Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
“WHEN THE 6’4" 250 POUND GIANT OF A MAN LYNDON JOHNSON WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, HE WAS ON THE TARMAC OF AN AIR FORCE BASE, VISITING THE TROOPS IN VIETNAM IN 1965 AND HE WAS BEING ESCORTED TO HIS HELICOPTER BY A LOWLY CORPORAL. THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS, THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF HELICOPTERS
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 14, 2008
This is a picture of Johnny. Johnny’s mother saw him playing church with the family cat. The cat was sitting there quietly while Johnny preached his sermon to the cat.
Johnny’s mother smiled and went back to her work. A little while later, she heard a huge commotion where Johnny was supposed to
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YOUR BELIEFS DETERMINE YOUR ATTITUDES
Gary Smalley tells us "I can hardly overstate how life-changing it was to find that my beliefs, not my circumstances, determined my attitudes and actions. When I took my beliefs seriously and began to examine and change them, it did wonders for me by giving me
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Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 12, 2008
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The Elephant and the Ambulance
A woman’s red station wagon was crushed by an elephant at a circus.
The owners of the animal apologized, explaining that the animal, for some reason, simply liked to sit on red cars.
In spite of the damage, the woman’s car was still drivable.
But on the way to the
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Contributed by Bruce Ball on May 19, 2008
Col. Oliver North, "Col. Ollie" to many who have served under him, tells of a situation when we first went into Iraq. There were enemies shooting at each other from across a large field. That was a no-man’s land. And in the middle of that field was a very injured Iraqi man.
A corpsman crawled
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 9, 2008
Lisa Beamer reflects on the loss of her dad in her book, "Let’s Roll." Slowly she began to understand that the plans God has for us don’t just include ‘good things’, but the whole array of human events. The ‘prospering’ he talks about in the book of Jeremiah is often the outcome of a ‘bad’ event.
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Contributed by C Jordan on Jul 26, 2008
A drunk stumbles into a baptismal service on Sunday afternoon down by the river. He proceeds to walk into the water and stand next to the preacher. The minister notices the old drunk and says, "Mister, are you ready to find Jesus?" The drunk looks back and says, "Yes, preacher, I sure am." The
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Contributed by Brian Harvison on Aug 1, 2008
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One evening six-year-old Bobby asked his father for a puppy.
"Sorry, Bobby," his father said, "not now.
But if you will pray real hard for two months, perhaps God will send you a baby brother."
Little Bobby prayed real hard for a month, but nothing happened so he quit praying.
But he was very
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Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Nov 21, 2008
A. One day, a grandfather went fishing on a small lake. Pushing his boat away from the dock, he jumped in and managed to get a way out before dropping anchor. His grandson and son came down to the dock and noticed that grandpa was just sitting in the boat with his head propped on both hands, not
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Contributed by Martyn Baxter on Nov 23, 2008
That is us too, so often. We have the scriptures, we know of its authenticity and yet we fail to live by its teaching. We live in a land of plenty where we fail to go without all we need and more, look on your television sets at home for a reminder, yet we fail to give thanks. We experience the
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Bill Hybels states this about prayer from his book Too Busy Not To Pray: “From birth we have been learning the rules of self-reliance as we strain and struggle to achieve self-sufficiency. Prayer flies in the face of those deep-seated values. It is an assault on human autonomy, an indictment of
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YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEE TO BELIEVE
Mt. Diablo is only about 3,500 feet, but it is very noticeable as it sits all alone in the Concord, California valley. Before I called them "God sightings" I found myself caught up in an "aha" moment as I looked at the cloud covered Mt. Diablo. I couldn’t help but
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An old farmer who was a loyal, church-going Christian was spending the day in a large city. He entered a restaurant and sat down at the table near a group of young men from the city. When his meal was brought to the table, the farmer quietly bowed his head and said grace.
One of the smart-aleck
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