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  • Another Aspect On Being Broken Is In The Words ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Another aspect on being broken is in the words of Vance Havner who said, "God uses broken things. It takes broken soil to produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain, broken grain to give bread, broken bread to give strength. It is the broken alabaster box that gives forth perfume . . . it is ...read more

  • Don't Trust Your Eyes

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Don’t Trust Your eyes. Joke: a. A woman walks in a store to return a pair of eyeglasses that she had purchased for her husband a week before. "What seems to be the problem, madam?" "I’m returning these glasses I bought for my husband. He’s still not ...read more

  • In What's So Amazing About Grace? Philip Yancey ...

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Nov 29, 2007
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    In What’s So Amazing About Grace? Philip Yancey quotes Mark Twain. Apparently Twain used to say he put a dog and a cat in a cage together as an experiment, to see if they could get along. They did, so he put in a bird, pig and goat. They, too, got along fine after a few ...read more

  • I Believe I Have Told You About The Couple Who ...

    Contributed by Eugene Morell on Aug 5, 2012
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    I believe I have told you about the couple who were married for 35 years and that on the day of their 35th anniversary the wife said she was going to leave her husband. The reason was that he never told her that he loved her. His thing ...read more

  • Getting Even

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 24, 2019
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    Mrs. Smartt was fumbling in her purse for her offering when a large television remote fell out and clattered into the aisle. The curious usher bent over to retrieve it for her and whispered, “Do you always carry your TV remote to church?” “No,” she replied, “but my husband refused to ...read more

  • Loving Discipline

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 24, 2023
     | 1,391 views

    My middle godson has been having some serious discipline problems. While I was visiting his family, I read the file of his interviews with the school specialists in difficult children. The thing that struck me the hardest was when they were exploring whether or not he felt loved by ...read more

  • I Am Among The Minority Who Had Little Interest ...  PRO

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Aug 29, 2002
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    I am among the minority who had little interest in the original Star Wars movie but has a liking for the prequel story of Anakin Skywalker in Episode I and II. Anakin, who later evolved into the sinister Darth Vader, was a cute, helpful, and sacrificial 9-year-old boy in Episode I. In Episode II, ...read more

  • Hugging The Enemy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2003
    based on 15 ratings
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    HUGGING THE ENEMY Barbara Brown Taylor tells the story of her nephew Will’s first birthday party. The family was gathered around for the usual traditions of birthdays, the cake. And the presents. Will let them know how pleased he was by doing his new dance-a slow twirling movement that he had ...read more

  • The Cost His Father Paid

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Mar 24, 2007
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    A young boy had to feed his father every day when he came home from school. His father had been so injured and couldn’t do many things for himself and to help with things the mother gave him one job to do and that was to feed his father every day, once a day. But on this particular day, the boy, ...read more

  • My Eldest Daughter, Julia Is A Customer Service ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Aug 1, 2009
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    My eldest daughter, Julia is a customer service agent for a cell phone company. While Julia receives calls from customers who are complaining and unhappy about a lot of things, Janine, who works at a dairy bar, gets all the happy people! I don’t need to tell you how unreasonable and sometimes ...read more

  • The Day You Enlisted

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jun 7, 2011
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    THE DAY YOU ENLISTED I remember when I enlisted in the U.S. Army. It was at the height of the Viet Nam War. The year was 1967. I had a draft number and was probably going to be drafted – so I went down to the army recruiter and enlisted for three years. I signed on the dotted line, and before ...read more

  • Making Christmas Special  PRO

    Contributed by Sam Higgs on Dec 1, 2011
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    MAKING CHRISTMAS SPECIAL In the months leading up to the Christmas season, Dan had lost his job. Well, in the city he lived in, most of the workers had to relocate with the company or face unemployment. Dan was one of the unlucky ones who had not been with the company long enough to be asked ...read more

  • Instructions Are Life Or Death

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2012
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    INSTRUCTIONS ARE LIFE OR DEATH Imagine with me if you can. You're rafting down the Ocoee, splashing through a huge rapid when all of a sudden, you find yourself flying over the front of the boat. You're tossing and turning in the waves, and your mind and body are telling you to get stabilized. Our ...read more

  • You've Probably Noticed; When Two People Get In A ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Oct 14, 2008
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    You’ve probably noticed; when two people get in a wreck, a drunk and a Christian, who lives? Who walks away from that wreck? It’s the drunk! And what happens to the Christian? Is he instantly killed or languishes in a nursing home for years? Whys is this? Among all other kids in my home town, my ...read more

  • Without One Plea  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    WITHOUT ONE PLEA Charlotte Elliott was a sickly English woman who had developed a long history of refusing to do things she was asked to do because of her illness. Her brother, who was a pastor, had been particularly persistent in trying to get her out of herself, trying to get her involved in ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago I Was Working On A Class For My ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Apr 28, 2007
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    A few years ago I was working on a class for my undergraduate degree in religion. For the final exam you were required to write a series of brief essays on several Christian doctrines. Well, I worked feverishly on the project. I really wanted to get a high grade on the project since this class ...read more

  • Imagine This If You Can: A Boy Who Is Blind Is A ...

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Aug 14, 2007
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    Imagine this if you can: A boy who is blind is a skilled skateboarder, among many other things. Oftentimes it takes a light tap on the shoulder - or a slap in the face - to put things in perspective and bring a brighter note to our seemingly difficult times. One such tap is the story of Ben ...read more

  • Making Christmas ...

    Contributed by Sam Higgs on Dec 6, 2012
     | 5,285 views

    Making Christmas Special In the months leading up to the Christmas season, Dan lost his job. Well, in the city he lived in, most of the workers had to relocate with the company or face unemployment. Dan was one of the unlucky ones who had not been with the company long enough to be asked to ...read more

  • Am I An Enabler?

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Feb 7, 2023
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    Text, Galatians 6:6, KIV: 6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. Not long ago I had lunch with a pastor friend. We talked about several different things but when I mentioned something I had seen on Sermon Central, he was alarmed! He asked me, ...read more

  • The Box ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2010
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    The Box Boy My third job as a teenager (the one right before I went into the Air Force), was as a box boy for McCoy’s Markets, in hyderabad, andhra predesh. One of the other box boys was named David, and I remember him well. We nodded and said "Hi" to each other, as guys do, and that was pretty ...read more