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  • There Is A Story About A Man Who Had To Cross A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There is a story about a man who had to cross a wide river on the ice. He was afraid it might be too thin, so he began to crawl on his hand and knees in great terror. He thought he might fall through at any moment. Just as he neared the opposite shore, all exhausted, another man glided past him ...read more

  • Living The Full Christian Life

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Oct 24, 2008
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    Living the Full Christian Life As believers, we have received a great inheritance and legacy. In Acts 17:11, Luke writes, "Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what ...read more

  • Falling After Dark

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,587 views

    FALLING AFTER DARK There is a story told about a construction worker. This construction worker was employed on a high-rise building project, which required him and others to work after dark. He was busy on the edge of one of the walls which was many stories high, when he suddenly lost his balance ...read more

  • Those Strong Urges

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 14, 2009
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    THOSE STRONG URGES Gary Dougherty, a co-worker at RBC Ministries, was walking home from church one evening when he saw a young man coming from the opposite direction. A strong urge came over Gary to talk with him about becoming a Christian. He hesitated at first, but then he said to this total ...read more

  • John Paton Was A Missionary In The New Hebrides ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    John Paton was a missionary in the New Hebrides Islands. One night hostile natives surrounded the mission station, intent on burning out the Patons and killing them. Paton and his wife prayed during that terror-filled night that God would deliver them. When daylight came they were amazed to see ...read more

  • An Old Feud And A New Bridge  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 6, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,282 views

    AN OLD FEUD AND A NEW BRIDGE There were two old geezers living in the backwoods of the Ozarks: Rufus and Clarence. They lived on opposite sides of the river and they hated each other. Every morning, just after sunup, Rufus and Clarence would go down to their respective sides of the river and yell ...read more

  • Everyone Can Win Someone

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
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    EVERYONE CAN WIN SOMEONE George W. Truett was the beloved pastor of Dallas’ First Baptist Church for more than 60 years. He tells of a woman who came to him after a service. She was a poverty stricken widow with several children. She said, "Pastor, I have never known you to be unfair -- yet you ...read more

  • Hugh Lattimer Once Preached Before King Henry ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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    Hugh Lattimer once preached before King Henry VIII. Henry was greatly displeased by the boldness in the sermon and ordered Lattimer to preach again on the following Sunday and apologize for the offence he had given. The next Sunday, after reading his text, he thus began his sermon: “Hugh ...read more

  • Tomorrow's Trivia! (02.24.06--Do Not Worry!--Luke ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Feb 22, 2006
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    Tomorrow’s Trivia! (02.24.06--Do Not Worry!--Luke 22:24) An average person’s anxiety is focused on: 40% -- things that will never happen, 30% -- things about the past that can’t be changed, 12% -- things about criticism by others, mostly untrue, 10% -- about health, which gets worse with ...read more

  • What If...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    WHAT IF... Some storms can't be avoided, no matter what we do. Sometimes we are in trouble because of somebody else's mistake. That's what happened here to Paul. But God's Word teaches us to take action. Strive to survive. Take stock in the storm. It may not be as bad as you think it is. Erma ...read more

  • I Remember The Church Where I Was Youth Leader. ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Aug 23, 2007
     | 1,490 views

    I remember the church where I was youth leader. None of the 12 members of the board but me were under 60. And I came before them with a proposal. "Give me the permission and several Bibles to go door to door around the tires factory where I worked for a while. I’ll go there with young people from ...read more

  • A Young Man Enlisted, And Was Sent To His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
     | 1,637 views

    A young man enlisted, and was sent to his regiment. The first night he was in the barracks with about fifteen other young men, who passed the time playing cards and gambling. Before retiring, he fell on his knees and prayed, and they began to curse him and jeer at him and throw boots at him. So it ...read more

  • Elisha Hoffman: A Burden Too Big To Bear  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
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    ELISHA HOFFMAN: A BURDEN TOO BIG TO BEAR Many New Testament promises have corresponding verses in the Old Testament that reinforce their power. When Peter, for example, said, ". . . casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you" (1 Peter 5:7), he was but restating David’s words in Psalm ...read more

  • A Young Man Enlisted, And Was Sent To His ...

    Contributed by Timothy Dolan on Jun 22, 2008
     | 1,680 views

    A young man enlisted, and was sent to his regiment. The first night he was in the barracks with about fifteen other young men, who passed the time playing cards and gambling. Before retiring, he fell on his knees and prayed, and they began to curse him and jeer at him and throw boots at him. So it ...read more

  • Two Choices: The Real God Or A False God, Richard ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 22, 2009
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    Two Choices: The real God or a false god, Richard Lovelace on How Some Churches Want Ministers To Protect Them from the Real God Richard Lovelace wrote: "The whole church was...avoiding the biblical portrait of the sovereign and holy God who was angry with the wicked every day and whose anger ...read more

  • The Risk Of Fishing For Souls  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2011
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    THE RISK OF FISHING FOR SOULS A little more than 10 years ago (2000), a movie called The Perfect Storm was released, which graphically portrayed the dangers of the fishing industry even in modern times. The movie is about the crew of the Andrea Gail, a fishing boat out of Gloucester, ...read more

  • Should We Evangelize Jewish People?

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Sep 16, 2008
     | 1,307 views

    SHOULD WE EVANGELIZE JEWISH PEOPLE? The men who have come to Galatia believe they have the answer to a dilemma that has come upon the early church: what to do with the non-Jews who were entering the church. See, at the very beginning of the creation of the church in Acts chapter 2, all those who ...read more

  • God Alone Be Praised

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 9, 2003
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    GOD ALONE BE PRAISED "But I entreat those who believe in and fear God, whoever deigns to examine or receive this document composed by the obviously unlearned sinner Patrick in Ireland, that nobody shall ever ascribe to my ignorance any trivial thing that I achieved or may have expounded that was ...read more

  • Head-Up And Head-On! (11.10.05--Christian ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 8, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,415 views

    Head-Up and Head-On! (11.10.05--Christian Soldiers!--James4:7) When you are afraid to take an action, it’s the first step that’s the hardest one to take. Our little dachshund Webley is a living example of that. Webley has always been afraid of stairs. It doesn’t matter if he is going up or coming ...read more

  • Here's The Story Of Rusty Woomer. Rusty Was Also ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 24, 2002
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     | 3,778 views

    Here’s the story of Rusty Woomer. Rusty was also a cold blooded killer. In one of South Carolina’s most notorious murder sprees he killed four innocent people and sat on death row for them. In 1990 Bob McAlister, a Christian and Prison Fellowship volunteer met Rusty. What happened between them ...read more

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