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  • A Certain Persian King Was Elevated From A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 16, 2001
    based on 107 ratings
     | 2,743 views

    A certain Persian king was elevated from a poverty-stricken home to the glory of a royal throne. After he became king he sent his servants to the old shack where he was reared, with orders to gather every relic of those days. They brought fragments of his home: many broken toys, his patched ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • A Woman From Kentucky Tells This Story. After ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rob Morton on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 119 ratings
     | 3,385 views

    A woman from Kentucky tells this story. After directory assistance gave me my boyfriend’s new telephone number, I dialed him and got a woman. "Is Mike there?" I asked. "He’s in the shower," she responded. "Please tell him his girlfriend phoned," I said and hung up. When he didn’t call ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • A Young Preacher Heard About A Sudden And Tragic ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 24, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 2,213 views

    A young preacher heard about a sudden and tragic death of a teenager in a car accident. He rushed to the home of the parents only to find them standing in the front yard next to their car. They had just arrived home from the hospital. He didn’t know what to say so he said nothing. They hugged ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Amazing Energy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 24, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 1,894 views

    AMAZING ENERGY Scientists now calculate that if the electronic energy in the hydrogen atoms of our body could be utilized, you could supply all of the electrical needs of a large, industrialized country for nearly a week. A DuPont scientist said that the atoms of your body contain a potential ...read more

  • Kokomo Tribune Columnist Ed Vasicek Wrote, ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 3, 2003
     | 1,012 views

    Kokomo Tribune Columnist Ed Vasicek wrote, “Ravenous spenders often work long hours (or take a second job) to support their addiction. Notice that they are NOT willing to give up their purchase binges, but they ARE willing to give up their time and energy. Some of that time and energy COULD ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • If You Think That Babies Can't Hear Inside Their ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 6, 2004
    based on 18 ratings
     | 1,545 views

    If you think that babies can’t hear inside their mother’s womb, you are in for a surprise. Research indicates that loud noises can provoke movement by the fetus and alter its heartbeat. Photographs taken by ultrasound show unborn babies turning toward the tinkling of a bell or the flashing of a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joseph Parker, A Pastor From 1874 Until His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,797 views

    Joseph Parker, a Pastor from 1874 until his death in 1902, wrote the following in his autobiography…Up until the age of 68 I never had a religious doubt. Then my beloved wife died. My faith collapsed. “In that dark hour, I almost became an atheist. For God had set his foot upon my prayers and ...read more

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  • Frances Ridley Havergal Made An Interesting ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,675 views

    Frances Ridley Havergal made an interesting comment on this rest: Begin at once, before you venture away from this quiet moment, ask your King to take you wholly into his service, and place all the hours of this day quite simply at his disposal, and ask him to make and keep you ready to do just ...read more

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  • Several Years Ago A Submarine Was Being Tested ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Several years ago a submarine was being tested and had to remain submerged for many hours. When it returned to harbor, the captain was asked, “How did the terrible storm last night affect you?” The officer looked at him in surprise and exclaimed, “Storm? We didn’t even know there was one” You see, ...read more

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  • Christianity Is A Very Personal Religion. ...

    Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Dec 15, 2007
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     | 1,818 views

    Christianity is a very personal religion. (“I”...“I”...“I”; “I have sinned and I have been saved.”) Belief in Christ is a personal thing. A sinner needs a Saviour—not a teacher or encourager, or perfect Guide to teach to do better next time. Once after a missionary trip, we decided to swim on a ...read more

    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Greg Elder Grew Up On The East Coast. He Would ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008
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     | 1,699 views

    Greg Elder grew up on the east coast. He would spend hours building intricate sand castles. Who cities would appear beneath his hands. One year, for several days in a row, there was a bunch of bullies who smashed his work. So, he tried something: he put cinder blocks and rocks and concrete chunks ...read more

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • What Grace Means

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2012
     | 4,422 views

    WHAT GRACE MEANS When a person works an eight-hour day and receives a fair day’s pay for his time, that is a wage. When a person competes with an opponent and receives a trophy for his performance, that is a prize. When a person receives appropriate recognition for his long service or high ...read more

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  • Affluent Americans Spend More Time On The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    Affluent Americans spend more time on the Internet searching instead of surfing according to a JupiterResearch study. Americans with annual household income over $100,000 spend a median of 17 hours a week online, vs. 14 for everyone else. They also are more aware of advertising and are more active ...read more

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    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 1,157 views

    SECURITY? What’s good about America? How about peace and security? A lady said: Security and peace of mind were part of the reason we moved to a gated community. But both flew out the window the night I called a local pizza shop for a delivery. "I’d like to order a large pepperoni, please," I ...read more

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  • A Homeless Drug Addict In June 1984, John Corapi ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 30, 2008
     | 1,995 views

    A homeless drug addict in June 1984, John Corapi stumbled back into his mother’s house, with what he called all the forces of hell riding on his shoulder. He prayed for the first time in years and experienced the mercy of God, a sense of peace that replaced the wrath he had felt until then. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Study More, Say ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
     | 1,425 views

    STUDY MORE, SAY LESS Charles Spurgeon said this: "If you ask me how to shorten your sermons, I should say, study them better. Spend more time in the study that you may need less in the pulpit. We are generally longest when we have least to say." We have already seen what George Whitefield said, ...read more

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  • I Recently Read A News Story About A Little ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lin Smalec on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,682 views

    I recently read a news story about a little village in Austria named Rattenberg. It is “the smallest town in Austria, and getting smaller each year. The town has lost 20 percent of its population in the past two decades, and as of 2005 had only 440 residents. The reason? Darkness. Rattenberg is ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Anatoli Shcharansky, A Dissident Soviet Jew, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,332 views

    Anatoli Shcharansky, a dissident Soviet Jew, kissed his wife goodbye as she left Russia for freedom in Israel. His parting words to her were, "I’ll see you soon in Jerusalem." But Anatoli was detained and finally imprisoned. Their reunion in Jerusalem would not only be postponed, it might never ...read more

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  • Life Examples: Jacob: Wrestling With God (Gen. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Nathan Parker on Mar 10, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,326 views

    Life Examples: Jacob: Wrestling with God (Gen. 32:24-32) The story of Jacob alternately comforts and confounds. For while we could look upon many of his decisions with contempt-and even wonder why God would so favor such a man-it equally reassures us to realize that the God who extended grace to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Listen Slowly  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Hensley on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 94 ratings
     | 3,990 views

    LISTEN SLOWLY Writer Charles Swindoll once found himself with too many commitments in too few days. He got nervous and tense about it. "I was snapping at my wife and our children, choking down my food at mealtimes, and feeling irritated at those unexpected interruptions through the day," he ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist