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  • The Rules And The Ruler

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    THE RULES AND THE RULER Back in the day of one-room school houses, a story is told about a little girl named Mary. Mary was so excited because it was the first day of school! Miss Tomlin was the new teacher and since it was the first day, Miss Tomlin thought it a good idea to lay some ground ...read more

  • Justification  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jan 30, 2009
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     | 5,452 views

    Justification means "just-as-if-I-never-sinned." The doctrine of justification is the foundation that supports all of the other ...read more

  • Volcanic Rock And Coal

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Feb 3, 2009
     | 2,253 views

    VOLCANIC ROCK AND COAL When I went to Italy on holiday, one of the tours was to visit Mount Vesuvius. I climbed to the summit, and there was a huge crater with smoke coming out of it because, although the volcano is dormant just now, deep down in the earth there's molten rock. When the pressure ...read more

  • Why Did Jesus Have To Die For Us?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 11, 2009
     | 2,198 views

    WHY DID JESUS HAVE TO DIE FOR US? Perhaps this story can illustrate this for us: There was an engineer who operated a drawbridge across a mighty river. With a control panel of levers and switches, he set into motion a monstrous set of gears that either lifted the bridge for river traffic or ...read more

  • So Many Owed So Much To One  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
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     | 2,905 views

    SO MANY OWED SO MUCH TO ONE During World War II’s Battle of Britain, the Royal Air Force’s courageous defense of the skies over Britain foiled Hitler’s plans for an invasion of the British Isles. Afterward, Prime Minister Winston Churchill said in the House of Commons, "Never in the history of ...read more

  • No Record

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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     | 4,761 views

    "NO RECORD" Several years ago Bob Sheffield of the Navigators told a moving story picturing the essence of what it means to receive God’s forgiveness. Before he became a Christian, Bob played professional hockey in Canada. He was tough, loved to fight and found himself in jail one night after a ...read more

  • A Mother Dies So Her Boy May Live

    Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Jun 11, 2009
     | 3,020 views

    A MOTHER DIES SO HER BOY MAY LIVE When the California gold fever broke out, a man went there, leaving his wife in New England with his boy. As soon as he got on and was successful he was to send for them. It was a long time before he succeeded, but at last he got money enough to send for them. The ...read more

  • Cleaning Is Hard Work

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jun 20, 2009
     | 2,684 views

    CLEANING IS HARD WORK When I was in Bible College. Fridays were not fun. Those were the nights we had "work sections." You heard me -- "work sections." We changed out of our holy threads to work-clothes and started cleaning the College, from scrubbing potatoes to scrubbing floors. And none of this ...read more

  • Humaita Prison

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 3, 2009
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    HUMAITA PRISON Charles Colson, Director of Prison Fellowship and former Counsel to the President of the United States Richard Nixon, who himself went to prison as a result of the Watergate affair wrote this: "Humaita Prison in Brazil is a remarkable place. Almost twenty years ago, it was a ...read more

  • Elf

    Contributed by James Tilley on Dec 1, 2009
     | 2,287 views

    ELF Story of a child who stows away. He is raised as an elf. They dress him like an elf and treat him like an elf. They teach him to make toys like an elf. As time passes it becomes clear that he is not an elf. One major clue is that he grows six feet tall. Anther is how slowly he makes toys. ...read more

  • A Problem Worthy Of God

    Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Jan 18, 2010
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    A PROBLEM WORTHY OF GOD Martin Luther says the fact that a moral and just God can let the guilty go unpunished is "a problem worthy of God." Any judge who sets a guilty person free with no punishment is immoral and unjust. Suppose a Judge has a man before him who is guilty, but has truly had a ...read more

  • The Candle

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Feb 7, 2010
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    The Candle We light this candle the Easter vigil service each year as a reminder that the light of Jesus has defeated the darkness of sin. Now if you notice, this candle isn't as tall as it was. What has happened to all that wax? (take answers) As the candle gives ...read more

  • Imagine I Took $10,000 To Buy A New Car. I Paid ...

    Contributed by Kerry O'neill on Mar 9, 2010
     | 1,688 views

    Imagine I took $10,000 to buy a new car. I paid for it and then went to the car and vacuumed the inside and dumped the contents in a shoe box. Then I emptied the ashtray into the box and I found a couple of old French fries in the back seat and some other garbage in the trunk. I put it all in ...read more

  • Crushed For Our Iniquities

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 22, 2010
     | 2,199 views

    CRUSHED FOR OUR INIQUITIES Think about the Lord's instructions for worship in the Old Testament tabernacle. Some of the ingredients of the holy anointing oil had to be crushed before they were used, because until they were crushed their fragrance could not be released. The crushing of the incense ...read more

  • What Was The Point?

    Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Apr 1, 2010
     | 2,827 views

    WHAT WAS THE POINT? Alan Scholes, a former agnostic, testifies from his experience: "I had often heard my religious friends say, 'Jesus died for our sins' or 'Jesus died to save the world.' I could see how the good example of Jesus’ actions might possibly influence some men and women to live ...read more

  • He Paid I Debt He Did Not ...

    Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Apr 1, 2010
     | 3,594 views

    "He paid I debt He did not owe, I owed a debt I could not pay, I needed someone to wash my sins away And now I sing a brand new song, Amazing Grace! Christ Jesus paid the debt that I could never ...read more

  • Only The Original Builder Can Restore It

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 30, 2010
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     | 7,303 views

    ONLY THE ORIGINAL BUILDER CAN RESTORE IT In a remote Swiss village stands a beautiful church - Mountain Valley Cathedral. It has high pillars and magnificent stained glass windows, but what makes it special is the most beautiful pipe organ in the whole region. People would come from far off lands ...read more

  • Dirty Laundry

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Mar 15, 2011
     | 3,319 views

    DIRTY LAUNDRY I have to admit, I dislike washing the laundry, but I detest wearing filthy clothes even more. Okay, truth be told, I don’t usually have to wash the clothes. My wife does most of it, and she does it well. I’m thankful, though, she doesn’t toil in the same manner as our ...read more

  • The Origin And Cause Of Our Redemption Is The ...

    Contributed by Mark Haines on Mar 21, 2011
     | 3,171 views

    The origin and cause of our redemption is the [inexpressible] love of God the Father, who willed to redeem us by the blood of His own Son; the grace of the Son, who freely took our curse upon Him, and imparts His blessing and merits to us; and the Holy Spirit, who communicates the love of the ...read more

  • A Man Under Deep Conviction By The Holy Spirit ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 3, 2011
     | 2,992 views

    A man under deep conviction by the Holy Spirit caught up to an evangelist as he was boarding a train. He said, "How can I be saved?" The evangelist said, "Turn to Isaiah ...read more

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