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  • Bill Hybels, Pastor Of Willow Creek Community ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,315 views

    Bill Hybels, Pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in the Chicago area, was attending a luncheon in a Southern state. Sitting across from him was an African-American built like a football player. When he introduced himself and the African American told him his name and it was distinctly Muslim. ...read more

  • A Brain Surgeon On Parenting ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
     | 3,054 views

    A BRAIN SURGEON ON PARENTING INFLUENCE I read a book entitled Gifted Hands, the autobiography of Dr. Ben Carson, Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins hospital in Boston. This is what he writes: "My mother was a remarkable woman who was pregnant and then married at age 13. She worked ...read more

  • The Power In Touching The Untouchable  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
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    THE POWER IN TOUCHING THE UNTOUCHABLE Jesus, the Christ, is still in the business of touching the untouchable! You may feel like you are too dirty or too wicked for Jesus, the Christ, to touch you with His forgiveness today! As an illustration, you may remember the move enitled "The Elephant ...read more

  • Our Need For Pain  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2011
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     | 3,336 views

    OUR NEED FOR PAIN There is no tougher dilemma in the Christian life than the problem of pain. It could be the pain of broken relationship, the pain of rejection, or the pain of insults. Or it could just be plain old physical pain. Nothing tests the faith like pain. It was physical pain that ...read more

  • Rejoicing In Pain  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,031 views

    REJOICING IN PAIN Richard Stearns, the president of World Vision, visited a church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, nearly a year after the devastating earthquake. The church's building consisted of a tent made from white tarps and duct tape, pitched in the midst of a sprawling camp for thousands of ...read more

  • Ordinary Joe – An Unsung Hero

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Dec 24, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,281 views

    Ordinary Joe – An Unsung Hero There are many characters in the cast of the Christmas story that have gripped the Church’s imagination but there’s one that has rarely had a place in the spotlight. Joseph. There’s the Magi, exotic and somehow still gleaming in their silks after the long, dusty road ...read more

  • Anne Landers On Loneliness  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Sep 24, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
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    Quote from Anne Landers: “ I’ve learned plenty, including most importantly what Leo Rostea had in mind when he said, “Each of us is a little lonely, deep inside and longs to be understood.” I have learned how it is with the stumbling tortured people in this world who have nobody to talk to. The ...read more

  • Maybe You Remember The End Of The Movie ...  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Schmidt on Nov 23, 2003
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    Maybe you remember the end of the movie Braveheart. William Wallace, the Scottish hero, is being tortured. The king wants him and his people to give into his power and rule. But Wallace suffers through it. He won’t give in. And the very last word that he shouts as he marshals all his strength is he ...read more

  • Thomas Edison

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on May 10, 2009
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    Thomas Edison “I did not have my mother long, but she cast over me an influence which has lasted all my life. The good effects of her early training I can never lose. If it had not been for her appreciation and her faith in me at a critical time in my experience, I should never likely have become ...read more

  • Exceeding Expectations

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Jun 25, 2025
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    Last Sunday I preached about heaven. I love preaching about heaven but I always feel like any description I give falls so far short of what it will actually be like. And I must admit, I have many questions. What exactly will it be like? What will we be doing? Will the bonds we've formed here ...read more

  • One Solitary Life  PRO

    Contributed by David Parks on Mar 31, 2007
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    One Solitary Life Here is a man who was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another village. He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty, and then for three years He was an itinerant preacher. He never wrote a book. He never held an office. He never owned a ...read more

  • Next, We Live In A "Salt Water World". Survivors ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Feb 22, 2008
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    Next, we live in a "Salt Water World". Survivors of naval battles have often told of the hardships on the high seas. The command is given, "Abandon ship!", and all the sailors either launch the life rafts, life boats, or in many cases jump into the water with only a life vest to survive. ...read more

  • One Solitary Life

    Contributed by Craig Cramblet on Mar 1, 2008
     | 1,630 views

    “One Solitary Life" Here is a man who was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another village. He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty. Then for three years He was an itinerant preacher. He never owned a home. He never wrote a book. He never held an ...read more

  • In One Of His Meetings, D.l. Moody Was Explaining ...

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jun 18, 2008
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    In one of his meetings, D.L. Moody was explaining to his audience the truth that we cannot bring about spiritual changes in our lives by our own strength. He demonstrated the principal like this: "Tell me," he said to his audience, "how can I get the air out of the tumbler I have in my hand?" One ...read more

  • He Endured To The End

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Feb 9, 2009
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    HE ENDURED TO THE END We need to possess an enduring love. Endurance: the power to withstand hardship or stress, to keep on going despite all setbacks. I recently heard of a Leicester women who, after having four children, started running then entered marathons. This year, she is running the ...read more

  • The Gossipping Preacher

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 22, 2022
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    Three preachers from the same small town in Arkansas were out fishing together. One of the pastors said, "You know, brothers, I feel safe here with you guys. I think it might be a good time and a good place for each one of us to confess our sins to each other privately and confidentially, ...read more

  • One Solitary Life

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 24, 2025
     | 60 views

    I’d like to read you a little piece written by an unknown author called One Solitary Life He was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in still another village, where he worked in a carpenter’s shop until he was thirty. Then for three years he was an itinerant ...read more

  • Is The Church On The Endangered List?  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 18, 2006
    based on 12 ratings
     | 3,265 views

    ** IS THE CHURCH ON THE ENDANGERED LIST? Many Americans are on a spiritual quest. This should be good news for the church. But, according to researchers, many of them are choosing noninstitutional forms of religion. A recent poll by Gallup shows that weekly church attendance is holding steady at ...read more

  • Loving The Outcasts  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 7, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,820 views

    LOVING THE OUTCASTS One of the more remarkable movements of modern times is Alcoholics Anonymous or AA, a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they might solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. Although it is ...read more

  • I Think That It Safe To Say That Sometimes We ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 3, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 1,520 views

    I think that it safe to say that sometimes we have the same kind of feelings about the church like Goldilocks had about the bears’ home. On the one hand, we love the church and can’t live without her. On the other hand, we find sermons boring, the music either too old or too new, the people too ...read more