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  • They Were My Sins, But Not Anymore

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 29, 2013
     | 2,582 views

    THEY WERE MY SINS, BUT NOT ANYMORE F.W. Farrar said, "Sometimes as we float down the river of life, memory flashes up from the hidden depths, and the dark wave is peopled with the innumerable faces of once-forgotten sins which menace us from the waters and prophecy of death. But God can enable us ...read more

  • St. Augustine, While Puzzling Over The Doctrine ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,872 views

    St. Augustine, while puzzling over the doctrine of the Trinity, was walking along the beach one day when he observed a young boy with a bucket, running back and forth to pour water into a little hole. Augustine asked, "What are you doing?" The boy replied, "I’m trying to put the ocean into this ...read more

  • Hurricane Victims' Suffering Lead Them To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 10, 2010
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    Hurricane Victims’ Suffering Lead Them to Christ 38-year-old Carlotta Bennett was riding out Hurricane Katrina in her attic with her family. The winds had blown her house way off its foundation, and the rising water was threatening to flood the house to the roof and drown the five people in the ...read more

  • Life Is Like A Jar Of Rocks  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,851 views

    Life Is Like A Jar Of Rocks A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, rocks about 2 inches in diameter. He then asked the students if the jar was ...read more

  • At The Lake Near My Home There Was An Old Tree ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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     | 2,090 views

    At the lake near my home there was an old tree that was truly majestic. It was 70 feet tall and set right at the water’s edge. It provided shade to generations of fishermen and was home to countless squirrels and birds over the years. In the fall its colorful leaves were glorious to gaze upon. By ...read more

  • From The Straits Times, Monday, September 30, ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 26, 2006
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    From The Straits Times, Monday, September 30, 1996 "No money, no rescue" A 6-YEAR-OLD boy drowned in a river in southern China after bystanders refused to rescue him unless his penniless sister paid to save her brother’s life, a newspaper reported. Hongkong’s South China Morning Post said that ...read more

  • Withholding Your Best Wine  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,721 views

    WITHHOLDING YOUR BEST WINE There is a story about an old village in Spain. The people of this village heard the king planned to visit there. No king had ever done that. So naturally, they became excited and wanted to offer a great celebration that would show their adoration and that would honor ...read more

  • One Time I Was Leading A Retreat For Single, ...

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jan 24, 2008
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    One time I was leading a retreat for single, middle-age people, that is people in their 40s and 50s. When I looked on the roster, there was a man I knew was 75 if he were a day, but he had signed up so I didn’t question his age. He was a regular at the church and had gone on other retreats. I ...read more

  • Joni's Story

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 16, 2009
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    JONI'S STORY Joni Eareckson Tada is an American Christian author, artist, and founder and CEO of Joni and Friends, an "organization accelerating Christian ministry in the disability community". She wrote an autobiography entitled Joni and appeared in a film of the same name. She has a daily radio ...read more

  • Introduction: Robert Kirkpatrick Had Some Good ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    Introduction: Robert Kirkpatrick had some good news and some bad news. The good news: he had been extended a written invitation to a dinner with President Bush in Washington, DC. The invite and letter were signed by Vice President Cheney himself. It is not every day you receive an invitation like ...read more

  • Why Worry?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2011
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    WHY WORRY? In a 2006 article in Time magazine called "Why We Worry About the Things We Shouldn’t" Jeffrey Kluger, writes: As human beings, we pride ourselves on being the only species that understands the concept of risk. Yet we have a confounding habit of worrying about mere possibilities while ...read more

  • Embracing The Interruptions (Fatherhood Thoughts)

    Contributed by Matthew Redder on Jun 8, 2018
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     | 5,447 views

    As a young Father I remember being frequently awakened in the middle of the night by my son. I would open my eyes to see him standing next to my bed, staring at me. It was startling and honestly, a little bit creepy. I would ask him what he needed and it was always something like, "I had a bad ...read more

  • What Were To Happen If You Were Leaving For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lance Ladd on Aug 14, 2001
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     | 2,359 views

    What were to happen if you were leaving for vacation and you went to flip of the breakers that ran the hot water heater so that you could save money not heating water that you didn’t need and instead you mistakenly flip the breaker for the refrigerator. You leave for two weeks and when you return ...read more

  • A Wanted Man  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 18, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 5,919 views

    A WANTED MAN "If Jesus had of entered into one of our modern cities, leading the parade, He would have been arrested immediately. He would be a wanted man. The FDA would want Him for turning water into wine without a license; the EPA for killing fig trees; the AMA for practicing medicine ...read more

  • A Hiker Was Charged W/ Eating An Endangered ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Nov 28, 2005
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     | 3,565 views

    A hiker was charged w/ eating an endangered species while tracking the woods of California. After hearing the man had eaten a condor, the judge quickly passed a harsh sentence of 10 years behind bars. The man pleaded w/ the judge to hear his side of the story because he felt circumstances ...read more

  • Love Is Never Inconsiderate

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 21, 2009
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    LOVE IS NEVER INCONSIDERATE Gary and Mary Jane Chauncey were totally devoted to their eleven-year-old daughter Andrea. Andrea was confined to a wheelchair because of cerebral palsy. Andrea was pretty insignificant to practically everyone except her parents. The Chauncey family were passengers on ...read more

  • Overcoming Evil With Good  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,782 views

    OVERCOMING EVIL WITH GOOD Watchman Nee, the Chinese evangelist, tells this true story. A poor, Christian Chinese farmer had rice fields high in the mountain. Every day he spent hours pumping water into the rice paddies; but when he returned to the fields the next morning, he would find that his ...read more

  • Peace In The Storm

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
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    PEACE IN THE STORM Adam Hamilton tells the story of leading a team down to Bay St. Louis to help gut houses after Katrina. They were assigned to a woman who brick house was completely inundated and they were asked to gut a two-story garage. In the room above the garage were literally hundreds and ...read more

  • Covering Your Own Sin

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 30, 2011
     | 6,651 views

    COVERING YOUR OWN SIN "Adam, where are you?" God cried as a now sin-tainted Adam and Eve vainly attempted to hide from Him. Adam had a plan: The fig leaves-an easy quick fix, a cover-up. They represent man fixing his sin on his own terms, the quick and easy way. Grab some leaves, cover it quickly. ...read more

  • Motor Homes Have Allowed Us To Put All The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Motor Homes have allowed us to put all the conveniences of a home on wheels. A camper no longer means sleeping in a sleeping bag, cooking over a fire, or hauling water from a stream. Now people can park a fully equipped home on a cement slab in the midst of a few pine trees and hook up to a water ...read more