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  • Safe In The Burned Place

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    SAFE IN THE BURNED PLACE Some early settlers were traveling together across the western prairies of the United States. One day they were horrified to see a fire fanned by strong wind coming their way. As the flames raced closer and closer one man, to the amazement of the others, set fire to a ...read more

  • I Can't Count The Number Of Times Christ Has ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 5, 2008
     | 1,661 views

    I can't count the number of times Christ has kept me from a decision that looked good at the time, but would have led to a disaster for my family. And I think all of us would run out of fingers and toes before we could ...read more

  • How Much Is Enough?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? Each week Kevin Tunell was required to mail a dollar to a family he'd rather forget. They sued him for $1.5 million but settled for just $936, to be paid a dollar at a time. The family expected the payment each Friday so Tunell would not forget what happened on the first Friday ...read more

  • A Glass Of Water

    Contributed by Carl Allen on Aug 12, 2008
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    OBJECT TALK: 1. Use a clear glass of clean water to signify the soul of the person cleansed by God. 2. Pour a little dirt into the glass to signify the nature of the World, if we allow it to find a place in us. Make the point, that a little dirt little doesn’t distort the view. 3. Add a lot ...read more

  • Bag Of Candy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
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    Bag of Candy A young boy was arrested and brought before the judge for taking a bag of candy from the shelf of a local store. The owner of the store pressed charges because he wanted the boy to learn a lesson. After a lecture from the judge, the judge asked the young boy if he had anything to say ...read more

  • Set Free  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,894 views

    SET FREE A man said to his pastor: “I am a miserable sinner and there is no help available for me. I have prayed to God, I have tried to be good and I have tried to do the right thing at the right time, but I always seem to fail.” The pastor asked him: “Do you believe in the life, the death, and ...read more

  • Redemption And Restoration In Real Life  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 27, 2008
    based on 10 ratings
     | 8,366 views

    Redemption and Restoration in Real Life I conclude this morning with a story about what happened since a tragic event that took place 9 months ago around Christmas time at New Life Church in Colorado Springs. I share it because I think it makes a point about moving beyond the 'Who, Them?' To ...read more

  • Possibilities

    Contributed by Bobby Bodenhamer on Oct 17, 2008
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    Possibilities He was born into wealth and was raised in a mansion. Today he wears prison gray after being convicted of planting a car bomb that took the lives of two members of his family. His almost unbelievable reversal of circumstances came after he tried to get control of a $10-million family ...read more

  • Peanuts Cartoon (Lucy Goes Up To Charlie Brown ...

    Contributed by Christine Forehand on Oct 22, 2008
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    Peanuts cartoon (Lucy goes up to 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 and says, “Here, sign this. It ...read more

  • Karl Menninger, A Famed Psychiatrist, Once Said ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
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    Karl Menninger, a famed psychiatrist, once said that if he could convince the patients in psychiatric hospitals that their sins were forgiven, 75 percent of them could walk out the next day! Source: Today in the Word, March ...read more

  • Luther's Dream

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
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    Luther's Dream The Good News: We are freed from all things; from which we could not be freed. In a dream, Martin Luther found himself being attacked by Satan. The devil unrolled a long scroll containing a list of Luther's sins, and held it before him. On reaching the end of the scroll Luther ...read more

  • God's Great Faithfulness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
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    GOD'S GREAT FAITHFULNESS You can find hope in your darkest hour through the faithfulness of God. Harry Teuchert knows this is true. For years Harry had been a successful publisher of materials for churches. Everything in his life seemed to be perfect: A lovely home, a family, a solid future; but ...read more

  • A Pardon Must Be Accepted  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Dec 31, 2008
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,353 views

    A PARDON MUST BE ACCEPTED About the year 1830, a man named George Wilson killed a government employee who caught him in the act of robbing the mails. He was tried and sentenced to be hanged. However, President Andrew Jackson sent him a pardon. But Wilson did a strange thing. He refused to accept ...read more

  • Unlock Your Antlers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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    UNLOCK YOUR ANTLERS In an old monastery in Germany, I'm told you can see two racks of ancient deer antlers permanently interlocked. Apparently the animals had been fighting fiercely, and their horns became so tangled that they could not be disengaged. As a result, both of them died of hunger. ...read more

  • Twin Brothers And A Dollar

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 11, 2009
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    TWIN BROTHERS AND A DOLLAR In his book, The Preaching Event, John Claypool tells a poignant story about identical twin brothers who never married because they enjoyed each other’s company so much. When their father died, they took over his store and ran it together in a joyful collaboration. But ...read more

  • Fix It!

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 13, 2009
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     | 1,738 views

    "FIX IT!" The Catholic archbishop and novelist, Andrew Greeley, brilliantly describes God’s redemptive work and holy clean-up as "God’s big crayon making crooked lines straight," but this only addresses the result, not the process. It reminds me of when, as a young boy, my mother and I would color ...read more

  • Redemptive Love Changes People

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 9, 2009
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    REDEMPTIVE LOVE CHANGES PEOPLE John Ed Mathison, former pastor of Frazier Memorial UMC, tells the story of Tommy Waite, an African-American man serving time in jail and converted through Frazier’s Prison Ministry. They didn’t stop there though. They discipled him and even helped him to get his ...read more

  • The Cod And The Cat Fish

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jul 9, 2022
     | 1,517 views

    TELL THE STORY OF THE COD… There was a favorite fish along the east coast. It is the COD. The cod was so tasty and it was a favorite dish along the coast. So the market expanded but something was lost in the shipping. The frozen cod was mushy and tasteless. So they began shipping the cod alive in ...read more

  • I Give Up!

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2022
     | 818 views

    Many years ago, executives of the Time-Life publishing organization discovered that the company’s profit margin had shrunk to an alarmingly low level. To cut costs, they decided to eliminate hundreds of works to be replaced with machines. The name of each subscriber was put on a separate little ...read more

  • The Concept Of Grace

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2022
     | 1,322 views

    There is a great article that illustrates the concept of grace written by Charles Stanley. It reads: One of my more memorable seminary professors had a practical way of illustrating to his students the concept of grace. At the end of his evangelism course, he would distribute the exam with the ...read more

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