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  • William Booth: I'll Fight

    Contributed by Colin Bain on Nov 9, 2010
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    WILLIAM BOOTH: I'LL FIGHT While women weep, as they do now, I'll fight While little children go hungry, as they do now, I'll fight While men go to prison, in and out, in and out, as they do now, I'll fight. While there is a drunkard left While there is a poor lost girl upon the streets While there ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • I Am One Of Those Fingers

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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    I AM ONE OF THOSE FINGERS There once was a Sunday School teacher and a little girl. They had just finished a lesson on our security in Christ. The teacher asked the little girl; "What if you slipped away?" The little girl replied "I can't slip away for he has me in my hand." The teacher teasing ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • I Knew My Father Was Pleased

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jan 6, 2011
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    I KNEW MY FATHER WAS PLEASED It reminds me of a story that Jonathan Goforth (1859-1936) the great Canadian missionary in China, used to tell. Jonathan’s father put him in charge of one of the family farms at the age of 15. He drew special attention to one very large field, which had become choked ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • A Good Name I Never Met

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 14, 2011
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    A GOOD NAME I NEVER MET In his book, I Almost Missed The Sunset, Bill Gaither writes: Gloria and I had been married a couple of years. We were teaching school in Alexandria, Indiana, where I had grown up, and we wanted a piece of land where we could build a house. I noticed the parcel south of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • God: "I Have Time For You"

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 28, 2011
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    GOD: "I HAVE TIME FOR YOU" There’s a great story about a California lady named Francis Green. She was 83 years old. She lived on Social Security. She had little money, but for eight years she’d been sending one dollar a year to the Republican National Convention. Then one day Frances got an RNC ...read more

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  • I Don't Want To Be A Fireman

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 20, 2011
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    I DON'T WANT TO BE A FIREMAN I recall a conversation I once had with a precocious little boy we once had in the church I pastored for 10 years in Wiesbaden. I asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. "Well," he replied, "I don't want to be a fireman." I'd never had a kid tell me what ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • I'm Not Brave, He's Not Tame

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2011
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    I'M NOT BRAVE, HE'S NOT TAME Writing in Moody Monthly, Carl Armerding recounted his experience of watching a wildcat in a zoo. "As I stood there," he said, "an attendant entered the cage through a door on the opposite side. He had nothing in his hands but a broom. Carefully closing the door, he ...read more

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  • I Can't Tell A Lie

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jun 5, 2011
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    I CAN'T TELL A LIE A grandmother was looking after her two little grandchildren, a 7-year-old girl, and a 5-year-old boy, and both these children had been very, very naughty. As the time drew near for their mother to pick them up, the little girl asked, "Are you going to tell Mummy how we ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • I Knew He Would Come.

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2011
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    "I KNEW HE WOULD COME." Bruce Howell tells the story of a father and his son and daughter who were 8 and 10. They went swimming in the Atlantic Ocean off New Jersey a few years back. They were all great swimmers. They were a long way from shore and they became separated when the dad realized that ...read more

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  • What I Don't Want To Be

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 1, 2011
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    WHAT I DON'T WANT TO BE I recall a conversation I once had with a precocious little boy we once had in the church I pastored for 10 years in Wiesbaden. I asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. "Well," he replied, "I don't want to be a fireman." I'd never had a kid tell me what he was ...read more

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  • I Could Have Done More  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 18, 2011
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    I COULD HAVE DONE MORE The film Schindler's List chronicled the heroic efforts of a German industrialist named Oskar Schindler. Through his unselfish activities, over a thousand Jews on the trains to Auschwitz were saved. After Schindler found out what was happening at Auschwitz, he began a ...read more

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  • I'm Sorry…and Congratulations

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 19, 2011
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    I'M SORRY...AND CONGRATULATIONS After breaking up with his fiancée, a young man realized the error of his ways when he wrote: "Dearest Marie, No words could ever express the great unhappiness I’ve felt since breaking our engagement. Please say you'll take me back. No one could ever take your place ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • I Thought He Was Talking To You

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Oct 10, 2011
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    I THOUGHT HE WAS TALKING TO YOU At the height of a political corruption trial, the prosecuting attorney attacked a witness. "Isn't it true," he bellowed, "that you accepted five thousand dollars to compromise this case?" The witness stared out the window, as though he hadn't heard the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • I Don't Want To Be A Saint...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Dec 1, 2011
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    "I DON'T WANT TO BE A SAINT..." So the Bible clearly teaches that everyone who has been sanctified and set apart by God is a saint. I read a story earlier this week about a Wisconsin mom who was trying to teach her kids how God sees them. She told them that when they receive Jesus as Savior that ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Am I Still Your Child?

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Dec 6, 2011
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    AM I STILL YOUR CHILD? What if Lynne and I adopted a child and brought him/her into our home. That child might be so thankful that every day they might ask, "Can I mow the lawn today, can I do the dishes for you, do you need a foot massage?" That would be great, but it would break my heart to ...read more

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  • I Owe My Life Twice

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Dec 17, 2011
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    I OWE MY LIFE TWICE A wealthy English family once invited friends to spend some time at their beautiful estate. The happy occasion was almost plunged into a terrible tragedy on the first day. Because the children went swimming, and one of them got into deep water and started drowning. ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • What I Wouldn't Give...

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Mar 28, 2012
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    WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE... When Oliver Wendell Holmes was still on the U.S. Supreme Court, he and Justice Louis Brandeis took walks every afternoon. On one of these occasions Holmes, then ninety-two, paused to gaze in frank admiration at a beautiful young girl who passed them. He even turned to look ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Tell Them I Am Coming

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 7, 2012
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    TELL THEM I AM COMING I really liked the movies that were made about a decade ago regarding the life of Wyatt Earp. One was made starring Kevin Costner and the other with Kurt Russell. I remember a scene in the one with Kurt Russell where after one of his brothers ...read more

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  • Kyle Idleman: I Cheapened The Gospel  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 15, 2012
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    KYLE IDLEMAN: I CHEAPENED THE GOSPEL "Many of the fans turn to go home. I was struck by the fact that Jesus doesn't chase after them. He doesn't soften his message to make it more appealing. He doesn't send the disciples chasing after them with a creative handout inviting them to come back for a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • I Don't Want To Be One!

    Contributed by Christopher Gregas on Sep 8, 2012
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    I DON'T WANT TO BE ONE! There was a pastor that was giving a "children’s sermon" to all the young children. And as they sate before him, a bright-eyed three-year-old girl listened intently as he explained that God wanted them all to get along and love each other. "God wants us all to be one," he ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational