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  • We Don't Know Half Of It  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
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    WE DON'T KNOW HALF OF IT The famous explorer Marco Polo after completing his journeys went back to his home in Venice. When he got back to his home he began to describe some of the things he had seen. But his close friends thought he had gone mad. He told then about black stones that you could ...read more

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  • It Won't Happen To Us

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 21, 2011
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    IT WON'T HAPPEN TO US We began the week with the story of the Chicago nightclub fire in which 21 people were killed as they rushed to the exit. The club had already been cited for overcrowding and other safety violations--like not enough doors and windows. What happened was that a bouncer used ...read more

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  • The Meaning Of The Cross

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
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    THE MEANING OF THE CROSS In the 19th century, Armenian Christians, under a Turkish Muslim government, experienced a tremendous amount of persecution. The government lifted the ban on Muslims converting to Christianity in 1856. Then just eight years later, they began arresting these Muslim converts ...read more

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  • America's Spiritual Bankruptcy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2011
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    AMERICA'S SPIRITUAL BANKRUPTCY America is incrementally and systematically rejecting God. America’s moral bankruptcy is symptomatic of its spiritual bankruptcy. For example: • In 1962 the Supreme Court ruled against prayer in our schools. In 1963, they outlawed Bible Readings. • In Alaska public ...read more

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  • Revolution By Preachers

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 19, 2011
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    REVOLUTION BY PREACHERS Resistance to England during the Revolution became a sacred duty to a people who were, on the whole, highly a religious people. And they were led--in their resistance to the tyranny of England--by their preachers. * It was a preacher named Jonathan Mayhew who observed that ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • An Unusual Baptism On The Mission Field  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2012
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    AN UNUSUAL BAPTISM ON THE MISSION FIELD Some time back, a retired missionary dropped by our church. She had served faithfully in Africa, and one day, she happened upon a small baptismal service. A fellow missionary took three new converts to the center of a shallow river, and dug a hole in the ...read more

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  • Moody And The Filling Of The Spirit  PRO

    Contributed by Ken Pell on May 27, 2012
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    MOODY AND THE FILLING OF THE SPIRIT One of the great preachers in U.S. history is D. L. Moody. He pastored in Chicago and there is still a wonderful Bible College there that bears his name and values. Mr. Moody was a successful minister, but by his own admission, he lacked the power in his ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • The Peril Of No Burden  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 5, 2012
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    THE PERIL OF NO BURDEN Shortly after coming to Christ, Sadhu Sundar, a Hindu convert to Christ, felt called to become a missionary to India. Late one afternoon Sadhu was traveling on foot through the Himalayas with a Buddhist monk. It was bitterly cold and the wind felt like sharp blades slicing ...read more

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  • The Idol Of Sexual ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 27, 2012
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    THE IDOL OF SEXUAL IMMORALITY -The next idol hasn’t just slipped in the door, it has kicked in the door. It is the Eros problem, our society has overdosed on immoral sexual behavior. Kids in my generation had to seek out things that had sexual overtones and it was usually pretty difficult to find ...read more

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  • The Basis Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2012
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    THE BASIS OF ACCEPTANCE Oprah Winfrey said, “I discovered I didn’t feel worthy of love unless I was accomplishing something. I suddenly realized I have never felt I could be loved for just being.” Madonna said, “My drive in life is from this horrible fear of being mediocre. That’s always been ...read more

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  • Wasting Time At Work

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 19, 2012
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    WASTING TIME AT WORK For many American workers today, time’s a wastin’ - literally. According to a new survey by America Online and Salary.com, the average worker admits to frittering away 2.09 hours per 8-hour workday, not including lunch and scheduled break-time. As a matter of practice, ...read more

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  • Inescapable Judgment

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 28, 2012
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    INESCAPABLE JUDGMENT During the winter of 1951, a Montana café owner named Clarence Pellett pulled over to pick up a hitchhiker who appeared cold and frozen while walking during a snowstorm. Once in the car, the hitchhiker Frank Dryman pulled out a gun and ordered Pellett to get out of his ...read more

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  • When To Pray For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 13, 2012
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    WHEN TO PRAY FOR DISCERNMENT I think about the pastor of the church that I went to couple of years in California, Pastor Chuck. A man came to him and said he wanted to make a large donation - one million dollar donation. The pastor said to that, “Wow – that is a lot of money. Let me go first and ...read more

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  • The Mirror Of The Fundamentals  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2013
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    THE MIRROR OF THE FUNDAMENTALS Ravi Zacharias tells the story of a man who went to School in Wheaton with Billy Graham and later entered into politics. He was a popular man and rose to become the Prime Minister of Canada. In the process of going down that way, to fame, to popularity and power, he ...read more

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  • Golfers Have A Change Of Heart

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 21, 2013
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    GOLFERS HAVE A CHANGE OF HEART When you willingly give Jesus all that you are and all that you have, you receive so much more in return. I heard a story once about a group of guys who were returning from playing golf in rural Georgia. As they drove down a two-lane road they came up on a ...read more

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  • An Atheist's Perspective On Evangelism

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2014
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    Perhaps you've heard of Penn and Teller the comedy team who has worked Las Vegas for years. Penn Jillette is an atheist, but he recorded a video journal a few years ago telling the story about a man who waited to speak to him after one of their shows. Penn said the man was a successful businessman ...read more

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  • Gossip: Opie's Newspaper

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 7, 2014
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    "Opie's Newspaper" is an episode on the Andy Griffith Show. Opie's friend, Howie, received a small printing press as a gift, and the boys decide to go into the newspaper business. They work hard and produce an initial issue of what they call the Mayberry Sun. The boys soon find that business is ...read more

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  • The Parable Of The French Fry

    Contributed by Doug Fannon on Sep 23, 2019
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    Once upon a time, last week, I picked up my son after football and he was hungry. So he and I stop at Burger King to pick up a snack. Well I bought for my son two of his basic food groups, Chicken Nuggets and French Fries. After going through the drive through, tossing in the bag of food in front ...read more

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  • How Many Of You Read Alice In Wonderland? There ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    How many of you read Alice in Wonderland? There was a morning in Wonderland when Alice complained to the queen, “But I find it quite impossible to believe what you say” At which her majesty mumbled, “Well, maybe you do, my dear; but when I was your age I made it a point to believe six impossible ...read more

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  • Opportunity: Billy Graham

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jan 13, 2008
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    Opportunity: Billy Graham In his autobiography, Just as I Am, Billy Graham tells about a conversation he had with John F. Kennedy shortly after his election: “On the way back to the Kennedy house, the president-elect stopped the car and turned to me. ‘Do you believe in the Second Coming of Jesus ...read more

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