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  • Jesus Christ Is About To Leave His Disciples. He ...

    Contributed by Chris Edmondson on Feb 4, 2007
     | 1,543 views

    Jesus Christ is about to leave his disciples. He is about to go. He tells them in 14:1, “Let not your heart be troubled; I am going to leave you to prepare a place for you. I will come again to receive you unto myself.” I have to go right now, though. The disciples had been walking with Jesus for ...read more

  • The Life You've Always Wanted, John Orteberg ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chip Monck on Feb 15, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,941 views

    The Life You've Always Wanted, John Orteberg writes; Sometime ago I was giving a bath to our 3 children. I had a custom of bathing together, more to save time than anything else. I knew that eventually I would have to stop group bathing, but for the time being it seemed efficient. Johnny was ...read more

  • I Was A Groomsmen At A Wedding Once. It Was A ...

    Contributed by Jordan Wirkkala on Dec 12, 2007
     | 3,468 views

    -I was a groomsmen at a wedding once. It was a formal wedding, the place was packed and everyone was looking there finest. The wedding coordinator put a piece of tape on the floor for me to stand and said, “this is your spot, do not move”. The wedding was going beautifully until something awful ...read more

  • You Can Tell What We're Going Through When You ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Sullivan on Feb 19, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,503 views

    You can tell what we’re going through when you come over to our house and check out the bookshelf. We’ve got James Dobson’s entire library: “Dare to Discipline”, “The Strong Willed Child”; “Parenting isn’t for Cowards.” I can’t tell you that I’ve actually read them all! We’ve got others, “How to ...read more

  • Imagine This, Your Child Comes To You And Says ...

    Contributed by Robert Mitchell on May 8, 2008
     | 1,784 views

    Imagine this, your child comes to you and says mom I don’t like my bike anymore and I want a new one. You as a responsible parent ask the child what is wrong with the bike, and the child responds I just don’t like it. You tell him/her that it would be best if they were to keep using the one they ...read more

  • Unsinkable  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 23 ratings
     | 6,861 views

    UNSINKABLE Robert Morgan tells a story that took place on the Sunday after the Titanic sank. It happened in Belfast, where the great ship was built. Naturally, the townspeople were devastated. Men met on the city's streets, grasped each other's hands, burst into tears and parted without speaking a ...read more

  • There's A Great One Inside You  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,877 views

    There's a Great One Inside You During a practice session for the Green Bay Packers, things were not going well for Vince Lombardi’s team. Lombardi singled out one big guard for his failure to "put out." It was a hot, muggy day when the coach called his guard aside and leveled his awesome vocal ...read more

  • Messiah Fed The Hungry  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    "MESSIAH" FED THE HUNGRY When Handel wrote "Messiah" he had gone from riches to rags. For 30 years he had entertained Lords and Ladies with his operas. But those days seemed long past. Creditors were at his door. He was depressed. He could not sleep and he was plagued by rheumatism. He feared he ...read more

  • Transparency And Real ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    TRANSPARENCY AND REAL LIFE I can right off the top of my head think of at least three falsehoods that many people still call the truth today: 1. "Every day in every way our world is getting better, better, better." I sure would like to meet the person who first wrote those words, wouldn’t you? ...read more

  • Once There Were Two Brothers Who Shared Adjoining ...

    Contributed by Clint Meade on May 5, 2007
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    Once there were two brothers who shared adjoining farms. For over 40 years they worked side by side, sharing equipment and helping each other out whenever needed. ...read more

  • King George And Queen Elizabeth And Then Princess ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Nov 24, 2007
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    King George and Queen Elizabeth and then Princess Elizabeth set the example of being great leaders of and role models for their people by being servants. The Rev. Dr. John C. Maxwell is an honored pastor in the Wesleyan Church Dr. Maxwell and founder of two companies world renowned EQUIP and ...read more

  • Only Part Of The Message  PRO

    Contributed by Dennis Marquardt on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,057 views

    ONLY PART OF THE MESSAGE It was June 18, 1815, the Battle of Waterloo. The French under the command of Napoleon were fighting the Allies (British, Dutch, and Germans) under the command of Wellington. The people of England depended on a system of semaphore signals to find out how the battle was ...read more

  • Comedian And Actor Chris Farley, Of Saturday ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 20, 2009
     | 1,747 views

    Comedian and actor Chris Farley, of Saturday Night Live fame, was found dead in his downtown Chicago apartment on December 18, 1997. The Cook County medical examiner’s office later reported that he died of an opiate and cocaine overdose (James Barron, “Chris Farley, 33, a Versatile Comedian-Actor,” ...read more

  • Take Time To By Holy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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    TAKE TIME TO BY HOLY Let me begin with what little I could glean concerning this hymn and its author: For many years, the only information known about this gospel song was what Ira D. Sankey wrote in his autobiography. Sankey (1840-1908) was the well-known gospel singer and hymn writer who ...read more

  • Pastor Li De Xian (Shee-An) Was Arrested 13 Times ...

    Contributed by Rick George on Oct 29, 2009
     | 2,827 views

    Pastor Li De Xian (Shee-an) was arrested 13 times in six months for "illegal preaching" to his congregation of 100. During his first arrest he was drug outside, brutally beaten, repeatedly kicked in the stomach and groin before his congregation. Upon arrival at the police station, he was beaten ...read more

  • No Peace In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2009
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    No Peace in World The weekend of December 7, 1941, started out to be another routine weekend. The aircraft carriers were at dockside and the crews were enjoying the day with rest and relaxation. The sky was clear, the sun was shining and the weather was beautiful. This was a perfect picture of ...read more

  • The First And Last "All"

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,517 views

    THE FIRST AND LAST "ALL" After a mission service, the preacher of the evening was hurrying away to a late train. He had just three minutes to catch it when he saw a man running after him. "Oh, sir," he said breathlessly as he came up, "Can you help me? I am very anxious about my salvation." ...read more

  • The Unexpected King

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2011
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    THE UNEXPECTED KING Just a year ago (on September 16, 2009), an article in The Washington Post began with these words: "The king folds her own laundry, chauffeurs herself around Washington in a 1992 Honda, and answers her own phone. Her boss's phone, too." The article was about Peggielene Bartels, ...read more

  • The Tenacity Of Edison And Lincoln

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 23, 2011
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    THE TENACITY OF EDISON AND LINCOLN Look at the life of Thomas Edison. At 21, he patented his first major invention: the Electrical Vote Recorder (a device 100 years ahead of its time!). At 26, he invented the automatic telegraph and paraffin paper. At 30, the phonograph (earliest record player). ...read more

  • Where Can I Get A Heart Like Yours?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,920 views

    WHERE CAN I GET A HEART LIKE YOURS? Bill White of Paramount, California talks about being in Compton, California, working with volunteers from several different churches on a Saturday doing projects to serve the city. At lunch time, he was headed down a narrow side street when he saw dozens of ...read more