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  • There's A Methodist Minister Named J. Gordon ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There’s a Methodist minister named J. Gordon Melton who has an interesting hobby. He collects lists of church denominations in the United States... and his research has revealed there are 1517 different recognized denominations in USA. He includes all kinds of groups, including cults such as the ...read more

  • At The 1st Church I Served, I Was Visiting With ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    At the 1st church I served, I was visiting with a husband and his wife. Lela, the wife, was the most gentle women you could ever encounter. Her husband Marvin wasn’t a bad guy either… but he rarely showed up for church. Couldn’t be bothered. Well, here I was – just trying to get acquainted – when ...read more

  • Faking The Grain  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    FAKING THE GRAIN Wood craftsmen and finishers of fine furniture are not nearly as common to our times as they were 100 years ago. For that matter, they are not found as much today as they were around even 25 years ago. Some of these men were literally artists when it came to taking an old piece ...read more

  • Moses' Stutter  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Moses’ Stutter The hallway is silent now except for the two wheels of the mop bucket and the shuffle of the old man’s feet. Both sound tired. Both know these floors. How many nights has Hank cleaned them? Always careful to get in the corners. Always careful to set up his yellow caution sign ...read more

  • In Consideration Of This, Let Me Help You To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In consideration of this, let me help you to understand what tragedy is: In the February 1998 edition of Reader’s Digest which told of a couple who took early retirement from their jobs in the Northeast. He was 59 and she was 51. Now they live in Punta Gorda, Florida, where they putter around the ...read more

  • C. S. Lewis Says This About Love: To Love At All ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    C. S. Lewis says this about love: To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and ...read more

  • Heart Prints

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Heart Prints Whatever our hands touch We leave fingerprints On walls, on furniture On doorknobs, dishes, books. There’s no escape. As we touch we leave our identity. Oh God, wherever I go today Help me leave heartprints Heartprints of compassion Of understanding and love. Heartprints ...read more

  • How Many Of You Remember What A Prism Is? Did ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    How many of you remember what a prism is? Did you ever hold one or place it down to watch it work? A prism of glass can be used to bend different wavelengths of light by different amounts through a process called refraction. This bending separates a beam of white light into a spectrum of colored ...read more

  • He Will Not Always Bring Your Storms To An End. ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Jul 23, 2007
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    He will not always bring your storms to an end. Just like Isaiah said in our Old Testament Lesson you will have to pass through waters and walk through fire. He will be with you as you pass through the waters and as you walk through the fire. The flames may singe your skin, but they will not ...read more

  • Af Sgt. Arthur Powell Told His Story In The July ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 6, 2007
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    AF Sgt. Arthur Powell told his story in the July (1994) "Guideposts." When I was a kid growing up in St. Nicholas Project in Harlem, I was scared. I was afraid of shooting, gang harassment and threats from drug dealers. Dad wasn’t around much, and Mom, who wasn’t well, had her hands full ...read more

  • The Story Of Lawyer And A Doctor  PRO

    Contributed by Kelly Fellows on Dec 7, 2007
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    The Story of Lawyer and a Doctor A doctor was being sued for malpractice – the new lawyer on the case was anxious to win his case Question: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse? Answer: No. Question: Did you check for blood pressure? Answer: No. Question: Did you ...read more

  • An Old Scotsman Operated A Little Rowboat For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    An old Scotsman operated a little rowboat for transporting passengers. One day a passenger noticed that the old man had carved on one oar the word “faith” and on the other oar the word “works.” Curiosity led him to ask the meaning of this. The old man, being a well balanced Christian and glad of ...read more

  • We Were Having A Honeymoon Picnic On Lake ...

    Contributed by Bruce Montgomery on Apr 17, 2008
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    We were having a honeymoon picnic on Lake Taneycomo in Branson, MO. After pulling to shore to eat, I put our blanket and food back into the boat. My bride Connie thought she should help, and she put the anchor into the boat & it began to drift away. Fortunately the current was slow enough that I ...read more

  • Always When Needs Were Pressing, Mr. Mueller ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 28, 2008
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    Always when needs were pressing, Mr. Mueller would call the staff together for prayer. And often, when getting off their knees, they would see dray wagons [drawn carts] backing up to the kitchen door, loaded with buns, bread, apples, cakes, potatoes, boxes of soap, sacks of peas, haunches [sides] ...read more

  • Bill And Mary

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jun 4, 2008
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    BILL AND MARY Bill was a retired pastor who helped out now and then in our church in San Antonio. He was a huge man, the image of what you think of as a lean tall Texan, and he was man with a huge heart. Everyone talked about Bill and what a wonderful pastor he was. Bill died a couple of months ...read more

  • Finding Grace  PRO

    Contributed by Johnathan Hester on Jun 15, 2008
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    FINDING GRACE If you want to learn the meaning of faith, get down to a child's level. "What could this possibly be?" I thought to myself. "Why would someone place that sign so low? No one could read it." You see them everywhere. Small signs promoting yard sales, cars, and business opportunities ...read more

  • Saving One Saves Many

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Jun 29, 2008
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    SAVING ONE SAVES MANY Sir Nicholas Winton was a stockbroker in 1938 when Hitler's troops began to march into Czechoslovakia. In his gut he knew that something evil was underfoot. He quit his job as a stockbroker and began to charter trains, raise money, and transport Jewish children out of ...read more

  • Markman, Stanley And Blumberg In Their Book ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 4, 2008
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    Markman, Stanley and Blumberg in their book “Fighting for Your Marriage” stated, “There is at least one constant in our ever-changing world: regardless of gender, culture, socioeconomic status, skin color, and language, nearly everyone ...read more

  • One Of The Most Difficult Problems Protestant ...

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jul 14, 2008
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    One of the most difficult problems Protestant churches are experiencing is the lack of denominational loyalty. Protestants regularly church-shop. If the preaching isn't good enough, or the youth group isn't large enough, or the music isn't glorious every week…then we search for a church ...read more

  • Most Respected Name

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    MOST RESPECTED NAME When Salvation Army founder William Booth was dying, there were some legal matters to tend to. The lawyer said to Mrs. Booth, "If you can get him to sign these papers the will will be executed much more smoothly." The problem was that he was drifting in and out of ...read more

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