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  • One Day, The Father Of A Very Wealthy Family Sent ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sharon Stonestreet on Dec 15, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,184 views

    One day, the father of a very wealthy family sent his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live. The son spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. Upon the son’s return, the father asked, "How was ...read more

  • Which Window?  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 28, 2008
    based on 20 ratings
     | 7,329 views

    WHICH WINDOW? Catherine Marshall wrote: "My friend Marge had an experience aboard a plane bound for Cleveland, waiting for takeoff. As she settled into her seat, Marge noticed a strange phenomenon. On one side of the airplane a sunset suffused the entire sky with glorious color. But out of the ...read more

  • But That’s Not What Peace Is. That’s Just A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
     | 2,686 views

    But that’s not what peace is. That’s just a truce. General McArthur said "A truce just says you don’t shoot for awhile. Peace comes when the truth is known, the issue is settled, & the parties embrace each other." Peacemakers don’t just try to stop conflict. They’re doing something far ...read more

  • Christmas Night 2002, Jack Whittaker Had Five Out ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008
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    Christmas night 2002, Jack Whittaker had five out of five numbers in the West Virginia Power ball drawing. Jack Whittaker had just won $314 million, the largest undivided lottery jackpot in history. He took the one lump payment and received $113 million after taxes. Listen closely to this part. ...read more

  • A Preacher's Little Girl Went To Bed Sick One ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    A preacher's little girl went to bed sick one evening. A few minutes later she got up and said to her mother, "Mama, I must see daddy right now." Her mama replied, "Honey, you can't talk to daddy right now. He's working on his sermon." She said, "Mother! I'm a sick woman and I must see my ...read more

  • One Summer While I Was In Church Camp I Had A...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,502 views

    One summer while I was in church camp I had a preacher friend ask me, "Do you work 40 hours a week? There are many preachers out there who don’t." And what if a preacher or anyone else, for that matter, were hired to work 40 hours a week and they didn’t work 40 hours a week? That would be ...read more

  • When Thomas Edison Was 38 Years Old, His Wife ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 9, 2009
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    When Thomas Edison was 38 years old, his wife died leaving him a very lonely man. Six months after her death, Edison began looking for a new mate. He would leave no stone unturned in a systematic search reflecting his scientific nature. Although he liked to be portrayed in the media as a genius ...read more

  • A Study In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    A STUDY IN SERVICE As a student in seminary, my roommate had a job as a custodian with the school. After the first day on the job, he told he had been assigned to work on the first floor of a four-story building. "Basically there are four guys responsible for their own floors. I take care of the ...read more

  • Honesty (Or Not) In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    HONESTY (OR NOT) IN AMERICA In the book, The Day America Told the Truth, of the people surveyed, the authors found these results – 91 percent of American lie about trivial matters; 36 percent of Americans lie about important matters; 86 percent regularly lie to parents, 75 percent regularly lie ...read more

  • Intercession: Pyramid Prayer?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009
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    INTERCESSION: PYRAMID PRAYER? Philip Yancey in his book on prayer tells of a young American soldier in Iraq who learns that his wife back home has advanced cervical cancer. Doctors gave a bleak prognosis. In desperation, he sent an urgent email to his church with the request that everyone in turn ...read more

  • Christian Love Impacts A Heartless World  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,456 views

    CHRISTIAN LOVE IMPACTS A HEARTLESS WORLD We live in a heartless world. The last United States census missed at least 5.7 million people who were anonymous even to the census takers. Every year thousands of unidentified and even unidentifiable bodies are found across North America. And only one out ...read more

  • Rare Copy Of Declaration Of Independence ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
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    Rare Copy of Declaration of Independence Discovered at Garage Sale As Stan Caffy and his fiancé prepared to get married, they cleaned out their respective garages and sold everything to Goodwill. Between the two of them, they sold an assortment of clothes, bicycles, tools, computer parts, and a ...read more

  • Grace Never Loses Its ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 20, 2009
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    Grace Never Loses Its Value A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, “Who would like this $20 bill?” Hands started going up. He said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this.” He proceeded to crumple the ...read more

  • Medical Terminology Play On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 7, 2009
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    Medical Terminology Play on Words Sandy has seen a lot of doctors this last year, and as I’ve tagged along, I have learned a lot of medical terminology. I’m sure many of you, as you’ve had medical issues, have learned some interesting terminology, as well. It’s a strange language, isn’t it, because ...read more

  • Roots: Freedom From Your Slavery

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jan 25, 2010
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    Roots: Freedom From Your Slavery Kunta Kinte lived free among the Mandinka people of West Africa, becoming a Mandinka warrior at fifteen. But then as he gathered wood for a drum outside his village, slavers captured him. Stacked away on a slave ship piled up with a hundred seventy other slaves, he ...read more

  • April 2, ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
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    April 2, 2008 North Korean Students Arrested for Reading the Bible This news is from Free North Korea Broadcasting. Ten college students in Ham Kyung Book Do Chung, North Korea, were recently investigated and arrested for reading a Bible and watching a video CD about the Bible. According to Free ...read more

  • Restitution And Forgiveness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    Restitution and Forgiveness Keith Drury is a writer from the Wesleyan Church and in one of his books he touches on this whole subject of restoring relationships when talking about restitution. This is what he says. "Restitution deals with more than property. It is also going back and making ...read more

  • What's Left Of Your Heart

    Contributed by Gregg Barbour on Feb 8, 2010
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    What's Left of Your Heart Anna's wedding day was finally here. She planned for months and months, and in the small church with her family and friends, she was ready to take the vow's with her fiancé, David. He gently took her hand and they turned toward the altar. But, as the minister began to ...read more

  • It Is Well With My Soul  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Mar 1, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,409 views

    IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL Horatio Gates Spafford, a 43-year-old Chicago Businessman, suffered financial disaster in the great Chicago fire of 1871. He and his wife were still grieving over the death of their son shortly before the fire, and he realized they needed to get away for a vacation. Knowing ...read more

  • Sports And Church

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 13, 2010
     | 3,107 views

    SPORTS AND CHURCH Football in the fall. Basketball in the winter. Baseball in the spring and summer. This pastor has been an avid sports fan all his life. But I’ve had it! I quit this sports business once and for all. You can’t get me near one of those places again. Want to know why... Every time ...read more