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  • Have You Ever Been Around Someone Who Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 30, 2003
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    "Have you ever been around someone who was unbelievably good looking, extremely attractive, and a lot smarter than you are? When you’re in a social situation people want to listen to him, not you. Suppose you don’t care for that person, but you’re kept in a room with him twenty-four hours a day ...read more

  • When I Was About Ten Years Old I Was Visiting My ...

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Sep 26, 2003
     | 1,917 views

    When I was about ten years old I was visiting my grandparents here in Winnipeg and my Poppa took me to the zoo. In those days there was a fountain just inside the gates of the petting zoo area and it was filled with coins. I reached in there and grabbed enough money to later buy myself an ice cream ...read more

  • Theologians Tell A Story To Illustrate How ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Oct 15, 2003
    based on 34 ratings
     | 3,216 views

    Theologians tell a story to illustrate how Christ?s triumph presently benefits our lives: Imagine a city under siege. The enemy that surrounds the city will not let anyone or anything leave. Supplies are running low, and the citizens are fearful. But in the dark of the night, a spy sneaks through ...read more

  • Why Should I Forgive?  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Oct 31, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 6,392 views

    WHY SHOULD I FORGIVE? During a children’s sermon one Sunday morning, I held up an ugly-looking summer shirt that I wore occasionally around the house. I explained to the children that someone said the shirt was ugly and should be thrown away. "This really hurt me," I explained. "I’m having ...read more

  • I'm Sure Most Of You Know What An Oxymoron Is. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Nov 17, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
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    I’m sure most of you know what an oxymoron is. It’s a figure of speech that seems to contradict itself. There are lists and lists of the things, and here are some of my favorites: Artificial Grass, boneless ribs, big town, harmless lie, communist party, green oranges, easy labor, fresh frozen, ...read more

  • Every Child Knows That "He Knows If You've Been ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Dec 12, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
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    Every child knows that “He knows if you’ve been bad or good so be good for goodness sake.” The child knows there is a direct correlation between being good and getting presents. I love the commercial where the little boy is writing his letter to Santa… Dear Santa. I have been a very, very good ...read more

  • Christ Has No Hands But Ours  PRO

    Contributed by David Haun on Jan 9, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,858 views

    Christ has no hands but our hands To do His work today. He has no feet but our feet To lead men in His way. He has no tongue but our tongue To tell men how He died. He has no help but our help To bring them to His side. We are the only Bible The careless world will read; We are the ...read more

  • Perfect Obedience: Arabian ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
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    PERFECT OBEDIENCE: ARABIAN HORSES Arabian horses go through rigorous training in the deserts of the Middle East. The trainers require absolute obedience from the horses, and test them to see if they are completely trained. The final test is almost beyond the endurance of any living thing. The ...read more

  • Isolation, Loneliness More Difficult Than ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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    ISOLATION, LONELINESS MORE DIFFICULT THAN PAIN William H. Willimon, in his commentary on our text, shared the following story from his childhood. "A little girl in my second grade class got the dreaded disease of polio. Our teacher described to us the possible complications of her disease. She ...read more

  • Calvin & Hobbes Comic Strip. Well, On One ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 7, 2009
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    Calvin & Hobbes comic strip. Well, on one Mother’s Day, Calvin is pictured standing by his mother’s bed. "Hey, Mom! Wake up. I made you a Mother’s Day card." "My, how sweet of you." she says. "I did it all by myself. Go ahead & read it." She begins to read: "I was going to buy a card with hearts ...read more

  • Where Else Could I Go?

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on May 9, 2009
     | 1,207 views

    WHERE ELSE COULD I GO? "My little boy gave me a great awakening," said an intelligent and spiritually-minded mother. "Jimmy is getting to an age when he often wants to try his own way instead of mine. Then he generally meets with a difficulty that hurts his feelings, and he comes at once to me ...read more

  • Married Or Single?

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Aug 11, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,687 views

    MARRIED OR SINGLE? John McArthur said: "The married person’s interests are divided between the earthly and the heavenly. And so it should be. It is not that the married believer has divided spiritual loyalties or that the unmarried is more spiritually faithful. Many married believers are holy in ...read more

  • Warning Against Gossip, Suspicion And Mistrust

    Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 18, 2009
     | 2,618 views

    WARNING AGAINST GOSSIP, SUSPICION AND MISTRUST Charles Spurgeon, in his lecture titled "The Blind Eye and the Deaf Ear" warns of the effect that suspicion has on a person and on the church. "Avoid with your whole soul that spirit of suspicion which sours some men’s lives, and to all things from ...read more

  • Smoke Signal

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Aug 18, 2009
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     | 1,819 views

    SMOKE SIGNAL The only survivor of a shipwreck came upon a small, uninhabited island. He prayed repeatedly for God to save him and everyday scanned the horizon for his answer. Even though he was exhausted and in despair, he eventually managed to build a little hut to keep him out of the weather ...read more

  • A.w. Tozer And Andrew Murray On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 22, 2009
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    A.W. Tozer and Andrew Murray on Humility Humility and dying to myself are inseparable. A.W. Tozer nailed the nail on the head, saying, “In every Christians heart there is a cross and a throne and the Christian is on the throne till he puts himself on the cross; if he refuses the cross he remains on ...read more

  • I Have Tried Fasting A Few Times In My Life And ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 23, 2009
     | 2,998 views

    I have tried fasting a few times in my life and always found it helpful. Once, after a fast for a week or so, I was so hungry for food that I went out and bought a pizza. I was sick that night. Not a good idea to introduce pizza to a starving stomach too quickly. Are you hungry enough? I was ...read more

  • An Anonymous Friar, Looking Back On His Life ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jan 6, 2010
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    An anonymous friar, looking back on his life during his latter years, declared, ’If I had my life to live over again, I would try to make more mistakes next time. I’d relax, I’d limber up, and I’d be sillier than I’ve been on this trip. I’d take more trips. I’d be crazier: I’d climb more ...read more

  • Calvinism Vs. Arminianism  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010
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    CALVINISM V. ARMINIANISM The story is told of a group of theologians who were discussing the tension between predestination and free will. Things became so heated that the group broke up into two opposing factions. But one man, not knowing which to join, stood for a moment trying to decide. At ...read more

  • How Many Of You Still Balance Your Checkbook By ...

    Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Mar 1, 2010
     | 1,748 views

    How many of you still balance your checkbook by hand every month? How many of you have so little money in your account, you have to balance it every month? How many of you have so much money in the bank, you don’t have to worry about balancing it? Every month the bank sends you a statement that ...read more

  • Its Like This Story Of A Frightened Soldier Who ...

    Contributed by Guy De Swardt on Apr 2, 2010
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    Its like this story of a frightened soldier who was running from sniper bullets. He dove into a bunker thinking that he was alone. To his surprise another soldier crawled into the bunker as well. The second soldier happened to be wearing a cross around his neck. “Thank goodness you’re here”, said ...read more