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  • A Teen's Plea On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    A TEEN’S PLEA ON LISTENING I want to close now by reading a letter. Here is a modern example of the tragedy of not listening, a modern example of the measure you measured with being measured back to you. In this particular case, it’s a college girl pleading with parents to listen. But I think I ...read more

  • In Verse 2, God Does Something About Moses' ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 11, 2009
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    In verse 2, God does something about Moses’ problem. God gives him a sign. God asks Moses about the familiar symbol of his profession—the rod. A rod is not only used for protection and for sorting the sheep, but it is a symbol of authority. So God orders Moses to throw the symbol of his personal ...read more

  • Charles H. Townes, Who Won A Nobel Prize For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
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    Charles H. Townes, who won a Nobel Prize for his work in laser technology, opened a talk with a disclaimer: "It’s like the beaver told the rabbit as they stared up at the immense wall of the Hoover Dam: ’No, I didn’t actually build it myself. But it was based on an idea of mine.’" We are often ...read more

  • Don't Forget About Marsha

    Contributed by Mark Tonkery on Feb 21, 2009
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    DON'T FORGET ABOUT MARSHA The story is about one day when a woman named Louise fell asleep in her bed, and dreamed a very frightful dream. She dreamed that someone in Hell wrote a letter to her, and it was to be delivered to her by a messenger. The messenger passed between the lakes of Hell, and ...read more

  • Redemptive Love Changes People

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 9, 2009
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    REDEMPTIVE LOVE CHANGES PEOPLE John Ed Mathison, former pastor of Frazier Memorial UMC, tells the story of Tommy Waite, an African-American man serving time in jail and converted through Frazier’s Prison Ministry. They didn’t stop there though. They discipled him and even helped him to get his ...read more

  • When My Son Was 5, He Wanted To Be A Fireman. ...

    Contributed by Tony Klinedinst on Mar 9, 2009
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    When my son was 5, he wanted to be a fireman. That Halloween, we all new what his costume choice would be. So we got him a bright yellow fireman costume and set out for trick-or-treat. As we went his insisted that we go to the local firehouse. I thought that was a fine idea. They would pass out ...read more

  • Phineas Could Not Sleep. He Was Up Before The ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 16, 2009
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    Phineas could not sleep. He was up before the sun. He had his bag packed, and he was downstairs, ready to begin the day. The year was 1820. Phineas was finally to see an island- his very own island. Phineas had received the island as a gift from his grandfather. As a baby, Phineas had been ...read more

  • Dead Fathers Better Than Absent Fathers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
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    DEAD FATHERS BETTER THAN ABSENT FATHERS According to the New Jersey Index of Leading Cultural Indicators, in 1960 the total number of births to teenagers was 11,636. In 2000, the number of births to teenagers was 8,219. At first glance, we would say we are doing something right, yet a little more ...read more

  • The One Thing That Has Always Impressed Me About ...

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Jun 24, 2009
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    The one thing that has always impressed me about beggars is that they know how to make money. I don’t mean that to be insulting I really don’t it is impressive. I remember a few years ago I was in my office working and this car pulled up. A couple came in and asked if we could help them out with ...read more

  • Luther On Salvation By Good ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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    LUTHER ON SALVATION BY GOOD WORKS If anyone could ever have achieved salvation by his own effort, it was Martin Luther. In 1505, when he was twenty-one years old, Luther abandoned a promising career in law and entered the monastery of the Augustinian hermits at Erfurt. As he later said, this was ...read more

  • I Was Once Preaching In The Chapel Of A ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Sep 10, 2009
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    I was once preaching in the chapel of a retirement village in Yuma, Arizona. After delivering the sermon I began chatting with an elderly woman who I later learned was very hard of hearing. We were standing just outside the chapel, near a very beautiful pool table which looked as though it was ...read more

  • Dependent On God

    Contributed by Sidney Sumida on Oct 6, 2009
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    DEPENDENT ON GOD In the past few decades, there were some huge storms that hit our nation of which were Hurricane Pamela, and Hurricane Katrina, to name a few... (and, yes, not to bias about gender, there was big bad Hurricane Andrew, too). Here in the islands, we have had our share of storms as ...read more

  • Wwii Vet's Blood Saves Grandmother  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
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    WWII VET'S BLOOD SAVES GRANDMOTHER And I think it is also what Paul was talking about in Romans 8:28 when he says, "...in all things God works for the good of those who love Him..." Kim Huffman tells this story: World War II was over, and my father, along with thousands of others had been ...read more

  • Discontented Home-Owner Becomes Content After ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 12, 2009
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    Discontented Home-owner Becomes Content After Realtor Describes House in Ad A home-owner was tired of his house. He’d lived there for many years, and he more he looked around at the house, the years, the neighbourhood, the more he wanted to be somewhere else. His critical eyes saw things that ...read more

  • What Is The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2009
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    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

  • Margaret Waage Wrote Of An Especially Important ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 26, 2009
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    "Margaret Waage wrote of an especially important Christmas eve in her life. She got off her job at noon and stood dejectedly in the crowd waiting for the subway train. She had worked by herself all morning since her fellow workers had been given the day off. Now many people around her were talking ...read more

  • On Shepherds

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 28, 2009
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    ON SHEPHERDS "Let me tell you a bit about shepherds. They were the last people you’d expect God to take notice of. First of all, they were religious outcasts. According to Jewish religious law, these men were unclean. Their line of work prevented them from participating in the feasts and holy days ...read more

  • Wycliffe Bible Translator Chet Bitterman's Death ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 30, 2009
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    Wycliffe Bible Translator Chet Bitterman’s Death Motivated Others for Missionary Service Jesus Himself said that the end would come only after the “gospel of the Kingdom” is “preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations” (Matthew 24:14). As His coming approaches, Jesus wants the ...read more

  • Former Convict And Judge Together At ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2010
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    Former Convict and Judge Together at Communion A large prosperous city church had three mission churches under its care that it had started. On the first Sunday of the New Year all the members of the mission churches came to the city church for a combined Communion service. In those mission ...read more

  • Reason Why Helicopter Pilot Stopped A Massacre In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2010
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    Reason Why Helicopter Pilot Stopped a Massacre in Vietnam I would like to close with another quote from Thomas Long, who relates an illustration that many of us hear this morning can recall. Long writes, and I quote: “The school where I teach gave an honorary degree several years ago to a man named ...read more