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  • Nothing Else  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2003
    based on 20 ratings
     | 3,436 views

    NOTHING ELSE In his book, I Shall Not Want, Robert Ketchum tells about a Sunday school teacher who asked her group of children if any of them could quote the entire twenty-third psalm. A little four-and-a-half-year-old girl was among those who raised their hands. A bit skeptical, the teacher ...read more

  • How Robinson Crusoe Gives Thanks  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,198 views

    HOW ROBINSON CRUSOE GIVES THANKS The apostle Paul didn’t say to give thanks “for” all circumstances, but “in” all circumstances. All our circumstances in life are not good, but there will always be something in those circumstances for which to give thanks. When Robinson Crusoe was shipwrecked on ...read more

  • Shepherdless Sheep

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Aug 2, 2009
     | 3,795 views

    SHEPHERDLESS SHEEP How pitiful shepherdless sheep are! Shepherdless sheep become easy prey for wolves, coyotes, and other predators. They can’t outrun them. They can’t outfight them. And what wolf would be scared off by a bleating: baaa? Sheep are left torn and bloodied and dead without a ...read more

  • The Multi-Tool  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,406 views

    THE MULTI-TOOL In 1975 Tim Leatherman was touring Europe & Asia with a broken-down Fiat. Its hoses leaked and the wiring failed constantly. He used his pocketknife for everything, from slicing bread to adjusting screws. He wished his pocketknife had pliers attached to it. He came home to design ...read more

  • Peter's View Of The Church

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Feb 14, 2011
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    PETER'S VIEW OF THE CHURCH Derek Tidball – Ministry by the Book: New Testament Patterns for Pastoral Leadership: “Peter presents a view of the church where all are priests but some are called to exercise an overseeing role as elders and shepherds, which they do both ...read more

  • In The Highlands Of Scotland, Sheep Would Often ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,087 views

    In the Highlands of Scotland, sheep would often wander off into the rocks and get into places that they couldn’t get out of. The grass on these mountains is very sweet and the sheep like it, and they will jump down ten or twelve feet, and then they can’t jump back again, and the shepherd hears them ...read more

  • Modern-Day Pharisees

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Sep 6, 2011
     | 2,981 views

    MODERN-DAY PHARISEES These Pharisees were not true shepherds, but actually thieves and robbers. Killing the sheep, leading them to their destruction. How many so-called shepherds today are leading their flocks to destruction by giving them religion instead of relationship? By leading them in ...read more

  • How To Get A Sheep To Lie Down

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
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    HOW TO GET A SHEEP TO LIE DOWN Philip Keller says that in order for sheep to lie down, four things are required: 1. Sheep must be free from all fear. Sheep are very easily frightened. A stray jackrabbit jumping out from behind a bush can stampede a whole flock. When one startled sheep runs in ...read more

  • The Sheep Dog  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
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    THE SHEEP DOG A man by the name of Keith Miller told of the time when his daughters were very young. They’d drop them off at the church’s children’s chapel on Sundays before the 11 am service. But one day Keith chanced to be in the class when the preacher was telling the story for the day to the ...read more

  • Dirty Windows

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jun 12, 2023
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    "A friend of mine, Bud Wood, founded Shepherds Home in Wisconsin for boys and girls with developmental disabilities. The original ministry opened its doors in 1964 to 36 children, providing them a loving residential environment and a school that would focus on their unique needs, helping them ...read more

  • Sheep Are Stubborn

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    *As Joel Preston says: -Sheep are stubborn. Sheep can get easily lost because they tend to go their own way. Like sheep, believers have a tendency to go their own direction rather than follow the divine Shepherd’s plan. So Ps 119:176 says, “I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; ...read more

  • Story Of Sheep  PRO

    Contributed by Michael King on Jul 20, 2003
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     | 8,840 views

    STORY OF SHEEP In the Highlands of Scotland, sheep would often wander off into the rocks and get into places that they couldn’t get out of. The grass on these mountains is very sweet and the sheep like it, and they will jump down ten or twelve feet, and then they can’t jump back again, and the ...read more

  • I Was The Lamb

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Apr 1, 2011
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    I WAS THE LAMB Every summer when I was a child, my family would make the trip from Texas to New Jersey to see my dad’s parents. They lived in a fascinating two-story house in which all the bedrooms were upstairs. The room I slept in had a single bed, and above the bed was a picture of Jesus. You ...read more

  • Fighting The Wolves

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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    FIGHTING THE WOLVES There was a pastor of a local Church who was concerned about some unsavoury business outside his local school. His protests finally led to a court case and the opposing barrister tried to do everything he could to discredit the pastor. "Are you a pastor?" the lawyer ...read more

  • The Left Takes Its Vision Seriously More ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    The left takes its vision seriously more seriously than it takes the rights of other people. They want to be our ...read more

  • Do Not Slander. What Is Slandering? It Can Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2012
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    Do not slander. What is slandering? It can be called many things such as: backstabbing, mud-slinging, bad-mouthing, and it could also include condemning someone. Whatever it is, it doesn’t sound good from the pages of scripture. ILL.- William Cowper (English poet) said, “He that slanders me paints ...read more

  • The Wandering Sheep

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
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    THE WANDERING SHEEP Dr. Andrew Bonar tells of how in the Highlands of Scotland, a sheep would often wander off into the rocks and get into places that they can't get out of. The grass on these mountains is very sweet and the sheep like it, and they will jump down ten or twelve feet, and then ...read more

  • Robes Of Righteousness

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Feb 28, 2015
    based on 1 rating
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    Dr Ravi Zacharias came up with a true witty story of a New Zealand Shepherd who was happy on a Christmas morning, sad in the afternoon but once again happy in the evening. What exactly contributed to his mood swings? Here goes…in the morning two of his ewes’ “A” and “B” gave birth to two lambs “a” ...read more

  • Your Children Must Understand That When You Speak ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,112 views

    Your children must understand that when you speak for the first time, you have spoken for the last time. ...read more

  • The Scottish Preacher John Mcneill Liked To Tell ...  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Clawser on Feb 9, 2002
    based on 25 ratings
     | 9,653 views

    The Scottish preacher John McNeill liked to tell about an eagle that had been captured when it was quite young. The farmer who snared the bird put a restraint on it so it couldn’t fly, and then he turned it loose to roam in the barnyard. It wasn’t long till the eagle began to act like the ...read more