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  • In January, 1984, I Was Painting The Home Of An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    In January, 1984, I was painting the home of an 89 year-old lady in Spokane. She had a large family Bible prominently displayed on the coffee table and remarked that it was 116 years old and a priceless heirloom. I commented on how remarkable that was, and added, "It doesn’t matter how old the ...read more

  • John Wimber Tells In His Book Entitles Power ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 27, 2006
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    John Wimber tells in his book entitles Power Points about a new housing development that came and replaced the old houses in his poor neighborhoood. In a short time the old families from the neighborhood moved back into the new homes. It wasn’t long before he noticed the new buildings abused and ...read more

  • Hollywood Wants Religion The Huge Box-Office ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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    Hollywood Wants Religion The huge box-office successes of The Passion of the Christ and The Chronicles of Narnia have Hollywood mining religious congregations for possible new audiences. The 2006 Tribeca Film Festival sponsored a panel where film industry insiders talked about the apparent new ...read more

  • Little Johnny Was In The Kitchen Helping His ...

    Contributed by Arley Ellingson on Apr 2, 2008
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    Little Johnny was in the kitchen helping his mother make supper. She asked him to go into the pantry & get her a can of tomato soup, but he didn’t want to go alone. "It’s dark in there & I’m scared." She asked again, & he persisted. Finally she said, "It’s OK. Jesus will be in there w. you." ...read more

  • The Reader's Digest (Oct. 1995) Had A Story By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The Reader’s Digest (Oct. 1995) had a story by Ralph Kinney Bennett entitled "The Night the World Turned Upside Down." In it Ralph describes the first time he kissed a girl. He had taken Paige to the movie, then walked her home. "When we got to her house, we stood inside her doorway, holding hands ...read more

  • Flood Stories

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Jul 17, 2011
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    FLOOD STORIES One evidence that the Genesis flood was a real event is the prevalence of flood stories in other ancient cultures, remnants of the story passed on by Noah’s descendants, stories corrupted as his descendants forgot the one true God. The Mesopotamian flood story describes their gods ...read more

  • A Young Man Learns What's Most Important In Life ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 28, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
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    A young man learns what’s most important in life from the guy next door. It had been some time since Jack had seen the old man. College, girls, career, and life itself got in the way. In fact, Jack moved clear across the country in pursuit of his dreams. There, in the rush of his busy life, Jack ...read more

  • A Pastor Was Visiting A Family One Day. He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 27, 2001
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    A pastor was visiting a family one day. He knocked on the door but no one answered it. He knocked again and again, but still no answer. He thought he heard someone inside but they just wouldn’t answer the door. Finally he wrote a note and slipped it under the door. It was Rev.3:20: “Behold I ...read more

  • What God Says  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Dec 1, 2002
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    WHAT GOD SAYS In the Spring of 1924, Jack Sundine was a four-year-old kid, standing in a line with his father inside the White House, waiting to meet President Calvin Coolidge. As they neared him, Jack noticed that he said something to each visitor as they shook hands. Soon, the thrilling moment ...read more

  • A Student Once Purchased A New Mechanical Pencil. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ron Crow on Mar 7, 2003
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    A student once purchased a new mechanical pencil. After some time he found himself in the middle of an important test, and his pencil ran out of lead! There was a great deal of frustration and anguish as he wasted precious minutes going around to other students trying to borrow another pencil. ...read more

  • Charles Colson Writes In His Book, How Shall We ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 23, 2003
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    Charles Colson writes in his book, How Shall We Live, the solution to the modern day identity crisis of the American Christian. "How do we redeem a culture? How do we rise to the opportunity before us at the start of a new millennium? The answer is simple: from the inside out. From the individual ...read more

  • One Morning There Was A Terrible Snowstorm And ...

    Contributed by Mel Shepherd on Jul 2, 2007
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    One morning there was a terrible snowstorm and so here was this mother of three small children outside shoveling snow out of the driveway. A neighbor also shoveling snow at the same time yells out to her, “Why isn’t your husband outside helping you with this chore?” Well, she said, “Someone ...read more

  • Does God Always Give A Vision To People? No. ...

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Nov 28, 2006
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    Does God always give a vision to people? No. But sometimes He does. Sometimes God will give you a vision. Sometimes He will speak to you in a dream. Sometimes He will lead you to a verse in the Bible and show you how that verse applies to your situation. He does not do that every time, but ...read more

  • Remember, Friend, God Can

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    When you feel unlovable, unworthy, and unclean, when you think that no one can heal you, Remember, Friend, God Can. When you think that you are unforgivable for your guilt and your shame, Remember, Friend, God Can. When you think that all is hidden, and no one can see within, Remember, ...read more

  • Lake Speed Has Been One Of The Prominent Racers ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Lake Speed has been one of the prominent racers on the NASCAR circuit. He said “Most of my life I had all the things the world says will make you happy, the big house, the cars and boat and I had also been very successful. But there was still an emptiness inside. And when the Lord asked that ...read more

  • Character  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
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    Illustration- Character There is a story told among the Cherokee Indians… One evening an old Cherokee Indian told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between 2 wolves. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, ...read more

  • One Sunday Morning, Satan Happened To Be ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
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    One Sunday morning, Satan happened to be standing outside of a large Baptist Church. Inside, the people were singing, praying, and listening to a sermon. Someone passed by on the sidewalk and noticed Satan standing on the steps of the church. The passerby asked Satan if it bothered him to hear the ...read more

  • Imagine I Took $10,000 To Buy A New Car. I Paid ...

    Contributed by Kerry O'neill on Mar 9, 2010
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    Imagine I took $10,000 to buy a new car. I paid for it and then went to the car and vacuumed the inside and dumped the contents in a shoe box. Then I emptied the ashtray into the box and I found a couple of old French fries in the back seat and some other garbage in the trunk. I put it all in ...read more

  • The Healing Rainbow

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Feb 28, 2011
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    THE HEALING RAINBOW Years ago one of our sons – age 10-12 – spoke some remarkable words. I had been ill. He was outside and saw a rainbow which he perceived as being over our house. He came inside and said, "Are you better yet? I thought maybe you were being healed." At that young age he had ...read more

  • Greed In Panama

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 15, 2011
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    GREED IN PANAMA Many years ago, a major American company had trouble keeping employees working in their assembly plant in Panama. The laborers lived in a generally agrarian, barter economy, but the company paid them in cash. After a week’s work, the average employee would have more cash than he’d ...read more