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  • There Is A Story Of An 8 Year Old Boy Who Was ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 13, 2007
     | 1,376 views

    There is a story of an 8 year old boy who was learning in school how plants grow, he was intrigued how a tiny seed can germinate in the ground and later burst through the ground, that week he attended a funeral where the pastor talked about the final resurrection of our bodies. Several days ...read more

  • A Pastor Had Gathered A Selected Group Of Workers ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,498 views

    A pastor had gathered a selected group of workers to train them to witness for Jesus. A young worker was complaining to a veteran caller about one of the people he had visited. "I’ tried to tell him about Jesus, I tried to tell him about the love Jesus had for Him. I tried to tell him that Jesus ...read more

  • Ten Commandments For Spouses  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 10, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,183 views

    TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR SPOUSES I. Thou shalt not wrap thy husband’s sandwiches in magazine articles about a man’s responsibility to love his wife. II. Thou shalt not leave Scripture verses about submission taped to they wife’s hairdryer. III. If thou teachest Sunday School, thou shalt ...read more

  • ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jun 4, 2008
     | 470 views

    Illustration: Gumball Show students an ordinary gumball, explaining that there’s an art to fitting into the world—especially a world with gum. We can chew gum, blow bubbles with it, even use it as a sticky adhesive if we’re desperate. But unwise people make a mess of gum, like the little girl ...read more

  • P ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 2,690 views

    PROMISES A Wall Street clerk went for a tuna sandwich one snowy noon and returned to work and found $37.1 million in negotiable certificates of deposit in a pouch dropped by a courier. The clerk turned them over to his supervisor, who notified the securities company. The man received a $250 reward ...read more

  • Don't Just Count Them, Look Them In The Eye

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
     | 1,433 views

    DON’T JUST COUNT THEM, LOOK THEM IN THE EYE An item in Leadership magazine illustrates the importance of giving attention to needs, not just to numbers. "During World War II, economist E.F. Schumacher, then a young statistician, worked on a farm. Each day he would count the 32 head of cattle, then ...read more

  • Satisfied ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Mar 13, 2009
     | 2,595 views

    “Satisfied Completely!” The daughter of a New York rabbi tells this story. “My father taught me to read the Bible in Hebrew as a young child. We began at Genesis. When we came to Isaiah, he skipped the fifty-third chapter. I asked him why. He said it was not necessary for Jews to read that ...read more

  • Consider The Life Of A Certain ...

    Contributed by Reylourd Reyes on Mar 26, 2009
     | 2,337 views

    Illustration: Consider the life of a certain man. At 16, his family was forced out of their home. He had to work to support them as a young boy. At 32 he ran for State Legislature. He lost the election, then his job. At 33 he borrowed some money from a friend to begin a business and by the end of ...read more

  • A Child ...

    Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Jun 11, 2009
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    A CHILD LEGEND A classic illustration by D. L. Moody There is a beautiful legend told about a little girl who was the first-born of a family in Egypt, when the destroying angel swept through that land, and consequently who would have been a victim on that night if the protecting blood were not ...read more

  • Nicolaitan Compromise With Idolatry In Church Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 2, 2009
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    Nicolaitan Compromise with Idolatry in Church of Pergamum Bruce Longenecker's book, "The Lost Letters of Pergamum" (pp. 165-166) illustrates their teaching in a story about a Nicolaitan (Kalandion) that attended the Pergamum church. Kalandion is visiting a Christian who has been imprisoned for ...read more

  • Let's Say You And Your Spouse Are ...

    Contributed by Bill Burress on Jan 21, 2010
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    Illustration: Let’s say you and your spouse are going away for a couple of days and you leave your teenager at home by their self. Now before you go you give instructions that you don’t want any parties, they are not to drive dad’s sports car, and they are not to be out after midnight the nights ...read more

  • My Daddy Is Here!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,302 views

    MY DADDY IS HERE! David Elkind, a psychologist, tells the story of visiting his middle son's nursery school class, at the request of his teacher. She wanted him to observe a "problem child" in the class. While he was there, he caught a conversation between his son and some other boys. There ...read more

  • Weeds

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Sep 19, 2010
     | 3,099 views

    Yesterday, with the encouragement of my wife, I got rid of some THORNY WEEDS growing like trees in the back garden. The thorns were now like razor sharp nails and so it was difficult to get to the roots without punctures, scratches and a bad attitude. I knew that if I didn't get to the roots, they ...read more

  • Bible Statistics

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 10, 2010
     | 2,942 views

    BIBLE STATISTICS Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible, and every verse in it, excepting two, Psalm 119:122 and Psalm 119:132, contains a reference to the Word of God. The shortest chapter is Psalm 117; shortest verse, John 11:35. In the New Testament, there are about 180 direct ...read more

  • Reputation And Character

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
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    REPUTATION AND CHARACTER Character is the one thing we make in this world and take with us into the next. The circumstances amid which you live determine your reputation; the truth you believe determines your character. Reputation is what you are supposed to be; Character is what you are. ...read more

  • Amazing!

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 25, 2010
     | 2,539 views

    AMAZING! When dementia had taken its course, Bess (not her real name) was left with just a couple of words, but one word which she used to respond to almost any situation was the word "AMAZING!" After a lifetime of words, what a great word to have on your lips at the end of your life. Matthew ...read more

  • The Jeweled Lady Of Pompeii

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,542 views

    THE JEWELED LADY OF POMPEII Of the 20,000 inhabitants of Pompeii, some 2,000 lost their lives, among them a woman who loved finery above all else. As the deadly rain of fire came down, she decided to run to the harbor and escape by ship. That was wise, but this rich and beautiful woman stayed ...read more

  • The Pursuit Of Joy

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
     | 6,220 views

    THE PURSUIT OF JOY Men have pursued joy in every avenue imaginable. Some have successfully found it while others have not. Perhaps it would be easier to describe where joy cannot be found: Not in Unbelief — Voltaire was an infidel of the most pronounced type. He wrote: “I wish I had never been ...read more

  • Deceiving Ourselves: The Pentium Cover-Up  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,686 views

    DECEIVING OURSELVES: THE PENTIUM COVER-UP Intel learned that its Pentium processing chip had a flaw. The chip would occasionally give wrong answers for division problems using large numbers. Intel believed this was a minor flaw, something they felt would affect the average user once every ...read more

  • Deal With Habits Early On

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
     | 1,718 views

    DEAL WITH HABITS EARLY ON An elderly teacher, with a pupil by his side, took a walk through a forest. Suddenly he stopped and pointed to four plants close at hand. The first was just beginning to peep above the ground, the second had rooted itself pretty well into the earth, the third was a small ...read more