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  • Power Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    POWER OF PRAYER There was a young Christian lady from Boston who left work and went to the parking garage to get in her car and go to church one Wednesday evening, and when she stepped into the elevator a man grabbed her and began to try to rape her. She yelled out: "In the name of Jesus, stop it, ...read more

  • Security In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    SECURITY IN GOD In a sermon, Juan Carlos Ortiz spoke of a conversation with a circus trapeze artist. The performer admitted the net underneath was there to keep them from breaking their necks, but added, "The net also keeps us from falling. Imagine if there was no net. We would be so nervous that ...read more

  • Temptation And Sin: Steve's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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    TEMPTATION AND SIN: STEVE’S STORY A young man was in a parking lot just shortly after being saved and he found a pack of cigarettes lying unopened on the ground near his car. His first thought was to keep them and smoke them as he had always done, but he felt prompted to do something different. He ...read more

  • Dead Churches  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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    DEAD CHURCHES In the town of Sedlec in the Czech Republic, there is a famous cemetery that dates back to the 13th century. Some 40,000 people who died from the Black Plague in the 14th century and in the Hussite wars in the beginning of the 15th century were buried there. Around 1400 a Gothic ...read more

  • Time Magazine On The Benefits Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 3, 2009
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    Time Magazine on the Benefits of Religion Some time ago, Time Magazine ran an article that reported on the benefits of religion and the church, and some of the observations included: 1. Heart-surgery patients who draw comfort from their religious faith have a significantly higher survival rate than ...read more

  • Henry Ford Gives A Donation For A New Medical ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 29, 2009
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    Henry Ford Gives a Donation For A New Medical Facility The American industrialist, Henry Ford, was once asked to donate money for the construction of a new medical facility.. The billionaire made a pledge of $5,000. The next day in the newspaper, the headline read, "Henry Ford contributes $50,000 ...read more

  • What Other Gods?

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 24, 2010
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    WHAT OTHER GODS? What other gods could we have besides the Lord? Plenty. For Israel there were the Canaanite Baals, those jolly nature gods whose worship was a rampage of gluttony, drunkenness, and ritual prostitution. For us there are still the great gods Sex, Shekels, and Stomach (an unholy ...read more

  • In The 1940's There Was Race, A Race To Get The ...

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jun 6, 2010
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    In the 1940’s there was race, a race to get the mightiest weapon this world had yet seen. The United States had the Manhattan Project. Hitler had his heavy water experiments. After the war it was learned that Hitler was much farther away from developing the atomic bomb than some had feared. But ...read more

  • Did You Hear About The Israeli Woman That Wanted ...

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jun 23, 2010
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    Did you hear about the Israeli woman that wanted to do something very nice for her mother? She bought her mother a brand new mattress and threw out the old one. The problem was her mother had hidden her entire life savings in the old mattress. It was approximately $1million! When the daughter ...read more

  • Rejected On Earth, Accepted In Heaven

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
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    REJECTED ON EARTH, ACCEPTED IN HEAVEN In 1888 Campbell Morgan was one of 150 young men who sought entrance to the Wesleyan ministry. He passed the doctrinal examinations but then faced the trial sermon. In a cavernous auditorium that could seat more than 1,000 people sat three ministers and 75 ...read more

  • How To Be An Enjoyable Person

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Mar 8, 2011
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    HOW TO BE AN ENJOYABLE PERSON In his book, The Power of Positive Thinking, Norman Vincent Peale lists some rules for becoming the kind of person whom others enjoy being around. Here are some of them: 1) Learn to remember names. I believe this goes a long way with people. 2) Acquire the quality ...read more

  • April Fools

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Apr 1, 2011
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    APRIL FOOLS In 1976 the British astronomer Patrick Moore made an announcement on BBC Radio 2. He said this: "At 9:47 a.m. today there will be a 'once-in-a-lifetime' astronomical event occurring." He said that listeners could experience it in their very own homes. The planet Pluto would pass behind ...read more

  • Jesus Knows Us By Name

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 6, 2011
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    JESUS KNOWS US BY NAME Names convey a sense of who we are and how others relate to us. "The Lord has called Me from the womb; ...He has made mention of My name" (Isa. 49:1). At the Korean Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, the people seldom refer to one another by their first name. They speak ...read more

  • The Center Of A Family  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2011
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    THE CENTER OF A FAMILY Gary Ezzo says that one of the problems with families today is that the husband and wife join hands to form a family circle and then a child comes along and they place the child in the center with the husband and wife still forming the circle. But now everything revolves ...read more

  • A Study Of Impatience

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2011
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    A STUDY OF IMPATIENCE In March of 2006, the Associated Press and Ipsos surveyed 1,003 adults concerning Americans’ attitudes and behavior regarding impatience. Some of the findings included: • While waiting in line at an office or store, it takes an average of 17 minutes for most people to lose ...read more

  • Garlands Of Heaven

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 29, 2011
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    GARLANDS OF HEAVEN In India, whenever I preached I would get a garland made of carnations or roses or some other kind of flower. (This was done as a gesture of honor.) They smelled nice at first, but they were bulky and awkward (most of them would hang down almost to your knees), and after your ...read more

  • The Key To Happiness...?

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 7, 2012
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    THE KEY TO HAPPINESS...? Want to be happy? A 26-year study of Germans suggests it’s not that hard: • Marry someone who’s not neurotic. • Focus more on friends and family, less on material goods. • Get involved in making the world a better place. • Have a job but also enough time for ...read more

  • My Son's A Sports Repairman  PRO

    Contributed by Lance Hostetter on Feb 24, 2013
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    MY SON'S A SPORTS REPAIRMAN Three ladies were sitting around and bragging about their children. The first one says, "You know my son, he graduated first in his class from Stanford, he’s now a doctor making $250,000 a year in Chicago." The second woman says, "You know my son, he graduated first in ...read more

  • Your Legacy

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 2, 2014
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    What is the soil of your heart like? Is it growing and producing fruit for the Kingdom of Heaven – are you using your life for eternity? 1. Quote: “I will not waste my life! I will finish my course and finish it well. I will display the Gospel of the grace of God in all I do. I will run my race to ...read more

  • From A Caterpillar To A Butterfly

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Nov 6, 2015
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    From a Caterpillar to a Butterfly And say Christian are you presently in a God-designed “cocoon” of suffering? Unaware to others, are you in wise God’s “simulated” (He can create em’) conditions resembling a stifling cocoon? Remember, He is transforming you from an ugly Caterpillar into a ...read more