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  • Evangelism: I Heard A Story About A Guy Who ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
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    Evangelism: I heard a story about a guy who applied for a job as an usher at a theater in the mall. As a part of the interview process, the manager asked him, "What would you do in case a fire breaks out?" The young guy answered, "Don’t worry about me. I can get out fine." That’s exactly how many ...read more

  • Life Is Not Like A Vcr

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,885 views

    LIFE IS NOT LIKE A VCR Tim Brown, professor of preaching at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan tells a story about one of his former students who was also named Tim. The former student was a successful young man who called one day to tell the professor that he was sick and in the ...read more

  • Walking With God Can Be A Great Source Of ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 19, 2009
     | 2,559 views

    Walking with God can be a great source of Eustress (positive stress)… example: Some of you this week found time in your crazy schedule to listen to or read your Bible. How did you feel afterward? It’s Wednesday night, and you help with AWANA. It’s been a busy day and you’re tired. But you ...read more

  • Pa Won't Like It  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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     | 3,804 views

    "PA WON’T LIKE IT" A farm boy accidentally overturned his wagonload of corn in the road. The farmer who lived nearby came to investigate. "Hey, Willis," he called out, "forget your troubles for a spell and come on in and have dinner with us. Then I’ll help you get the wagon up." "That’s mighty ...read more

  • Take Up Your Cross

    Contributed by John Tung on Feb 12, 2009
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    TAKE UP YOUR CROSS Christiana Tsai was a Christian woman who developed an eye disease that made it impossible for her to see light directly and was virtually blind. She had to wear very dark glasses. Yet, she did not withdraw into her own room and say how tough she has it. No, she used her ...read more

  • Houses Of Refuge

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    HOUSES OF REFUGE There was no alternative to manslaughter. If you wanted to live, the only option was to flee to one of these cities of refuge. [HOUSE OF REFUGE, HUTCHINSON IS., FL] House of Refuge- The House of Refuge is the last remaining shipwreck life-saving station on Florida’s Atlantic ...read more

  • Some Don't Pray Much At All. A Fisherman Who Was ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 25, 2009
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    Some don’t pray much at all. A fisherman who was out of fellowship with the Lord was at sea with his godless companions when a storm came up and threatened to sink their ship. His friends begged him to pray; but he demurred, saying, "It’s been a long time since I’ve done that or even entered a ...read more

  • A Thirty-Six-Year-Old Mother Was Discovered To Be ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 27, 2007
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    A thirty-six-year-old mother was discovered to be in the advanced stages of terminal cancer. One doctor advised her to spend her remaining days enjoying herself on a beach in Mexico. A second physician offered her the hope of living two to four years with the grueling side effects of chemotherapy ...read more

  • Lamak Was Born Into A Wealthy, Powerful Muslim ...

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Jun 7, 2007
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    Lamak was born into a wealthy, powerful Muslim family in South Asia. His family’s reputation put pressure on him to live like a Muslim. Everything changed when Lamak turned his life over to Jesus Christ while working in Singapore. When he returned home four years later, he accepted the risks ...read more

  • In Nascar, The Vehicles Run Around The Track ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In Nascar, the vehicles run around the track somewhere between 200 and 250 times before they finish the race. How often do you suppose a car makes all the way through the race without ever stopping? That’s right… not once. They’re not built to run the whole race without pulling into their pit and ...read more

  • One Day A Young Minister Was Being Escorted ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    One day a young minister was being escorted through a coalmine. At the entrance of one of the dim passageways, he spied a beautiful white flower growing out of the black earth. "How can it blossom in such purity and radiance in this dirty mine? The preacher asked. "Throw some coal dust on it and ...read more

  • It's Been Said That God Is Like Coke...he's The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    It’s been said that GOD is like Coke...He’s the real thing. GOD is like General Electric...He brings things to life. GOD is like Bayer Aspirin...He works wonders. GOD is like Hallmark Cards...He cares enough to send the very best. GOD is like Tide...He gets the stains out that others leave ...read more

  • The Focal Point  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 2,442 views

    When Whistler was at the height of his artistic career, a wealthy patron purchased one of his pictures on the condition that the artist would accompany him home and help select a spot to hang the picture. Once at his mansion, the man held up the picture first here and then there, each time asking, ...read more

  • I Was Hungry And You Formed A Humanities Club And ...

    Contributed by Kyle Rye on Apr 29, 2009
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    I was hungry and you formed a humanities club and you discussed my hunger. Thank you. I was imprisoned and you crept off quietly to your chapel in the cellar to pray for my release. I was naked and in your mind you debated the morality of my appearance. I was sick and you knelt and thanked God for ...read more

  • Where Else Could I Go?

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on May 9, 2009
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    WHERE ELSE COULD I GO? "My little boy gave me a great awakening," said an intelligent and spiritually-minded mother. "Jimmy is getting to an age when he often wants to try his own way instead of mine. Then he generally meets with a difficulty that hurts his feelings, and he comes at once to me ...read more

  • 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

  • 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

  • You Can't Justify ...

    Contributed by Larry Moyer on Aug 5, 2009
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    YOU CAN’T JUSTIFY WORRYING So often we try to justify worrying. I know a man who said, "Don’t tell me worrying doesn’t do any good. Everything I worry about doesn’t happen." One man defended his worrying by saying, "I find it helps to worry. The people who worry never get ulcers." And one ...read more

  • If You Feel Down, Just Praise The ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Aug 20, 2009
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    If you feel down, Just praise the Lord! If you feel down, And all alone If your world is all but gone Just look up to the sky above And know you have a friend If you feel down and feel betrayed And your friends have left you cold Just pray to ...read more

  • It Could Be Done

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 14, 2009
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     | 2,828 views

    IT COULD BE DONE "Why are you bothering yourselves with a knitting machine?" asked Ari Davis of Boston, a manufacturer of instruments. "Why don’t you make a sewing machine?" That particular question was overheard by a young man of twenty - Elias Howe. No one took that question seriously, except ...read more