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  • Way Back In The 80's, Apple Corporation, Or Apple ...

    Contributed by Jordan Lumbard on Jun 5, 2007
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    Way back in the 80’s, Apple Corporation, or Apple Computers really took off and grew as a company. - Yes even before the iPod. Steve Jobs was the founder and President of Apple, and he realized that he didn’t know how to run such a big company. - So he recruited one of the most famous CEO’s at that ...read more

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Sgt. Juanita Wilson Was On Patrol Outside ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Sgt. Juanita Wilson was on patrol outside Baghdad when a roadside bomb exploded beneath her vehicle. She was trying to help her driver after the explosion when she felt something unusual. When she looked down, her hand was gone. Less than two years after her injury, she is demonstrating her ...read more

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  • Does Anybody Know Who Has Won The Most Ncaa ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Does anybody know who has won the most NCAA national championships in men’s basketball? It was John Wooden - the coach of the UCLA Bruins. He won all those championships because he focused on. He created TEAMS. If you watch many basketball matchups, you’ll see that many teams have a “go-to” guy who ...read more

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  • There Was A College Girl Who Wrote This Letter ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There was a college girl who wrote this letter to her Dad: Dear Dad, Sorry I haven’t written sooner. My arm really has been broken. I broke it, and my left leg, when I jumped from the second floor of my dormitory . . . when we had the fire. We were lucky. A young service station attendant saw the ...read more

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  • The Gift Of Standing By - Donald Grey Barnhouse ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    THE GIFT OF STANDING BY - Donald Grey Barnhouse told the story (supposedly true) about Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes. When he moved to Washington, D.C., to take up his duties as Chief Justice, he transferred his membership letter to a Baptist Church in the area. His father had been a Baptist ...read more

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  • Some Years Ago A Book Was Written By A Noted ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Some years ago a book was written by a noted American historian entitled "When The Cheering Stopped." It was the story of President Woodrow Wilson and the events leading up to and following WWI. When that war was over Wilson was an international hero. There was a great spirit of optimism abroad, ...read more

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  • Barry Cameron Tells About An Airplane Flight That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
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    Barry Cameron tells about an airplane flight that he took. On the flight there were 4 servicemen. Before the door on the plane was closed, the pilot announced we had a number of special guests on our flight (the servicemen in uniform) and asked us to show our appreciation to them. The plane erupted ...read more

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  • A Light Of Hope  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    A Light of Hope There is a story about how the caverns north of Yellowstone National Park were discovered. As the story goes, one of the original explorers was walking along the top of that mountain and fell through a hole, and he dropped down several hundred feet into this cavern and was stuck in ...read more

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  • Make Sure We Were Abiding

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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    MAKE SURE WE WERE ABIDING Stuart Briscoe, author and long-time pastor of Elmbrook Church in Brookfield, Wisconsin, tells about the time he traveled to Poland during the cold war. He was involved in several weeks of itinerant ministry, and one winter day his sponsors drove him in the dead of night ...read more

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  • The Same Gospel For The Same ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Feb 26, 2009
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    “The Same Gospel for the Same Needs” Some months after our arrival in China, an old experienced missionary came to my husband with the following advice: “Do not attempt to speak of Jesus the first time on preaching to a heathen audience. The Chinese have a prejudice against the name of Jesus. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • You Think He Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
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    "YOU THINK HE WAS MAD?..." An important business executive boarded the New-Orleans-to-Washington train. He was a heavy sleeper, and he needed to be awakened in order to get off the train in Atlanta about five o’clock in the morning. He found a porter and told him, "I want you to awaken me in order ...read more

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  • Suburban Outreach

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2010
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    SUBURBAN OUTREACH Calvin Miller teaches in Birmingham, Alabama, at the Beeson Divinity School. He recently wrote a provocative article entitled, "Rethinking Suburban Evangelism," on the challenge taking the gospel to people who sense no need: "Suburbia: the push-button Zion of those who have made ...read more

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  • Frank Graeff Was A Methodist Pastor, Serving Some ...

    Contributed by David Moore on Jul 22, 2010
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    Frank Graeff was a Methodist pastor, serving some of the leading churches in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And throughout the area, he was known as the “Sunshine Minister,” because of his optimistic attitude. he was an encouragement to everyone who knew him. However, what those people ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • A Young Boy Gets A Driving ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
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    A Young Boy Gets A Driving Permit A young boy had just gotten his driving permit. He asked his father if they could discuss his use of the family car. His father took him into his study and said, “I’ll make a deal with you. You bring your grades up, study the Bible a little, get your hair cut, ...read more

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  • The World's Easiest Test

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
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    THE WORLD'S EASIEST TEST 1. How long did the hundred year war last? 2. Which country makes Panama hats? 3. What is Camel's hair brush made from? 4. In what month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? 5. What was King George VI's first name? 6. What colour is a Purple Finch? 7. Where are ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • Giving Up The Whole World

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jan 3, 2011
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    GIVING UP THE WHOLE WORLD Bruce Larson tells how he helped people struggling to surrender their lives to Christ: "For many years I worked in New York City and counseled at my office any number of people who were wrestling with this yes-or-no decision. Often I would suggest they walk with me from ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Do Whatever The Champion Does

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 24, 2011
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    DO WHATEVER THE CHAMPION DOES In 1976, Finland’s Lasse Viren made Olympic history when he became the first man to win both the 5,000 and 10,000 meter races in successive Olympiads. After his victory, his coach decided to take on the record of the legendary Emil Zatopek. Earlier in the century at ...read more

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  • Walgreen: A Second-Mile Man

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
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    WALGREEN: A SECOND-MILE MAN Second-mile people always excel. Around 1920 a pharmacist bought a drug store on the south side of Chicago. Soon, he was bored with his job and began to dream how he could make it more exciting. It was during a time when people were just beginning to call in their ...read more

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  • The One  PRO

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Apr 22, 2011
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    THE ONE The crowds cheered and waved their hands. Many stood upon their tip-toes hoping to catch a glimpse of their deliverer as he processed by. "He's the one! echoed throughout the streets. Many praised his name with hands and fists held high. Was it true? Had "the one" finally come ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • A Mother's Marred Hands  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 13, 2011
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    A MOTHER'S MARRED HANDS There was a teenager who didn’t want to be seen in public with her mother, because her mother’s arms were terribly disfigured. One day when her mother took her shopping and reached out her hand, a clerk looked horrified. Later, crying, the girl told her how embarrassed she ...read more

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