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  • What Is The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2009
     | 3,842 views

    What is the Church? They tell me the story that long ago there was a small church, in a small town, in a small county, where a small congregation had tried for years to get the biggest “sinner” in town, Sam, to come to church. Sam the sinner would have nothing to do with the church. He wouldn’t ...read more

  • Tending Your ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jan 9, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,303 views

    TENDING YOUR GARDEN Suppose 2 women were planting a vegetable garden. On the same day, they prepared the earth and planted their seeds. One then neglected her garden and waited for her vegetables to grow. The other woman worked in her garden regularly. She put cages around the young tomato ...read more

  • Object Lesson: Energy Drinks

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 12, 2010
     | 2,920 views

    OBJECT LESSON: ENERGY DRINKS (Show the energy drink.)This drink has energy in it, and when you drink, it is released into your body. (Take a drink of the energy drink!) Energy drinks are soft drinks advertised as providing energy to improve physical activity of the drinker, as compared to a ...read more

  • Tending Your ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2010
     | 3,909 views

    Tending Your Garden Suppose 2 women were planting a vegetable garden. On the same day, they prepared the earth and planted their seeds. One then neglected her garden and waited for her vegetables to grow. The other woman worked in her garden regularly. She put cages around the young tomato plants, ...read more

  • Discipleship And Pioneering

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 20, 2010
     | 5,781 views

    DISCIPLESHIP AND PIONEERING George Washington Bush was born in Pennsylvania in 1778 and was a veteran of the War of 1812 fighting in the battle of New Orleans. In 1830, he moved to Missouri where he met and married Isabella, a young German American. One of the first African Americans to head out ...read more

  • George Washington Bush Was Born In Pennsylvania ...

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 20, 2010
     | 1,830 views

    George Washington Bush was born in Pennsylvania in 1778 and was a veteran of the War of 1812 fighting in the battle of New Orleans. In 1830, he moved to Missouri where he met and married Isabella, a young German American. One of the first African Americans to head out West, Bush purchased six ...read more

  • A Peacemaking Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,912 views

    A PEACEMAKING CHURCH I can tell this story because one neighbor has died and the other neighbor no longer lives across the street from our church. Our neighbors endured the disruption of their lives as we built on to our church. I'm sure that contributed to their lack of patience with us. We put ...read more

  • Come Home

    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Aug 27, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,990 views

    COME HOME Longing to leave her poor Brazilian neighborhood, Christina wanted to see the world. Discontent with a home having only a pallet on the floor, a washbasin, and a wood-burning stove, she dreamed of a better life in the city. One morning she slipped away breaking her mother’s ...read more

  • Jesus Is The Answer

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 11, 2015
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     | 6,296 views

    Krister Sairsingh, a former Hindu from Trinidad who is now the Chaplain to international students at Harvard. Let me read you some excerpts from his story. After making great progress in the Hindu spiritual disciplines something happened that unsettled him deeply. During my final year of high ...read more

  • Suppose Two Women Were Planting A Vegetable ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 21, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 4,721 views

    Suppose two women were planting a vegetable garden. On the same day, they prepared the earth and planted their seeds. One then neglected her garden and waited for her vegetables to grow. The other woman worked in her garden regularly. She put cages around the young tomato plants, she drove in ...read more

  • The Cavalry Is Already Here! (08.25.05--Under ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Aug 23, 2005
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     | 1,865 views

    The Cavalry Is Already Here! (08.25.05--Under Pressure!--Judges 1:1) Working for a small, non-profit, I often find myself tackling projects on pretty much of a solo basis. The old adage, “If you want to get something done, you need to do it yourself!” is a prevalent attitude among those who work ...read more

  • Showing Up Each Day  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Apr 9, 2001
    based on 193 ratings
     | 3,380 views

    Erma Bombeck writes; For the first 4 or 5 years after I had children, I considered motherhood a temporary condition -- not a calling. It was a time of my life set aside for exhaustion and long hours. It would pass. Then one afternoon, with 3 kids in tow, I came out of a supermarket pushing a ...read more

  • Be A Magnet!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 29, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,802 views

    Be a Magnet! MAGNET DEMONSTRATION A piece of steel metal under ordinary conditions-- in the "As-is" situation -- does not have magnetic properties. It is not a magnet. It can not attract and/or hold. It can not do the work of a magnet. Why? The molecules are in "chaos". Each molecule has a Plus ...read more

  • 26 Year Old Kyle Macdonald Had A Red Paper Clip ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Nov 25, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,795 views

    26 year old Kyle MacDonald had a red paper clip and a dream: Could he use the community power of the Internet to barter that paper clip for something better, and trade that thing for something else — and so on and so on until he had a house? He advertised the paperclip on craigslist.com and two ...read more

  • Forgiving One Another — The Monkey Trap

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Feb 10, 2008
     | 6,163 views

    Forgiving One Another -- the Monkey Trap >>I used this as a children’s sermon to open the worship services<< I’m going teach to you something this morning. I’m going to show you how to catch a monkey! Do any of you have wild monkeys running around your neighborhood? Well, in case there ever is ...read more

  • Thought Control.  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Jun 2, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,770 views

    Thought Control. What thought? Every thought. The one I have about the Ford Mark One Zephyr that I would like to one day own, the one about how angry I get with repeating a request that someone shuts the door behind them, the thought about how I’d like that last slice of chocolate cake that is for ...read more

  • Hybels' Evangelism Formula For Maximum Impact  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 21, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,124 views

    HYBELS' EVANGELISM FORMULA FOR MAXIMUM IMPACT We call this relational evangelism, and I have spoken of this many times before. It is showing people that we care, it is about building relationships with people who may not know Jesus and in that relationship, bringing them to a place where they can ...read more

  • Division In The Church

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 6, 2014
     | 9,368 views

    Daniel Overdorf- A few years ago I visited a couple in their home. Both husband and wife had lived most of their lives apart from Christ and His church. Their marriage- a second marriage for both- had grown rocky. The 50 year old husband faced a frightening battle with cancer, and neither ...read more

  • Please Come Back Home.

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 14, 2021
     | 1,784 views

    PLEASE COME BACK HOME... Max Lucado, in his book, No Wonder They Call Him Savior, tells the story of Maria and her daughter, Christina that touches the heart and shows the mercy of God. Longing to leave her poor Brazilian neighborhood, Christina wanted to see the world. Discontent with a home ...read more

  • Thief Gets The Bird  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,922 views

    THIEF GETS THE BIRD A man in Ontario, Canada returned home one evening to find his more valuable and easily-fenced goodies stacked neatly beside the door. When the homeowner saw the living room was also spattered with blood, he feared the worst for his beloved house pet, a large African parrot. The ...read more