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  • The Western Heavens Were Alight With The Soft ...

    Contributed by Manuel Amparo on May 10, 2006
     | 1,543 views

    The western heavens were alight with the soft afterglow of the long summer day. The last stirrings of the afternoon sea wind murmured drowsily in the moss-hung maples along the drive. Inside the old house, a small fire burned slowly on the stone hearth, while above it, comfortably set on the wide ...read more

  • A Seminary Professor Was Vacationing With His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bob Soulliere on Nov 2, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 7,995 views

    A seminary professor was vacationing with his wife in Gatlinburg, TN. One morning, they were eating breakfast at a little restaurant, hoping to enjoy a quiet, family meal. While they were waiting for their food, they noticed a distinguished looking, white-haired man moving from table to table, ...read more

  • Three Years And A Half Years Ago, An Incident ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Dec 28, 2006
     | 1,797 views

    Three years and a half years ago, an incident occurred that I filed back because I knew at some point that I would have a message to place it in. In fact, I heard Anthony Mangun use it in a message that he preached. I have some friends that incorporated it into some sermons that they preached. ...read more

  • A Wealthy Man And His Son Loved To Collect Rare ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    A wealthy man and his son loved to collect rare works of art. They had everything in their collection, from Picasso to Raphael. They would often sit together and admire the great works of art. When the Vietnam conflict broke out, the son went to war. He was very courageous and died in battle while ...read more

  • A Wealthy Man And His Son Loved To Collect Rare ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Apr 10, 2007
     | 2,483 views

    A wealthy man and his son loved to collect rare works of art. They had everything in their collection, from Picasso to Raphael. They would often sit together and admire the great works of art. When the Vietnam conflict broke out, the son went to war. He was very courageous and died in battle while ...read more

  • I Want To Share One More Time From Our Trip. On ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 6, 2009
     | 1,277 views

    I want to share one more time from our trip. On the ship, we had an inside cabin. There were two long hallways running the length of the ship that had access to cabins on either side. The cabins along one side all were on the outside and therefore had windows. The cabins on the other side were ...read more

  • A Prayer Of God's ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Apr 21, 2009
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    A PRAYER OF GOD’S SERVANTS We are God’s servants. We put God’s love for all people first. No race is superior to another. No government is more loved than another. No nation is dearer than another. We do not put our nation’s economy before God’s economy. He tells us to seek first His Kingdom, ...read more

  • The Gift Of The Skates

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
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    THE GIFT OF THE SKATES So how do we recognize His authority in our lives? How do we express our faith and our love to Him? By committing ourselves to His mission. Jesus doesn’t say anything about saving sinners and getting them into heaven. The primary priority of his mission is to preach good ...read more

  • Looking For Purpose In Life? Then Serve ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009
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    Looking For Purpose in Life? Then Serve Others We need to ask ourselves on a daily basis the following questions: "What are we going to do to be a better Christian? What are we going to do to make our homes happier? What are we going to do to make our church better? What we are going to do to help ...read more

  • Popular Ideas Of Jesus  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2009
    based on 10 ratings
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    POPULAR IDEAS OF JESUS As we consider the risk of following Jesus, we must acknowledge the same thing; we must acknowledge that Jesus is THE Christ, not some popularized version we hear about today. In a posting just this last June, Kevin DeYoung, in his Restless and Reformed blog, describes ...read more

  • Reasons To Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 19, 2009
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    Reasons to be Thankful Let’s stop and think for just a moment. You are sitting in this service this morning listening to the Word of God being preached. How did you get here? Did the Father not give you the breath of life that brought you through the night and did He not give you the strength to ...read more

  • Cuban Missle Crisis Compared To Spiritual ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 1, 2009
     | 2,447 views

    Cuban Missle Crisis Compared to Spiritual Brinkmanship It is October 14th, and the sun is reflecting mirages of water on an Air Force base runway in southern Florida. The silence of that scene is interrupted as a long-winged plane touches down on the runway and taxies to the hanger. A thousand ...read more

  • Love Of God

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 16, 2010
     | 6,497 views

    LOVE OF GOD Let’s say you had a child who kept getting in trouble, you kept bailing him out as a child, and eventually as he grew up even you couldn’t bail him out anymore, you had to let him go live his life the way he was choosing because nothing you or anyone else did could stop ...read more

  • Who's Your Daddy?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,018 views

    WHO'S YOUR DADDY? "A seminary professor was vacationing with his wife in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. One morning they were eating breakfast in a little restaurant, hoping to enjoy a quiet, family meal. While waiting for their food, they noticed a distinguished looking, white haired man moving from ...read more

  • Once Upon A Time There Was A Young Boy Named ...

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Oct 14, 2010
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    Once upon a time there was a young boy named Philip. Philip was born with Downs Syndrome. He was a pleasant and happy as most Downs children are--but he grew increasingly aware of the difference between himself and other children. Philip went to Sunday School at a Methodist church. His teacher, ...read more

  • I'll Go Back And Tell Them Again.

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 30, 2011
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    "I'LL GO BACK AND TELL THEM AGAIN." In a book entitled "Jungle Harvest," written by a missionary named Ruby Scott, she describes some of her experiences in reaching a people group known as the Tila Indians who lived in a remote village in the jungles of south Mexico, just north of the Guatemalan ...read more

  • Words In The Spirit

    Contributed by D. Marie Hamilton on Apr 16, 2011
     | 2,818 views

    WORDS IN THE SPIRIT When I was asked to be the preacher for the North Little Rock Ministerial Alliance Community Thanksgiving Service, I was floored. I didn't think that anybody thought that much about me. I was honored by the gesture, but the moment I said "yes," my nerves got the best of me. I ...read more

  • How To Be A Saint

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 16, 2011
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     | 3,911 views

    HOW TO BE A SAINT One of the most basic requirements for a candidate to Catholic sainthood is to be dead. You can't be a Catholic Saint if you're not dead (usually 5 years). In the same way, you can't be a saint for God without dying. Romans 6:3-7 tells us as much: "...don't you know that all of ...read more

  • Guardrails

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 30, 2012
     | 4,092 views

    GUARDRAILS A guardrail is actually a system designed to keep vehicles from straying into dangerous or off-limit areas. Now, nobody pays attention to guardrails unless you need one. There are all different kinds of guardrails, but guardrails are that invisible part of our driving experience. We’re ...read more

  • Nothing But ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 27, 2012
     | 4,762 views

    NOTHING BUT SLAG I read a story told by Russell Conwell about a young man who lived in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania years ago. It just so happened that he inherited an iron furnace after his grandfather and father had passed away. He was a young man who had inherited a passel of wealth and as many have ...read more