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  • There Was A Tool Company That Manufactured Drill ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 10, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,401 views

    There was a tool company that manufactured drill bits. Faced with financial losses, company executives gathered to discuss the problem of declining demand for drill bits. The CEO challenged his people: "How can we revive the bit market?" After an embarrassing long silence, one member of the team ...read more

  • Of The 7 Deadly Sins, Anger Is Possibly The Most ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,906 views

    Of the 7 deadly sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of bitter confrontations still to come, to savor to the last toothsome morsel both the pain you are given and the pain you are giving ...read more

  • Of The 7 Deadly Sins, Anger Is Possibly The Most ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,728 views

    Of the 7 deadly sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of bitter confrontations still to come, to savor to the last toothsome morsel both the pain you are given and the pain you are giving ...read more

  • The Fruit Of The Spirit Begins With Love...love ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,336 views

    "The fruit of the Spirit begins with love...love is the first thing, the first in that precious cluster of fruit. Someone has said that all other eight can be put in terms of love. Joy is love exulting; peace is love in repose; long-suffering is love on trial; gentleness is love in society; ...read more

  • Shhhhh

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,398 views

    Shhhhh There was a patient in the mental hospital, holding his ear close to the wall, listening intently. The nurse finally approaches him and says “What are you doing.” “Shhh" he says. And he keeps listening. And finally the patient beckons the nurse over and says, “Listen.” The nurse presses ...read more

  • Black Market Sacrifices (Plagiarism)

    Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Jul 19, 2010
     | 2,420 views

    After choosing the title of this sermon I began looking for an illustration that captured the sense of what I meant by a “black market sacrifice.” And to my great distress I found one – kind of. The search for an illustration became the illustration. Confused? Let me explain. When I prepare ...read more

  • Help Me To Realize That It Was Not The Healthy ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on May 7, 2001
    based on 107 ratings
     | 2,467 views

    Help me to realize that it was not the healthy who reached out to you. They bunched up in crowds, but it was those who suffered greatly who reached out to grasp you. It was the people in the streets, not in the sitting rooms of society that groped for your garment. It was needy people. People ...read more

  • It Was The First Day Of Basketball Practice At ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Jul 23, 2001
    based on 134 ratings
     | 2,545 views

    : It was the first day of basketball practice at Wingate High School in Brooklyn, N.Y. The Coach handed a ball to each player. “Boys,” he said, “I want you to practice shooting from the spots you might expect to be in during the game.” One of the boys (who was pretty much there as a substitute for ...read more

  • Prayer Doesn't Change God, It Changes Me  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 5,419 views

    PRAYER DOESN'T CHANGE GOD, IT CHANGES ME In a scene from Shadowlands, a film based on the life of C.S. Lewis, Lewis has returned to Oxford from London, where he has just been married to Joy Gresham, an American woman, in a private Episcopal ceremony performed at her hospital bedside. She is dying ...read more

  • During Cold War A Jewish Rabbi In Russia Became ...

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005
     | 2,035 views

    During Cold War a Jewish Rabbi in Russia became very discouraged & disillusioned. In his despair one evening he took a long walk in the night. He was so engrossed in his thoughts as he walked that he did not notice that he was walking in to an area secured by the Russian authority. As he walked ...read more

  • Quote: One Hanging On A Tree

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 11, 2007
     | 1,032 views

    Quote: One Hanging on a Tree John Newton, 1725–1807 said: In evil long I took delight, Unawed by shame or fear, Till a new object struck my sight, And stopp’d my wild career: I saw One hanging on a Tree In agonies and blood, Who fix’d His languid eyes on me. As near His Cross I stood. Sure never ...read more

  • If Your Right Eye Causes You To Sin, Gouge It Out ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 5, 2007
     | 1,481 views

    If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than ...read more

  • The Great Invitation

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 4,482 views

    THE GREAT INVITATION Isaiah 55:6 “Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, and call ye upon Him while He is near.” It was a cold, winter day. A carcass, on an ice floe, floated slowly down the Niagra River. An Eagle, flying overhead, spied the easy prey below, and descended upon it. He began to eat. ...read more

  • Jesus Is Like Oxygen

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
     | 2,994 views

    Jesus is Like Oxygen I want to tell you about Andy Harris. Andy was one of a several people leading an expedition up Mt. Everest. When he reached the peak, he stayed there just admiring the amazing beauty. But he stayed there too long and on his descent, he became in dire need of oxygen. Andy ...read more

  • In A Poem Attributed To Archbishop Oscar Romero, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
     | 2,129 views

    In a poem attributed to Archbishop Oscar Romero, entitled "Prophets of a Future Not Our Own," he states: "It helps, now and then, to step back and take the long view. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God's work. Nothing we do is complete, ...read more

  • Will He Find Any Faith?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,622 views

    WILL HE FIND ANY FAITH? Sherwood Eddy interviewed 25 young Communists in Moscow one day and asked each one how many hours he gave to the party each day. Not one of them gave less than three hours daily telling others about the virtues of communism. Some of them gave as much as nine hours each day ...read more

  • Very Hard Work

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,947 views

    VERY HARD WORK A favorite book for children is Frog And Toad Together by Arnold Lobel. Frog had a garden that Toad admired, and he wanted one too. So Frog told him: "It is very nice, but it was hard work." When he gave Toad some flower seeds, Toad quickly ran home and planted them. "Now seeds," ...read more

  • The Heart Of Worship

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,852 views

    THE HEART OF WORSHIP In late 1990's in Watford, England, Matt Redman's church had a high caliber praise band and worship team, yet the pastor knew that the congregation had lost its way in worship. So the Pastor asked "When you come through the doors on a Sunday, what are you bringing as your ...read more

  • Sputtering  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
    based on 12 ratings
     | 5,038 views

    SPUTTERING A man in North Carolina bought a new car with a voice-warning system. ... At first he was amused to hear the soft female voice gently remind him that his seat belt wasn’t fastened. ... Edwin affectionately called this voice the "little woman." He soon discovered his little woman was ...read more

  • The Passenger ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
     | 1,921 views

    THE PASSENGER PIGEON The Passenger Pigeon was a species of pigeon that was once the most common bird in North America. They lived in enormous flocks and during migration it was possible to see flocks of them a mile (1.6 km) wide and 300 miles (500 km) long, taking several days to pass and ...read more

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