Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 10, 2002
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THE EMPTY GIFT
"I was enjoying 1st grade to the fullest until one day in December when the little girl behind me set "it" on her desk. It was the tiniest Christmas present imaginable, less than an inch on each side with white glossy paper tied up with a sliver of red cellophane. Immediately I was
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Contributed by William Neel on Jan 23, 2003
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When I was in the marines, the training for commandos included cliff assaults. The theory was that a commando raid should be a surprise, done as quickly and as silently as possible on the area with the lightest defenses. The lightest defense is at the point where attack is least expected. More
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Baptist
Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
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Have you ever tried to be two places at the same time? In many ways, technology is making that possible. Some parents are setting up a baby cam in the nursery so grandparents can log on the Internet and watch their grandchild sleep.
I’ve caught a commercial on TV a time or two where a father
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Baptist
Contributed by Neal Gray on Oct 10, 2001
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One of my favorite movies of all time is one called, "Anne of Green Gables." The main character is a small girl who, through tragic circumstances, finds herself living in a foster home. The foster parents turn out to be a huge blessing to Anne, (that’s "Anne with an ’e’," if you please), but she
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Holiness
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 5, 2002
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ALL EQUAL HERE- COMMUNION MEDITATION
Once when the Duke of Wellington remained to take communion at his parish church, a very poor old man went up to the opposite aisle, and reaching the Communion table, knelt down close by the side of the Duke. (Immediately, tension and commotion interrupted the
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Two fellows meet in Florida. One says: ’I went fishing last week and caught a herring that weighed 450 pounds. The other guy looks at him and says: ’I too was fishing last week, and I didn’t catch anything, but I pulled up the hook, and standing on the hook was a lantern from an old ship. God only
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
Sales Of Religious-Themed Products grew 28% from 02 to 05 and are expected to reach $9.5 billion by ’10, reports The Religious Products Market in the U.S. from Packaged Facts. Books, inspirational gifts/merchandise, and audio/video /software sales reached $7.5 billion in ‘05, up 9% over ‘04. Books
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Contributed by Glenn Durham on Apr 8, 2008
The story is told of a carpenter nailing shingles when he lost his footing and started to slide off. As he was sliding he began praying, “Lord, oh, Lord, help me.” Still he kept sliding. Again the man prayed, “Lord, oh, Lord, help me.” He kept sliding until he got to the edge and a nail sticking up
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Thomas Cash on Dec 17, 2009
In the 1988 film Rain Man, Dustin Hoffman’s character is based on a real-life autistic man named Kim Peek. Peek has total recall of more than 9,000 books. When he attended a performance of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, he stood up near the end and loudly ordered, “You’ve got to stop it, stop it,
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Mar 23, 2010
EVANGELISTIC CASTING
We're not told that every fish in the sea swam to the net. We're not told that a certain number of fish were caught in the net. We're told that Jesus first indicated His awareness that they had caught nothing, then gave a command that they cast their net on the right side of
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Orthodox
Contributed by Andrew Schroer on Mar 12, 2001
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Now, my dad once told me the story about a peculiar fisherman from Minnesota. You see, this fisherman was very well prepared. He knew how to fish. He had everything you need to be a good fisherman. He had poles, nets, bait, and even a really nice boat, but this fisherman had a problem. You
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Lutheran
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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Any kind of knowledge gives a certain amount of power. A knowledge of details has served in many a crisis. A knowledge of details has often
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Contributed by Scott Bradford on Apr 16, 2007
When I was about 4th Grade, I was playing Little Leauge Baseball…Well, mostly I played “benchwarmer” for the Reds. The two coaches were Methodist… Members of the church my father pastored. You think that would help. Sometimes, if the Reds were ahead…I’d get in for just a little bit. But, mostly we
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United Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Dr. Rod Cooper, a Professor at Denver Seminary grew up on a pig farm. In one field there were 200 or 300 little pigs running around. Every day at 4:00 a.m. he went out to feed them, and when he walked in they would all scatter except for one little pig that would come up and chew on his shoe. He
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Contributed by James O. Davis on Oct 30, 2003
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Dr. Tim LaHaye is a prolific writer of this generation. He writes a lot concerning theology, family, and other Christian subjects. As a young boy, his father took him to the Henry Ford factory in Dearborn, Michigan, for a tour. One thing that caught his attention was the huge electromagnetic
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Assembly Of God
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