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  • Whenever You Hear Someone Say All Religions Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 972 views

    Whenever you hear someone say all religions are basically the same, you can safely assume the person you are talking to is ignorant. He or she doesn't know anything about religions. Anyone who has made a serious study of the world religions would never claim they are all the same. D. James ...read more

  • Good Cell Phone Reception Is Dependent Upon Not ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 23, 2004
    based on 78 ratings
     | 3,114 views

    Good cell phone reception is dependent upon not getting too far away from the cell phone tower. We’ve all been driving around and suddenly lost a call due to the signal being lost. In a little while, we can see the phone has reaquirred a signal and we can place the call again. Christians maintain ...read more

  • An Adult Granddaughter Was Visiting Her ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
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    An adult granddaughter was visiting her grandmother when she asked her to get a box of letters from her dresser. As granddaughter was getting the letters, she saw a beautiful hand made quilt in the drawer. The granddaughter asked about the quilt. Her grand mother said that she could take it out ...read more

  • We Were Diverted And Assigned To The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2004
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    We were diverted and assigned to the Lebanon/Afghanistan Navy/Marine Corps Expeditionary Force. After steaming 7 or 8 weeks with no mail and only roast beef and “C” rations to eat our stuff caught up with us. I received a small box from my wife. In that box I found a small box of blow gum with a ...read more

  • If Money Talks, Said A Comedian...then All It ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2004
    based on 35 ratings
     | 1,873 views

    If money talks, said a comedian...then all it says to ...read more

  • Some Of You Have Seen My Darling Daughter, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2004
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    Some of you have seen my darling daughter, Elaina. Others of you who are brave enough to venture into the nursery have seen Elaina the Terrible. Her cute features contort, her laughing disposition is clouded and her soft voice becomes a raging roar as she lets out cries at seeminly unnatural ...read more

  • I Want To Rule The World

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,677 views

    I WANT TO RULE THE WORLD Madonna has a little confession to make: She wants to rule the world. The singer reveals this perhaps unsurprising tidbit in “Nobody Knows Me,” a 52-page collection of photos and quotes from the ambitious blonde. “Every time I reach a new peak, I see a new one I want to ...read more

  • Look At The Human Body. It Is Being Created As ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2004
    based on 36 ratings
     | 1,785 views

    Look at the human body. It is being created as we speak. Can you hear death and resurrection occurring? Each second 8 million blood cells die in our body. The good news is that in the same second 8 million blood cells are born. Our red blood cells ...read more

  • Sir Christopher Wren, The Most ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2004
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    Illustration: Sir Christopher Wren, the most famous architect of his time, built St. Paul’s Cathedral. He began in 1676 and it took him 35 years to build it. He was 44 when he began and was 79 when he completed it in 1711. Sir Christopher Wren built St. Paul’s’ Cathedral, but actually he didn’t lay ...read more

  • Chuck Had Been Perhaps The Most Hard-Working ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 17, 2004
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    Chuck had been perhaps the most hard-working salesman in his company’s history – at least in recent memory. He usually spent sixty-five to seventy-five hours a week at the office when he wasn’t traveling. And when he was on the road, his weekly work hours could run as high as ninety. Of course, ...read more

  • Do You Have At Least One Person Nearby Whom You ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 17, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
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    Do you have at least one person nearby whom you can call on in times of personal distress? • Do you have several people whom you can visit with little advance warning without apology? • Do you have several people with whom you can share recreational activities? • Do you have people who will lend ...read more

  • Without Me, You Can Do Nothing  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,854 views

    WITHOUT ME, YOU CAN DO NOTHING A do-it-yourselfer who went into a hardware store early one morning and asked for a saw. The salesman took a chain saw from the shelf and commented that it was their “newest model, with the latest in technology, guaranteed to cut ten cords of firewood a day.” The ...read more

  • Just Hang On Tight  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
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    JUST HANG ON TIGHT A. J. Gordon, one of the founders of Gordon Conwell Divinity School, told of being out walking and looking across a field at a house. There beside the house was what looked like a man pumping furiously at on of those hand pumps. As Gordon watched, the man continued to pump at a ...read more

  • Pruning With A Purpose  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2004
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    PRUNING WITH A PURPOSE I have a lilac tree in my back yard – beautiful white flowers. Well I decided it needed a little bit of pruning, so I got out some cutters and – well, the truth is I hacked it up. I didn’t really know what I was doing, but it had overgrown my clothes-line and needed to be ...read more

  • Some Fascinating Psychological Detective Work Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 24, 2004
    based on 27 ratings
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    Some fascinating psychological detective work was once done in a second-grade classroom. The teacher had complained that the children were getting harder and harder to control. They were standing up and roaming around the room rather than doing their work. Two psychologists spent several days at ...read more

  • After Connecting Deeply And Intimately With A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 24, 2004
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    After connecting deeply and intimately with a friend who he’d only had a shallow relationship for years, the German poet Goethe wrote these words: The world is so empty if one only thinks of mountains, rivers, and cities; but to know someone who thinks and feels with me, and ...read more

  • This Is The Beginning Of Lent. Most People Are ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 24, 2004
    based on 13 ratings
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    This is the beginning of Lent. Most people are looking for things to give up for Lent. It you haven’t made up your mind maybe these will help. GIVE UP grumbling! Instead, "In everything give thanks." Constructive criticism is OK, but "moaning, groaning, and complaining" are not ...read more

  • Just In Case You Might Think That I'm Making This ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 24, 2004
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    Just in case you might think that I’m making this up, I want you to know that this really did happen to me and that it is a TRUE STORY..... I was recently browsing through the latest issue of Children’s Ministry magazine (back to front, an odd habit that I picked-up from my husband) and came ...read more

  • A Young Pilot Had Just Passed The Point Of No ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 2, 2004
    based on 22 ratings
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    A young pilot had just passed the point of no return when the weather changed for the worse. Visibility dropped to a matter of feet as fog descended to the earth. Putting total trust in the cockpit instruments was a new experience to him, for the ink was still wet on the certificate verifying that ...read more

  • At First I Saw God As My Observer, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 2, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
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    Illustration: At first I saw God as my observer, my judge, keeping track of the things I did wrong, so as to know whether I merited heaven or hell when I die. He was out there sort of like the president. I recognized His picture when I saw it, but I didn’t really know Him. But later on when I ...read more