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  • A Glass Of Water

    Contributed by Carl Allen on Aug 12, 2008
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    OBJECT TALK: 1. Use a clear glass of clean water to signify the soul of the person cleansed by God. 2. Pour a little dirt into the glass to signify the nature of the World, if we allow it to find a place in us. Make the point, that a little dirt little doesn’t distort the view. 3. Add a lot ...read more

  • Charles Simeon Devoted The Hours From Four Till ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    Charles Simeon devoted the hours from four till eight in the morning to God. John Wesley spent two hours daily in prayer. He began at four in the morning. Of him, one who knew him well wrote: "He thought prayer to be more his business than anything else." Martin Luther said: "If I fail to spend ...read more

  • Paul Harvey Tells About A Airline Stewardess Who ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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    Paul Harvey tells about a airline stewardess who was being harassed by a slightly inebriated man up in the first class section who was making passes at her and trying to get her to agree to meet him in his hotel suite that night. With some difficulty she got away from him, only to encounter another ...read more

  • Dying To Save Her Father

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
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    DYING TO SAVE HER FATHER The great Charles Spurgeon told a story that demonstrated a person’s concern for an unsaved family member. A rather young girl in Spurgeon’s congregation who had a terminal illness approached her pastor one day with thoughts about her upcoming funeral. She spoke of her ...read more

  • A Wise Bible Teacher Once Said, "Sooner Or Later ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 12, 2009
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    A wise Bible teacher once said, “Sooner or later God will bring self-sufficient people to the place where they have no resource but Him – no strength, no answers, nothing but Him. Without God’s help, they are sunk.” He then told of a despairing man who confessed to his pastor, “My life is really ...read more

  • The Stages Of The Christian Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
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    THE STAGES OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE Several years ago I heard someone describe the Christian experience as similar to that of a piano player, and suddenly the commands of the Bible made more sense and seemed less daunting. When a person begins playing piano, do we expect them to play a piece by ...read more

  • Three Types Of Arrows Used By The Roman ...

    Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Jun 7, 2009
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    Three types of arrows used by the Roman military: 1. plain arrows – like arrows you’d shoot from a bow today. 2. Arrows that were dipped into tar, set on fire, and then shot through the air… with brush all around…soldiers intentionally try to catch the arrows into their shields…so they’d stick and ...read more

  • Divorce Barbie

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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    DIVORCE BARBIE Too many times, we are more concerned with what we get out of giving than what we are trying to give in the first place. A father was sitting in his chair one night reading the paper. All of a sudden, he realized it was his young daughter’s birthday, and he had forgotten to get her ...read more

  • All Roads Lead To Heaven, Travel ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2009
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    All Roads Lead to Heaven, Travel Agent Max Lucado in a video program based on his book 3:16 Stories of Hope, has a wonderful lesson on the oft heard statement, "All roads lead to heaven". He then gives us an imaginary discussion with a travel agent. " You tell him you need a flight to Rome, Italy. ...read more

  • This Story Broke This Week From The United ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 14, 2009
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    This story broke this week from the United Kingdom: " LONDON (Reuters) – Gone are the days of shepherds in tea towels and tinsel-clad angels. Britain’s competitive parents are forking out on luxury pashmina shawls and velour dressing gowns to make their child the star of the annual nativity ...read more

  • I Love Baptisms. I Always Love It When People ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 26, 2009
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    I love Baptisms. I always love it when people respond to Jesus in this way. I remember as a TEENAGER seeing people from our YOUTH GROUP being BAPTISED in a BAPTISMAL POOL at the FRONT of our Church. It was so STRANGE to me. I watched as people WALKED DOWN THE STEPS of a SMALL POOL at ...read more

  • It Interests Me That God Tests Me By Allowing Me ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 27, 2009
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    "It interests me that God tests me by allowing me to go through difficult situations in order to prove the quality of my character, the genuineness of my worship and the motivations of my service. What is your Marah? I can sing praises easily when things are working out well for me. Throughout my ...read more

  • A Bug's Life: Small Steps Of Faith

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 15, 2010
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    A BUG'S LIFE: SMALL STEPS OF FAITH A Bug’s Life, Start time 6:30 Overview from Belknapp: Dot complains to Flik about her underdeveloped wings. She wants to fly now! Flik encourages her, showing her that a seed that starts out small eventually grows into a towering tree-it only takes time and ...read more

  • Jesus Was Not A Victim Of Fate

    Contributed by C Jordan on Apr 2, 2010
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    JESUS WAS NOT A VICTIM OF FATE "Before the scourging began, Jesus was stripped of His garments and bent low over a low post, with wrists and ankles shackled into that position. The instrument used for scourging was a piece of wood fourteen to eighteen inches long, circular in shape, to which were ...read more

  • It's Better Higher Up  PRO

    Contributed by Jesse Roncales on Apr 15, 2010
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    IT'S BETTER HIGHER UP There was an old woman who was always bright, cheerful, and optimistic, even though she was confined to her room because of illness. She lived in an attic in the fifth floor of an old building. A friend decided to visit her one day and brought with her a wealthy woman. Since ...read more

  • The Doubting Of Thomas  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 7, 2010
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    THE DOUBTING OF THOMAS In 1943, Dorothy Sayers created a series of dramatic readings from the life of Christ for broadcast on the BBC. They are published under the title, The Man Born to Be King. For each of the plays, Sayers offers notes on the characters and the way they should be read. She ...read more

  • Jack Was An Impressionable 15 Year-Old. He ...

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Oct 16, 2010
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    Jack was an impressionable 15 year-old. He attended the local Presbyterian Church with his family since he was a baby. He studied for confirmation and was confirmed taking his place in the congregation. He attended youth group meetings and sat in church every Sunday. His 16th birthday was fast ...read more

  • The Wandering Sheep

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
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    THE WANDERING SHEEP Dr. Andrew Bonar tells of how in the Highlands of Scotland, a sheep would often wander off into the rocks and get into places that they can't get out of. The grass on these mountains is very sweet and the sheep like it, and they will jump down ten or twelve feet, and then ...read more

  • The Jeweled Lady Of Pompeii

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
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    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

  • Be Found Doing Your Duty

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2011
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    BE FOUND DOING YOUR DUTY The time was the 19th of May, 1780. The place was Hartford, Connecticut. The day has gone down in New England history as a terrible foretaste of Judgment Day. For at noon the skies turned from blue to gray and by mid-afternoon had blackened over so densely that, in that ...read more