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  • A Boy Without Athletic Ability Is Chosen To Play ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2010
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    A Boy Without Athletic Ability is Chosen to Play a Game There was a boy who did not have much athletic ability. Every time he and his friends would play some game, he was always the last to be chosen. One day two new fellows came to play with them and were allowed to be team captains because they ...read more

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  • God's Word And Daniel Webster

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2010
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    GOD'S WORD AND DANIEL WEBSTER Daniel Webster testified: "If there be anything in my style or thoughts to be commended, the credit is due to my kind parents for instilling into my mind an early love for the Scriptures. From the time that, at my mother's feet or on my father's knee, I learned to ...read more

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  • Cookie Ingredients And Kids

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2010
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    COOKIE INGREDIENTS AND KIDS One time a preacher had a minute with the children before the sermon. He called them up front and he spoke about the ingredients required to make up a church, using a chocolate chip cookie as an example. He explained to the children that, as with a cookie requiring ...read more

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  • C.s. Lewis On God's Love

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2010
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    C.S. LEWIS ON GOD'S LOVE C. S. Lewis described God’s love like this: "God, who needs nothing, loves into existence wholly superfluous creations in order that He may love and perfect them. He creates the universe, already foreseeing—or should we say ‘seeing’?—the buzzing cloud of flies about the ...read more

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  • James Cash Penny Started A General Merchandise ...

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Sep 7, 2010
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    James Cash Penny started a general merchandise store in Kemmerer, Wyoming in 1902, which he built into a multi-billion dollar enterprise on the guiding principle of the Golden Rule. For years J.C. Penny stores were called “Golden Rule stores”. It was Mr. Penny’s belief that success would come by ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • Jesus Knocking

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Oct 14, 2010
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    JESUS KNOCKING A nurse on the Pediatric Ward before listening to the little ones' heart beat would plug the stethoscope into their ears and let them listen to their own hearts. Their eyes would always light up with awe, but she never got a response to equal four-year old David's comment. She ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • When The Golden Gate Bridge Of San Francisco Was ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Oct 18, 2010
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    When the Golden Gate Bridge of San Francisco was being built, there was a great fear of workers falling. Bridge builders have a superstition that one man will die for every million dollars spent on the project. This bridge was budgeted for $35 million, so the fear was pervasive. The chief engineer, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Tancho And The Bell

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 21, 2011
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    TANCHO AND THE BELL The Emperor Charlemagne wanted to have a magnificent bell cast for the church he had built. An artist named Tancho was employed by the church to make it. He was furnished, at his own request, with a great quantity of copper, and a hundred pounds of silver for the purpose. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Delivering Death Notices

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Mar 30, 2011
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    DELIVERING DEATH NOTICES When I lived in Albuquerque I was trained by the Albuquerque Police Department to deliver death notifications to people in town. The Police Department used local preachers wearing suits with Police Chaplain badges instead of sending uniformed officers because it was ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • L.l. Bean: Integrity

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2011
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    L.L. BEAN: INTEGRITY In 1912, Leon Leonwood Bean started a mail order business in Greenwood, Maine by selling a hunting boot with a money-back guarantee. However, defects in the design led to 90 percent of them being returned. Making good on the guarantee could ruin his fledgling business, but ...read more

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  • Wikipedia On Sheep

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 1, 2011
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    WIKIPEDIA ON SHEEP Wikipedia states, "Sheep have good hearing and are sensitive to noise when being handled. Sheep have horizontal slit-shaped pupils, possessing excellent peripheral vision with visual fields of approximately 270° to 320°, sheep can see behind themselves without turning their ...read more

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  • Muslims Who Turn To Christ

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2011
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    MUSLIMS WHO TURN TO CHRIST In an article in Breakpoint entitled "Drawn to the Light--Why Muslims Convert to Christianity" , Dr. Dudley Woodberry, professor of Islamic Studies...aware that throughout the world Muslims have been turning to Christ, was curious about the reasons why--especially in ...read more

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  • The Danish Philosopher, Kierkegaard, Tells A ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 6, 2012
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    1. The Danish philosopher, Kierkegaard, tells a parable of a theater where a variety show is proceeding. Each show is more fantastic than the last, and is applauded by the audience. Suddenly the manager comes forward. He apologizes for the interruption, but the theater is on fire, and he begs his ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Y2k

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 27, 2012
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    13 years ago, there were people running all over the place, buying up food and bottled water and gas and everything else they could think of, just in case something happened with all of that Y2K stuff. They did all of that just in case they were without power, or open food stores for a few days. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • You Are The One On Trial

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 17, 2017
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    Some people come to the Bible or to any work of great literature without the capacity to understand what is in it. They are like a person who comes to a well for a drink of water, only to find that there is no bucket to draw the water out of the well. When people say, "I don’t get anything out ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Don't Eat The Peanuts!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 20, 2019
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    A pastor went to call on one of the elderly widows of his church. While visiting with her, he noticed a big bowl of shelled peanuts on the coffee table. During the long conversation with the little old widow, the pastor began nibbling on the peanuts and soon the entire bowl was empty! The ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • One Night A Drunkard Sat At A Table In A Bar, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    One night a drunkard sat at a table in a bar, drinking with his companions. Soon his wife came in and set a covered dish before him, saying, “Jack, you seem too busy to come home for supper, so I brought your supper to you.” As she left the saloon the man’s companions roared with laughter. Jack ...read more

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  • I Read An Article In The Atlantic Journal The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I read an article in the Atlantic Journal the other day; it said, “The world is too big for us. Too much going on, too many crimes, too much violence and excitement. Try as you will you get behind in the race…It’s an incessant strain, to keep pace… and you still lose ground. Science empties its ...read more

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  • I Have Been In This Business For 51 Years, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I have been in this business for 51 years, during which time a lot of prominent, gifted leaders have crashed and burned. I think of one in a major southern city who had a large work, a creative ministry in the arts that was widely known. Women in his church sued him and his staff for seducing ...read more

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  • The Man Groaned But Didn't Budge. The Usher ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The man groaned but didn’t budge. The usher became impatient. "Sir, if you don’t get up from there, I’m going to have to call the manager." Again, the man just groaned, which infuriated the usher who turned and marched briskly back up the aisle in search of his manager. In a few moments, both the ...read more

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