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  • Have You Took Time To Notice The Not Responsible ...

    Contributed by West Garner on Aug 31, 2007
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    Have you took time to notice the not responsible signs around you. This week at a restaurant I ate at I noticed a sign by the coat rack that said, “Management Not Responsible for harmed or stolen garments in this area.” For those of us that fly, have you ever read the fine print on your airline ...read more

  • I Heard About A Man And His Four-Year-Old Son ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Nov 19, 2007
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     | 572 views

    I heard about a man and his four-year-old son traveling in the family car. As Dad turned the corner the door flew open and the son rolled out into the street. The dad looked back and noticed that another vehicle traveling at a fast rate and was nearly upon his son. All of a sudden the father ...read more

  • Advent Is About The Coming Of Christ. Coming In ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 3, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    Advent is about the coming of Christ. Coming in to your life so you can begin again and again. In order to symbolize as an act of worship, I want you to take the beach glass that you received early. Feel it. Feel it’s hardness. Feel it’s roughness. Let this be a symbol of your past. Your sins. Your ...read more

  • An Elderly Carpenter Was Ready To Retire. He Told ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
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    An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. The contractor was sorry to see his good worker ...read more

  • We Need Fixing

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    WE NEED FIXING There was a barber in a small local town who had been the only barber in town for years. Everyone went to this barber to get their hair cut. Then, one day a big hair salon franchise came to town and opened up shop. They advertised, "All Haircuts for $3.00" Slowly, the barber's ...read more

  • 1) "M. Scott Peck Writes In His Book "The Road ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    (1) "M. Scott Peck writes in his book "The Road Less Traveled: "I spent much of my ninth summer on a bicycle. About a mile from our house the road went down a steep hill and turned sharply at the bottom. Coasting down the hill one morning, I felt my gathering speed to be ecstatic. To give up this ...read more

  • An Old Lady Found Herself Hungry With No Food, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    An old lady found herself hungry with no food, no money and nobody to care for her. So she fell down on her knees and cried out to God, “O Lord, please send me a piece of ham and some collard greens.” All day long she prayed “O Lord, please send me a piece of ham and some collard greens.” The ...read more

  • In Youngstown Ohio One Of The Individuals That ...

    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 8, 2009
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    In Youngstown Ohio one of the individuals that was a part of a group I drank coffee with was a young volunteer firefighter and newly trained EMT. One day working a part time shift for an ambulance company in Boardman, OH, John was a part of a response team called to a house where a live alone ...read more

  • M. Scott Peck, In The Road Less Travelled Wrote ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jan 11, 2010
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    M. Scott Peck, in The Road Less Travelled wrote that he spent much of 9th summer on his bike. About a mile from house was a road with a very steep hill that ended with sharp turn at the bottom. One morning he was riding down the hill and felt the gathering speed to be ecstatic! Applying brakes and ...read more

  • There Were Three Men Who Went Bear Hunting ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010
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    There were three men who went bear hunting together: a lawyer, a drunk and a preacher. As they were walking through the woods to pick their places, a bear ran right in front of them. All three with quick reflexes took quick aim and fired. The bear fell down dead. An argument arose about who had ...read more

  • I Can Remember Things In My Life That Struck Me ...

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Aug 6, 2010
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    I can remember things in my life that struck me as if something had changed and would never be the same again. Things that may strike some as a little strange, moments when everything just sort of toppled on a point of balance and fell into a new place. Things would never be the same again. Like ...read more

  • No Need To Mention The ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Oct 22, 2010
     | 2,528 views

    “No Need to Mention the Name!” One day, crossing a New York City street, a woman became confused, and stepped directly in front of an approaching streetcar. People on both curbs were sick with horror at her sure fate, when a powerful man rushed forward and not only rescued her from the streetcar, ...read more

  • The Town Gossip

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,371 views

    THE TOWN GOSSIP Many years ago the Moody Church News carried a humorous story about a woman in a small town who was known for being a gossip. One day on vacation she visited the offices of The Chicago Daily News. She was wearing a white dress and inadvertently leaned against a wall where a freshly ...read more

  • A Child's View Of God

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 26, 2011
     | 1,788 views

    A CHILD'S VIEW OF GOD Many of you know that I did not grow up in the church. My family was not religious, and so, we seldom spoke of God. Still in all, even as a child, I had some conception of God. I don’t know where I got it or how I picked it up, but I had an undeveloped, primitive theology. I ...read more

  • Afraid Of The Grave  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,204 views

    AFRAID OF THE GRAVE Cemeteries can be spooky places. I heard a funny story about a guy in Scotland we'll call Ian McGregor. After a long evening in the pub, Ian took a shortcut to his house that took him through a dark cemetery. He accidentally fell into a freshly dug grave. Ian tried to climb ...read more

  • Following Garibaldi And Following Jesus

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2011
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    FOLLOWING GARIBALDI AND FOLLOWING JESUS Garibaldi, the great Italian military hero from the 19th century, raised an incredibly committed volunteer army. His appeal for recruits was rather unique as he offered only these terms: "I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor provisions; I offer hunger, ...read more

  • Don't Waste Your Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 20, 2011
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    DON'T WASTE YOUR LIFE In his book Don’t Waste Your Life, John Piper recounts a story his father often told of his days as a fiery Baptist evangelist. It is the story of a man who came to saving faith in Jesus Christ near the end of his earthly existence. Piper writes: "The church had prayed for ...read more

  • Mom's One-Line Sermons

    Contributed by Jim Bennett on May 7, 2011
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     | 5,139 views

    MOM'S ONE-LINE SERMONS In John 2:5, at the wedding in Cana, Mary, mother of Jesus, tells the servants, "Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it." That's "Mary's One-Line Sermon." Now, my mom preached some great one-line sermons to me as I was growing up. She had a one-line sermon from Revelation ...read more

  • Abandoned

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on May 15, 2011
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    ABANDONED A little over a week ago I made a pilgrimage over to Wally Mart – I’m sure to get something for dinner. Anyway, while getting out of the car, I noticed that the car in front of me had in it a small child – a baby, sitting in his or her car seat, sleeping away. All the while the baby’s ...read more

  • King Henry Ii's Anger

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 10, 2011
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    KING HENRY II'S ANGER King Henry II of England, back in around 1200, had a lot of power. He put an end to a long and bloody civil war, and ruled both England and a large chunk of France for many years. He was so famous that a movie was made about him, about 25 yrs ago, starring Richard Burton and ...read more

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