Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
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A young boy complained to his father that most of the church hymns were boring to him—too far behind the times, tiresome tunes and meaningless words. His father put an end to his son’s complaints by saying, “If you think you can write better hymns, then why don’t you?” The boy went to his room and
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Contributed by Robert Leroe on Mar 19, 2006
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Winston Churchill designed his own funeral, which took place at St Paul’s Cathedral in London. The dome was the model for our US Capitol building in DC. I was privileged to visit St Paul’s several years ago. At Churchill’s direction, at the close of the service, a bugler positioned high up in
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Congregational
Contributed by John Shearhart on Jun 9, 2006
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Over Memorial Day weekend the WWII based series Band of Brothers played. Close to the end the historical character Major Winters says something like “When we began this war these men obeyed me because they were commanded to. Now they obey me because they trust me.”
The men learned that they
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Contributed by Don Jones on Jul 11, 2006
Again Dr. Marc T. Newman writes, "There would not be much drama, however, if no one were in peril in a pirate film. There is plenty of swordplay, and a ship-crunching Kraken lurks in the deep, but such threats can only harm one’s body. The real danger lies in risking one’s soul. Dead Man’s Chest
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Baptist
Contributed by Don Jones on Jul 14, 2006
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Again Dr. Marc T. Newman writes, "There would not be much drama, however, if no one were in peril in a pirate film. There is plenty of swordplay, and a ship-crunching Kraken lurks in the deep, but such threats can only harm one’s body. The real danger lies in risking one’s soul. Dead Man’s Chest
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Baptist
Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 13, 2006
I’ll never forget when my bride appeared at the end of the aisle. I smiled a big smile -- couldn’t help myself! There were a lot of people happy for different reasons that day, but I was happy that I was taking Carrie Leigh Hart to be my wife! The groom’s joy comes because of the bride -- she
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Ray Searan on Feb 21, 2007
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Blind skiers were featured in the 1988 winter Olympics. How did they ski being blind? They were paired with sighted skiers who would simply yell, "LEFT" or "RIGHT" when the time came to turn, and the blind skiers obeyed without question! Their obedience brought reward. When we cannot see what God
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Brian Menear on Mar 31, 2007
ILLUS-Death was walking toward a city, and a man stopped Death and asked “what are yo going to do?” “I’m going to kill 10,000 people today” Death said. The man ran ahead to the the city. He warned everybody he passed that Death was coming and what he was going to do. At then end of the day, he
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Neil Partington on Jul 31, 2007
There was an article in one of the magazines where a one year old had such a serious medical condition that only an experimental medical procedure MIGHT help her. Otherwise she would die in a short time. Certain members of the family were strongly opposed to going ahead with it. The parents were
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 19, 2007
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you were transported back in time 200 years? How would you explain the inventions we take for granted? If you spoke of computers or DVDs or Ipods or even television, people would think you were sort of strange. We are from the future. One day, the
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Darrin Fish on Dec 7, 2007
Startling Statistics
Only eight percent of the time since the beginning of recorded history has the world been entirely at peace. In over 3,100 years, only 286 have been warless and 8,000 treaties have been broken in this time.
Jesus Himself tells us in Mt 24:6 6 And you will hear of wars and
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Christian Church
Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008
Someone was discussing with his preacher the advisability of writing down the names of the bride and groom in his notes. He had heard about a priest who was too proud to do that, and ended up calling a groom by the wrong name. The preacher said, "You think that’s bad? I began a ceremony and
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jan 13, 2008
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“All you need do is profess Jesus, or at least be religious, and you are readily accepted in that large and diverse group. Sin is tolerated, truth is moderated, and humility is ignored. God’s Word is praised but not studied, and His standards are admired but not followed. This way requires no
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Paul describes this situation as “death-dealing sin.” He calls it “the dead-end abyss of separation from God.” The way they put in medieval times was to describe humanity -- listen to this: humanity was portrayed as a wingless bird, stuck in its alluring conditions, too heavy to fly. Does any
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Presbyterian/Reformed