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  • Underdoing Personal Responsibility

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2010
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    UNDERDOING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY Craig Groeschel, a well known pastor and author of the "Christian Atheist" says: "As Christians, we can be tempted to 'overdo faith.' I put that in quotes because it would be more accurate to say it's 'underdoing personal responsibility.' There's really no way ...read more

  • Get Busy And Cast A Line

    Contributed by Keith Peters on Jul 5, 2011
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    GET BUSY AND CAST A LINE A poor, hungry man stood idly on a bridge watching some fishermen. Seeing one of them with a basket full of fish by his side, he said, "If I had a catch like that, I'd be happy. I'd sell it and buy some food and clothes." "I'll give you that many fish if you do a small ...read more

  • Risks And Expectations

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
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    RISKS AND EXPECTATIONS Sohio, the Alaskan subsidiary of Standard Oil of Ohio, drilled a well in the Beaufort Sea in 1983, hoping to tap a geological formation holding several billion barrels of oil. Instead, they hit water, and $120 million went a glimmering. The oil companies know the risk. They ...read more

  • Eckerd: On The Hook With God

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jan 23, 2012
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    ECKERD: ON THE HOOK WITH GOD JACK ECKERD founded the chain of drug stores that bear his name. Eckerd gave his employees Eckerd's shares from his personal stock. By taking advantage of the stock option program offered by Eckerd, his employees benefitted financially in the success of the new ...read more

  • Martyrdom Of John ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2013
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    MARTYRDOM OF JOHN DENLEY One day, on the way to visit some friends, John Denley was stopped and searched by the authorities, who found his written confession of faith. Denley believed the Church was built upon the apostles and prophets, with Christ as its head, and that the present state church, ...read more

  • Man Overboard  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 8, 2013
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    MAN OVERBOARD One day Hudson Taylor was traveling on a Chinese junk from Shanghai to Ningpo. He had been witnessing to a man named Peter who rejected the gospel but was under deep conviction. In the course of events, Peter fell overboard, but no one made any effort to save him. Taylor sprang to ...read more

  • Daddy, What Does It Feel Like To Die?  PRO

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 19, 2014
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    Years ago I heard the compelling story of a young pastor whose son was very sick and not expected to live long. Night after night the pastor and his wife would put their boy to bed and say a prayer hoping for a miracle. One evening, the boy looked at his father and said, "Daddy, what does it feel ...read more

  • Solving Problems; It's In The Angle

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 15, 2015
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    “With 900 million members worldwide and growing, Facebook is building its first European data storage facility—60 miles south of the Arctic Circle in Lulea, Sweden. The reason: natural air conditioning. Some Internet “server farms” spend as much to cool the machines as power them. Facebook’s Nordic ...read more

  • Before The Water

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Nov 15, 2018
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    Scott Harrison, founder of charity:water, shares this story: "I recently had the chance to visit charity:water's very first project. It was a well that we had funded on my thirty-first birthday and then built in the IDP camp of Bobi, Uganda. "The sprawling camp of 31,000 people had cleared out, ...read more

  • What Child Is This?

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Dec 20, 2020
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    What Child is this? • To the seeker, He's the Way; • to the philosopher, He’s the Truth; • to the penitent, He’s the Life. • • He is Joshua's captain, • He is Moses' smitten rock, • He is Ruth’s Kinsman Redeemer, What Child is this? • He is David’s Covenant King, • He is Esther’s ...read more

  • How Steinway Pianos Are Crafted

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 14, 2021
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    THE POUNDER ROOM The Steinway piano has been preferred by keyboard masters such as Rachmaninoff, Horowitz, Cliburn, and Liszt and for good reason. It is a skillfully crafted instrument that produces phenomenal sound. Steinway pianos are built today the same way they were 140 years ago when Henry ...read more

  • A Young Boy Came To Church One Cold Winter Day To ...

    Contributed by David Henderson on May 7, 2007
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    A young boy came to church one cold winter day to get out of the blowing snow. He had been trying to sell newspapers but not a single customer had passed by because of the weather. He slipped into the back of the church, just hoping to get warm and catch up on his sleep. Though the Sunday crowd ...read more

  • On Feb. 27, 1991, It Was The Height Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    On Feb. 27, 1991, it was the height of the Desert Storm War. A woman by the name of Ruth Dillow received the worst news that a mom could ever receive. Her son, Clayton Carpenter, Private, First Class, had stepped on a land mine in the Persian Gulf and he was . For the next three days she grieved ...read more

  • God Wants You To Win

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 4, 2007
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    In addition, God wants you to win. > Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you”—[this is] the Lord’s declaration—“plans for [your] welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. Listen, God is pulling for you. He wants you to win as a believer, as a Christ follower. He ...read more

  • As We Look Today At The Eighth Commandment, "You ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
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    As we look today at the eighth commandment, “You shall not steal,” here are a couple of stories to remind us that crime does not pay. A London taxi driver found an ingenious way to keep his cab clean. He would wrap up the leftovers from his lunch together with any other garbage he found in the cab ...read more

  • Cast In A Line For Yourself

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Dec 30, 2007
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    Cast In A Line For Yourself A poor, hungry man stood idly on a bridge watching some fishermen. Seeing one of them with a basket full of fish by his side, he said, "if I had a catch like that, I’d be happy. I’d sell it and buy some food and clothes." "I’ll give you that many fish if you do a ...read more

  • C.s. Lewis Wrote In His Book, The Screwtape ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joo-Ching Chng on Jan 1, 2008
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    C.S. Lewis wrote in his book, The Screwtape Letters, “There is a legend about Satan and his imps planning their strategy for attacking the world that’s hearing the message of salvation. One of the demons says, “I’ve got the plan, master. When I get on earth and take charge of people’s thinking, ...read more

  • God Gave Me The Light

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 22, 2008
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    GOD GAVE ME THE LIGHT I remember back when I graduated from college and was beginning to interview for ministry positions. I was being looked at by three churches, but I wanted God to be able to guide in where I would go, so I agreed to go to the first church that would give me the official call. ...read more

  • Bernard Ebbers, Head Of Worldcom, Was Known As ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 7, 2008
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    Bernard Ebbers, head of WorldCom, was known as one of the most religious CEO’s in the high-tech sector of American business. Every board meeting began with a prayer. Ebbers served as a deacon in his Mississippi Baptist church, and led a bible study very competently. He was elected to the ...read more

  • Last Sunday During The Bridal Shower That Was ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 27, 2008
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    Last Sunday during the bridal shower that was held here after worship, I thought that it would be a very helpful thing to have several married men take the groom-to-be out to lunch and share with him some important advice we had learned from our marital experiences. So we did… four married men and ...read more