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  • Even If We ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
     | 2,880 views

    EVEN IF WE LOSE Are we thinking kind thoughts? What about when we lose the game? Have you learned that there are things happening right now that are preparing us to fulfill visions, dreams and purpose that our God has planned for our lives? Someone needs you to reach out of your box and help! Did ...read more

  • Standing In The Doorway  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,144 views

    STANDING IN THE DOORWAY John Todd was born in Rutledge, Vermont, into a family of several children. They later moved to the village of Killingsworth back in the early 1800s. And, there, at a very young age, both John’s parents died. The relatives wondered what they would do with so many ...read more

  • A Mom's View Of Herself: A Confirmed ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2009
     | 2,738 views

    A MOM’S VIEW OF HERSELF: A CONFIRMED SHOUTER (from Forever Erma By Erma Bombeck, March 5, 1969) Ever since President Nixon’s inaugural plea to "speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices," I’ve had misgivings about my big mouth. I’ve always admired parents who ...read more

  • Refusal To Believe  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on May 27, 2009
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     | 2,809 views

    REFUSAL TO BELIEVE I once served a very wealthy congregation. Over the years the different members had donated various items to the church, many of which were quite valuable. The stained glass windows were valued and tens of thousands of dollars each; The communion table was an intricately carved ...read more

  • Michael Jackson: Product Of Childhood

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jun 27, 2009
     | 2,505 views

    MICHAEL JACKSON: PRODUCT OF CHILDHOOD One of the saddest comments I heard Michael Jackson make was when he was being interviewed and he said that his father had never told him that he loved him. In a speech at Oxford University in March 2001 he spoke very perceptively when he said this: "All of ...read more

  • The Praying ...

    Contributed by Paul Green on Jul 14, 2009
     | 3,548 views

    The praying hands Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children. Eighteen! In order merely to keep food on the table, the father, who was a goldsmith by profession, had to work almost eighteen hours a day and he took on any other paying work ...read more

  • The Lady Or The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 19, 2009
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    The Lady or the Lion By Frank Stockton (edited and revised) In the very olden time there lived a semi-barbaric king, whose ideas were indeed semi-barbaric. The king had a daughter, beautiful and fair… the envy of every woman in the nation. She could have any man in the kingdom… but her heart was ...read more

  • Debt Out Of Control

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
     | 4,210 views

    DEBT OUT OF CONTROL Nearly - 80 percent of all divorced couples between the ages of 20 and 30 list financial difficulties as the primary cause of their separation and divorce. From Money-zine.com the following statistics paint the picture of America’s improper handling of their finances: The ...read more

  • A Pitcher Of Grace

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 28, 2010
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     | 6,149 views

    A PITCHER OF GRACE This past week I read this story about grace that I would like to share with you all this morning. This story is about a man named Henry Moorehouse One evening as Henry was walking along the street he saw a little girl coming out of a basement store carrying a pitcher of milk. ...read more

  • When We Truly Are The Church

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 6, 2011
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    WHEN WE TRULY ARE THE CHURCH Chuck Colson tells this story: "My mind goes back to a Christmas 20 years ago in Romania, when the country was still in the grip of communist tyranny. The story begins with Laszlo Tokes, pastor of a fast-growing reformed church in the city of Timisoara. His ...read more

  • Dream-Stealers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 19, 2011
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    DREAM-STEALERS Years ago, I heard Pastor Anthony Mangun tell a story at Because of the Times that I have never forgotten. . . . The story is told of a young man by the name of Monty, who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer, who would go from stable to stable, race track to race track, farm ...read more

  • Bullet-Proof Vest Of Righteousness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2011
    based on 9 ratings
     | 7,035 views

    BULLET-PROOF VEST OF RIGHTEOUSNESS Terry Schafer, a young wife, lived with her husband in the small city of Moline, Illinois. She had a special gift she wanted to give to her husband for Christmas but was afraid that they would not be able to afford it. She started shopping for it in September, ...read more

  • The Clarence Principle

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 7, 2011
     | 3,386 views

    THE CLARENCE PRINCIPLE That's what spiritual maturity is--It's not just being a Christian for a little while. It's being able to discern the difference between right and wrong, because you have practiced applying the principles of God's Word in your every-day life. It's being able to discern the ...read more

  • A Little Parable For Mothers  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2012
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,703 views

    A LITTLE PARABLE FOR MOTHERS The young mother set her foot on the path of life. "Is the way long?" she asked. And her guide said: "Yes, and the way is hard. And you will be old before you reach the end of it. But the end will be better than the beginning." But the young mother was happy, and she ...read more

  • The Parable Of Water  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Sep 21, 2012
    based on 7 ratings
     | 8,139 views

    The Parable of Water There are a lot of things I could compare when it comes to living in the world, sexual sin, the lust we have for objects that are shiny; but, I’ve decided that I’m not going to. I’ve decided to discuss two different liquids. One of them is water and the other is Coca Cola. ...read more

  • Ministry Meltdown

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 3, 2013
     | 4,387 views

    MINISTRY MELTDOWN My dear friends, when life seems overwhelming, don't get busy; get help! Otherwise, you'll just wear yourself out and those around you. That's what Bob Merritt, pastor of the Eagle Brook Church in Minnesota, was doing. In a recent issue of Leadership Journal he writes about ...read more

  • Dreams

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 27, 2014
     | 5,685 views

    “There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts being broken by love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream - whatever that dream might be.” - Pearl S. Buck Everybody has a dream. What’s your dream? What was your dream when you were young and full of ...read more

  • A New Perspective On Ugly Sweaters

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Nov 5, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,265 views

    I am not stylish. I will never be named “best dressed” minister. I do not enjoy clothes shopping. Yet, even though shopping is a task, there are occasions when I do need to pick up an item or two and even though I don’t have an eye for what’s fashionable I can sense when something is absolutely ...read more

  • Trapped , Sabotage

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 3, 2020
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,914 views

    WHEN MY OWN THINKING AND MY OWN WORDS SABOTAGE MY LIFE AND MY FAMILY. There was this woman that went to the Old Wise Man in the community to seek advice about her future. She approached the wise man to seek answers about her life... She asked him: SIR, WHAT WILL MY FUTURE HOLD? The wise man ...read more

  • The House With The Unused Room

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Feb 11, 2020
     | 1,769 views

    How many times have you seen a house that looked so promising, you couldn’t help but want to buy it? That very thing happened to me some time ago. I was interested in buying a home, and sure enough, there was one caught my eye! It wasn’t too far from where I was working, the price seemed ...read more