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  • The Root Of Bitterness  PRO

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Aug 16, 2007
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    Illustration ------------ Years ago there was a terrible outbreak of disease in a tiny village in a remote part of Africa. Both children and adults were, getting sick and overcome with nausea. Several,weeks passed, and the sickness became widespread, and people started dying. Word of the disease ...read more

    Denomination: Charismatic

  • A Young College Student In A Small ...

    Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Oct 26, 2007
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    Illustration: A young college student in a small town attended college across the street from a vey conservative and traditional church. Bob, was a very different kind of individual. His dress was unorthodox, his tee shirt had holes and he wore blue jeans and he always went bare foot. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • World War I Friends

    Contributed by Daniel Harman on Mar 19, 2008
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    WORLD WAR 1 FRIENDS – Powerful Illustration Out of the furnaces of war come many true stories of sacrificial friendship. One such story tells of two friends in World War I, who were inseparable. They had enlisted together, trained together, were shipped overseas together and fought side-by-side in ...read more

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • The Fire  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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     | 7,687 views

    THE FIRE H. A. Ironside told the story of pioneers who were making their way across one of the central states to a distant place that had been opened up for homesteading. They traveled in covered wagons drawn by oxen, and progress was necessarily slow. One day they were horrified to note a long ...read more

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  • In The Ultimate Obedience Depicted In 1 Peter 4:1 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    In the ultimate obedience depicted in 1 Peter 4:1 Believers who have died have ceased from sin will have entered into an eternal condition of holy perfection, free from all sin’s influences and effects (cf. 1 Cor. 15:42–43; 2 Cor. 5:1; Rev. 21:4; 22:14–15). SAFELY HOME I am home in Heaven, dear ...read more

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  • Take Out And Hold Up A $20 Bill. ...

    Contributed by Danny Williams on Apr 8, 2008
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    Illustration: Take out and hold up a $20 bill. Ask, “Who would like this $20 bill?” Crumple the $20 bill up, and then ask, “Who still wants it?” “What if I do this?” Drop it on the ground and start it grind it into the floor with your shoe. Pick it up, crumpled and dirty. “Now, who still wants ...read more

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • I ...

    Contributed by Elijah Stepp on May 11, 2008
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    Illustration: (From Speaker’s Sourcebook II by Glenn Ven Eckeren) Perhaps you heard about the church that planned to have the “No Excuse” Sunday Service…. Their advertisement for their “No Excuse Sunday” read as follows…. Cots will be placed in the foyer for those who say "Sunday is my only day ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • As Many Of You Know, We Vasiceks Temporarily ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 29, 2008
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    As many of you know, we Vasiceks temporarily housed a pet pig for over 6 months. So when this Australian story hit the press on Friday, I noted it. CANBERRA (Reuters) - A pony-size pig who held an Australian woman hostage for 10 days inside her home will be removed on Wednesday to a piggery… ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • According To Tradition, This Is How An Eskimo ...

    Contributed by Jonathan Campbell on Oct 13, 2008
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    According to tradition, this is how an Eskimo hunter kills a wolf. First, the Eskimo coats his knife blade with animal blood and allows it to freeze. He then adds layer after layer of blood until the blade is completely concealed by the frozen blood. Next, the hunter fixes his knife in the ...read more

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  • K ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 2, 2008
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    Kite Once on a time a paper kite Was mounted to a wondrous height, Where, giddy with its elevation, It thus express’d self-admiration: “See how yon crowds of gazing people Admire my flight above the steeple; How would they wonder if they knew All that a kite like me can do! Were I but free, I’d ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Forgiveness: No Ugly Pictures

    Contributed by John Petty on Jan 18, 2008
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    FORGIVENESS: NO UGLY PICTURES I was approached by the station manager of a local television station in Pensacola, Fl to contribute a 50-second devotional for his program transition period. I was reluctant to agree, since I struggled to limit my sermons to even 30 minutes. But feeling impressed by ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • In The Ultimate Obedience Depicted In 1 Peter 4:1 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
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    In the ultimate obedience depicted in 1 Peter 4:1 Believers who have died have ceased from sin will have entered into an eternal condition of holy perfection, free from all sin’s influences and effects (cf. 1 Cor. 15:42–43; 2 Cor. 5:1; Rev. 21:4; 22:14–15). Poem: Safely Home I am home in Heaven, ...read more

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  • Where The Fire Has Been

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008
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    WHERE THE FIRE HAS BEEN H. A. Ironside told the story of pioneers who were making their way across one of the central states to a distant place that had been opened up for homesteading. They traveled in covered wagons drawn by oxen, and progress was necessarily slow. One day they were horrified to ...read more

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  • In The Ultimate Obedience Depicted In 1 Peter ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008
     | 1,832 views

    In the ultimate obedience depicted in 1 Peter 4:1, believers who have died have ceased from sin will have entered into an eternal condition of holy perfection, free from all sin's influences and effects (cf. 1 Cor. 15:42-43; 2 Cor. 5:1; Rev. 21:4; 22:14-15). Poem: Safely Home I am home in Heaven, ...read more

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  • What Have You Done For Me?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME? Nicholaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf was born into one of Europe's leading families in the year 1700, and he grew up in an atmosphere of prayer, Bible-reading, and hymn-singing. He excelled in school, and seemed to possess all the qualities for national leadership. After ...read more

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  • Christ Was Love  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
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    CHRIST WAS LOVE I read a story that I thought was a perfect illustration as to what the perfect gift looks like at Christmas. It centered on a school Christmas pageant. Of course there was nothing there to make it religious. Only snowmen, reindeer and the like. And so the kindergarten class was ...read more

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  • Jesus' Words

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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    JESUS’ WORDS There is a hopefulness in life as we hear and become empowered by Jesus’ words. A Sunday School teacher illustrated this concept of hopefulness in life by drawing on the blackboard two pathways. In the middle of one she placed a large rock, covering the entire path. At the end of ...read more

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  • A Good ...

    Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Jun 11, 2009
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    A GOOD MOTHER (a classic illustration by D. L. Moody) A young man went home from one of our meetings some time ago. He had been converted. He had previously been a dissipated young man. His mother had made it a rule, she told me, that she "would not retire till he came home." That was her rule, ...read more

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  • Security

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 28, 2009
     | 4,405 views

    SECURITY Consider this story in relying upon God: The 3-year-old felt secure in his father’s arms as Dad stood in the middle of the pool. But Dad, for fun, began walking slowly toward the deep end, gently chanting, “Deeper and deeper and deeper,” as the water rose higher and higher on the child. ...read more

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  • Loneliness And Suicide, Products Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
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    Loneliness and Suicide, Products of Materialism Can you guess who said this? "I sit in my house in Buffalo and sometimes I get so lonely it’s unbelievable. Life has been so good to me. I’ve got a great wife, good kids, money, my own health--and I’m lonely and bored.... I often wondered why so many ...read more

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