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  • St. Patrick: Stones Squashed In The Mud

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2011
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    ST. PATRICK: STONES SQUASHED IN THE MUD As a young boy Patrick lived a comfortable life near an English coastal city where his father was a deacon in their church. But at the age of 16, all that came to an end. Irish pirates attacked his village, abducting Patrick and many of the household ...read more

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  • I Was Waiting For You  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 18, 2011
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    I WAS WAITING FOR YOU A family was out vacationing at the lake one summer. Dad had been puttering out by the boat house. Two of his sons, a 12 year old and a 3 year old were down playing along the dock. The 12 year old was suppose to be watching his little brother, but he got distracted. The 3 ...read more

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  • Heaven Without You

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 22, 2011
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    George Whitefield: "Believe me, I am willing to go to prison and to death for you. But I am not ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • If I Believed...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2011
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    IF I BELIEVED... An atheist once told William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, "If I believed what you Christians say you believe about a coming judgment and that impenitent rejecters of Christ will be lost, I would crawl on my bare knees on crushed glass all over London, warning men, night ...read more

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  • You May Not Be An Authority On Theology, But You ...

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Sep 6, 2011
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    You may not be an authority on theology, but you are the world’s greatest authority on what has happened to you! ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Millions Far From God

    Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Sep 17, 2011
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    MILLIONS FAR FROM GOD In the latest global statistics, they say that the population of Earth is now 7 billion people. About 2 billion of these people claim to be Christian. Not everyone that claims to be a Christian is truly a Christian. Maybe there is about 1 billion that are true followers (I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Smelly Collections

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 28, 2011
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    SMELLY COLLECTIONS He may dress like a skid-row bum and smell like a dead rat, but Andy Smulian is a hit among London businessmen plagued by those who won't pay their bills. Employed by the London-Manhattan Debt Collection Agency, the 20-years-old youth will stumble into a deadbeat's office for ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • The Gift Of A Cross

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 29, 2011
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    THE GIFT OF A CROSS Story: Woman Led to Christ through an Act of Kindness Craig Groeschel, The Christian Atheist (Zondervan, 2011). p. 210 It's amazing what a difference the little things will make. For example, years ago when I was a new believer, I always wore a tiny cross pin on my shirts. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Set The Church Back

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Dec 3, 2011
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    Billy Graham that great and uncompromising preacher once in a Revival meeting held at Los Angeles, shared a passionate message on the Early Church, outlining what needs to be done for the Churches of modern era to become more effective. While many were moved by it, some “cannibal” Christians ...read more

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  • Salt In The Shaker

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 23, 2012
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    SALT IN THE SHAKER A strange sign greets visitors to Vienna, Austria. Translated from the German, it says, "Welcome to Vienna, where the salt is in the saltshaker." What they mean is that they "don't put salt on the streets in the winter"! The church is the salt of the earth, but we do no good ...read more

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  • The Next Billy Graham

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Feb 7, 2012
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    THE NEXT BILLY GRAHAM Baptist author and leader Russell Moore said recently: "The next Jonathan Edwards might be the man driving in front of you with the Darwin Fish bumper decal. The next Charles Wesley might be a ... profanity-spewing hip-hop artist right now. The next Billy Graham might be ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • The Heart Of The Saviour

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 19, 2012
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    THE HEART OF THE SAVIOUR I am reminded of the story of a wee lass who sought baptism and membership in a country church. The elders questioned the child in a perfunctory manner, but they were not inclined to believe that such a young person could actually understand what it meant to be saved. So, ...read more

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  • You Could All Have One If You Wanted  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2012
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    YOU COULD ALL HAVE ONE IF YOU WANTED In Gipsy Smith's book The Beauty of Jesus, Gipsy Smith told about Peter Apples, a man (during the Civil War) who went into the enemy's territory. Peter Apples did not know much about being a good soldier. He just knew that when his superior officer said, ...read more

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  • Are You Ready To Rescue The Perishing?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2012
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    ARE YOU READY TO RESCUE THE PERISHING? I read a story of a man that got saved as a young, adult. He was so excited about Christ for the first couple of weeks, he told everybody the difference Jesus had made in his life. One Sunday night he was at his church and they sang this song, "Rescue the ...read more

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  • A Desperate Situation

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2012
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    A DESPERATE SITUATION The old preacher Vance Havner used to say, "The tragedy of our time is that the situation is desperate but the saints are not." Three weeks before President John Kennedy was assassinated, he said, "Almost all presidents leave office feeling that their work is unfinished. I ...read more

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  • Start With Just One

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on May 8, 2012
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    START WITH JUST ONE Dawson Trotman, founder of the Navigators, tells the story of a 23 year old Sailor that he spent time discipling. He spent many hours with this young man in the Word and the importance of being a witness for the Lord and leading other sailors to Jesus. A month later the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • The Prayer Of Grandma Jones

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
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    THE PRAYER OF GRANDMA JONES I'd like to tell you the story about an old lady that everybody called "Grandma Jones." She had a close relationship with Jesus. And she knew that Jesus wanted her to be a soul-winner. She wanted to lead others to Christ. However, Grandma Jones was pretty much home ...read more

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  • In No Way Can The Church Restrict Her Pastoral ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 14, 2012
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    In no way can the Church restrict her pastoral work to the "ordinary maintenance" of those who already know the ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Jesus Reached Out To Uncomfortable People… ...

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 29, 2012
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    Jesus reached out to uncomfortable people… and that made others uncomfortable. ILLUS: When I was a young boy, my home church had a church bell that they rang every Sunday at 9:00 in the morning. It was a college town, and one of the local college students had apparently been up “partying” the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Wheat ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2012
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    WHEAT HARVEST I grew up in Wellington, Kansas which is a small farm town of about 8,000 people located 30 miles south of Wichita, Kansas. Wellington’s big claim to fame is being the Wheat Capitol of the World. The farmers of my home town produce more wheat per capita than anywhere else in the ...read more

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