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  • Returning Home One Afternoon With My Two ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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    Returning home one afternoon with my two daughters, Kimberley, age two, and Kristi, six months, I pulled into my driveway and stopped to check the mailbox. But when I returned to the car, I found Kimberley had pushed the locks down on both doors—and I had left the key in the ignition. For an hour ...read more

  • French Novelist And Playwright Alexandre Dumas ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
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    French novelist and playwright Alexandre Dumas once had a heated quarrel with a rising young politician. The argument became so intense that a duel was inevitable. Since both men were superb shots they decided to draw lots, the loser agreeing to shoot himself. Dumas lost. Pistol in hand, he ...read more

  • Sharing Our Faith: According To A New Study From ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Sharing Our Faith: According to a new study from the Barna Research Group, there are nearly 50 million born again adults who shared their faith in Christ with non-believers during the past year. That constitutes 60% of the born again adult population, which itself represents 38% of all adults. The ...read more

  • Returning Home One Afternoon With My Two ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 17, 2006
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    Returning home one afternoon with my two daughters, Kimberley, age two, and Kristi, six months, a mother pulled into here driveway and stopped to check the mailbox. But when she returned to the car, she found Kimberley had pushed the locks down on both doors and the mother had left her keys in the ...read more

  • How Can I Deal With My Neighbor, In A Way Which ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
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    How can I deal with my neighbor, In a way which glorifies God. Sandy the busy busy busy dog. In San Antonio we had a dog on our street –Sandy. Sandy wasn’t a bad dog – but the owner was. Every morning Sandy would open every newspaper on the street, Thank you Sandy. Every trash day, Sandy ...read more

  • Millions Of People Upon This Planet This ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Oct 28, 2006
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    Millions of people upon this planet this Christmas will celebrate with big celebration’s, but they will completly miss the point of the celebrations. Could you imagine returning home to find your house decortated top to bottom with lights and party decorations and when you get to the door you ...read more

  • A Shy Welshman Went And Slipped A Love Letter ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jan 31, 2010
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    A shy Welshman went and slipped a love letter under his neighbor lady’s door each week for 40 years. Because of an argument they had years before, she continued to refuse to speak to him. Finally, after 2,184 love letters – with no response of any kind – the now 74 year old man went and knocked on ...read more

  • How Martin Luther Overcame The Devil

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2011
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    HOW MARTIN LUTHER OVERCAME THE DEVIL Martin Luther was often very graphic in his description of the activities of the Devil. Asked one time how he overcame the Devil, he replied, "Well, when he comes knocking upon the door of my heart, and asks 'Who lives here?' the dear Lord Jesus goes to the ...read more

  • Who Lives Here?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 20, 2011
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    "WHO LIVES HERE?" Martin Luther was often very graphic in his description of the activities of the Devil. Asked one time how he overcame the Devil, he replied, "Well, when he comes knocking upon the door of my heart, and asks, 'Who lives here?' the dear Lord Jesus goes to the door and says, ...read more

  • Kirk Was Telling His Colleagues About A Strange ...

    Contributed by Samuel Fulkerson on Aug 23, 2012
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    Kirk was telling his colleagues about a strange dream he had the previous night. He dreamt he was in the middle of action in the old west riding a stagecoach. All of a sudden, a cowboy riding a horse appears on the right side of the stagecoach and a horse without a rider pulls up on the left. In a ...read more

  • A Man Went Inside A Telephone Booth And Dialed ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 10, 2008
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    A man went inside a telephone booth and dialed the number of a friend. When the connection was made, the friend kept saying, "I can’t hear you; speak louder; I can’t hear you." All he could hear was the roar of traffic in the background. "Shut the door so I can hear," he said to the caller. In ...read more

  • I Remember When Our Children Were Small, And ...

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Apr 20, 2008
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    I remember when our children were small, and Marlys and I would set them in a high chair and feed them. OK, Marlys more than me. If they did not want to eat, you could put all the food in their mouth you wanted, but they would spit it out. Also, if we tried to feed them something they did not want, ...read more

  • Working Hard At Complaining  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 30, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
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    WORKING HARD AT COMPLAINING There was a lady who lived alone in a suburban apartment complex. Upset at the noise from the adjacent apartment that she claimed was disturbing her, she immediately picked up the phone and called her landlord. “You need to get up here right away,” she told him. “There ...read more

  • After A Three-Month Summer Recess, On October ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Nov 7, 2002
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    After a three-month summer recess, on October 3,1994, the Supreme Court of the United States opened its 1994-95 term. According to the New York Times News Service, the court’s legal business for that first day could be summed up with one word: no. The court announced it had refused to hear more ...read more

  • When Patience Is Required!  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 11, 2003
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    WHEN PATIENCE IS REQUIRED! A man and his wife are awakened at 3 o’clock in the morning by a loud pounding on their door. The man gets up and goes to the door where a drunken stranger in the pouring rain is asking for a push. “Not a chance” says the husband- “It’s three o’clock in the morning!” He ...read more

  • The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    THE PUSH A man and his wife are awakened at 3 o’clock in the morning by a loud pounding on their door. The man gets up and goes to the door where a drunken stranger in the pouring rain is asking for a push. "Not a chance!" says the husband. "It’s three o’clock in the morning!" He slams the door ...read more

  • Everybody Ought To Know!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jul 17, 2023
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    I had a friend who pastored in Texas years ago who was going door-to-door to invite people to church and to know Christ. The pastor knocked on one door and an elderly woman answered. He said, “I am here to invite you to our church and to tell you about Jesus Christ. “ The woman said ...read more

  • Silly Signs  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Shockley on Jun 29, 2002
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    SILLY SIGNS • Bargain basement upstairs. • Would the person who took the step ladder yesterday please bring it back or further steps will be taken. • After tea break staff should empty the teapot and stand upside down on the draining board. • This is the gate of heaven. ...read more

  • Reconciliation: Chancing One's Arm  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2009
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    RECONCILIATION: CHANCING ONE’S ARM A. The oldest Christian site in Ireland is said to be St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. (Slide Of St Patrick’s) 1. It is a beautiful edifice, but it also has a interesting piece of history involving one of its doors– it is known as the "Door of ...read more

  • Ukraine & God's Masterplan

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Nov 28, 2022
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    Closed Doors - Open Doors My first trip to Ukraine was in 2000. We visited Kiev and L'viv to connect with ministry training institutions. In 2002 I made my first teaching trip to L'viv to teach at L'viv Theological Seminary (LTS). It was so rewarding to contribute to God's work in ...read more