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  • Hat-Tip To SermonCentral Illustration Bank: On ...

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Dec 27, 2007
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    Hat-tip to SermonCentral illustration bank: On Christmas Eve of 1906, off the coast of Massachusetts, ships carrying sailors that would have liked to be someplace else than a boat on Christmas Eve received a message from the coast in morse code. “CQ….CQ” it said, indicating that an important ...read more

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  • Looking For Answers  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    LOOKING FOR ANSWERS Sometimes we look in the wrong places to find answers. The story is told of a drunk who was seen by a police officer looking for something. The drunk was down on his hands and knees and explained in slurred speech to the police officer that he was looking for his wallet. The ...read more

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  • Power Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    POWER OF PRAYER There was a young Christian lady from Boston who left work and went to the parking garage to get in her car and go to church one Wednesday evening, and when she stepped into the elevator a man grabbed her and began to try to rape her. She yelled out: "In the name of Jesus, stop it, ...read more

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  • Dead Churches  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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    DEAD CHURCHES In the town of Sedlec in the Czech Republic, there is a famous cemetery that dates back to the 13th century. Some 40,000 people who died from the Black Plague in the 14th century and in the Hussite wars in the beginning of the 15th century were buried there. Around 1400 a Gothic ...read more

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  • Perfect Obedience: Arabian ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
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    PERFECT OBEDIENCE: ARABIAN HORSES Arabian horses go through rigorous training in the deserts of the Middle East. The trainers require absolute obedience from the horses, and test them to see if they are completely trained. The final test is almost beyond the endurance of any living thing. The ...read more

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  • Isolation, Loneliness More Difficult Than ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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    ISOLATION, LONELINESS MORE DIFFICULT THAN PAIN William H. Willimon, in his commentary on our text, shared the following story from his childhood. "A little girl in my second grade class got the dreaded disease of polio. Our teacher described to us the possible complications of her disease. She ...read more

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  • Cry With Them

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    CRY WITH THEM I read about a young boy. Who was sent by his mom to the corner store to buy a loaf of bread. He was gone much longer than it should have taken him. When he finally returned, his mother asked, "Where have you been? I’ve been worried sick about you." "Well," he answered, "there was ...read more

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  • Get Off Your Horse, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    GET OFF YOUR HORSE, CORPORAL A rider on horseback, many years ago, came upon a squad of soldiers who were trying to move a heavy piece of timber. A corporal stood by, giving lordly orders to "heave." But the piece of timber was a trifle too heavy for the squad. "Why don’t you help them?" asked ...read more

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  • Balanced Scale?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    BALANCED SCALE? I read that years ago in England when they still used the balanced scales that a baker sued a farmer over the pound of butter that he was buying. And he said that when he first started buying butter from the farmer, it was a full pound. But gradually the farmer was selling him less ...read more

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  • The Bible Found Me  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    THE BIBLE FOUND ME Campell Morgan had already enjoyed some success as a preacher by the time he was 19 years old. But then he was attacked by doubts about the Bible. The writings of various scientists disturbed him. As he read their books and listened to their debates he became more and more ...read more

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  • Something Better Down The Road  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2009
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    SOMETHING BETTER DOWN THE ROAD A football game was being played in Badger Stadium in 1982 in Madison, Wisconsin with more than 60,000 fans in attendance. The home team was losing. But out of the blue during time outs, when play was a at stop, the fans would jump up and roar with excitement. Why? ...read more

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  • As Long As God Is Awake  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2009
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    AS LONG AS GOD IS AWAKE A mother and her little four-year-old daughter were preparing to retire for the night. The child was afraid of the night. The child was afraid of the dark, and the mother, alone with the child, felt fearful also. When the light was out, the child caught a glimpse of the ...read more

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  • Hans The Tailor

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2009
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    HANS THE TAILOR Consider the story of Hans the tailor. Because of his reputation, an influential entrepreneur visiting the city ordered a tailor-made suit. But when he came to pick up his suit, the customer found that one sleeve twisted that way and the other this way; one shoulder bulged out and ...read more

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  • Dale Carnegie In Yellowstone  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2009
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    DALE CARNEGIE IN YELLOWSTONE Ephesians 4:32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. This command is again repeated by Paul to the Colossians in 3:13, 13Bear with each other and forgive... The alternative to forgiveness is bitterness and ...read more

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  • Time Magazine On The Benefits Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 3, 2009
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    Time Magazine on the Benefits of Religion Some time ago, Time Magazine ran an article that reported on the benefits of religion and the church, and some of the observations included: 1. Heart-surgery patients who draw comfort from their religious faith have a significantly higher survival rate than ...read more

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  • Tourist Misses Beauty Of Alps By Looking At ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2009
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    Tourist Misses Beauty of Alps by Looking at Herself in a Mirror [IN LOVE WITH A MIRROR] A group of TOURISTS WAS TRAVELING through the mountains in Switzerland. At one high point they could see magnificent snow-capped peaks and look into the deep blue of the Alpine lakes below. The view was ...read more

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  • Purpose In Life, Nate Saint And Joan Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 8, 2009
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    Purpose In Life, Nate Saint and Joan of Arc Nate Saint said, “People who do not know the Lord ask why we waste our lives as missionaries. They forget they too are expending their lives, and when the bubble has burst, they will have nothing of eternal significance to show for the years they have ...read more

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  • D.l. Moody Illustrates How To Grow ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 12, 2009
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    D.L. Moody Illustrates How to Grow Spiritually In one of his meetings, D.L. Moody was explaining to his audience the truth that we cannot bring about spiritual changes in our lives by our own strength. He demonstrated the principal like this: “Tell me,” he said to his audience, “how can I get the ...read more

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  • Lyrics Of Many Secular Songs Are Detrimental To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2009
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    Lyrics of Many Secular Songs Are Detrimental to Character Development The University of Pittsburgh did a study a couple of years ago where they examined 279 of the top songs on the radio in 2005. They ONLY looked at references to drugs and alcohol but what they found is instructive: • Gangster ...read more

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  • A.w. Tozer And Andrew Murray On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 22, 2009
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    A.W. Tozer and Andrew Murray on Humility Humility and dying to myself are inseparable. A.W. Tozer nailed the nail on the head, saying, “In every Christians heart there is a cross and a throne and the Christian is on the throne till he puts himself on the cross; if he refuses the cross he remains on ...read more

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