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  • Richest Man In Town

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
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    RICHEST MAN IN TOWN In 1972, a young Egyptian businessman named Farahat lost an $11,000 watch. He was stunned when a garbage man dressed in filthy rags found it and returned it to him. Farahat asked him why he didn’t just keep the watch. The garbage man said, "My Christ told me to be honest until ...read more

  • Ashamed Of Myself

    Contributed by Robert Drake on Feb 21, 2009
     | 3,836 views

    ASHAMED OF MYSELF A young man got up to give his testimony for Christ at a tent meeting. He was not very accustomed to speaking in public, and he stumbled over his words quite a bit. An atheist in the back of the crowd yelled, "You should be ashamed of yourself, standing up there and ...read more

  • Standing Out

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Feb 23, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,849 views

    STANDING OUT I remember an experience as a 16-year-old, Salvation Army soldier. I was walking to the church from my house for Bible study. In those days, soldiers wore uniforms to every church function. On route to the church, there were 12 or 15 peers hanging outside the pool hall that I had to ...read more

  • How You Finish

    Contributed by Sylvester Fergusson on Feb 23, 2009
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    HOW YOU FINISH James was excited as he turned the two hundred mark heading towards home. Two and three-quarter laps had gone and he was still in the lead. His one and only goal was to win this race and he was full of confidence that he could do it. His thoughts race ahead to the podium, the ...read more

  • .significant Differences In Law (That Is, ...

    Contributed by Grant Sisson on Mar 5, 2009
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    ...significant differences in law (that is, approved behavior) exist where fundamental values are different. I met a young woman from the Middle East who came to work for a time at The Center for Families. She had come to America with her family, and after they had been here only a couple of ...read more

  • I Had A Discussion With A Friend Before I Left My ...

    Contributed by Grant Sisson on Mar 5, 2009
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    I had a discussion with a friend before I left my career in the oil industry. We were driving down the road on company business discussing various political issues, and he made the comment, “You can’t legislate morality.” I countered immediately, “Woah – there’s never been a law ever put on the ...read more

  • You Remember The Gatorade Commercial With ...

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 9, 2009
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    You remember the Gatorade commercial with Michael Jordan and the tagline, "Be like Mike." Well, our goal as Christians should be to "be like Jesus." 1 John 2:5-6 puts it this way, "This is how we know ...read more

  • Light In The Darkness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 11, 2009
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    LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS I remember a story told to me by a friend who flew combat choppers in Viet Nam. He was radioed to a secret mission one night which required him to fly in total darkness, totally by instruments. Hovering above a jungle under heavy cloud cover, he told me that it seemed you ...read more

  • Your Face Gives It Away  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 12, 2009
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    YOUR FACE GIVES IT AWAY There's a story of three prospectors who found a rich vein of gold in California during the gold rush days. They realized what a great discovery they had, and they decided, "We’ve a really good thing going here, as long as no one else finds out about it." So they each took ...read more

  • High Cost Is Expected

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 12, 2009
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    HIGH COST IS EXPECTED In the past missionaries boarded ship not expecting to ever see their homeland again. Some even sold themselves into slavery because that was the only way other slaves could have a chance to hear the gospel. High cost and sacrifice was something expected of the body of ...read more

  • The Wrong Kind Of Loyalty

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
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    THE WRONG KIND OF LOYALTY There is a story of a Japanese soldier, Lt. Hiroo Onada, left on the island Lubang in the Philippines on December 25, 1944, with the command to "carry on the mission, even if Japan surrenders." Onada continued his war alone. All efforts to convince him to surrender or to ...read more

  • We Are Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    WE ARE NOT INVINCIBLE "Humanly speaking, this was a time when God’s glory was discounted, and His people were not a testimony to His great Name." Sinclair Ferguson’s "Isaac’s Storm" is a very interesting book about the hurricane that wiped out Galveston in 1900. One of the main plot lines of the ...read more

  • I Am One Of Them

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    I AM ONE OF THEM As a third-century man was anticipating death, he penned these last words to a friend: "It’s a bad world, an incredibly bad world. But I have discovered in the midst of it a quiet and holy people who have learned a great secret. They have found a joy, which is a thousand times ...read more

  • On Excellent ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    ON EXCELLENT WORK A year or so ago, on the cover of the New York "Herald Tribune" Sunday magazine, I saw a picture of the Statue of Liberty taken from a helicopter. It showed the top of the statue’s head. I was amazed to see the detail there. The sculptor had done a painstaking job with the ...read more

  • James Byrnes, Who Was Secretary Of State ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jul 2, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
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    ILL. James Byrnes, who was secretary of state under FDR, said that the difference between successful people & average people can be summed up in three words. Here are the three words, "and then some." He said, "Average people do what is expected. Successful people do what is expected, & then ...read more

  • Nate Saint And Fellow Missionaries Jim Elliot, Ed ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Haines on Jan 20, 2001
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    Nate Saint and fellow missionaries Jim Elliot, Ed McCully, Pete Fleming, and Roger Youderian had set up camp on a little sandbar in hopes of making contact with the primitive Aucas, known for their fierce infighting and hatred of outsiders. The five missionaries had a deep burden to share the ...read more

  • About 10 Years Ago, A Young & Very Successful ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 21, 2001
    based on 92 ratings
     | 1,722 views

    About 10 years ago, a young & very successful executive named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his sleek, black, 12-cylinder Jaguar XKE, which was only 2 months old. He was watching carefully for kids darting out from between parked cars & ...read more

  • Kindness Costs  PRO

    Contributed by James Westervelt on Nov 27, 2001
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    KINDNESS COSTS It costs something to care. There is often suffering involved. "It is the kind physician who lances the boil, drains off the poison, cleanses the wound, and so restores the patient." SOURCE: W. Phillip ...read more

  • Compassion's Reward  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 16 ratings
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    COMPASSION'S REWARD Born over sixty years ago in Yugoslavia, she responded to God’s call on her life while still a teenager. A missionary’s strong challenge to give her life to teaching in India resulted in her appointment to the city of Calcutta. Some months later she saw a sight which ...read more

  • We Are All Pencils In The Hand Of A Writing God, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,964 views

    We are all pencils in the hand of a writing God, who is sending love letters to the ...read more