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  • There Was A Father Who Took His Two Young ...

    Contributed by Mick Court on Jun 22, 2008
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    There was a father who took his two young children to an amusement park. They were so excited. After going on all the rides they wanted, he said now it is time for the ghost train! They both didn't want to go, and yet the father insisted it was part of the experience of going to an amusement park. ...read more

  • Showing Favor

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    SHOWING FAVOR In July of 2005, Angelina Jolie adopted a little Ethiopian child. While she was touring drought and disease and famine stricken Ethiopia, she got the idea that although she couldn’t do every child in Africa a favor, she could grant favor to one child. So she stepped out of her world ...read more

  • It Just Seemed ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    IT JUST SEEMED LONG George Buttrick is considered one of the top ten preachers of the 20th Century. He served nearly thirty years as pastor of New York’s Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church. From that distinguished pulpit, Buttrick began a teaching career at Union Theological Seminary, then as ...read more

  • Preach Christ...?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,991 views

    PREACH CHRIST...? A middle-aged farmer wanted to be a preacher for years, but wasn't sure if it was God's will. One day, while he was working in the field, he decided to rest under a tree. As he looked up into the sky he saw that the clouds seemed to form into the letters P and C. As he thought ...read more

  • Everyone Must Have The Same Life ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 19, 2008
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    Everyone Must Have The Same Life Preserver Bruce Revel tells about taking a cruise on a large ocean liner. Soon after boarding the craft, he found out that everyone would be required to participate in a lifeboat drill. “One requirement was that everyone had to wear a life jacket. When the alarm ...read more

  • Mad At Him Or Mad At You?

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 23, 2008
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    Mad at Him or Mad at YOU? I remember a specific time a couple of years ago that someone just pulled out in front of me trying to turn left and get in the small space between my car and the next. Of course I was in a hurry as I was running late. And of course I had to brake and subsequently missed ...read more

  • A Widely Circulated Story Over The Internet Is ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 27, 2008
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    A widely circulated story over the Internet is one that is told a couple of different ways but with the same kind of an ending. One way that I have heard it (and perhaps have told it) is that a rushing businessman knocks over a child’s fruit stand in his hurry to catch a train. He stops after ...read more

  • There Was Excitement All Through The Orphanage, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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    There was excitement all through the orphanage, for a lady had come to take little Jane home with her. The girl was sort of nervous about the thought of becoming the kind ladies child, "Do you want to go with me and be my child?" the lady asked her in a gentle tone. The little girl said,” I don’t ...read more

  • Charles Crabtree, Former Assistant General Sup. ...

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Oct 21, 2008
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    Charles Crabtree, former Assistant General Sup. of the Assemblies of God told this story. I met a distinguished-looking gentleman in his mid-40s, who immediately began to impress upon me how educated he was. After a few minutes of a well-rehearsed oral résumé, I must confess I was impressed. He ...read more

  • The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre … Was A Wave ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 27, 2008
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    The St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre … was a wave of Roman Catholic mob violence against the Huguenots (French Calvinist Protestants), during the French Wars of Religion. Traditionally believed to have been instigated by Catherine de’ Medici, the mother of King Charles IX, the massacre took place six ...read more

  • One Of My Favourite Stories, (Whether It Is True ...

    Contributed by David Moore on Nov 7, 2008
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    One of my favourite stories, (whether it is true or not I cannot really say – the Irish love telling “stories”), is about the golfer Seve Ballesteros when he was playing in the Irish Open Golf Championship at Portmarnock. Apparently one of the evenings after play Ballesteros turned up at the Club ...read more

  • As I Mentioned, Ancients Held The Belief That ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 18, 2008
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    As I mentioned, ancients held the belief that blood was significant. It was powerful. The Hebrews would hold animal sacrifices. The blood would be used to symbolically cover up the sin of the people. Hebrews 9:22 says that forgiveness does not come without the shedding of blood. The Hebrews had to ...read more

  • Who Do You Rely On?  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 25, 2008
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    WHO DO YOU RELY ON? In "Point Man", Steve Farrar tells about a photographer for a national magazine who was assigned to take pictures of a great forest fire. He was advised that a small plane would be waiting to fly him over the fire. The photographer arrived at the airstrip just an hour before ...read more

  • When The Blacksmith Strikes His Hammer Repeatedly ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008
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    When the blacksmith strikes his hammer repeatedly on the anvil it is said that the same anvil will wear out many hammers. Those who strike Christians are creating boldness in the body of Christ. When Christians are persecuted there is more courage. Tell about the workers at Youth for Christ in Shri ...read more

  • Mind-Barriers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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    MIND-BARRIERS Roger Bannister was an Olympian. Every four years we have the games. Four minutes was the fastest record to ever run the mile. Ever since statisticians kept records, they knew that no one would could ever beat that record. But Roger Bannister didn't listen to them--he went out and ...read more

  • God's "Random" Provision

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jan 21, 2009
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    God's "Random" Provision Charles Cowman and his wife were missionaries to Asia. He became fatally ill and they returned to their homeland. For six years he battled his illness. Mrs. Cowman says, "... each time when the testings had reached their utmost limit, God would illumine some old and ...read more

  • Head Of Household  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 6, 2009
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     | 2,710 views

    HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD The story begins in heaven after the final judgment. God appeared and said, "I want the men to make two lines. One line for the men who were true heads of their household and the other line for the men who were dominated by their women. I want all the women to report to St. ...read more

  • Commitment Or Contentment?

    Contributed by Don Jones on Mar 10, 2009
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    COMMITMENT OR CONTENTMENT? Four masked men came in with assault rifles screaming at the preacher and members during the worship service. They said that anyone who would deny their faith could leave safely, but the pastor had to stay and face the outcome. Silence fill the church, and finally, ...read more

  • One Mistake, And You're Finished

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
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    ONE MISTAKE, AND YOU’RE FINISHED When I was chaplain at the University of Maryland, there was a religious group on campus which left no room for mistakes. If you didn’t measure up, out you went. We heard that one of the students had been sent out of that group for drinking. Then we heard that ...read more

  • In 1904 William Borden, Heir To The Borden ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 22, 2009
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    “In 1904 William Borden, heir to the Borden Dairy Estate, graduated from a Chicago high school a millionaire. His parents gave him a trip around the world. Traveling through Asia, the Middle East, and Europe gave Borden a burden for the world’s hurting people. Writing home, he said, "I’m going to ...read more