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  • Stay Busy Until The Master's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
     | 3,946 views

    STAY BUSY UNTIL THE MASTER’S RETURN "The disciple is not called to eliminate his ignorance of the timing of the end, he is called to cope with it and respond to it appropriately." "How can a doorkeeper fulfill his duties if he spends his time calculating how long the delay will be?" In the ...read more

  • Check-Out Line Deception  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,436 views

    Check-Out Line Deception And in verse 7, Jeremiah is mad at God! He says "O LORD, you deceived me, and I was deceived; you overpowered me and prevailed. You tricked me!" (From a sermon by Marc Axelrod, When You Are Mad at God, 10/20/2009) This reminds me of the guy who was shopping at WalMart. ...read more

  • The Spite ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 23, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,181 views

    The Spite House Once there was a millionaire who owned a lot in an exclusive residential area of a large city. This lot presented an unusual problem. It was only 2 yards wide but nearly 100 feet long. There was nothing that he could do but sell it to one of the neighbors on either side. He went to ...read more

  • Dare To Be Different

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 7, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,882 views

    DARE TO BE DIFFERENT A number of years ago I was traveling in the western part of North Carolina, near the town of Bryson City. I had not had my license very long and had been given specific instructions by my family members concerning the road that I would find once I left the main highway. I was ...read more

  • Philip Yancey's Wife Shares The Suffering Of An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2010
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    Philip Yancey’s Wife Shares the Suffering of an Elderly Man Philip Yancey- My wife worked with some of the poorest people in the city of Chicago, directing a program of a church that intentionally seeks out lonely and abandoned senior citizens no one else cares for. Many times I have seen her pour ...read more

  • A Christ-Like Schedule

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 14, 2010
     | 3,297 views

    A CHRIST-LIKE SCHEDULE If Jesus Christ were here today, do you think He would serve on three church committees; drive in the car pool on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; attend two services on Sunday; manage a boys' organization; serve on the lunch committee at the local synagogue or church; and ...read more

  • Prayer And President Lincoln  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2011
    based on 34 ratings
     | 12,687 views

    PRAYER AND PRESIDENT LINCOLN A clergyman from New York, during a call on President Lincoln at the White House, said: "I have not come to ask any favors of you, Mr. President; I have only come to say that the loyal people of the North are sustaining you and will continue to do so. We are giving you ...read more

  • Alexander Maclaren On The Right Stimulus For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2011
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    ALEXANDER MACLAREN ON THE RIGHT STIMULUS FOR ACTION It is perfectly legitimate, although it is by no means the highest motive, to appeal to feeling as a stimulus to action. We have a right to base our urging of Christian men and women to missionary work either at home or abroad, upon the ground of ...read more

  • Junk-Food Addictions  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2011
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    JUNK-FOOD ADDICTIONS If we’re going to get our appetite back for the pure, spiritual milk of God’s Word, then we need to get rid of the junk food of broken relationships. We need to put away those wrong attitudes of the heart that keep us from loving each other. The five things listed here are ...read more

  • The Believer's Gps

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 22, 2011
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    THE BELIEVER'S GPS Last week we introduced a device known as a GPS or Global Positioning Systems. This device allows the user to know where they are and where they want to go. It works through a process known as triangulation. There are 24 Dept. of Defense satellites constantly circling our earth ...read more

  • The Punishment Of The Golf Addict  PRO

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Jan 10, 2012
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    THE PUNISHMENT OF THE GOLF ADDICT Once there was a man who was such a golf addict that he was neglecting his job. Frequently he would call in sick as an excuse to play. One morning, after making his usual call to the office, an angel up above spotted him on the way to the golf course and decided ...read more

  • Greed: Armored Truck Accident

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Jan 10, 2012
     | 4,793 views

    GREED: ARMORED TRUCK ACCIDENT Oakland, Calif. (AP) - People jumped out of cars in rush hour traffic, grabbing bags of money that fell out of a Brink's armored truck, and apparently got away with it. "I saw one guy strike an old lady who was reaching for one bag," said Willie Greenwood, who was ...read more

  • Who Will Speak Out?

    Contributed by David Parks on Feb 21, 2012
     | 1,798 views

    WHO WILL SPEAK OUT? Martin Niemoller was a decorated U-boat captain in the First World War but subsequently became a minister of religion and a relatively high profile opponent of the Nazis as they increasingly gained firm hold of the reins to power in Germany. Niemoeller was active as a leader ...read more

  • Humorous Definitions  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,952 views

    HUMOROUS DEFINITIONS Definitions matter. Do you know what these words mean? ABDICATE: To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. ADULT: A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle. ANTIQUE: An item your grandparents bought, your parents got rid of, and ...read more

  • United We Stand

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2014
     | 6,384 views

    Let me read one of Aesop’s Greek fables; In the forest, there lived four oxen. They were very good friends and always went together to graze in the fields. However, every time they went, a hungry lion tried to attack them. The lion longed for their meat. But they withstood his attack by fighting ...read more

  • The Fire  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 8,123 views

    THE FIRE H. A. Ironside told the story of pioneers who were making their way across one of the central states to a distant place that had been opened up for homesteading. They traveled in covered wagons drawn by oxen, and progress was necessarily slow. One day they were horrified to note a long ...read more

  • The Fire

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
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     | 6,162 views

    Illustration: The Fire H. A. Ironside told the story of pioneers who were making their way across one of the central states to a distant place that had been opened up for homesteading. They traveled in covered wagons drawn by oxen, and progress was necessarily slow. One day they were horrified to ...read more

  • Where The Fire Has Been

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008
     | 4,127 views

    WHERE THE FIRE HAS BEEN H. A. Ironside told the story of pioneers who were making their way across one of the central states to a distant place that had been opened up for homesteading. They traveled in covered wagons drawn by oxen, and progress was necessarily slow. One day they were horrified to ...read more

  • What Have You Done For Me?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 2,664 views

    WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME? Nicholaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf was born into one of Europe's leading families in the year 1700, and he grew up in an atmosphere of prayer, Bible-reading, and hymn-singing. He excelled in school, and seemed to possess all the qualities for national leadership. After ...read more

  • God Is A Jealous God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,624 views

    GOD IS A JEALOUS GOD A few years ago, I was working in Qatar installing a newsroom set for Al-Jazeera TV. I’d been there for nearly a month and was ready to go home. I can’t describe for you how badly I missed my family. We were nearly finished with the set, and the last thing to be done was to ...read more