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  • A Man Was Having Some Difficulty Communicating ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A man was having some difficulty communicating with his wife, and he concluded that she was becoming hard of hearing. So he decided to conduct a test without her knowing about it. One evening he sat in a chair on the far side of the room. Her back was to him and she could not see him. Very quietly ...read more

  • Chuck Swindoll Told About Speaking At A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Chuck Swindoll told about speaking at a Christian camp in California. The first day there was a man approached him and said how greatly he had looked forward to hearing Dr. Swindoll speak and his delight at now finally being able to realize that desire. That evening Swindoll noticed man sitting ...read more

  • Apart From Our Lord, It Is Hard To Think Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Apart from our Lord, it is hard to think of historical figures whose dying words were, "It is accomplished" Alexander the Great conquered Persia, but broke down and wept because his troops were too exhausted to push on to India. Hugo Grotius, the father of modern international law, said at the ...read more

  • Attributes Of A Servant…  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Attributes of a Servant… 1. Humility In the summer of 1986, two ships collided in the Black Sea off the coast of Russia. Hundreds of passengers died as they were hurled into the icy waters below. News of the disaster was further darkened when an investigation revealed the cause of the accident. It ...read more

  • Compassion Should Motivate Us To More Than Just ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Compassion should motivate us to more than just feeling sorrow for someone it should motivate us to action. Pity is a feeling, but true compassion demands an action. There is a funny story about Peter admitting people at the gates of heaven. Peter asks one man who appears, ‘Tell me one act of ...read more

  • There Was A Lady That I Knew That Really Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There was a lady that I knew that really was good to me, her name was Bonnie. She was a godly woman and during the time I knew her she was very dear to me. For some reason her name kept coming to mind one week. I planned to write her a card and express to her my appreciation to her. Well, like many ...read more

  • It Was 103°f In Hell Creek, South Dakota, One ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    It was 103°F in Hell Creek, South Dakota, one day in September 1993. Dinosaur hunter Michael Hammer was amazed at what he saw. Sticking out of the ground were the remains of a Thescelosaurus, a plant-eating dinosaur. The skeleton was almost complete. Hammer says he knew right away that it was "very ...read more

  • A Little Girl Picked Up A Potato And Said, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A little girl picked up a potato and said, "Look, Mommy, this potato is so big and nice, isn’t it?" Then the mother peeled it and cut it in half. How surprised was the little girl when she saw it all black and hollow in the middle. There are many in the church like that. Outwardly they look great, ...read more

  • Motor Homes Have Allowed Us To Put All The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Motor Homes have allowed us to put all the conveniences of a home on wheels. A camper no longer means sleeping in a sleeping bag, cooking over a fire, or hauling water from a stream. Now people can park a fully equipped home on a cement slab in the midst of a few pine trees and hook up to a water ...read more

  • John Havlik, With The Southern Baptist Home ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    John Havlik, with the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board, declared that two factors were discovered in launching lay evangelism schools One was that the average layperson has a greater desire to be used in evangelism than church leaders realize. The other was that ...read more

  • Two Men Were Hunting In The Jungles Of Africa. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Two men were hunting in the jungles of Africa. Fear and trembling overtook both of them as they saw their first set of lion tracks. One said to the other, “Let’s split up. You find out where he went; and I’ll find our where he came from” Not aware he had been conned, the dummer of the hunters ...read more

  • When The First Telegraph Wires Were Stretched ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    When the first telegraph wires were stretched across New England to speed news from New York to Boston, Henry Thoreau was not impressed. As his friend expounded on the rapidity and clarity with which a message could be ...read more

  • Some Years Ago, On New Year's Day During The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Some years ago, on New Year’s Day during the Tournament of Roses Parade, a beautiful float sputtered and quit. It was out of gas. The entire parade was stalled until someone could find a gas can and get this giant, flower-covered float moving again. The ironic thing was this float represented the ...read more

  • There Is A Story About George Whitefield And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There is a story about George Whitefield and John Wesley, two of the greatest preachers in the 1700’s til now. They disagreed on doctrinal matters, very sharply. One person asked Wesley if he expected to see Whitefield in heaven. Wesley said no. The person replied, ‘You don’t think Whitfield is ...read more

  • A Teen Boy Was Trying To Sneak His Date Back ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A teen boy was trying to sneak his date back into her home very late at night. He stood at the door as she headed up the stairs, but she was met at the top by her angry father. He told her to go to her room, then walked down to the young man. “Did I hear the clock strike four just a few moments ...read more

  • Two Boys Were Playing In The Snow One Day, When ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Two boys were playing in the snow one day, when one said to the other, "Let us see who can make the straightest path in the snow." His companion readily accepted the proposition, and they started. One boy fixed his eyes on a tree, and walked along without taking his eyes off the object selected. ...read more

  • Ken Medema, Blind Songwriter Wrote The Powerful ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Ken Medema, blind songwriter wrote the powerful words of a song called “If this is not a Place” which is so fitting to the message of what the family of God should be. “If this is not a place where tears are understood, Then where shall I go to cry? And if this is not a place where my spirit can ...read more

  • People Neglect Their Opportunities In Life. I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    People neglect their opportunities in life. I received a pastor’s letter in the mail last week. In the 1940s, IBM considered commercializing the new computer operation they had with the US Government. But after due consideration, Thomas J Watson, chairman of IBM, issued this statement, ...read more

  • A Bundle Of Rags

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Why does sometimes the change seem so slow? This happens more promptly in some folks than others. Because, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come Sometimes people ask, ‘why don’t we see a lot of change? Why don’t we see all these folks living but for ...read more

  • I Read A Story The Other Day. Once, A Boy And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I read a story the other day. Once, a boy and his sister were spending a week with their grandparents on their farm. And grandpa gave the boy a slingshot to play with out in the woods. One day the boy saw Grandpa’s pet duck. And just out of impulse, he let the slingshot fly, and hit the duck square ...read more