Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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On September 3, 1939, Dr. Donald Grey Barnhouse was traveling by train through Europe on the way to preach in Belfast, Ireland. Hitler was unleashing his fury. There were wars and rumors of more wars. Britain’s prime minister was ready to declare war. Everything was tense. What was next? Troops
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Servanthood is an “acquired” taste for many. How many of you enjoy coffee? Of those that do, how many of you enjoyed coffee as a small child? The taste for coffee came with a maturing of your palate. For many Christians, a heart of servanthood
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Apr 26, 2007
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Satan has three lines of attack. First, he tries to keep men from becoming Christians. Then, if stopped here, he tries to keep them from being active and useful as Christians. And finally, as a last resort, he
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Baptist
Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 23, 2004
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I recently read an article by Jill Carattini where she told this story: “A nurse named Melanie was on her way to work when something in the trash bin caught her eye. She was immediately taken with the possibilities in the discarded treasure. It was a cello, slightly cracked in several places, but
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Methodist
Contributed by Gregg Svalstad on Nov 3, 2004
Last season’s new TV reality show “The Apprentice” centering around Donald Trump was a big hit. The 58 year old Trump commands an empire of over 100 companies, billions of dollars, and some of the most illustrious buildings in the world. The newest addition to the Trump kingdom is a massive
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 3, 2002
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Several years ago at a passion play an incident took place during Jesus carrying the cross. A man in the audience was heckling the character playing Jesus, throwing out jeers, taunts and dares. Finally the character could no longer tolerate the heckler, he dropped the cross and went over and
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Contributed by Perry Greene on Jul 17, 2012
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ONE THING
In the movie "City Slickers," Billy Crystal plays a confused, dissatisfied thirty-something character with a vague sense that life is passing him by. Jack Palance- ancient, leathery, wise to the ways of the world ("a saddlebag with eyes") -- asks Crystal if he would like to know the
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Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Nov 4, 2004
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Love is the key. Joy is love singing. Peace is love resting. Long-suffering is love enduring. Kindness is love’s touch. Goodness is love’s character. Faithfulness is love’s habit. Gentleness is love’s
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HEROIC VIRTUE
St. Maximilian Kolbe, languishing in a Nazi prison camp, offered his life for a man who was condemned to death. Even the religious world would counsel against this act as rash. After all, a priest is more valuable to the kingdom of God than any layperson, right? But God’s
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Catholic
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 9, 2008
The difficulty some have in entering the doorway to the kingdom of God is like the experience of the boy who got his hand caught inside an expensive vase. His upset parents applied soapsuds and cooking oil without success.
When they seemed ready to break the vase as the only way to
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Dale Krueger on Feb 7, 2009
Simon finds him and in effect says, “Master, let’s get this show on the road, for everybody wants a piece of the action.” But Jesus knew that they were after him for the wrong reasons, for the glory of the miraculous, not for the message of the Kingdom of God. He responds, as Phillips
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Lutheran
Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jun 25, 2005
Another man wrote a book on how to catch fish. The book was an instant best seller. In a matter of weeks, the man was scheduled to talk about fishing on all the talk shows, and he was kept constantly busy with personal appearances and book signings. Over the next few years, he had taught just
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In William Shakespeare’s play, The Merchant of Venice (Act 1, Scene 3), one of the characters (Antonio) says:
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
An evil soul producing holy witness
Is like a villain with a smiling
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Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by Shane Hargrave on Dec 20, 2007
A Sunday school teacher asked her class of kindergarteners to draw a picture of the manger scene at Bethlehem. In the corner of one student’s sketch was a very plump, jolly-looking fellow.
“Tell me about this person,” requested the teacher,
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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