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  • Getting Caught Asleep

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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    GETTING CAUGHT ASLEEP Just in case your boss catches you asleep at your desk, be ready to blurt out one of these excuses: "They told me at the blood bank that this might happen." "This is just a 15-minute power nap like they raved about in that time management course you sent me to." "I was ...read more

  • The Greatest Generation

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
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    THE GREATEST GENERATION Franklin Delano Roosevelt: "This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny." The year was 1940, and it would be called the fulcrum of America in the 20th century. The nation was balanced precariously between the darkness of the Great Depression on one side and ...read more

  • Work Completed In Due ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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    WORK COMPLETED IN DUE SEASON Adoniram Judson clearly was appointed by the Holy Spirit to minister the Word of God to the heathen. He reached Calcutta in the summer of 1812, ready to preach the Gospel, however was given orders to get out. He was saddened and could not understand how an effectual ...read more

  • Our God Is Still Able

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on May 14, 2009
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    OUR GOD IS STILL ABLE An officer in the first World War gives this account of God’s willingness and ability to save men from shot and shell when they pray. A German machine gun crew had their gun trained on an angle of our trenches where troops frequently passed back and forth and the casualties ...read more

  • The Best Years Of My Life

    Contributed by Jim Blevins on May 14, 2009
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    THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE Man at a seminar heard the following: "The best years of my life were spent in the arms of another man's wife!" The crowd was shocked! Then he continued "My mother!" The crowd laughed and he finished the rest of his speech which held everyone's attention. The young ...read more

  • A Preacher Was At A Seminar And Heard The ...

    Contributed by Jim Blevins on May 16, 2009
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    A preacher was at a seminar and heard the following: "The best years of my life were spent in the arms of another man’s wife!" The crowd was shocked! Then he continued "My mother!" The crowd laughed and he finished the rest of his speech which held everyone’s attention . The young preacher liked ...read more

  • Sifting

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on May 31, 2009
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    *In vs. 31 Jesus told Peter, “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat.” *Satan is certainly still at work in the world today. Satan wanted to sift Peter, and Christian, you can be sure that he wants to sift us. *In Bible days grain was sifted a couple of ...read more

  • Evolution, Darwin And Natural Selection--For ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 8, 2009
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    EVOLUTION, DARWIN AND NATURAL SELECTION--FOR CARS Take a mental walk with me outside. I want us to look at some cars together. If possible, let's find a new one. While you're standing there admiring the beauty of that sparkling new automobile, let's imagine my saying to you rather quietly, "You ...read more

  • Thank You, Daddy!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    "THANK YOU, DADDY!" To illustrate how we often fail to give God the thanks he deserves, Chuck Swindoll told the following story of a man he visited in a dismal veterans hospital: The day I arrived to visit, I saw a touching scene. This man had a young son, and during his confinement in the ...read more

  • Little Bethany Was As Cute As A Bug's Ear. The ...

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jul 22, 2009
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    Little Bethany was as cute as a bug's ear. The only child and the only grandchild, she was the center of attention. Discipline was not the strong suit of these new parents. They would feed her in the middle of the night, even though she was old enough to sleep through the night, because they ...read more

  • The Cross: Solution To Alignment Problems  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2009
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    THE CROSS: SOLUTION TO ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS I remember when my first car, a beautiful 92 Chevy Cavalier, developed and alignment problem. I would be driving down the freeway, and it pulled to the right pretty hard. In fact, you really had to work against the car to make it get in the left lane. On ...read more

  • Proud Former Famous Athlete Humbled At Nursing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009
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    Proud Former Famous Athlete Humbled at Nursing Home We have a choice of either humbling ourselves or being humiliated. There was an elderly man who was once a famous, award-winning athlete in track and field. He had a room full of plaques and statues and framed certificates. Years after retiring ...read more

  • Terah And The Gods

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Oct 26, 2009
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    TERAH AND THE GODS There is a Jewish midrash (not Scripture) that tells a funny story about Terah being a merchant who sold idols but had a son named Abram who wasn’t convinced about the validity of the gods because the real God had been speaking to him. Since it isn’t actually Scripture, I’m ...read more

  • J. Wilbur Chapman Meets General Booth Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
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    J. Wilbur Chapman Meets General Booth of Salvation Army A willingness to obey is the first step toward spiritual understanding John 7:17 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. When J. Wilbur Chapman was in London, he had an opportunity to meet General ...read more

  • Chief Justice Of Supreme Court Humble Enough To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 17, 2009
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    Chief Justice of Supreme Court Humble Enough to Stand Next to a Chinese Laundryman As Christians, we are to trust God the Holy Spirit by being completely humble. Let me share a story which gives us a picture of humility; maybe you will see yourself in this story: When Charles Evans Hughes was ...read more

  • The Intriguing Thing About Contrasts Is Their ...

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Dec 15, 2009
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    The intriguing thing about contrasts is their similarities. For example, Bill Crowder (RBC Ministries) illustrates this with the two top rock bands in the 1960’s, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Both bands were from England, and both bands were revolutionary in their music, but the ...read more

  • A Story From The Book Upon Which The Old Movie ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 24, 2009
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    A story from the book upon which the old movie “The Bridge on the River Quai” was based, is telling. The Irish Republican Army had a ‘buddy’ system called ‘The Mucker System.’ In this system soldiers agreed to ‘muck’ someone else. That meant the other person was more important than ones self – ...read more

  • Michael Gerard

    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 28, 2009
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    Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson (born June 30, 1966) was the undisputed heavyweight champion and remains the youngest man ever to win the WBC, WBA and IBF world heavyweight titles. He won the WBC title at just 20 years, 4 months and 22 days old, after defeating Trevor Berbick by a TKO in the second ...read more

  • Eichmann Is In All Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2010
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    Eichmann Is In All Of Us In 1960, Israeli undercover agents orchestrated the daring kidnapping of one of the worst of the Holocaust’s masterminds, Adolf Eichmann. After capturing him in his South American hideout, they transported him to Israel to stand trial. There, prosecutors called a string of ...read more

  • U.s. News And World Report In Dec. Of 2004 Did A ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 12, 2010
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    U.S. News and World Report in Dec. of 2004 did a magazine focusing on the power of prayer: Jeffrey L. Shelter wrote in his article, "The Power of Prayer, on pages 52, 53) "A pierced and tattooed man quietly bows his head at a noisy lunch counter. A child in pink pajamas kneels at her bedside and ...read more