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  • Jorge And The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
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    JORGE AND THE TRANSLATOR Jorge Rodriguez was the meanest, orneriest bandit on the Texas-Mexico border. The guy would slip across the line, raid the banks of south Texas, and steal ’em blind. Before they could catch him, he would race back into Mexico and hide out. No matter how hard the law tried, ...read more

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  • The Walter Wilson Story

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jun 3, 2009
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    THE WALTER WILSON STORY Walter Lewis Wilson was an American doctor born towards the end of the 19th century. He was a faithful Christian who often hosted visiting missionaries to his church. One visitor from France didn't mince words, asking him, "Who is the Holy Spirit to you?" Wilson's answer ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Love Your Enemies: Forgiveness In Rwanda

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    Love Your Enemies: Forgiveness in Rwanda Bishop John Rucyahana, a Tutsi Rwandan, found Christ while growing up as an exile from his native Rwanda. I like the way he describes His conversion: "I did not accept Jesus. Jesus graciously met me and accepted me." This is a man who understands how we ...read more

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  • Near-Death Experiences And Feelings

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2009
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    NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES AND FEELINGS Recently a television reporter followed up on the people who survived that air travel incident in which a huge section of the plane simply tore off, somewhere near Hawaii. You may remember that there was some kind of metal fatigue and a whole section of the ...read more

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  • The Ambush Of John Wesley Powell

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
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    THE AMBUSH OF JOHN WESLEY POWELL John Wesley Powell, lost his arm in the Civil War. This, however, did not stop him from becoming a hero. "Back in 1869 conventional wisdom said that passage through the Grand Canyon on the Colorado River was impossible. It couldn’t be done. The back country ...read more

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  • Police Officer Saves Choking ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2009
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    Police Officer Saves Choking Child Listen to the story of Les Brown, a San Diego police officer, who was driving down a new section of the interstate - Highway 5 - one day! He heard an emergency alert over his police car radio - a code blue - indicating that someone was dying! The address was ...read more

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  • Nfl Quarterback Foolishly Refuses To Wear ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 9, 2009
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    NFL Quarterback Foolishly Refuses to Wear Motorcycle Helmet 6. We are not free to do something foolish just because it is legal. Just because something is permitted under the law doesn’t make it good or right. a. For instance in July of 2005, ESPN reporter, Andrea Kremer, interviewed the Pittsburgh ...read more

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  • Pow's Freed In Philippines During World War Ii, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2009
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    POW’s Freed in Philippines During World War II, as told by Hampton Sides in his book “Ghost Soldiers.” In his book Ghost Soldiers, Hampton Sides tells of a dramatic mission during World War II. On January 28, 1945, hand-selected Army Rangers and Filipino resistance slipped 30 miles behind enemy ...read more

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  • How God Used A Phrase From A Gospel Tract To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 18, 2009
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    How God Used a Phrase from a Gospel Tract to Bring an Indian to Faith in Christ, the Bread of Life; Paul Harvey on the Meaning of God’s Providence So providence assumes that God is the supreme Creator of all things. And as Creator he prevents the universe from going into non-existence, he guides ...read more

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  • Mother Rescues Son From Alligator And Leaves ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2009
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    Mother Rescues Son From Alligator and Leaves Scars on His Arms Some years ago, on a hot summer day in South Florida, a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out the back door, leaving behind shoes, socks, and ...read more

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  • The Good Old ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2010
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    The Good Old Days A girl who went to college, but she just hated it. She told herself, “If I can ever get out of college, get married and have children, I know I’ll finally be able to enjoy life.” So she stuck with it. She went to classes every day and finally graduated from college. Then she got ...read more

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  • Chaffing Under ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2010
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    Chaffing Under Authority How many of you are ‘rule-keepers’? When you see a rule do you try to do everything possible to not break it? How many of you are ‘rule-breakers’? When you’re faced with a rule, do you find yourself wanting to inwardly disregard it or outwardly disobey it? I was accused of ...read more

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  • Surprise Reward At The End Of Bill Broadhurst's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2010
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    Surprise Reward at the End of Bill Broadhurst’s Marathon In July 1981, Bill Broadhurst entered the Omaha, Nebraska, Pepsi 10k. Broadhurst is slowed by a brain aneurysm he suffered 10 years earlier, which left him partially paralyzed on the left side. He made it his goal to finish the 10k despite ...read more

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  • God Is The Glue In A Marriage Even When ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    God is the Glue in a Marriage even When Alzheimer’s Strikes God is the bond which holds our marriages together. & If we’re going to STAY together, He must actually BE at the center of our relationships. We must be committed to Him first of all. Then we’ll remain committed to each other no matter ...read more

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  • The Bigger Miracle

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 30, 2010
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    THE BIGGER MIRACLE Pastor Steve Yeschek lost his sister, Judy, after a five-year battle with cancer. She was a woman who, as Steve described her, was a party animal—-a big drinker with a self-contented lifestyle. She was someone everybody loved, because she exuded excitement and a thrill for life. ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • The Old Tree

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 4, 2010
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    THE OLD TREE There is an old proverb about the leader of a city who would take daily walks to gain peace of mind and inspiration from nature. One day, the burdens of his position had his mind more disturbed than normal, and the old man found himself walking much further than usual. Eventually he ...read more

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  • The Absence Of A Loving Father  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
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    THE ABSENCE OF A LOVING FATHER Dr. Paul Vitz, Professor of Psychology at New York University, studied the lives of more than a dozen of the world's most influential atheists over the last four centuries. As a result, Vitz discovered they all had one thing in common: defective relationships with ...read more

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  • The Craigslist Murder

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 29, 2011
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    THE CRAIGSLIST MURDER When Charlene Sanders drove home from a routine day of work April 28, the last thing she expected was that she would be telling family of her husband's death later that night. At about 9 p.m. on April 28, Jim Sanders invited a young man and women into his home to view a ring ...read more

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  • My Supreme Weapon Is Dying.

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Mar 30, 2011
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    "MY SUPREME WEAPON IS DYING." Joseph Ton was pastor of Second Baptist Church, Oradea, Romania, until he was exiled by the Romanian government in 1981. In Pastoral Renewal, he writes of his experience: "Years ago I ran away from my country to study theology at Oxford. In 1972, when I was ready to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Walt Disney's Leadership  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 30, 2011
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    WALT DISNEY'S LEADERSHIP Walt Disney was a remarkable man of vision. He never gave up. Early in his career a newspaper fired him because they thought he had "no good ideas". That just made Disney try harder. When he was starting out in Kansas City he couldn't sell his cartoons. Some hinted that he ...read more

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