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  • How To Persuade A Burglar

    Contributed by Larry Hinkle on Jun 12, 2020
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    An elderly Widow woke in the middle of the night, alerted by a noise> She tiptoed down steps to discover she had a Burglar in her home. She shouted at the intruder, “Stop in the name of the Lord, repent for the forgiveness of your sins. Acts 2:38!” the burglar immediately froze, raised both arms ...read more

  • Prayer

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 13, 2020
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    This statement is many times use as a stand alone statement without regards to the actual meaning. When the context has to be considered and an understanding of who God is and his teachings are most important. A famous Bible scholar John Gill puts it this way: For whatever is asked in faith, ...read more

  • Cheeful Giver

    Contributed by Rev. Duraimony Dickson on Nov 20, 2020
     | 3,478 views

    A missionary in Africa was preaching his first sermon in a mission church. When time came for the offering, the people danced their offerings forward. They danced and sang praise to God as they brought their offerings to the altar. For they were “coming before God's presence with ...read more

  • Where Do Human Beings Come From???

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on May 5, 2022
     | 1,092 views

    A little girl asked her Mom, “Where do human beings come from?” Mom answered, “God made Adam and Eve and they had children, and so was all mankind made.” Two days later the girl asked her Dad the same question. Dad answered, “Many years ago there were monkeys from which the human race ...read more

  • Someone Took The Time To Do The Research For Us. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Someone took the time to do the research for us. If we live to 75… We will spend 3 years in school (24 hours a day) 7 years eating 14 years working 5 years driving/riding in airplane 5 years talking 1 year recovering from sickness 24 years sleeping 15 years amusing ourselves Now what if you spent ...read more

  • I Read An Article In The Atlantic Journal The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I read an article in the Atlantic Journal the other day; it said, “The world is too big for us. Too much going on, too many crimes, too much violence and excitement. Try as you will you get behind in the race…It’s an incessant strain, to keep pace… and you still lose ground. Science empties its ...read more

  • The Man Groaned But Didn't Budge. The Usher ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The man groaned but didn’t budge. The usher became impatient. "Sir, if you don’t get up from there, I’m going to have to call the manager." Again, the man just groaned, which infuriated the usher who turned and marched briskly back up the aisle in search of his manager. In a few moments, both the ...read more

  • Jerry Clower Tells Of (4) Men Driving In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Jerry Clower tells of (4) men driving in Mississippi who entered the town of Kosciusko. One of them said, “This is Kas-ciusko.” The other said, “No, you mispronounced it. It’s Kozy-us-ko. A third one said, “You’re both wrong. It’s Kusy-asko.” They argued until they pulled into a fast food ...read more

  • God Is Behind Our Lives: These Days Most People ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jul 25, 2007
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    God is behind our lives: These days most people have the wonderful blessing of a Satellite Navigation in their car to direct them in their travels. The Sat nav directs them to their given destination.It knows the start from the finish. Pastor Aubrey Vaughan in sermon journey of faith.@ ...read more

  • The Soap Manufacturer

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Sep 19, 2007
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    Illus.: The Soap Manufacturer A soap manufacturer, who was not a Christian was walking down the street one day with a friend who was a minister. The soap maker said, “That so-called gospel you preach has not done much good in the world. I see lots of wickedness in our world.” Just then, they ...read more

  • How Can You Be So Narrow-Minded?

    Contributed by Rick Balmer on Sep 20, 2007
     | 1,930 views

    “How can you be so narrow-minded?” The question jolted Steve from the newspaper he was reading in the teacher’s lounge. Jenna, the school librarian, was frowning and pointing at his coffee mug, which bore the message “One Way: Jesus”. Jenna was a follower of New Age religion. She believed there ...read more

  • One Of My Pastors As A Young Man Used This ...

    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 21, 2007
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    One of my pastors as a young man used this illustration. A guy was asking another guy about his plans for the future. He asked him what are your plans. The guy responded, "I plan on graduating from college and getting a good job." The first guy said, "and then what?" The second guy said, "I’ll ...read more

  • A Man And His Dog Were Walking On The Beach When ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Oct 31, 2007
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     | 1,065 views

    A man and his dog were walking on the beach when they came upon another visitor to the beach. The owner of the dog was proud of his dog’s newly mastered feat, so he said to the visitor, "Watch this!" whereupon he tossed a piece of driftwood far out into the sea and the dog immediately ran on top of ...read more

  • William Carey Is Considered The Father Of Modern ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 8, 2007
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    William Carey is considered the father of modern missions. The man who spent his early years as a cobbler became one of the greatest linguists the church has ever known. It’s reported that Carey translated parts of the Bible into as many as 24 Indian languages. When he first went to India, some ...read more

  • Dean Farrar Was A Privileged Personal Friend Of ...

    Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Dec 15, 2007
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    Dean Farrar was a privileged personal friend of Queen Victoria, though he seldom referred to the distinction. But on the first anniversary of the accession of Edward VII to the throne of England, during the service in Canterbury Cathedral, he told how the Queen, after hearing one of her chaplains ...read more

  • Big John Coming To Town: New Man Made Bartender ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
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    BIG JOHN COMING TO TOWN: New man made bartender and warned by owner, ‘If you hear Big John is coming drop everything and run for your life’. Months later a white faced cowhand ran in yelling, ‘Big John is coming to town’. Before the bartender could run into the saloon can a huge man riding a ...read more

  • One Day John Wesley Was Walking With A ...

    Contributed by Gregg Rustulka on Mar 29, 2008
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    Ill: One day John Wesley was walking with a troubled man who expressed his doubt as to the goodness of God. He said, "I do not know what I shall do with all this worry and trouble." At the same moment Wesley saw a cow looking over a stone wall. "Do you know," asked Wesley, "why that cow is ...read more

  • What A Way To Go!

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    Two elderly gentlemen were talking together. "I guess you’re never too old," the first one boasted. "Why, just yesterday a pretty college girl said she’d be interested in dating me. But to be perfectly honest, I don’t quite understand it." "Well," his friend said, "you have to remember that ...read more

  • William Cary Was A Shoemaker When One Day He ...

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Dec 12, 2006
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    William Cary was a shoemaker when one day he heard of the millions of people in India who had not heard the Good News of Jesus Christ. He believed the great commission to “Go into all the world and preach the gospel.” He believed that that verse was speaking directly to him. So he volunteered ...read more

  • This Week I Was Reading, "Relevant Magazine" And ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 4, 2008
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    This week I was reading, “Relevant Magazine” and I came across this news flash in their May/June 08 edition on page 38: “I Don’t Want Your Sex for Now,” “Tampa’s Relevant Church (which has no relation to RELEVANT Media Group) recently issued a challenge to married members of its congregation to ...read more