Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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On Tithing:
W.A. Criswell tells of an ambitious young man who told his pastor he’d promised God a tithe of his income. They prayed for God to bless his career. At that time he was making $40.00 per week and tithing $4.00. God did just that and in a few years his income increased and he was tithing
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A woman was in the process of suing her husband for divorce. She told the judge that she had done her best to get her husband to change his ways, but that he just wouldn’t do it. Referring to Paul’s words about being nice to your enemies, which is found in the 12th chapter of Romans the judge asked
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 11, 2007
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One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn’t worth it to retrieve the donkey.
He invited all his neighbours to
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Contributed by Scott Brewer on Jul 29, 2007
William Willimon used to be the dean of the chapel at Duke University. "One day he received a phone call from a very irate father. The father exploded on the other end of the line, telling Willimon furiously, ’I hold you personally responsible for this!’ He was angry because his
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Contributed by Thomas Cash on Aug 20, 2007
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There was once an optimistic farmer who couldn’t wait to greet each new day with a resounding, "Good morning, God!" He lived near a woman whose morning greeting was more like, "Good God... morning?" They were each a trial to the other. Where he saw opportunity, she saw problems. Where he was
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Contributed by Bob Joyce on Aug 30, 2007
One of the most unusual things in the history of World War II was Adolph Hitler signing the Munich Pact on September 30, 1938. Here was a man who was geared up for war and evidently aiming his guns toward England. England was weak and unable to defend herself at that time, and Hitler was ready to
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2007
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[The Point: Living for God is more than a one-time, verbal declaration, it is an on-going, intentional lifestyle.]
Once upon a time, in a country far, far away where Christianity was not allowed, there lived a very wise old man.
One day, a woman in terrible distress came to him to ask
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 17, 2007
When Ohio State Football team played poorly the first game against a weak Youngstown State team they could have easily criticized and blamed each other, but they didn’t. Their high powered running back Chris Wells couldn’t score from inside the one yard line to top off an awlful day for him. When
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Wesleyan
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"God’s Grace Shown To Us"
The Enemy of the world, Satan, was on the side of life’s road with a very large cage. The man coming towards him noticed that it was crammed full of people of every kind, young, old, from every race and nation."
Where did you get these people?" the man asked. "Oh,
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My Dad’s Flowers
The air is cool today, the streets are wet with last nights rain. I went out to do some cleaning and saw my Dad’s flowers come to bloom, so beautiful. You see, My Dad has been away for 10 years now, living in Hong Kong and one of his main concerns before he left the PI
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Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Nov 29, 2007
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Charles Van Gorder was a doctor with the 101st Airborne on June 6, 1944. Captain Gorder and many other doctors were going to do something new on that day. They flew behind enemy lines in gliders made out of tubing, plywood and canvass. Many crashed in the French fields and were severely wounded
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Darrin Fish on Dec 7, 2007
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It was a few weeks before Christmas 1917. The beautiful snowy landscapes of Europe were blackened by war.
The trenches on one side held the Germans and on the other side the trenches were filled with Americans. It was World War I. The exchange of gunshots was intense. Separating them was a very
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Christian Church
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
: Children’s message used "Horton Hears a Who" by Dr. Seuss
The children’s message this morning gave us one literary vision of being “neighborly”. Horton, the elephant heard a cry for help and did all in his power (even amid the teasing of his friends) to protect the small people, affirming his
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 14, 2008
Pride keeps us as Americans from taking a look around this world that we live and realizing that people die every day so that we can enjoy the privileges that we enjoy.
Did you know that Americans consume about 80% of the world's coffee supply? And yet, we aren't told a lot about the coffee
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Church Of God
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SOMETHING TO SAY
Far too many people just talk even when they have nothing of value to say. That is not wise and certainly not intelligent. Albert Einstein was the featured speaker at a dinner given at Swarthmore College. When it came time for him to speak, he astonished everyone by standing up
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Contributed by Batsell Spivy on Jul 1, 2008
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There was a preacher at a small church. He had been preaching there for some time and was discouraged by how disinterested the church was. Finally he had had enough of the unenthusiastic Sundays so he decided to write a sermon that would surely fire the members up.
He began his sermon by saying,
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Contributed by John Boquist on Jul 25, 2008
I know a fair amount about President George W. Bush. He is the son of former President George Herbert Walker Bush and is now married to Laura, and they have young adult twin daughters. I also know that in his youth, George W. Bush was a little wild and crazy, and that a conversation with evangelist
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