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  • Famous Last Words

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Aug 23, 2008
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    Famous Last Words P.T. Barnum - 1891: "How were the receipts today at Madison Square Garden?" Humphrey Bogart - 1942: "I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis." Writer, Oscar Wilde - 1900: he died saying, "Either that wallpaper goes or I do." Lady Nancy Astor - 1964: "Am I dying, ...read more

  • Checking On Himself

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 24, 2008
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    CHECKING ON HIMSELF I’m reminded of a story of a grocery store owner who overheard a young boy using the pay phone at the entrance of his store. You know how telephone conversations are; you usually hear only one side of the conversation. The young boy was talking and the store manager was ...read more

  • Evangelism: I Heard A Story About A Guy Who ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
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    Evangelism: I heard a story about a guy who applied for a job as an usher at a theater in the mall. As a part of the interview process, the manager asked him, "What would you do in case a fire breaks out?" The young guy answered, "Don’t worry about me. I can get out fine." That’s exactly how many ...read more

  • Stanley Jones In His Book Liberating Ministry ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
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    Stanley Jones in his book Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome writes: "Prayer is surrender--surrender to the will of God and cooperation with that will. If I throw out a boathook from the boat and catch hold of the shore and pull, do I pull the shore to me, or do I pull myself to the ...read more

  • He Comes To Us

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 22, 2008
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    He Comes to Us During a Christmas program, the children's choir sang. A girl had a solo part and a pretty red dress that she could not wait to wear. When her time to sing came, she forgot the words and fell apart in tears. She walked back to the choir sobbing. Soon, the other children were ...read more

  • The Need For Human Relationships Is A Deep As ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jan 22, 2009
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    “The need for human relationships is a deep as anything humans experience. Infants who are given adequate amounts of food and water die if they do not receive human contact. Adults surrounded by people all day long cry out for friendships that will break down the walls of loneliness around them. ...read more

  • What Would You Think?

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jan 26, 2009
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    WHAT WOULD YOU THINK? What would you think if I said, "We’ve decided that sometimes, instead of having praise and worship music, we’re going to listen to Marilyn Manson? And sometimes instead of celebrating the Lord’s Supper with bread and juice, we’ll celebrate it with Jack Daniel’s. And why not ...read more

  • Christians And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    CHRISTIANS AND WEALTH According to data analyzed by Duke University sociologist Lisa Keister, the median net worth for conservative Protestants in ’00 was $26,000 vs. the $66,200 national median. "The one big difference is the conservative Protestants’ assumption that God is the owner of money and ...read more

  • Obedience And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
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    OBEDIENCE AND LEADERSHIP In the 11th Century, King Henry III of Bavaria was fed up the set up of being King. He applied to be a contemplative at the local monastery, via Prior Richard. The King told the Prior of his struggle, personal battles. The Prior said, "My King, do you understand that the ...read more

  • Many Years Ago A Boat Was Wrecked In A Storm On ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 6, 2007
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    Many years ago a boat was wrecked in a storm on Lake Michigan at Evanston, Illinois. Students from Northwestern University formed themselves into rescue teams. One student, Edward Spencer, saved seventeen people from the sinking ship. When he was carried exhausted to his room, he aside, “Did I do ...read more

  • Well, In Nascar Racing, Nearly Every Car Has A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Well, in NASCAR racing, nearly every car has a sponsor. Sponsors are the people who supply the racer with the resources to run the race. Often they’ll supply the car, the engine, the tires, and the funding for the pit crew. They are the people that make it possible for the driver to win the race. ...read more

  • My Unspoken Prayers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    An unknown confederate soldier wrote: I asked God for strength that I might achieve I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey I asked for health that I might do greater things I was given infirmity that I might do better things I asked for riches that I might be happy I was given poverty ...read more

  • George Wilson Was Sentenced To Hang After He Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    George Wilson was sentenced to hang after he was convicted of killing a guard while robbing a federal payroll from a train. Public sentiment against capital punishment led to an eventual pardon by President Andrew Jackson. Unbelievably, Wilson refused to accept the pardon. Can you do that? The case ...read more

  • One Of The Wisest Statements I Ever Read Said ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    One of the wisest statements I ever read said that feelings must be owned before they can be disowned. People who make the psychological approach of “stuffing their feelings” do themselves a disservice. They avoid hard reality instead of working through it. Joseph Scriven, whose fiancée was ...read more

  • William H. Willimon, In His Commentary On Our ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    William H. Willimon, in his commentary on our Gospel lesson for this morning, offers an interesting lens through which we might view this text. He says, and I quote, “How do we see?… What we see seems to be connected to some sort of template in the brain. When sensory images are fed in through the ...read more

  • Billy Graham Uses The Illustration That When A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Billy Graham uses the illustration that when a little girl did something wrong, her mother called her into the kitchen to talk to her, but the little girl’s face pouted as she looked down to the floor and she said she didn’t want to talk about it. I think we do the same thing with the Lord. When He ...read more

  • Movie Usher

    Contributed by Jim Heidebrecht on Jun 21, 2007
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    MOVIE USHER: Use their flashlight to show you the way in a dark place. If something goes wrong, everyone looks to the guy who has been identified as knowing the way – by his jacket, his name tag, his silly hat, and his light There was a young man working as an usher, and his manager asked ...read more

  • About One Hundred Years Before The Reformation, ...

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Jun 21, 2007
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    About one hundred years before the Reformation, an artist named Andrei Rublev painted a depiction of the Trinity. Today we celebrate the feast of the Trinity, this mystery of faith revealed to men. Rublev’s painting is taken from a scene in Genesis 18. The story is of when three angelic beings ...read more

  • God's Healing Power Heals Two Young Women With ...

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Aug 8, 2007
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    GOD’S HEALING POWER HEALS TWO YOUNG WOMEN WITH CHRONIC INJURIES Four of our interns went into a clothing store and began ministering and encouraging one of the clerks. She began to open up, telling them that she used to be in the circus and ripped her tendons in both wrists by doing four back ...read more

  • As I Listened To Dr Ron Hawkins On The ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 4, 2007
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    As I listened to Dr Ron Hawkins on the Counseling Ministry DVD’s he said his dad who was a pastor told him after he had retired, “If I had it to do over I would preach more messages of comfort. People have so much pain in their lives.” It reminded me of the many times God would bring this text to ...read more