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  • Recently I Laid A Small Circle Of Poison Around A ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 27, 2010
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    Recently I laid a small circle of poison around a hill of stinging ants. Thinking the tiny granules of poison were food, the ants began to pick them up and carry them throughout the colony. I returned later to see how well the poison was working. Hundreds of the stinging ants were carrying the ...read more

  • Why Muslims Convert

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    WHY MUSLIMS CONVERT Fuller seminar asked 750 former Muslims to fill out an extensive questionnaire about how they came to decide to become a Christian. The respondents were from 30 countries and 50 ethnic groups, representing every major region of Islam. They were asked to rank the relative ...read more

  • God, Can You Hear Me?

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Nov 7, 2010
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    GOD, CAN YOU HEAR ME? "My future seemed so uncertain and I was asking, 'God, can you hear me?'" I’ve got three children and ever since they were babies my wife Moira has heard every single murmur. Even now that they are 16, 12 and 7 she hears them when they call out from their beds and when she ...read more

  • Through The Darkness

    Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Feb 14, 2011
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    THROUGH THE DARKNESS (John 1:1-14) It’s a dark night and even though your car headlights are on and shining brightly, you notice how dark it is outside: it’s a dark night. You have been driving through the night, a long way from your home, but you will soon be home. Even after your long drive ...read more

  • Daniel Webster's Greatest Thought  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2011
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    DANIEL WEBSTER'S GREATEST THOUGHT At one time, Daniel Webster was considered the greatest of all living Americans. He was outstanding as a statesman, lawyer, orator, and leader of men. Twenty-five national leaders attended a select banquet in his honor. One man at the banquet asked Mr. Webster, ...read more

  • Sadducees' Trial Methods

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 18, 2011
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    SADDUCEES' TRIAL METHODS "Critics deny the accuracy of the description John gives. They cite the Mishnah requiring that trials be held in the daytime, that several days are required to try a capital crime, and that the accused not be directly questioned, among other details. However, exceptions ...read more

  • Feeling A Tug  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
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    FEELING A TUG A small boy was flying a kite one April afternoon when a low drifting cloud encircled the kite and hid it from view. A man passing by asked the little boy what he was doing with that string in his hand. "I’m flying my kite," the child responded. The man, looking up and seeing ...read more

  • Loyalty And The Promotional Bottleneck

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2011
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    LOYALTY AND THE PROMOTIONAL BOTTLENECK Peter Drucker gave this warning to those who would push back this principle, "Contrary to popular legend, subordinates do not, as a rule, rise to position and prominence over the prostrate bodies of incompetent bosses. If their boss is not promoted, they will ...read more

  • The Rusted Out Car  PRO

    Contributed by John Sears on Jan 18, 2012
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    THE RUSTED OUT CAR A few weeks ago, I was driving home on the interstate and saw a pickup truck pulling a trailer with the rusted out shell of an old car on it. All I know was that the car on that trailer was an antique. And it was covered in rust from bumper to bumper. I could tell from the ...read more

  • Years Ago I Read An Autobiography Of A Lady ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 2, 2012
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    Years ago I read an autobiography of a lady named Patty Roberts. She had been the wife of Richard Roberts and the daughter in law of Oral Roberts. She and Richard were often the musical portion of Oral Roberts television specials. Patty had a simple faith and struggled with the financial aspect ...read more

  • Massive Pileup Ahead

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2012
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    MASSIVE PILEUP AHEAD In the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix, Juan Manuel Fangio was approaching a dangerous bend for the second time. As he rounded the bend, Fangio noticed that something was wrong. The faces of the spectators were all turned away from him. "If they are not looking at me," Fangio thought, ...read more

  • Billy Graham: Can Money Buy Happiness?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2012
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    BILLY GRAHAM: CAN MONEY BUY HAPPINESS? Rev. Billy Graham: "The Bible warns that money cannot buy happiness. Money cannot buy true pleasure. Money cannot buy peace of heart. And money cannot buy entrance into the Kingdom of God. If God has given you more than your neighbors around about you, ...read more

  • Worship Warrior  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 17, 2012
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    WORSHIP WARRIOR I like the way songwriter and worship leader, Brian Doerksen, puts it. He says, "Becoming a worshipper means becoming a warrior... And by toning that down...we have sent men and women away from the church in droves. It's time to call them back," Doerksen says, "as worshiping ...read more

  • Is The Bible Relevant?

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 19, 2013
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    IS THE BIBLE RELEVANT? "As far as reliability is concerned, it's only fair to note that the Bible contains the best documented text of any volume in human history. Perhaps the most amazing support comes from the Dead Sea scrolls which were discovered in 1947 after lying in the Qumran caves for ...read more

  • Road Signs Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 30, 2013
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    ROAD SIGNS OF THE FAITH The problem Israel faced is a problem people have faced down through the ages. During World War II, during the Battle of the Bulge, there was a group of German soldiers who dressed themselves in the uniforms of the Allies. These German soldiers used American military ...read more

  • Little Things Can Change The Direction Of Big Things

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2014
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    Tim George gave the example of two warships that had the largest full-load displacement in the world: U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. The USS Nimitz and Dwight D. Eisenhower each weigh about 91,000 tons. They are over 1,000 feet long and can travel over 30 knots per hour, powered by engines that can ...read more

  • We Saw Your Smoke Signal!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Oct 15, 2019
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    I read a story about a shipwreck. When the sole survivor reached a small, uninhabited island, he prayed for God to rescue him, but help didn't come. Eventually he built a hut out of driftwood for protection from the elements. One day he returned from scavenging for food and found his hut in ...read more

  • Epitaphs

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 17, 2021
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    The Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, has an exhibit of unique epitaphs. Give a few. Near Uniontown, Pennsylvania there’s a gravestone that reads, “Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake. He stepped on the gas instead of the brake.” Boot Hill Cemetery in Tombstone, ...read more

  • Motherhood And Compassion

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 19, 2022
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    Motherhood and Compassion. A few days ago, I made a marvelous discovery. In the Hebrew language of the Old Testament the word for “compassion” comes from the root word, “womb.” The picture is of a birthing. It is also the picture of a faithful mother giving all she's got to bring a little ...read more

  • Repent!

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 8, 2022
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    Johnny the painter, was big on cutting corners so he could make more of a profit. So when a church hired him to paint their wooden building, Johnny submitted the lowest bid, and was hired. As always, he thinned his latex paint with water to stretch it. One day while he was up on the scaffolding ...read more