Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 14, 2007
Halfway through a rehearsal, with trumpets blaring, drums rolling, and violins singing their rich melody, the piccolo player muttered to himself, “What good am I doing? I might as well not be playing. Nobody can hear me anyway.” So he placed his instrument to his lips but made no sound. Within
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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The story is told of a third-grade Sunday School class whose teacher had built her lesson around the fifth commandment: “Honor your father and your mother.”
1. As she developed her lesson, she asked, “We’ve been talking about our mommies and daddies, but does anyone know a commandment about
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Contributed by Mike Gillett on Feb 28, 2007
Stage One: UNDERSTAND:
What does the passage actually say?
Setting: When and where was the book or passage written?
Purpose: Why was it written?
Context: What is the book as a whole about?
Form: How, or in what form, was it written?
Words: What is the meaning of individual words?
Stage Two:
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 15, 2007
In the beginning of the twentieth century a young graduate of Cornell University was engaged in a most amazing effort to win the entire world to Jesus Christ. His name was John R. Mott.
During his years as secretary of the World Student Volunteer Movement, Mott’s travels took him everywhere: to
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Apr 26, 2007
Some years ago, musicians noted that errand boys in a certain part of London all whistled out of tune as they went about their work. It was talked about and someone suggested that it was because the bells of Westminster were slightly out of tune. Something had gone wrong with the chimes and they
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Baptist
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 23, 2007
OEM: G. K. Chesterton said:
O God of earth and altar,
Bow down and hear our cry,
Our earthly rulers falter,
Our people drift and die,
The walls of gold entomb us,
The swords of scorn divide,
Take not Thy thunder from us,
But take away our pride.
From all that terror teaches,
From lies of tongue and
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Other
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 28, 2007
POEM: G. K. Chesterton said:
O God of earth and altar,
Bow down and hear our cry,
Our earthly rulers falter,
Our people drift and die,
The walls of gold entomb us,
The swords of scorn divide,
Take not Thy thunder from us,
But take away our pride.
From all that terror teaches,
From lies of tongue
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Denomination:
Other
Contributed by Art Good on Jun 5, 2007
Have you ever gone to a car show?
Recently I went to a car show in Carlisle PA. I noticed that some guys are Chevy guys, some like Ford, others are into Pontiacs, or Oldsmobile or whatever. But when you get to a car show people are talking with each other, they all “ooh” and “ahh” over cars and
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Denomination:
Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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There is the story of a lady who had just completed university
She had been offered a job with an accounting firm
She is a mother of three who were at the time were 12, 15 and 18
but just before she takes up the position she has a regular check up and her doctor discovers she has cancer
not long
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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There is a story of two brothers who on completing their apprenticeship decide to set up their own butcher shop. One day one of their customers invite the older brother to church. Some time later he asks for forgiveness for all his sins, and commits his life to following God. He continues working
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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During construction of Emerson Hall at Harvard University, president Charles Eliot invited psychologist and philosopher William James to suggest a suitable inscription for the stone lintel over the doors of the new home of the philosophy department.
After some reflection, James sent Eliot a line
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Sometimes the cup of iniquity is full and the people are ripe for judgment. In such a case it may happen as it did in the flourishing and extraordinarily beautiful city of Messina, Sicily, the third largest city in Italy. In the early morning of December 28, 1908, the city was almost entirely
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A boy and his father were riding in their car one summer day with the windows rolled down. A bee flew in and the boy, who was very allergic to the bee’s sting, panicked. The father reached out as the bee flew around the boy and caught the bee in his hand.
A few seconds later, the father released
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A supermarket in the Midwest could not understand why at a certain time every winter there sales plummeted. They studied their product line and interviewed customers. They did everything possible to uncover the mystery. Finally someone made a remarkable discovery that changed everything.
It seemed
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Early in his career, some one said that Vince Lombardi, the Hall of Fame Football Coach of the Green Bay Packers, knew very little about the game of Football. Thomas Edison’s teachers gave up on him and said that “He was too stupid to accomplish anything.” Henry Ford, failed and went broke 5 times,
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