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  • Wasteful Americans

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 3, 2009
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     | 4,745 views

    "WASTEFUL" AMERICANS A woman fell out of a second-floor window and landed in a slow-moving garbage truck. Half-buried in the litter, she tried without success to get the truck-driver’s attention. A foreign diplomat standing on the sidewalk saw her and quipped, "Another example of how wasteful ...read more

  • You Have To Get In

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010
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    YOU HAVE TO GET IN A trapeze artist once supposedly boasted that he could take a person seated in a wheelbarrow across a tightrope many hundreds of feet up between two tall buildings. "Who thinks I can do it?" he asked a crowd who had gathered to watch. One man raised his ...read more

  • No Greater Gift To The Church

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2010
     | 2,950 views

    NO GREATER GIFT TO THE CHURCH Andrew Murray once said, "God has no more precious gift to a church or an age than a man who lives as an embodiment of His will, and inspires those around him with the faith of what grace can do (Andrew Murray, Leadership, Vol. 7, no. 4). Dear friends, by God's ...read more

  • Only Jesus

    Contributed by Raymond Lu on Aug 8, 2010
     | 3,810 views

    Charles Colson said, and I quote, “Psychiatry, properly administered, can turn a schizophrenic bank robber into a mentally healthy bank robber. A good teacher can turn illiterate criminal into an educated criminal. But they are still bank robbers and criminals.” D.L. Moody said, “If you educate a ...read more

  • David Seamands, A Counselor, Says This:

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 29, 2011
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    David Seamands, a counselor, says this: "Many years ago I was driven to the conclusion that the two major causes of most emotional problems among Christians are these: the failure to understand, receive, and live out God’s grace and forgiveness; and the failure to give out that love, ...read more

  • Deacons And Lights

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Oct 7, 2011
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     | 5,274 views

    DEACONS AND LIGHTS In our church, we have someone that does the maintenance and replaces light bulbs and things like that. They do not want their pastor to do this for two good reasons: 1) I know very little about maintenance, and my church knows that I know very little. 2) They don't want the ...read more

  • Passing The Test

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 24, 2011
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    PASSING THE TEST A man recounts a time when he had to enter the military while the draft was still in place: I didn’t enlist in the Army — I was drafted. So I wasn’t going to make life easy for anyone. During my physical, the doctor asked softly, "Can you read the letters on the wall?" "What ...read more

  • Service And Usefulness

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jun 8, 2012
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    SERVICE AND USEFULNESS The great Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer, Niccolo Paganini willed his marvellous violin to city of Genoa on condition that it must never be played. The wood of such an instrument, while used and handled, wears only slightly. But set aside, it begins to ...read more

  • Protective Fear Illustration

    Contributed by Shine Thomas on Aug 28, 2017
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    When I was a child I loved going to my grandparents’ home in Kerala. I used to enjoy the days but dread the nights. It was in the early 80’s and there were absolutely no streetlights. They had meetings almost every night and coming back from the meetings were so fearful. I was afraid if I would ...read more

  • How To Gather A Crowd At Church!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 25, 2021
     | 2,285 views

    How to Gather a Crowd at Church! A cattle rancher got saved and surrendered to preach. He went to a Bible conference which was all about how to build a crowd. Asked about it later, he said, "It was strange. In all my years as a cattle rancher, I never had to go to a conference to learn how ...read more

  • The Quarter Of Remembrance By Mike Cope ...

    Contributed by Philip Cunningham Iii on Dec 23, 2007
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    The Quarter of Remembrance by Mike Cope (reprinted) http://preachermike.com/2007/12/21/two-bits-of-memory I actually got to meet Dr. Channing Barrett, though I don’t remember the meeting because I was too young. But that doesn’t change my picture of him as a young man walking a marathon of miles ...read more

  • Not Mixed Veggies! (09.23.05--Grace ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Sep 21, 2005
     | 2,076 views

    Not Mixed Veggies! (09.23.05--Grace Walks!--Isaiah 4:2-4) As we recently joined a local CSA, a farmer’s cooperative whereby we receive our vegetables on a regular basis from a local farm, our refrigerator has been pretty consistently stuffed with vegetables of all sorts. From squashes to ...read more

  • During Telemachus' Life The Gladiatorial Games ...  PRO

    Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on Nov 13, 2003
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    During Telemachus’ life the gladiatorial games were very popular. People were fascinated by the sight of blood and gore upon the arena floor. And that alone was enough to bring the criticism of bishops and priests from within the church. But worse than all of this was the fact that most of the ...read more

  • Finally, After A 40-Year Campaign Of Writing ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 26, 2003
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     | 1,197 views

    Finally, after a 40-year campaign of writing editorials and letters to governors and presidents, Hale’s passion became a reality. On September 28, 1863, Sarah Josepha Hale wrote a letter to President Lincoln and urged him to have the "day of our annual Thanksgiving made a National and fixed Union ...read more

  • Wesley's Conversion  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jan 10, 2009
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    WESLEY’S CONVERSION John Wesley become a priest in the Church of England before he had become a Christian. His conversion story is very interesting: Not long after the first Moravian missionaries came from Germany, Wesley had left for the West Indies, Wesley found himself on board a ship with a ...read more

  • Church Cake Cover-Up  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 19, 2009
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,695 views

    CHURCH CAKE COVER-UP It was time for the annual cake sale at a Presbyterian church not much different than our own. Ms. Billings always made the most beautiful cakes...she was expected to make another one this year. However, Ms. Billings was a very busy woman with the time she spent with her ...read more

  • Wesley: God's Will For Marriage

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2011
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    WESLEY: GOD'S WILL FOR MARRIAGE When John Wesley was thirty-two years old, he was a bachelor missionary in the colony of Georgia. While he was serving a church in Savannah, he met a young woman named Sophia Christian Hopkey. She was pretty and intelligent, and Wesley fell head over heels in love ...read more

  • Thank You, Sensei Don

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Feb 12, 2012
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    THANK YOU, SENSEI DON Dr. Don Sisk, the former president of the mission board I'm with, BIMI, tells of winning an old "papa-sahn" to Christ, the father of one of the ladies in his church. He had such a grateful spirit for Dr. Sisk, whom they referred to as "Sensei Don" which means "Teacher Don." ...read more

  • Letter Home From A W Va Farm Kid Enduring Marine ...  PRO

    Contributed by C. Scott Ghan on Aug 5, 2013
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     | 5,030 views

    Letter home from a W VA farm kid enduring Marine Basic Training on Paris Island. Dear Ma and Pa, I am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother Elmer the Marine Corps beats working for old man Minch by a mile. Tell them to join up quick before all of the places are filled. // I was ...read more

  • Don't Oppress The Poor

    Contributed by James Dina on Nov 16, 2020
     | 1,781 views

    DON'T OPPRESS THE POOR "A poor man that oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food." (Proverbs 28:3) Anyone who oppress the poor reproach the Almighty God that creates the poor but those that honor Him has mercy on the poor (Proverbs 14:31). It is a grievous ...read more