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  • John Hildebrand Who Has Lived In The Artesian ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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    John Hildebrand who has lived in the Artesian Valley, near Fowler, Kansas, since he was two years old, remembers why the valley has the name it does. "There were hundreds of natural springs in this valley. If you drilled a well for your house, the natural water pressure was enough to go through ...read more

  • Special Delivery  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 9, 2004
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    SPECIAL DELIVERY Susan Filipp writes: My husband, Alex, and I were overjoyed when the doctor confirmed I was pregnant. "Thank you, God," I prayed. "Please let everything go right." And things did—until I went into labor two weeks early. Alex and I rushed to the hospital at 5:30 A.M. In the ...read more

  • Love Your Enemies: Forgiveness In Rwanda

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    Love Your Enemies: Forgiveness in Rwanda Bishop John Rucyahana, a Tutsi Rwandan, found Christ while growing up as an exile from his native Rwanda. I like the way he describes His conversion: "I did not accept Jesus. Jesus graciously met me and accepted me." This is a man who understands how we ...read more

  • The Ambush Of John Wesley Powell

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
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    THE AMBUSH OF JOHN WESLEY POWELL John Wesley Powell, lost his arm in the Civil War. This, however, did not stop him from becoming a hero. "Back in 1869 conventional wisdom said that passage through the Grand Canyon on the Colorado River was impossible. It couldn’t be done. The back country ...read more

  • The Box Is Empty

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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    THE BOX IS EMPTY God offers us more than this world does, but most of us never take the time to see it. There was a 15-year old boy named Joey, whose mother died at birth. She was a severe alcoholic, and that had affected his pre-natal development. The result was that he was slightly retarded. ...read more

  • Today, According To The 2000 Census, 46% Of All ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Feb 26, 2009
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    Today, according to the 2000 census, 46% of all poor households in our country, own their own homes. 76% of poor households have air conditioning, while 30 years ago, only 36% of the entire US population enjoyed air conditioning. In 1973, the average new house had 1660 square feet. Today the ...read more

  • To Scam Or Not To Scam That Is The Phone Call

    Contributed by James Snyder on May 22, 2021
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    One day this past week, I decided to stay home and catch up on a little bit of reading. It's not often that I take a day and not go to the office and just pander around the house. Sometimes it's necessary to do such a thing, and I don’t do it often enough. The Gracious Mistress of the ...read more

  • Whole World In His Hands

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Sep 14, 2009
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    WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS Sam Cathey became a Southern Baptist evangelist in 1967. That first year, he had to rush back from a revival, because his daughter had gone in the hospital with acute appendicitis. They thought it might be ruptured. Sam got on a plane in Los Angeles about 2:30 in the ...read more

  • In The Movie Saving Private Ryan, A Group Of Army ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 22, 2007
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    In the movie Saving Private Ryan, a group of Army Rangers receive a mission to go deep into enemy territory to save Private Ryan. They hit skirmish after skirmish, and some of them are killed along the way. They finally get to where Private Ryan is holed up, and they say, “Come with us. We’re here ...read more

  • In William Steig's Yellow And Pink, A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 15, 2004
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    In William Steig's Yellow and Pink, a delightfully whimsical picture book for children, two wooden figures wake up to find themselves lying on an old newspaper in the hot sun. One figure is painted yellow, the other pink. Suddenly, Yellow sits up and asks, "Do you know what we're doing ...read more

  • Thank You, Daddy!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    "THANK YOU, DADDY!" To illustrate how we often fail to give God the thanks he deserves, Chuck Swindoll told the following story of a man he visited in a dismal veterans hospital: The day I arrived to visit, I saw a touching scene. This man had a young son, and during his confinement in the ...read more

  • Beer Commercials And Community

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jun 28, 2010
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    BEER COMMERCIALS AND COMMUNITY Beer commercials do not really sell beer. Have you seen how they really sell "living it up with others" or what Christians call "community"? Do they not sell good looking people partying with other good looking people? Even the losers in those commercials all of a ...read more

  • My Life Is In His Hands

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Dec 12, 2011
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    MY LIFE IS IN HIS HANDS Chuck Colson tells about going to Salem, OR. & preaching to prisoners there. Kathy Trocoli went with him, sang the song, "My Life is in His Hands." After the service was over, one of the inmates came up to Kathy and said, "I really want to thank you for singing that song. ...read more

  • Soren Kierkegaard, The Great Danish Theologian Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    Soren Kierkegaard, the great Danish theologian of another century, tells the story of a prince who was running an errand for his father one day in the local village. As he did so, he passed through a very poor section of the town. Looking through the window of his carriage, he saw a beautiful young ...read more

  • One Day In The 1880's A Little Lady Lived In A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Aug 31, 2007
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    One day in the 1880’s a little lady lived in a little house. There had been little rain that summer. This morning there was a little wind blowing. The little lady woke up one ordinary morning, it was still dark. So the little lady picked up her little lamp with a little oil in it. She picked up a ...read more

  • The Power Of God

    Contributed by Frederick Baker Ii on Sep 3, 2007
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    "The Power of God" A little boy was walking downtown one day and he came to a pet store. He really wanted a little puppy dog. He began saving every penny because he wanted to get a little puppy dog. He knew exactly how much money he needed. Everyday he would pass that pet shop on his way home ...read more

  • When A Whale Comes To The Surface To Blow, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 4, 2007
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    When a whale comes to the surface to blow, that’s when it gets harpooned. Whales blow to clear their air passage of water in order to replenish their air supply. Man doesn’t blow to get air; he blows to get attention. So, beware, if we plan to rise to the top in order to blow our ...read more

  • The Water ...

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Jun 2, 2008
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    The Water (Anonymous) It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were dying. Cows had stopped giving milk. The creeks and streams were long gone back into the earth. It was a dry season that would bankrupt several farmers before it was ...read more

  • Another Turkey On The Table

    Contributed by James Snyder on Nov 30, 2024
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    It was a Monday morning, and I was busy starting my week by organizing my schedule and organizing some of my projects. The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage came to my door, looked in, and said, "Are you ready for the week?" I don't recall her ever asking me that question, but I ...read more

  • Dr. Anthony T. Evans, Guiding Your ...  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Aug 5, 2003
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    ILLUSTRATION… Dr. Anthony T. Evans, Guiding Your Family in a Misguided World. One day, two monks were walking through the countryside. They were on their way to another village to help bring in the crops. As they walked, they spied an old woman sitting at the edge of a river. She was upset because ...read more