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  • Subway Superhero

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 22, 2011
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    SUBWAY SUPERHERO Just a few years ago, an astonishing thing happened in New York City. A construction worker named Wesley Autrey was standing on a subway platform with his two young daughters waiting on a train. Suddenly another man on the platform, apparently suffering from a seizure, stumbled ...read more

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  • Eve: The World's First Mother  PRO

    Contributed by Stan Szelkowski on May 5, 2011
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    EVE: THE WORLD'S FIRST MOTHER 7 Advantages of Being 1st 1. No "in-laws!" 2. No one to be compared to (Eve never heard, "Johnny's mother...") 3. No bad culture or influences to fight against 4. No birthdays (of your own) to celebrate (perpetually 29 and holding!) 5. You hold the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Touching The Untouchable

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    TOUCHING THE UNTOUCHABLE I have served as a volunteer Chaplain for the Havelock Police Dept for many years. Still, I will never forget my first night out with them. I was completely green and had no idea how to act. I was trying to follow the lead of the other officers. We were called to the ...read more

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  • College Students Fail To Be Good ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009
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    College Students Fail to be Good Samaritans Real compassion looks beyond the faults of people to see the pain beneath it all and to see the hunger in people’s hearts. In research done by Darley and Batson at Princeton in 1973, a group of theology students was told that they were to go across ...read more

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  • Grateful Allen, An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2009
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    Grateful Allen, An Outsider We all know about the good Samaritan, but how many of us have heard of the grateful Samaritan? We are going to meet him today, but firstly I want to tell you about my friend Allen. Allen was quite different from most people. To have called him unconventional would have ...read more

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  • A Heavily Booked Commercial Flight ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kevin Taylor on Oct 20, 2008
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    ILLUSTRATION: A heavily booked commercial flight out of Denver was canceled, and a single agent was rebooking a long line of inconvenienced travelers. Suddenly an angry passenger pushed his way to the front and slapped his ticket down on the counter. "I have to be on this flight and it has to be ...read more

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  • A Man From China Who Was Converted To Christ Told ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    A man from China who was converted to Christ told this story: A man fell into a dark, slimy pit. He tried to climb out of the pit, but he couldn’t. Confucius came along, saw the man and said, "Poor fellow, had he listened to me, he never would have gotten there," and he went on. Buddha came along ...read more

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  • The "Regard For Others" Ethic

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Jan 24, 2012
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    THE "REGARD FOR OTHERS" ETHIC John Sommerville currently teaches history at the University of Florida. He has been carrying out an exercise with his students for years. He challenges his students with the following thought experiment. Imagine that you see a little old lady coming down the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mother Teresa's Feet

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 10, 2012
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    MOTHER TERESA'S FEET Shane Claiborne, who spent a summer in the slums of Calcutta with Mother Teresa, wrote the following about one of his experiences: People often ask me what Mother Teresa was like. Did she glow in the dark or have a halo? She was short, wrinkled, and precious, maybe even a ...read more

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  • A Study In Compassion

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 10, 2012
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    A STUDY IN COMPASSION John Darley and Daniel Batson decided to replicate the story of the Good Samaritan with seminary students. A few variables were introduced. The seminarians were interviewed and asked why they wanted to go into ministry. There were a variety of responses, but the vast majority ...read more

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  • The Peril Of No Burden  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 5, 2012
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    THE PERIL OF NO BURDEN Shortly after coming to Christ, Sadhu Sundar, a Hindu convert to Christ, felt called to become a missionary to India. Late one afternoon Sadhu was traveling on foot through the Himalayas with a Buddhist monk. It was bitterly cold and the wind felt like sharp blades slicing ...read more

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  • Lesson Of The Good Samaritan

    Contributed by Darian Hybl on Aug 21, 2013
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    Recently I read an article that convicted me of my ‘blind spots’ where I have not wanted to ‘cross the road’ or enter deeper into relationship. Alex Early penned an article entitled, “A Pastor Walked into a Gay Bar And…” At first I avoided the article because I thought this article was more a ...read more

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  • Love Your Neighbour

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Oct 12, 2021
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    Canadian Folk singer (and believer) Bruce Cockburn wrote this song for his church in San Franciso. The story is told in Christianity Today, October 12, 2021. ORDERS; (Bruce Cockburn) The just the merciful the cruel The stumbling well-intentioned fool The deft the oaf the witless pawn The golden ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Inspect Versus Expect

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Feb 13, 2023
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    There was a young boy who was notorious for cleaning according to what his parents would inspect, but not necessarily what they would expect. In other words, he would do things like fold and put away the dirty laundry, and put away the dirty dishes thinking they were clean. Things looked tidy on ...read more

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  • Power Of An Encouraging Word

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Apr 4, 2023
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    Mark Eklund was a student in Sister Helen’s nineth grade math class at St. Mary’s School in Morris, Minnesota. He was much less talkative than he had been years earlier in her third-grade class. One Friday Sister Helen sensed the class’s frustration with trying to learn “ne math.” So, she asked ...read more

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  • Understanding Mercy

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Apr 4, 2023
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    There was a young soldier in Napoleon’s army who committed an offense worthy of death. The day before he was scheduled for the firing squad, the young man’s mother went to Napoleon and asked him to show mercy for her son. Napoleon harshly replied, “Woman, your son does not deserve mercy.” “I know,” ...read more

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  • Called To Serve

    Contributed by Dr John Singarayar Svd on Dec 1, 2023
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    In 1884, a devastating famine struck India, claiming over 50 lakh lives. In the midst of despair, Christian organizations from America, driven by compassion, sailed to India to provide medical aid and sustenance. Dr. John, accompanied by his daughter Ida Scudder, arrived in Ranipet. The dire ...read more

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  • Llamado A Servir

    Contributed by Dr John Singarayar Svd on Dec 1, 2023
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    En 1884, una hambruna devastadora azotó la India y se cobró más de 50 lakh de vidas. En medio de la desesperación, organizaciones cristianas de Estados Unidos, impulsadas por la compasión, navegaron hacia la India para brindar ayuda médica y sustento. El Dr. John, ...read more

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  • Tinawag Para Maglingkod

    Contributed by Dr John Singarayar Svd on Dec 1, 2023
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    Noong 1884, isang mapangwasak na taggutom ang tumama sa India, na kumitil ng mahigit 50 lakh na buhay. Sa gitna ng kawalan ng pag-asa, ang mga organisasyong Kristiyano mula sa Amerika, na hinimok ng habag, ay naglayag patungong India upang magbigay ng tulong medikal at kabuhayan. Si Dr. John, ...read more

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