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  • The God Of Unmatched Shoes  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A man who was commissioned to paint a picture of the Prodigal Son. He went into his work fervently, laboring to produce a picture worthy of telling the story. Finally, the day came when the picture was complete, and he unveiled the finished painting. The scene was set outside the father’s house, ...read more

  • First Of All, What Is A Shepherd And What Does ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    First of all, what is a shepherd and what does he do? I think that Dr. Andrew Bonar, a close friend and biographer of Robert Murray M’Cheyne, says it best when he had this to say to a friend of his about sheep and shepherds. Dr. Andrew Bonar told me how, in the Highlands of Scotland, a sheep would ...read more

  • Reporters And City Officials Gathered At A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Reporters and city officials gathered at a Chicago railroad station one afternoon in 1953. The person they were meeting was the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize winner. A few minutes after the train came to a stop, a giant of a man - six feet four inches with bushy hair and a large mustache stepped from the ...read more

  • Blame

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Blame In a recent Peanuts cartoon, Lucy approaches Charlie Brown with a paper and pen and says, “Here, sign this. It absolves me from all blame”. Then she goes to Shroeder with the same paper and says, “Here, sign this. It absolves me from all blame”. Finally she comes to Linus: “Here, sign this. ...read more

  • We Use That Word Believe For Everything And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    We use that word believe for everything and anything. But in the Bible believe means two things. It means to accept something as being true and it means to trust. For example, of all the people who have ever crossed Niagara Falls on a tightrope the most spectacular has to be that person who was ...read more

  • Behind The Scenes Of An Arizona Circus, Bobb ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Behind the scenes of an Arizona circus, Bobb Biehl started chatting with a man who trains animals for Hollywood movies: " ’How is it that you can stake down a ten-ton elephant with the same size stake that you use for this little fellow?’ I asked, pointing to a baby elephant who weighed three ...read more

  • Bill Bright, Founder And President, Campus ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Bill Bright, founder and president, Campus Crusade for Christ - I know two law partners who used to hate each other. When one became a Christian, he asked me, "Now that I’m a Christian, what should I do?" I said, "Why not ask him to forgive you and tell him you love him?" "I could never do that" he ...read more

  • Shortly After Dallas Theological Seminary Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Shortly after Dallas Theological Seminary was founded in 1924, it almost came to the point of bankruptcy. All the creditors were going to foreclose at noon on a particular day. That morning they met in the president’s office with Dr. Chafer for prayer that God would provide. In that prayer ...read more

  • Grim Reaper

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Grim Reaper According to an old fable, a man made an unusual agreement with Death. He told the Grim Reaper that he would willingly accompany him when it came time to die, but only on one condition—that Death would send a messenger well in advance to warn him. Weeks passed into months, and months ...read more

  • George W. Truett  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    George W. Truett George W. Truett, a well-know pastor in Texas, was invited to dinner at the home of a very wealthy Texas man. After the meal, the host led him to a place where they could get a good view of the surrounding area. • Pointing to the oil wells covering the landscape, the Texan ...read more

  • Here's A Great Example. I Remember Reading A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Here’s a great example. I remember reading a letter to Ann Landers by a lady named Rosie. She wrote, “A young couple in Missouri got married in 1937. ‘Mike’ worked the third shift for the railroad. He’d come home about 7 a.m. and do odd jobs around the house: fix the old car, do everything but go ...read more

  • A Striking Christmas Card Was Once Published ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A striking Christmas card was once published with the title "If Christ Had Not Come". It was founded upon our Savior’s words "If I had not come." The card represented a pastor’s falling into a short sleep in his study on Christmas morning and dreaming of a world into which Jesus had never come. ...read more

  • The Year Was 1992 I Was Playing Baseball At ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The year was 1992 I was playing baseball at Campbell (the fighting camels). I was playing shortstop a position I had played for about 13 years. I was fielding balls keeping my bottom down and I have to admit I thought I was a pretty good fielder. Yet all my life I had struggled with my batting. It ...read more

  • The Bible Is Similar To That Scenario. Many ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The Bible is similar to that scenario. Many writers, from many different backgrounds, writing over a period of 1500 years, but all writing about the same man - - Jesus. And that is why the Bible is unique. That is why the Bible stands out among every other religious book we have. But how can it ...read more

  • It Makes Me Think Of A Young Couple Who Had Life ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    It makes me think of a young couple who had life going along just like they’d Dreamed. They were happily married with 2 good jobs and 2 healthy little children. Then --- unexpectedly of course --- they had a major Pit Stop. The mom had a serious car wreck. She ended up with a severely broken leg ...read more

  • Someone Once Said That If You Ever Want To Know ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Someone once said that if you ever want to know the truth about something then you should ask children. I love the article in the Vessel this month by our Busy Bees as they shared what love means to them. Yet, I also came across some other responses by children as to what they see love is. Glenn, ...read more

  • In World War Ii Merchant Ships Were Used To Take ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In World War II merchant ships were used to take food and supplies across the sea. One day a Father took his son down to the docks to see the boats being unloaded. "Brave men have risked their lives to bring us this precious cargo," he told him. The boy noticed a line painted around each vessel. ...read more

  • A Family Was Sitting Around The Dinner Table One ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A family was sitting around the dinner table one evening waiting for their dad to get in from work. Finally, he came in late because it had been a rough day. When he came in, he sat down at the table and offered thanks for the food. As soon as he finished his prayer, he began to complain and ...read more

  • 1 John 3:20 Says Simply "He Knows Everything." ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    1 John 3:20 says simply "He knows everything." Does that describe you? Do you know everything? I’ve known people that thought they did. ILLUS - It’s kind of like the little boy that asked his mom, he said "momma, how come the idiots only come out when daddy’s driving." And the answer is because ...read more

  • But In Spite Of The Indisputable Evidence From ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    But in spite of the indisputable evidence from God’s Word, it seems that we really struggle with the fact that we can’t earn our own salvation. I guess that’s because it goes against everything else we’ve learned in our lives, especially the way that grades are determined when we go to school. ...read more