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  • More To Follow

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 31, 2008
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    MORE TO FOLLOW Sam Ducanannan was a simple man with very few talents, but he had a great desire to do something for the Lord. So he made it his practice to cut out pictures from cards and magazines and to paste onto these pictures appropriate verses and poems. He would then give them as simple ...read more

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

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    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 airwaves. A rescue vessel rushed to the scene. Upon reaching the scene, the captain of the rescue vessel sent a ...read more

  • On Eagle's Wings  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,344 views

    Opening; Illustration: Mama eagles are caring loving creatures. Somewhere along the line the mama eagle decides it’s time the baby eagles learn to fly. She takes the little eagle out of the next and flies up as high as she can go. At this point, she drops the fledgling, and he falls fast. The ...read more

  • There Have Been Many Practical Jokes Pulled On ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Apr 12, 2008
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    There have been many practical jokes pulled on folks in recognition of this day. In 2005, the media reported that NASA had discovered water on Mars, and had actual pictures on the official NASA website. Those who went to the NASA website to check it out, found a picture of a glass of water ...read more

  • No One Is Exempt From Sin

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Apr 27, 2008
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    NO ONE IS EXEMPT FROM SIN Of course, many of us think we are exempt from this darkness, that it always belongs somewhere else and never enters into our lives. You often hear it on the news when something bad has happened, like a murder: the TV reporter interviews a resident, who says "Well, I ...read more

  • I Love You ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 9, 2008
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    ILLUSTRATION: I LOVE YOU ANYWAY Overcoming the odds is like the man who finally decided to ask his boss for a raise in salary. It was Friday. He told his wife that morning what he was about to do, All day the man felt nervous and apprehensive. Late in the afternoon he summoned the courage to ...read more

  • Would You Consider Abortion...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 20, 2008
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    WOULD YOU CONSIDER ABORTION... Would you consider abortion in the following situations? (1) There’s a preacher and wife who are very, very, poor. They already have 14 kids. Now she finds out she’s pregnant with number 15. They’re living in tremendous poverty. Considering their poverty and the ...read more

  • Sunbeam  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    SUNBEAM This illustration concerns an incident one day when C.S. Lewis was in the tool shed in his garden. He noticed a sunbeam shining across the shed. It was showing up the dust particles. He must have seen the same thing many times before, but this time he was captivated by it. He traced the ...read more

  • Sin Sickens The ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Sep 12, 2008
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    Sin sickens the body An illustration of this Mother calls that dinner is ready Mom ,dad, brother and sister sit down to this wonderful meal that mom has fixed Everything is fine until brother asks Dad can I use the car tonight? And sister says, no you can’t use the car tonight You used the car last ...read more

  • I Collected A Few Quotes From Our Nation's ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Oct 17, 2008
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    I collected a few quotes from our Nation’s Founders that illustrate how much they expected Christians to influence the nation. (These are just a few of the many quotes I could have used!) Benjamin Franklin wrote, “Whoever shall introduce into the public affairs the principles of primitive ...read more

  • Let's Talk About The Differences Inherent In ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Nov 1, 2008
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    Let’s talk about the differences inherent in being son or servant in any household. Now it may seem more than a stretch to draw from a modern fantasy tale for my illustration, but the story line of Batman offers very good examples of our point. In that story, the boy who will eventually ...read more

  • Why Did Jesus Have To Die For Us?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 11, 2009
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    WHY DID JESUS HAVE TO DIE FOR US? Perhaps this story can illustrate this for us: There was an engineer who operated a drawbridge across a mighty river. With a control panel of levers and switches, he set into motion a monstrous set of gears that either lifted the bridge for river traffic or ...read more

  • Be Content To Speak In A Cottage

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    BE CONTENT TO SPEAK IN A COTTAGE January 6, 1850, was bitterly cold in Colchester, England, a hard-biting blizzard keeping most worshipers at home. At the Primitive Methodist Chapel on Artillery Street, only about a dozen showed up. When it became apparent that even the pastor would not arrive, an ...read more

  • The Choice: Build Up Or Tear Down  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 11, 2009
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    THE CHOICE: BUILD UP OR TEAR DOWN Years ago I picked up a poem named "The Choice." I do not know where I got it nor the author, but it illustrates the importance of building others up. This poem raises the question of whether we will "tear down or build up." "I watched some men tearing a building ...read more

  • Slow And Steady

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2022
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    The power of the Holy Spirit is not just for salvation, but for sanctification, a process that is slow and gradual. The difference might look like this: You can take ten gallons of gasoline and release a tremendous amount of power and energy by just dropping a lighted match into it. It makes a ...read more

  • He'll Find Me

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 20, 2022
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    Two men have ended up marooned on an island in the South Pacific. On the deserted island is one palm tree and nothing to see but the ocean. One guy is in a complete panic, pacing back and forth, ranting about how they are going to die, hungry and alone, that nobody will stumble on them until they ...read more

  • How Do You Use Your 18,000 Words Per Day?

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 6, 2024
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    Do you have any idea how many words you use in the course of an ordinary day? To illustrate, let’s take the books of Tom Clancy. I’m sure you have read or heard of those techno-thrillers: “Hunt for Red October,” “Cardinal of the Kremlin,” “Clear and Present Danger,” “The Sum of All Fears,” “Without ...read more

  • Do Americans Believe In Supernatural Healing?

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 9, 2024
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    Americans hold diverse spiritual beliefs when it comes to healing and the supernatural. Let’s explore some of these perspectives: 1. Belief in God or a Higher Power: Over 90% of U.S. adults believe in God or another higher power. Among them: 54% believe in “God as described in the Bible.” 34% ...read more

  • When God Opened An Unexpected Door For Cliff Barrows

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 10, 2024
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    Dr. James Dobson wrote a book entitled When God Doesn’t Make Sense, and, in his book, he shared an illustration that is very applicable to the point being drawn from this particular verse. Take a moment and reflect upon the following story: In 1945, a young associate pastor named Cliff married his ...read more

  • Seeing The Light, Reflecting The Light.

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Jan 24, 2025
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    Did anyone else see the comet during the week, Comet Atlas 3G? Janaki and I went out to Titahi Bay to see it, thankfully we had another dad and daughter park near us who could point it out, otherwise we might not have seen it. The power of their witness was in instructing us where to look. ...read more