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  • Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command: ...

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Apr 26, 2006
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    ILLUSTRATION... Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins [may need Buzz L toy to explain] I was watching a cartoon with my kids the other day and a great example of unity piped into my home through the TV. The cartoon was Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (one of Nate and Ian’s favorite ...read more

  • The Gift Of Standing By - Donald Grey Barnhouse ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
     | 1,510 views

    THE GIFT OF STANDING BY - Donald Grey Barnhouse told the story (supposedly true) about Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes. When he moved to Washington, D.C., to take up his duties as Chief Justice, he transferred his membership letter to a Baptist Church in the area. His father had been a Baptist ...read more

  • How Many Of Us Have To Go Down That Far Before We ...

    Contributed by Brian Menear on Apr 1, 2007
     | 1,818 views

    How many of us have to go down that far before we decide we need to change our direction? Many people find the story of Jonah being swallowed by a whale hard to believe. How many think it’s just a story made up to Illustrate something? There is an account of a whaling ship in 1891 called the Star ...read more

  • The Steam Ship, Central America, On Its Maiden ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Jones on Apr 1, 2007
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     | 1,245 views

    The steam ship, Central America, on its maiden voyage from New York City to San Francisco harbor, sprang a leak in mid-ocean and began to go down. A distress signal was sent out over the air waves. A rescue vessel rushed to the scene. Upon reaching the scene, the captain of the rescuer vessel sent ...read more

  • The Steam Ship, Central America, On Its Maiden ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Apr 3, 2007
     | 1,009 views

    The steam ship, Central America, on its maiden voyage from New York City to San Francisco harbor, sprang a leak in mid-ocean and began to go down. A distress signal was sent out over the air waves. A rescue vessel rushed to the scene. Upon reaching the scene, the captain of the rescuer vessel sent ...read more

  • Strangers Have Devoured His Strength - From Hosea ...

    Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Jun 11, 2009
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    Strangers have devoured his strength - from Hosea 7:9 What gives spiritual weakness like allowed sin? It was so with Israel, it will ever be so with us. Yielding to unhallowed association (with) strangers devour our strength. If you ever saw a cake not turned, baked only on one side, ...read more

  • The Miracle In A Bug  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,435 views

    THE MIRACLE IN A BUG Shortly before his death, the legendary film producer Cecil B DeMille wrote this beautiful meditation: "One day as I was lying in a canoe, a big black beetle came out of the water and climbed up into the canoe. I watched it idly for some time. Under the heat of the sun, the ...read more

  • Knowing The Father's Love

    Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 19, 2009
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    KNOWING THE FATHER'S LOVE Consider an illustration of two children and two fathers. One child feels like he’s just a tenant in the house, a servant doing what he’s commanded to do. He doesn’t know his father very well or his father’s love. He just knows what he’s been commanded to do. The other ...read more

  • Shopkeeper Seeks Revenge On Bitter ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2009
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    Shopkeeper Seeks Revenge on Bitter Rival What you believe about Jesus determines what you do with him. Two shopkeepers were bitter rivals. Their stores were directly across the street from each other, and they would spend each day keeping track of each other’s business. If one got a customer, he ...read more

  • I ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
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    ILLUSTRATION How many of us had to be taught how to talk back to your parents? How may of us had to be taught how to cheat on a test or our tax return? How many of us had to be taught how to lie? How many of us had to be taught how to be selfish? Just as all of us don’t need to be taught how to ...read more

  • Brothers Reunited After Fighting Each Other ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2010
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    Brothers Reunited After Fighting Each Other During the Civil War James Campbell and his brother Alexander immigrated to America in the 1850s. James settled in Charleston where he worked as a drayman and clerk; Alexander lived in New York and worked as a stonemason. On June 10, 1862, Alexander wrote ...read more

  • Parents Teach Their Children God's Word At A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2010
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    Parents Teach Their Children God’s Word at a Restaurant I once read an illustration of a family who took this seriously. One night at a pizza parlor, we decided to use the minutes waiting for our food as a teaching time. We passed out an index card and pencil to each child and had them write down a ...read more

  • He Claimed To

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jun 6, 2010
     | 2,267 views

    He claimed to "float like a butterfly and sting like a bee." Sports Illustrated crowned him the "Sportsman of the Century." His nickname was "The Greatest." He was the three-time World Heavyweight Champion, Muhammad Ali. But where is that left hook followed by the hard right to the face that ...read more

  • Thoughts On Discipleship By Willard, Stott, And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    THOUGHTS ON DISCIPLESHIP by Willard, Stott, and Warren Dallas Willard in his book "Divine Conspiracy" states: "....discipleship is real-life apprenticeship to Jesus." If we are students of Jesus then we must be with him. If I am an apprentice, a disciple, that means I must be with him to learn ...read more

  • Kirby Puckett: Disciple  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,000 views

    KIRBY PUCKETT: DISCIPLE Few have illustrated the process of imitating Jesus as an apprentice, a student, a disciple than Kirby Puckett, who was the centerfielder for 13 years for the Minnesota Twins baseball team. He had a career batting average of .318, made the All Star lineup ten years in a ...read more

  • The Lady Who Grew Backward

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 10, 2010
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    THE LADY WHO GREW BACKWARD The lady who grew backward was a woman who lived in Virginia some years ago. In the Virginia Medical Monthly her doctor told the story: She had grown normally, married, and had three children. Life was normal until the husband and father died when the children were ...read more

  • Our Tongues Get Us Into Trouble

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
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    OUR TONGUES GET US INTO TROUBLE The classic movie, "A Christmas Story," is a nostalgic look at growing up in Gary, Indiana, through the eyes of a boy named Ralphy. One scene depicts a school recess in the middle of winter. Two boys surrounded by their classmates argue whether a person’s tongue ...read more

  • Happiness Is The Lord

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
     | 2,944 views

    "HAPPINESS IS THE LORD" Ira F. Stanphill was born in Belview, New Mexico, in 1914. He has written more than 550 songs, the most popular of which are "Mansion over the Hilltop," "Room at the Cross," and, of course, "Happiness Is the Lord." On any number of occasions the Lord has given a song to a ...read more

  • A Walk Worthy Of The Title

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 13, 2010
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    A WALK WORTHY OF THE TITLE Cal Ripken Jr. is the Iron Man of baseball. On September 6, 1995, he broke the record held by Lou Gehrig of 2,130 consecutive games played. Of course, there were days when that consecutive streak was in danger. In a June 1993 game Ripken was involved in a ...read more

  • Giving Up The Whole World

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jan 3, 2011
     | 4,067 views

    GIVING UP THE WHOLE WORLD Bruce Larson tells how he helped people struggling to surrender their lives to Christ: "For many years I worked in New York City and counseled at my office any number of people who were wrestling with this yes-or-no decision. Often I would suggest they walk with me from ...read more