the bar between the ropes of a trapeze artist in the circus. It’s a Greek word, meaning table. It’s used in the New Testament when Jesus gathers his friends around ...read more

  • Missionary Martyred In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2010
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    Missionary Martyred in India That reminds me of a story I read about a missionary in India last month who was constructing a new church when he was killed by an extremist anti-Christian group. He had gone to a nearby town to purchase materials for the final phase of construction but never returned. ...read more

  • A Gift Beyond Description  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 15, 2010
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    A GIFT BEYOND DESCRIPTION A few years ago, on "Good Morning, America," Joan Lunden featured some extraordinary gifts that a person might want to include on their Christmas gift list. One of them was a Jaguar automobile, the Jaguar 220. To purchase one, you first go to your Jaguar dealer and ...read more

  • You Will Meet An Old Lady

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2010
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    YOU WILL MEET AN OLD LADY You are going to meet an old lady someday. Down the road ahead, 10, 20, 30 years; she’s waiting for you. You will be catching up with her. What kind of old lady are you going to meet? That is a rather significant question. She may be a seasoned, soft, and gracious lady. ...read more