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  • Slaves To Our Words  PRO

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Mar 15, 2011
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    SLAVES TO OUR WORDS Noted statesman Sir Winston Churchill once said: "We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out." Churchill's words echo those penned by King Solomon almost three millennia ago. We're all guilty from time to time; I know I am. There's been times ...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 The boy would kick, scream, run away and hide, become withdrawn, ...read more

  • 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

  • The Heart Is Like A Garden  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 25, 2011
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    THE HEART IS LIKE A GARDEN John Owen: "The hearts of believers are like gardens, wherein there are not only flowers, but weeds also; and as the former must be watered and cherished, so the latter must be curbed and ...read more

  • A Young Man Had Finished His First Semester In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 25, 2011
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    A young man had finished his first semester in college, and was spending the weekend at home. Somewhat bored with the old place, he was regaling his father with the wonders of his campus and the enlightened people there. After getting up a head of steam and warming up to his subject he said, "Why, ...read more

  • Grandpa And The Peach

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2011
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    GRANDPA AND THE PEACH "Four-year-old Jason was visiting his grandparents. Grandpa was in his study intently reading. Jason walked in carrying a peach, said something Grandpa didn't catch, and handed the peach to him. "Thinking his wife had sent him a snack, Grandpa took it and ate it. Just as he ...read more

  • Pride And Peril: The Art Forger

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2011
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    PRIDE AND PERIL: THE ART FORGER Yesterday I was reading about a man called Han van Meegeren who was a Dutch artist and an extremely talented ART FORGER. He forged some of the world’s most famous paintings so well that the best art critics and art experts of his time thought his paintings were ...read more

  • Hope Is The Dream Of A Soul

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2011
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    HOPE IS THE DREAM OF A SOUL When a member of my congregation, 18-year-old Heidi, was thrown from a car back in May and suffered a head injury, it was a real miracle that she recovered and was soon in rehab at Crystus Santa Rosa. She was learning to walk again through rehab and therapy when a young ...read more

  • Complicated Directions

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2011
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    COMPLICATED DIRECTIONS Matt Woodly, a father of four, talks about buying his children a swing set, about 15 years ago, as an early Christmas present. It was an extra long metal set with two swings, a two-seater swinging bench, a slide, monkey bars, and a series of hanging rings. He thought the ...read more

  • A Liar Rips His Pants

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 20, 2011
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    A LIAR RIPS HIS PANTS Aaron Siebers. The 27-year-old Denver man, a Blockbuster employee, was skateboarding one afternoon when he fell and ripped his uniform pants. Due to work last night--and concerned about getting "written up" by Blockbuster superiors for not wearing his work-issued ...read more

  • More Than A Golf Ball

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2011
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    MORE THAN A GOLF BALL Curtis Strange, one of the golfers in the Master’s Tournament, teed up on the 12th hole and hit a beautiful shot. It rolled right up and dropped in the cup for a hole-in-one. The crowd went crazy with applause and cheering. Then Curtis Strange did an interesting thing. He ...read more

  • A Good Name: The Case Of Butch O'hare

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2011
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    A GOOD NAME: THE CASE OF BUTCH O'HARE His name was Butch O'Hare, one of the heroes of World War II. He was a fighter pilot assigned to an aircraft carrier in the South Pacific. One day his entire squadron was sent on a mission. After he was airborne, he looked at his fuel gauge and realized that ...read more

  • Cheering For The Other Team

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2011
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    CHEERING FOR THE OTHER TEAM I heard about an unusual high school football game played in Grapevine, Texas recently between Grapevine Faith Academy and the Gainesville State School. Faith Academy is a Christian school and Gainesville is located within a high-security youth correctional facility. ...read more

  • Walk With You  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2011
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    WALK WITH YOU During WW2, two young Jews lived as close friends, (BFFs, we can call them), more than real brothers in a dingy Nazi concentration camp jammed with helpless-hopeless-exhausted-abused Jews. They shared everything, literally everything. One day, one of them felt weak and started to ...read more

  • Close, But...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2011
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    CLOSE, BUT... A high school senior was asking his father's advice on how to woo the girl of his dreams. And his dad said "Well son, when you take her out for pizza tonight and you're sitting across the table from her, take her hand in yours, gaze longingly into her eyes and softly say 'Wow, you ...read more

  • The Bill Always Comes Due

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2011
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    THE BILL ALWAYS COMES DUE Bob Harris, weatherman for NY TV station WPIX-TV and the nationally syndicated independent Network news, had to weather a public storm of his own making in 1979. Though he had studied math, physics and geology at three colleges, he left school without a degree but with a ...read more

  • Do You Have The Nerve Of A Squirrel?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 12, 2011
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    DO YOU HAVE THE NERVE OF A SQUIRREL? A young writer with a very uncertain income went into a quiet park to contemplate a serious problem. For four years he had been engaged, but felt he did not have enough money to get married. He wanted to live and write in Paris, Rome, Vienna, ...read more

  • A Mother's Secret For Success

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Jul 28, 2011
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    A MOTHER'S SECRET FOR SUCCESS This is a poem we found 11 years after my moms death.It touches my heart each time I read it. A Mothers Secret For Success When in the morning I wash my children, I prayed that they might be washed by the Saviours precious blood. When I put on their garments, I ...read more

  • A Reggie Jackson Perspective

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2011
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    A REGGIE JACKSON PERSPECTIVE Dave Bosewell tells the story of Earl Weaver who was the manager of the Baltimore Orioles and how he handled slugger Reggie Jackson. Weaver had a rule that no one could steal a base unless the steal sign was given. This upset Jackson because he knew pitchers and ...read more

  • The Influence Of Mothers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2011
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    THE INFLUENCE OF MOTHERS Don DeWelt was one of my college professors at Ozark Christian College. Don preached a sermon entitled, "The only commandment the virgin Mary ever gave." What was that commandment? DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU. God bless all mothers who have said to her children, "Do whatever ...read more

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