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  • Enoch Walking With God

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 31, 2011
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     | 7,075 views

    ENOCH WALKING WITH GOD Unity Baptist’s pastor shares from His sermon "Faith: Enoch-walking with God in faith" on sermoncentral.com shares: "Picture in your mind, if you will, Enoch, walking with God in the coolness of the evening, just as night and day are meeting and lengthened shadows begin to ...read more

  • Do You Know And Love The Author?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Do you know and love the author? The story was told about a young college woman who read a book that she found to be extremely boring. Reading each page of the book was cumbersome and difficult. Yet, because reading the book was required for her education, she forced herself to move through its ...read more

  • The Hotel ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
     | 3,653 views

    THE HOTEL TEST A Jewish lady named Mrs. Rosenberg many years ago was stranded late one night at a fashionable resort - one that did not admit Jews. The desk clerk looked down at his book and said, "Sorry, no room. The hotel is full." The Jewish lady said, "But your sign says that you have ...read more

  • Forcing Doors Or Build Bridges

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 12, 2009
     | 3,448 views

    FORCING DOORS OR BUILD BRIDGES There were two unmarried sisters who had such a bitter fight that they stopped speaking to each other. Unable or unwilling to leave their small home, they continued to use the same rooms and sleep in the same bedroom. A chalk line divided the sleeping area into two ...read more

  • Patience With Those Who Reject Our Savior

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 6, 2023
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    According to a traditional Hebrew story, Abraham was sitting outside his tent one evening when he saw an old man, weary from age and journey, coming toward him. Abraham rushed out, greeted him, and then invited him into his tent. There he washed the old man's feet and gave him food and ...read more

  • Buddha Is Sleeping  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jul 10, 2001
    based on 113 ratings
     | 4,872 views

    Illus.: “Buddah Is Sleeping” In a large city in Sri Lanka there is a huge statue of Buddah in a reclining position. The chiseled face is calm, the eyes are closed and the head rests upon one hand. A full 50 feet long, the image is impressive except for one thing: Buddah is sleeping while the ...read more

  • When Bob Feller Was 9 Years Old, His Teacher ...

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 22, 2002
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    When Bob Feller was 9 years old, his teacher asked him to write an essay about an oak tree. Here are the ideas that he put in his theme: An oak tree can be cut down and sawed into boards. You can make baseball bats out of them. You can also make home plates out of the boards. You can make ...read more

  • The Test Of Goodness  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 14, 2002
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    THE TEST OF GOODNESS The supreme test of goodness is not in the greater but in the smaller incidents of our character and practice; not what we are when standing in the searchlight of public scrutiny, but when we reach the firelight flicker of our homes; not what we are when some clarion-call ...read more

  • An Enthusiastic But Somewhat Unscrupulous ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 13, 2005
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     | 1,548 views

    An enthusiastic but somewhat unscrupulous salesman was waiting to see the purchasing agent of the engineering firm where my husband worked. The salesman was there to submit his company’s bid, or price quote, for a particular job. He couldn’t help but notice, however, that a competitor’s bid was on ...read more

  • Mobilization Is Not Filling Slots," Claims Carol ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    “Mobilization is not filling slots,” claims Carol Davis, veteran church leadership trainer, “Mobilization is activating the incredible capacity of Christ’s church to serve the purposes of God in our own generation. Mobilization happens when I’m being used as an activator. I listen to and watch for ...read more

  • Women Prefer Home: A New Gallup Poll Shows That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Women Prefer Home: A new Gallup Poll shows that if free to choose, a majority of women would opt for the traditional female role of staying at home, while a majority of men would prefer their traditional role of working outside the home. Over the past 4 years, younger women (more so than older ...read more

  • An Enthusiastic But Somewhat Unscrupulous ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 1,797 views

    An enthusiastic but somewhat unscrupulous salesman was waiting to see the purchasing agent of the engineering firm where my husband worked. The salesman was there to submit his company’s bid, or price quote, for a particular job. He couldn’t help but notice, however, that a competitor’s bid was on ...read more

  • A Black Man And A White Man Were Driving Down ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 8, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,182 views

    A black man and a white man were driving down the road, debating the topic of whether Jesus was black or white. On and on they went. Back and forth. "He was white" says the white guy, "because he was jewish, and the shroud confirms, that he was caucasian. "No he was black." says the black man. ...read more

  • Grumbling Because Of Lack Of Soap

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 11, 2004
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    Illus.: “Grumbling Because of Lack of Soap” In some parts of Mexico hot springs and cold springs are found side by side. And because of the convenience of this natural phenomenon, the women often bring their laundry and boil their clothes in the hot springs and then rinse them in the cold ones. ...read more

  • But Can He Swim?  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Ownby on Mar 28, 2010
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    BUT CAN HE SWIM? A man and his dog were walking the beach when they came upon another visitor to the beach. The owner of the dog was proud of his dog's newly mastered feat, so he said to the visitor, "Watch this!" whereupon he tossed a piece of driftwood far out into the sea and the dog ...read more

  • Not Long Ago, Off The Coast Of The Dominican ...

    Contributed by Patrick Nix on Jul 9, 2010
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    Not long ago, off the coast of the Dominican Republic, a couple was attempting to break the free-diving record (a sport of testing how deep a person can go on one gulp of air). After Audrey had descended to the predetermined depth of 561 ft, her lift bag tragically did not inflate. What should ...read more

  • So Hungry

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 16, 2012
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     | 2,835 views

    SO HUNGRY The silence of the congregation partaking of the Lord’s Supper was suddenly broken by a loud exclamation. A 5-year-old girl was watching that passing out of the bread and juice and asked her mother is she could take some. Her mother said that she was not old enough to take some. With ...read more

  • If We Set Ourselves Up As The Judge Of Who Is And ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Oct 11, 2007
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    If we set ourselves up as the Judge of who is and is not righteous, we’ll get it wrong as often as we’ll get it right. Through the years I’ve had numerous occasions when folks warned me to watch out for other people in a church. The amazing thing is that --- in almost every case --- the people I ...read more

  • I Want To Show You A Moving Video ...

    Contributed by Mark Nichols on Jan 22, 2008
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    ILLUSTRATION: I want to show you a moving video I saw on ESPN in October. So if the video is cued up, we’ll watch it. (Show video of Charlotte and Emmitt Ray - “Ray of Hope..aired on espn October 2007) The link is found at: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=rayofhope Did you ...read more

  • Well I Want To Talk To People About Christ, But ...

    Contributed by Damon Rambo on Apr 4, 2008
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    Well I want to talk to people about Christ, but I’m scared. What kind of excuse is that? Imagine for a moment that you were the parent of a child that just got ran over. And you went to one of the people who were standing on the side of the street, watching, and you ask them “why didn’t you warn ...read more