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  • Tony Campolo Confronts Congregations Lack Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2009
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    Tony Campolo Confronts Congregations Lack of Compassion If you can be concerned about something as trivial as a plant, should I not be allowed to be concerned about something as important as these people-not to mention their livestock? Jonah’s resentment had distorted his perspective and it will do ...read more

  • The Blob: A Thriving Environment

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Feb 10, 2012
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    THE BLOB: A THRIVING ENVIRONMENT Years ago, there was a movie called The Blob. This cosmic Jell-O had come down from space, fell into a little crater, and cracked open. An old man came and had a little stick in his hand and was playing with it, and it ran up on his arm and began to consume him. ...read more

  • Jerry Clower, A Christian, Who Made A Living At ...

    Contributed by A. David Hart on Mar 19, 2008
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    Jerry Clower, a Christian, who made a living at telling funny stories. He once told an audience about a highly educated man and his chauffeur. He tells about a man who had a PHD in some discipline, that was chauffeured around the country making speeches at many fine universities and he was payed ...read more

  • Still Preparing When The Party Is Over

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 21, 2010
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    STILL PREPARING WHEN THE PARTY IS OVER My youngest grandson had his first birthday recently. My daughter wanted to make it special for him and she invited all her friends with young children to come. SHE SPENT WEEKS PLANNING THIS PARTY. We spent a good week just setting it up. We wanted it to be a ...read more

  • But As We Leave Today I Want You To Forget ...

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 16, 2010
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    But as we leave today I want you to forget everything I said for a minute, and think about this (hold up a bag of coins). I have two dollars in change here and I’m giving it away to the first adult that runs up here and gets it. Hey let’s not trample each other. The majority of the world, 53% of ...read more

  • In Case You Ever Run Out Of Gift Ideas, Heres A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "In case you ever run out of gift ideas, heres a little tip: give me your laugh. Whether its mischievous, tender, loud, or quiet, simply give me a laugh from ...read more

  • What Those Oats Can Do  PRO

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Aug 9, 2006
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    Illustration ------------- What Those Oats Can Do Henry Crowell, founder of the Quaker Oats Company and a significant contributor to the work of Moody Bible Institute knew how to use money wisely. As a young man, he received Christ as his Savior. When he began his business career in a little Ohio ...read more

  • The Fallacy Of Misplaced Concreteness" Is A ...

    Contributed by John Tung on Mar 28, 2007
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    “The fallacy of misplaced concreteness” is a concept developed by Alfred North Whitehead, a philosopher who specialized in mathematics. And an example of what this says is that in a 2-dimensional world, giving the x and y axis location of a point is sufficient to precisely locate that point. But ...read more

  • Clark Pinnock (Flame Of Love, Chapter ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 30, 2003
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    Clark Pinnock (Flame of Love, chapter 5) “salvation is union, conversion is awakening to love… Love woos – it does not compel. Conversion is not coerced. God convicts and moves us towards intimacy. His Word is powerful, but there must be a response to it. God does not overpower but saves those ...read more

  • Prayer

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Sep 25, 2016
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    Chris Jeffries tells the story of Roy who was feeling frustrated that he was not able to do what he felt he was born to do. So he prayed for Our Father to change something. Then there was a knock at the door and they met two strangers, a married couple. They invited them in and sat them down at ...read more

  • You Do Not Know How Great Is The Value Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "You do not know how great is the value of friendship, if you do not understand how much you give to him to whom you give a friend a commodity which is scarce not only in mens houses, but in whole centuries, and which is ...read more

  • The Man Who Brightens With A Smile When I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "The man who brightens with a smile when I approach him, whose hand grasps mine with cordiality, whose good opinion is a boon and support to me, whose talk, whose very ...read more

  • When I Took My First Church As A Pastor Fresh Out ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 25, 2007
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    When I took my first church as a pastor fresh out of Bible College. I visited with a man who frequently attended the church. When I met with him to talk about the church and my new leadership he asked a request of me. He said, “If you agree with the following then I will continue to attend the ...read more

  • God Will Often Allow Crises Into ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 29, 2008
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    Illustration: God will often allow crises into our lives to show us where we put our confidence. There was a farmer who one day went happily and with great joy in his heart to report to his wife and family that their best cow had given birth to twin calves, one red and one white. And he said, “You ...read more

  • Dumb Crooks

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    DUMB CROOKS A Circle-K convenience store was patronized by man requesting change for a twenty dollar bill. As soon as the register drawer was opened, the man pulled a gun and demanded it contents. He fled with all dollars of it, but left his original twenty lying on the counter. A guy walked into ...read more

  • We Talk A Lot About Serving And Worshiping Jesus. ...

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Mar 6, 2009
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    We talk a lot about serving and worshiping Jesus. But to be able to serve Him, or worship Him, we must know exactly who He is and what He offers. Here is the Jesus I know: ···· Jesus is Christ. He is the living Son of the living God. ···· He is the First and Last, the Beginning and the ...read more

  • The Following Song By "Casting Crowns" ...

    Contributed by Gary Miller on May 11, 2007
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    The following song by "Casting Crowns" illustrates the importance of praising God: Praise You in This Storm words by Mark Hall/music by Mark Hall and Bernie Herms I was sure by now, God You would have reached down and wiped our tears away, stepped in and saved the day. But once again, I say ...read more

  • Have You Ever Seen Those Frequent Flyer Programs ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 14, 2009
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    Have you ever seen those frequent flyer programs that the airlines have? Fly with us and you will earn points that can get free flights (of course with the restrictions on when you can use those points and on what flights, the only way to redeem them is on a one way flight to Butte, Montana ...read more

  • We Were Standing In Line To Go Into Church. It ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 11, 2010
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    We were standing in line to go into Church. It was a long line and we had to wait for some time for the doors to be opened. Although the auditorium seated 1,500 people, some people would have to come to the next service or sit in a "bad seat". You had to get to Church early to get a "good seat" (3 ...read more

  • Looking At The Light

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 6, 2012
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    LOOKING AT THE LIGHT A pastor told a story of a man in his congregation who had lost literally hundreds of thousands of dollars. He owed everybody. One day the pastor asked him, "How in the world are you even surviving? How can you smile? How can you be enthusiastic about Jesus and about life when ...read more