Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 4, 2006
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Maturity is recognizing that the choices we make carry consequences. I had a good laugh at a story in the newspapers sometime back about a teacher who found a great way to make students pay for their crimes. Troublemakers at Riverside Brookfield High in Chicago are being forced to serve after
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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As Vice President, George Bush represented the U.S. at the funeral of former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Bush was deeply moved by a silent protest carried out by Brezhnev’s widow. She stood motionless by the coffin until seconds before it was closed. Then, just as the soldiers touched the lid,
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Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Nov 16, 2006
Noel Coward, a well known British playwright and comedian in the 20th century, once played a prank on ten famous men in London. He sent each of these distinguished men the same note which read: “We know what you have done. If you don’t want to be exposed, leave town.” Within six months all ten
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 24, 2006
Illustration: I heard my parent complain time and time again of how tired they were yet they went to work any way , how much they wanted this or that , yet they never bought it. That didn’t make since to me, if I want something I just take it, why didn’t they? The Burden of Love.
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Thomas Samuel on Dec 22, 2006
The world was shocked by the assassination of Mr. Lakshman Kadirgamar, the Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka. The media carried the news of Mr. Kadirgamar as “a hero of our times, who waged a relentless struggle against terrorism in all its forms, despite continues threats to his life; a national
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 6, 2007
Many years ago a boat was wrecked in a storm on Lake Michigan at Evanston, Illinois. Students from Northwestern University formed themselves into rescue teams. One student, Edward Spencer, saved seventeen people from the sinking ship. When he was carried exhausted to his room, he aside, “Did I do
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 25, 2007
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Moving The Fence
Another story from World War II is that of a group of American soldiers who lost their buddy in battle. They carried his body to the only cemetery in the area, which happened to be Catholic. When the priest was told that the dead man was not Catholic he said, "I am sorry, but he
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Baptist
Contributed by Jay Winters on Dec 27, 2007
Hat-tip to SermonCentral illustration bank: On Christmas Eve of 1906, off the coast of Massachusetts, ships carrying sailors that would have liked to be someplace else than a boat on Christmas Eve received a message from the coast in morse code. “CQ….CQ” it said, indicating that an important
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Lutheran
Contributed by Jordon Leblanc on Apr 5, 2008
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In 1815, the legendary Battle of Waterloo was fought in Belgium between the British and the French. The Duke of Wellington led the British, while Napoleon Bonaparte led the French. After a stunning victory by Wellington and the British, the news of the Battle of Waterloo to England was signaled by
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2008
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Faith in What You Cannot See
As I considered today's sermon, I reflected on the some of the stories my father would share with me. In his youth he carried a pilot's license, and once and a while he would rent a small Cessna and fly around with a couple friends. I once asked him what the hardest
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 26, 2009
CHICAGO - A 15-year-old boy who lay bleeding from a head wound just steps away from a hospital could not be rescued -- because rules required that ambulances bring in patients. Frustrated police officers finally carried the fatally wounded Christopher Sercye into Ravenswood Hospital, but he died a
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
THE DURATION OF LIFE
God originally determined 30 years as the ideal span of life for all animals, including mankind. The donkey, the dog, and the monkey considered it much too long, however, and begged God to reduce their years by 18, 12, and 10. Being healthy, vigorous, and somewhat greedy, the
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 14, 2011
DOING WHAT ONLY HE CAN DO
Setting out from Hamburg, Germany, to give a concert in London, the violinist Fritz Kreisler had an hour before his boat sailed. He wandered into a music shop, where the proprietor asked if he might look at the violin Kreisler was carrying. He then vanished and returned
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