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  • A Mother's Love  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 21, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,548 views

    A MOTHER'S LOVE One of the most touching elements of the film "The Passion of the Christ" is the mother-son relationship. Every mother can relate to Mary’s total commitment to her son. Here’s the story of a modern day mother and her love for her son, as told by one member of the staff at Campus ...read more

  • Donald Grey Barnhouse Was Parked On The Street ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 22, 2004
     | 1,798 views

    Donald Grey Barnhouse was parked on the street of a large city on the west coast, he witnessed an accident a few yards away. A car wove through the traffic and collided head on with another car that was coming in the opposite direction. The driver was apparently drunk. Another man in the car pushed ...read more

  • What If God Was One Of Us?" By ...  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Aug 19, 2004
    based on 18 ratings
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    ILLUSTRATION... “What if God Was One of Us?” by Joan Osborne The world sometimes wonders about God and wonders what He is like and what He is up to. Most people believe there is a God up there but they do not know what He is like. A pop song in 1995 by Joan Osbourne entitled, ’What if God was ...read more

  • And He Was Changed  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 11, 2004
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    AND HE WAS CHANGED In 1918, a notorious criminal named Tokichi Ichii was sentenced to hang. While in prison in Tokyo, he was sent a New Testament by two missionaries, Miss West and Miss McDonald. After a visit from Miss West, he began to read the story of Jesus’ and crucifixion. When he reached ...read more

  • An Old Man Showed Up At The Back Door Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joseph Bachman on Nov 27, 2004
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    “An old man showed up at the back door of the house we were renting. Opening the door a few cautious inches, we saw his eyes were glassy and his furrowed face glistened with silver stubble. He clutched a wicker basket holding a few unappealing vegetables. He bid us good morning and offered his ...read more

  • A Real Bad Dude  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 14, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
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    A Real Bad Dude An old fellow had been in the north woods for weeks by himself, camping out. Each night at dusk he built a campfire, boiled water for coffee, and took out his skillet to fry up some bacon for dinner. As he was sitting by the fire one night, the water boiling and the bacon ...read more

  • One Of My Good Friends From Ozark Is A Guy Named ...

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Apr 16, 2009
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    One of my good friends from Ozark is a guy named Eric. I remember one day Eric told me this story. Eric was entering theater class and it was the last class of the day. He walked in, the regular teacher was not there so there was a substitute teacher. He was the first person in class and the ...read more

  • Your God Is Too ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
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    YOUR GOD IS TOO SAFE The words that Mark Buchanan wrote of his own experience in his book entitled "Your God Is Too Safe." He wrote that when he was saved, "I hit the ground running. Immediately, I volunteered for everything, anything, that I felt vaguely interested in and marginally qualified ...read more

  • A Bad ...

    Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Jun 11, 2009
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    A BAD BOY I once heard of a father who had a prodigal boy, and the boy had sent his mother down to the grave with a broken heart. One evening the boy started out as usual to spend the night in drinking and gambling, and his old father, as he was leaving, said, "My son, I want to ask a favor of you ...read more

  • Your Grumbling Goes With You

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 15, 2009
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    YOUR GRUMBLING GOES WITH YOU There was a boy named Grumble Tone who ran away to sea, "I’m sick of things on land," he said, "as sick as I can be; A life upon the bounding wave will suit a lad like me!" The seething ocean billows failed to stimulate his mirth, For he did not like the vessel, nor ...read more

  • History Is Always A Great Teacher To Those Who ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 2, 2009
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    History is always a great teacher to those who want to learn it’s lessons. Abraham Lincoln knew this and one author had this to say about him. o He was not a born king of men…but a child of the common people, who made himself a great persuader, therefore a leader, by dint of firm resolve, patient ...read more

  • Crocodile Dundee

    Contributed by Dan Stires on Aug 12, 2009
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    CROCODILE DUNDEE Do you remember the movie called "Crocodile Dundee?" It was a good one. Crocodile Dundee comes from the land down under. He is completely out of his realm when he came from Australia to New York City. Crocodile Dundee and his girlfriend are out for a walk at night, when all of a ...read more

  • Demon-Possessed Man

    Contributed by Daryl Grimes on Sep 25, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,511 views

    DEMON-POSSESSED MAN People had written him off a long time ago. He was just a crazy lunatic that no one wanted anything to do with. They kept their children away, they kept their wives away and they kept themselves away. He lived like a pig, his body odor was almost unbearable and to make matters ...read more

  • Roll-Up-Your-Shirt-Sleeves Christianity  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
    based on 10 ratings
     | 6,885 views

    ROLL-UP-YOUR-SHIRT-SLEEVES CHRISTIANITY When DAVE THOMAS died in early 2002, he left behind more than just thousands of Wendy’s restaurants. He also left a legacy of being a practical, hard-working man who was respected for his down-to-earth values. Among the pieces of good advice that have ...read more

  • A Man's Skin Changes After Being Swallowed By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
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    A Man’s Skin Changes After Being Swallowed by Fish Dr Harry Rimmer told of a man in 1926 who was swallowed by a fish and spent two days inside the fish and lived to tell the story. He was displayed in London as “the Jonah of the twentieth century.” Dr. Rimmer interviewed him two years later after ...read more

  • Examples Of Famous People Who Tithed Before They ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
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    Examples of Famous People Who Tithed Before They Became Rich A young man accepted the call to become an African missionary but found on further examination that his wife could not stand the climate of Africa. It made her very sick. He was heartbroken, but he prayerfully returned to his home and ...read more

  • Evans On The Virgin Birth

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2009
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    EVANS ON THE VIRGIN BIRTH Dr. William Evans, who pastored College Church from 1906-1909, was an unusually accomplished man. He had the entire King James Version of the Bible memorized as well as the New Testament of the American Standard Version. Dr. Evans also authored over fifty books. His son, ...read more

  • The Dreams Of James Irwin

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 21, 2011
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    THE DREAMS OF JAMES IRWIN It started like so many evenings--Mom and Dad at home and Jimmy playing after dinner. Mom and Dad were absorbed with jobs and did not notice the time. It was a full moon, and some of the light seeped through the windows. Then Mom glanced at the clock. "Jimmy, it's time to ...read more

  • Complicated Directions

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2011
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    COMPLICATED DIRECTIONS Matt Woodly, a father of four, talks about buying his children a swing set, about 15 years ago, as an early Christmas present. It was an extra long metal set with two swings, a two-seater swinging bench, a slide, monkey bars, and a series of hanging rings. He thought the ...read more

  • Pizarro's Critical Moment

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on May 19, 2011
     | 2,522 views

    PIZARRO'S CRITICAL MOMENT All great undertakings begin with a critical moment--a moment when a decision is made and someone launches himself into a never-to-be forgotten enterprise. FRANCISCO PIZARRO, the noted Spanish explorer, faced such a moment. He languished with his men on a small island ...read more