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  • All Parts Are Important

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2008
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    ALL PARTS ARE IMPORTANT One day a young girl came home from school in tears because she had been given only a small part in the class play, and one of her friends had gotten a leading role. After her mother dried her tears, she wisely took off her watch and put it in the little girl’s hand. She ...read more

  • The Church Is Dark When You're Not There

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
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    THE CHURCH IS DARK WHEN YOU’RE NOT THERE In a certain mountain village in Europe several centuries ago, a nobleman wondered what legacy he should leave to his townspeople. At last he decided to build them a church. No one saw the complete plans for the church until it was finished. When the people ...read more

  • It Like The Family That Was Down Fishing At The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Jun 18, 2005
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    It like the family that was down fishing at the pier one day, The dad was busy watching the rods and bobbers while his two sons, a 12-year old and a 3-year old were down playing along the dock. The 12 year old was supposed to be watching his little brother, but he got distracted. The 3 year old, ...read more

  • The Two Brothers

    Contributed by Daniel King, D. Min. on Jul 25, 2018
     | 2,556 views

    Main Idea: Jesus took our place of punishment. Verse: “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). Illustration: One time there were two brothers. One brother murdered a man and came home with blood all over his clothes. The ...read more

  • A Mouse Looked Through The Crack In The Wall To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 20, 2007
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    A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. "What food might this contain?" The mouse wondered - he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap. Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning. "There is a mousetrap in the house! There ...read more

  • A Mouse Story

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A Mouse Story. A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. "What food might this contain?" The mouse wondered - he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap. Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning. "There is a mousetrap in ...read more

  • In The Early Days Of The American Frontier, An ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 11, 2009
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    In the early days of the American frontier, an Indian chief heard the message of the gospel and was wonderfully saved. Such an indescribable peace flooded his soul that he couldn’t keep from talking about the Lord. Another chief visited and wanted to know who this Jesus was, what He had done, and ...read more

  • Let Me Share Story With You About Some Church ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Dubose on Feb 6, 2002
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    Let me share story with you about some church people… It’s about 4 people in the church whose names were Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody… The church had some financial responsibilities and Everybody was asked to help… Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it… Anybody could have ...read more

  • Moving The Fence

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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    MOVING THE FENCE Millard Erickson wrote, "The church is the repository of grace...it possesses the gospel, the good news of salvation" During World War II, some American soldiers took the body of their buddy to a local cemetery. The priest stopped them saying, "You can't bury your friend here if ...read more

  • What Kind Of Example Are You?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2012
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    WHAT KIND OF EXAMPLE ARE YOU? It is said that for many years Monterey, a California coast town, was a pelican’s paradise. As the fishermen cleaned their fish, they flung the innards to the pelicans. The birds grew fat, lazy, and contented. Eventually, however the innards were utilized, and there ...read more

  • One Body To The Death

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Oct 31, 2012
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    ONE BODY TO THE DEATH On February 19, 1945, near the end of WWII, 800 American ships amassed to assault the island of Iwo Jima with its two strategic air strips 600 miles south of Tokyo. The Marines had fought a total of 43 months in the Pacific in World War II and in this one-month assault on Iwo ...read more

  • In Bill Moyers's Book A World Of Ideas Ii, Jacob ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In Bill Moyers’s book A World of Ideas II, Jacob Needleman remembers, "I was an observer at the launch of Apollo 17 in 1975. It was a night launch, and there were hundreds of cynical reporters all over the lawn, drinking beer, wisecracking, and waiting for this 35-story-high rocket. "The ...read more

  • The Art Of "One-Anothering"

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
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    THE ART OF "ONE-ANOTHERING" "One hot day, Herman Trueblood, all clean and cooled off by a nice swim in the ocean, saw a sweating man and his two sons trying on a hot day to push a disabled car up an incline. Two voices started yelling at each other inside him. One said, "There is an opportunity ...read more

  • Who Will Do The Need-Meeting?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2011
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    WHO WILL DO THE NEED-MEETING? One preacher told of shopping at the supermarket when a lady came down the aisle heading straight for him. She screeched to a halt within a few feet of him, wagged her finger, and said, "I left your church. I left your church". So I said, "Well, if it’s my church, I ...read more

  • Just Enough Strength To Make It Go

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2008
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    JUST ENOUGH STRENGTH TO MAKE IT GO "One hot day, Herman Trueblood, all clean and cooled off by a nice swim in the ocean, saw a sweating man and his two sons trying on a hot day to push a disabled car up an incline. Two voices started yelling at each other inside him. One said, "There is an ...read more

  • Firestorms

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2011
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    FIRESTORMS I was at Boy Scout Camp when I discovered the terrible damage a fire storm could do to my life. It was a lazy afternoon very hot and dry. John and I were sent back to camp to start dinner for the guys. When I got back to camp, I discovered that the camp fire looked as if it had gone ...read more

  • I Read The Book By Robert Bellah Habits Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I read the book by Robert Bellah Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life not long after it came out in 1985. It is about the rise of radical individualism in our culture which is committed only to the self. It is even more relevant today than when it was written. He ...read more

  • After Attending A Conference Where The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    After attending a conference where the importance of listening to unsaved people was stressed, Jan and others were relaxing in the hotel whirlpool. Two adolescent girls joined them in the tub. One of the teens, named Brittany, began passionately telling her friend about an upcoming Wiccan gathering ...read more

  • A Striking Christmas Card Was Once Published ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
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    A striking Christmas card was once published with the title "If Christ Had Not Come". It was founded upon our Savior’s words "If I had not come." The card represented a pastor’s falling into a short sleep in his study on Christmas morning and dreaming of a world into which Jesus had never come. ...read more

  • Contractor

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Contractor There was once a contractor who built homes in a small town somewhere in Europe. He built most of the homes for the people who lived in the village and was a gifted carpenter. Unfortunately, he was never able to afford a home of his own. One day, the wealthiest man in town came to the ...read more

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