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  • I'd Limp Too  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 9, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,489 views

    I'D LIMP TOO We did NOT inherit Adam's sin. But we did inherit something from Adam. His sin altered our DNA (if you will). His sin bent us toward limping in our righteousness. The story's told of a doctor who was teaching a group of medical students. She points to an x-ray and says, "As you can ...read more

  • The Man Of God Who Spoke To Eli, The High Priest

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Jun 23, 2020
     | 2,983 views

    Text: 1 Samuel 2:27: And there came a man of God (identity unknown) unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house? Thoughts: This unnamed man of God was one of the first to be called a “man of ...read more

  • The Man Of God Who Spoke To Ahab, King Of Israel

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Jun 25, 2020
     | 1,475 views

    The man of God who spoke to Ahab, king of Israel Text: 1 Kings 20:28 And there came a man of God (identity unknown), and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I ...read more

  • Antonio The Garbage Man

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 28, 2006
     | 647 views

    Antonio The Garbage Man. Antonio’s huge truck would arrive, backing up with that horrific big truck back up sound. He would jump out and start pounding on the door, Shouting over the unbelievably loud truck, "Garbage Man, Garbage man, Garbage man is here!" Well, no kidding, a side from the ...read more

  • The Descent Of Man  PRO

    Contributed by Adlai Naidoo on Oct 10, 2001
    based on 128 ratings
     | 2,395 views

    Three monkeys sat on a coconut tree, Discussing things as they are said to be, Said one monkey to the other : "Now listen you two, there’s a certain rumor which can’t be true, that man has descended from our noble race; why, the very idea is an utter disgrace, No monkey has ever deserted his ...read more

  • Man Of The Millenium  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 20, 2002
    based on 20 ratings
     | 1,910 views

    MAN OF THE MILLENIUM “The memory of any stretch of years eventually resolves to a list of names, and one of the useful ways of recalling the past two millenniums is by listing the people who acquired great power. Muhammad, Catherine the Great, Marx, Gandhi, Hitler, Roosevelt, Stalin and Mao come ...read more

  • A Man's Wallet  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2003
    based on 30 ratings
     | 2,046 views

    When you touch a mans’s wallet you touch his ...read more

  • Amish Man  PRO

    Contributed by Darrell Stetler Ii on Feb 8, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 7,270 views

    <ILLUS> Amish man I once heard a story about an Amish farmer who bought a new pair of overalls. Of course, the Amish are famous for their simplicity, and trying to avoid pride. As he put on his new overalls and looked in the mirror, he said, “Oh, this will never do! I’ll be proud in these!” So ...read more

  • Essay On Man

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 2,205 views

    All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good; And spite of pride in erring reason’s spite, One truth is ...read more

  • Man Alive

    Contributed by Tom Blasco on Apr 18, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,548 views

    Michael Green, in his book "Man Alive" says, “Jesus made the most shattering claims in the course of His teaching. There is no parallel to them in any of the world’s religions. And it simply will not do to neglect them, as is commonly done by agnostic writers. Yet, if you account them as part of ...read more

  • A Wanted Man  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 18, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 5,229 views

    A WANTED MAN "If Jesus had of entered into one of our modern cities, leading the parade, He would have been arrested immediately. He would be a wanted man. The FDA would want Him for turning water into wine without a license; the EPA for killing fig trees; the AMA for practicing medicine ...read more

  • Impotent Man  PRO

    Contributed by Vera Hughes on Feb 20, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,766 views

    John 5:1-7 (Impotent man) 1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. 3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, ...read more

  • Man In The Iron ...

    Contributed by Jeff Osborne on Oct 16, 2008
     | 1,598 views

    Man in the Iron Cage In John Bunyan’s book The Pilgrim’s Progress, he tells us of a character, known only as a man in an Iron Cage. This man’s character comes from the verse in Lu 8:13 “They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for ...read more

  • The Dove Man

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Oct 30, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,315 views

    The Dove Man It is said that a certain guide lived in the deserts of Arabia who never lost his way. He carried with him a homing pigeon with a very fine cord attached to one of its legs. When in doubt as to which path to take, he threw the bird into the air. The pigeon quickly strained at the cord ...read more

  • What Is Man…?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,355 views

    During construction of Emerson Hall at Harvard University, president Charles Eliot invited psychologist and philosopher William James to suggest a suitable inscription for the stone lintel over the doors of the new home of the philosophy department. After some reflection, James sent Eliot a line ...read more

  • The Homeless Man

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
     | 2,851 views

    THE HOMELESS MAN There is a big church in North Carolina that has classes every summer to help train people in different ministries. During one such period a few years ago, a young man appeared on campus where hundreds of others were. But this young man didn’t take part in any classes. He was ...read more

  • Not Much Of A Man...?

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 11, 2011
     | 2,853 views

    NOT MUCH OF A MAN...? A weary truck driver who pulled his rig into an all-night truck stop late one summer evening in Broken Bow, NE. He was tired and hungry. The waitress had just served him when three tough looking, leather-jacketed bikers of the Hell's Angels type decided to give him a hard ...read more

  • Man On The Street

    Contributed by Michael Buckingham on Jul 18, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,770 views

    MAN ON THE STREET When you meet someone on the street, you don’t know anything about them. Everyone is different, so be kind and courteous and don’t get caught up in discrimination. We all subconsciously stereotype people, but there isn’t one person in the world that fits perfectly into a ...read more

  • The White Man

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 7, 2011
     | 3,400 views

    THE WHITE MAN When Wycliffe translator Doug Meland and his wife moved into a village of Brazil’s Fulnio Indians, he was referred to simply as "the white man". The term was by no means complimentary, since other white men had exploited them, burned their homes, and robbed them of their lands. But ...read more

  • The White Man

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Sep 8, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,345 views

    THE WHITE MAN When Wycliffe Bible translator Doug Meland and his wife moved into a village of Brazil's Fulnio Indians, he was referred to simply as "the white man." The term was by no means complimentary since other white men had exploited them, burned their homes, and robbed them of their lands. ...read more

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