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  • Mennonites Merge: In A Vote Eclipsing All ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
     | 1,653 views

    Mennonites Merge: In a vote eclipsing all expectations, the Mennonite Church (based in Elkhart, Ind.) and the General Conference Mennonite Church (based in Newton, Kan.) merged to form the Mennonite Church USA. The new denomination brings together the 125,000 members of the two groups. Over ...read more

  • A. In November, 1975, 75 Convicts Started ...

    Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Jul 26, 2006
     | 1,153 views

    A. In November, 1975, 75 convicts started digging a secret tunnel designed to bring them up at the other side of the wall of Saltillo Prison in northern Mexico. On April 18, 1976, guided by pure genius, they tunneled up into the nearby courtroom in which many of them had ...read more

  • Love Them  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 2,724 views

    LOVE THEM Before becoming a mother I had a hundred theories on how to bring up children. Now I have seven children and only one theory: love them, especially when they least deserve to be loved. Kate Samperi, author SOURCE: Celebrating Mothers: A Book ...read more

  • Reading Their Names  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 19, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,737 views

    READING THEIR NAMES Jeff Greenfield is a news correspondent for ABC News. He lives in Salisbury, Connecticutt and has attended the same Memorial Day observance in his community for the last 15 years. He writes: "At 10 a.m., the parade begins moving down Main Street. It is a small parade: ...read more

  • Unsung Heroines-Huldah, The Prophetess

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Jun 10, 2022
     | 831 views

    Introduction: When King Josiah of Judah heard the Word of God from Shaphan, he immediately tore his clothes and asked a group of men to “inquire of the LORD”. These men found Huldah, a prophetess, and God gave His message to them through her. Text: 2 Kings 22:14-20. KJV: 14 So Hilkiah the priest, ...read more

  • A Letter Written By Seminary Professor, Dr. R. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 3, 2007
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    A letter written by seminary professor, Dr. R. Scott Clark who teaches at Westminster Seminary California: “Ironically, I warned the students in the doctrine of God class Wednesday and Thursday of last week that they must preach and teach the doctrine of providence to their people before their ...read more

  • Christmas Adorations  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 15 ratings
     | 6,720 views

    Christmas Adorations For thousands of years the Israelites had been looking for the coming of the Messiah. There in Bethlehem by the miraculous power of God, Mary, a young virgin, gave birth to the Savior of the world. Most people missed that glorious event, but a few did not. Who are the ...read more

  • Unwanted Donations!?

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Dec 10, 2025
     | 216 views

    Unwanted Donations!? Introduction: What kinds of materials were needed for Israel to make the Tabernacle? Text, Exodus 36:2-7, KJV: 2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto ...read more

  • Noble Career  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002
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     | 3,088 views

    NOBLE CAREER There is no career more noble than that of motherhood at its best. There are no possibilities greater and in no other sphere does failure bring more serious penalties. To attempt this task unprepared and untrained is tragic, and its results affect generations to come. On the other ...read more

  • It's Not A Picture Of A Ceo Of A Church –– ...

    Contributed by Keith Davis on May 5, 2003
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    “It’s not a picture of a CEO of a church –– sitting behind a desk or in a boardroom, making decisions, tapping gavels, dispatching memos, and announcing edicts it’s not a picture of a dynamic speaker who can hold an audience in his hand and bring people to tears and it’s not even a learned scholar ...read more

  • We Grow Great By Dreams. All Big Men Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winters evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them, nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the ...read more

  • There's A Cartoon With The Picture Of A Woman ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 15, 2010
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    There’s a cartoon with the picture of a woman bringing flowers to the cemetery, and she comes to her husband’s tombstone which reads like this: R.J. Harwell, born 1935. Gave up smoking, 1964. Gave up alcohol, 1975. Gave up red meat, 1983. ...read more

  • Vote To Get Well

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Mar 6, 2011
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    VOTE TO GET WELL Mrs Fisher, the primary school teacher, was at home recovering from surgery. She heard the letter box bang on the door, then her husband entered the room bringing in the post. One of the letters was a get well card from her 2nd year class ...read more

  • The Trouble With Pepople Who Are Not Seeking A ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Apr 20, 2008
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    "THE TROUBLE WITH PEPOPLE WHO ARE NOT SEEKING A SAVIOUR NOR SALVATION IS THAT THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF SIN. IT IS A PECULIAR FUNCTION OF THE LAW TO BRING SUCH AN UNDERSTANDING TO A MAN'S MIND AND CONSCIENCE. THIS IS WHY GREAT EVANGELICAL PREACHERS 300 YEARS AGO IN THE TIME OF THE ...read more

  • All That Work For What?

    Contributed by Tim White on Jun 19, 2009
     | 1,397 views

    ALL THAT WORK FOR WHAT? In November 1975, 75 convicts started digging a secret tunnel designed to bring them up at the other side of the wall of Saltillo Prison in northern Mexico. On April 18, 1976, guided by pure genius, they tunneled up into the nearby courtroom in which many of them ...read more

  • Leighton Farrell Was The Minister Of Highland ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 19 ratings
     | 2,050 views

    Leighton Farrell was the minister of Highland Park Church in Dallas for many years. He tells of a man in the church who once made a covenant with a former pastor to tithe ten percent of their income every year. They were both young and neither of them had much money. But things changed. The layman ...read more

  • Leighton Farrell Was The Minister Of Highland ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on Feb 14, 2005
    based on 34 ratings
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    Leighton Farrell was the minister of Highland Park Church in Dallas for many years. He tells of a man in the church who once made a covenant with a former pastor to tithe ten percent of their income every year. They were both young and neither of them had much money. But things changed. The layman ...read more

  • There Was A Small Boy In Sunday School And The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 21, 2007
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    There was a small boy in Sunday School and the teacher told them that next Sunday was "bring a friend day." So the next Sunday this little one brought his little friend. All the kids were participating in the "old" activity where you put your hands together and interlock your fingers and build the ...read more

  • The Problem Is There Are Times When We Don't Feel ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 7, 2008
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    The problem is there are times when we don’t feel like we are a new creation. Like the group of women that met for an afternoon of lunch and shopping. At lunch they began to share some of the things in their lives. Superficially at first but then they moved into more intimate topics and details. It ...read more

  • Resurrection Tree

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2011
     | 8,718 views

    RESURRECTION TREE In a cemetery in Hanover, Germany, is a grave on which were placed huge slabs of granite and marble cemented together and fastened with heavy steel clasps. It belongs to a woman who did not believe in the resurrection of the dead. Yet strangely, she directed in her will that her ...read more