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  • You Are Free To...

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Mar 20, 2021
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    I was thinking about my niece who just got her 1st car. While my memory may be deteriorating, I remember how awesome it was to have my 1st car. While I loved that old car, it gave me an attitude that got me in trouble more than once. I began to think that I was grown, and I could do whatever I ...read more

  • Reformation's Two Martins

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 3,337 views

    Reformation’s Two Martins At the beginning of the Reformation, Martin of Basle came to a knowledge of the truth, but, afraid to make a public confession, he wrote on a leaf of parchment: “O most merciful Christ, I know that I can be saved only by the merit of thy blood. Holy Jesus, I acknowledge ...read more

  • Time, Speed, Dentists

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,474 views

    Illustration- Time, Speed, Dentists The little boy was afraid of the dentist, so his dad decided to set the example and have his teeth examined, too. The dentist looked inside the father’s mouth & said, "There’s a tooth there that has to be pulled." The father asked, "How much will it cost?" The ...read more

  • Life Comes In Three Volumes, Volume #1) ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 1, 2002
    based on 36 ratings
     | 1,579 views

    Life comes in three volumes, volume #1) YESTERDAY, #2) TODAY, #3) TOMORROW. Yesterday is gone, but it pays to visit on Memory Lane. Tomorrow is a good place to dream, ...read more

  • Here Be Dragons. Here Is God.

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2009
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    "HERE BE DRAGONS. HERE IS GOD." 2 Timothy 3:1-7 Matt. 8:23-26; 16:24-26 John 16:33 Psalm 107:23-30 We all remember Hurricane Katrina and the damage it inflicted on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. It’s only a memory now, but it left terrible devastation and painful memories that still remain. The ...read more

  • Let's Go Fishing

    Contributed by Richard L. Brown on Nov 3, 2016
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    Let’s Go Fishing Luke 5: 1-11 As you all know I am a fisherman. It is in my blood. My father taught me and my two brothers to fish when we were very young. I remember one time we were fishing from a dock in the Little Sandy River. Dad had just bought a new rod and reel and my brother Mike being ...read more

  • The New Dishwasher  PRO

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Dec 12, 2001
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    THE NEW DISHWASHER In the fourth year of his layoff from his job, Dad gave Mom a dishwasher for Christmas. You have to understand the magnitude of the gift: Our old house had its original wiring and plumbing, and neither could handle the required installation. There was no spot in the ...read more

  • Abilene Christian University Researchers, Dr. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
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    Abilene Christian University researchers, Dr. David Lewis and Dr. Carley Dodd have recently concluded a cross-generational study (six different tests) to measure fathers’ positive and negative influences upon teens’ spirituality. The found that "every time" dad’s role "as teacher came out be the ...read more

  • Norman Vincent Peale Would Tell A Story Of What ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Norman Vincent Peale would tell a story of what happened to him as a young boy. He found a cigar on the sidewalk, so he picked it up and took it into an alley and lit her up He said it tasted terrible, but as bad as it was, it still made him feel grown up. Then, he said he saw his dad walking down ...read more

  • I Wasn't Supposed To Live...

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 13, 2024
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    I believe that God called me to preach in the summer of my freshman year in high school. He gave me a dream about one of my best friends who was somewhere in eternity screaming in pain: He was crying out to me, "You never told me. You never told me! Larry, you talked to me about baseball. ...read more

  • War Horse: Perseverence

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Apr 8, 2012
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    WAR HORSE: PERSEVERENCE Last week, I watched "War Horse." It's a Steven Spielberg film about a young English boy and his horse. The family is about to lose their farm because dad bought a horse for his son. The father bears a war injury and cannot tend the farm. He spends his last money ...read more

  • A Little Boy Ran Into The Living Room Where His ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Jun 25, 2006
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     | 1,632 views

    A little boy ran into the living room where his father was reading. “Dad, where did I come from?” The boy’s mother cleared her throat and excused herself to let the father answer this long-feared question. Father cleared his throat and went through a long, careful explanation of how children are ...read more

  • God Tells Me  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 29, 2007
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     | 1,683 views

    A little girl had a dad who was a pastor. “Daddy, how do you know what to preach on Sundays?” “God tells me,” responded the dad. “Then daddy, why do you crinkle up so many sheets of paper and toss them into the waste basket?” We are much better off saying, “I think God wants me to tell you this” ...read more

  • The Cost His Father Paid

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Mar 24, 2007
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    A young boy had to feed his father every day when he came home from school. His father had been so injured and couldn’t do many things for himself and to help with things the mother gave him one job to do and that was to feed his father every day, once a day. But on this particular day, the boy, ...read more

  • Coming Home

    Contributed by Paul Steen on Dec 9, 2017
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    There was a young man who constantly quarreled with his father. Finally, he left home without saying goodbye. He continued to keep in touch with his mom but cut connections with his dad. After a few years, he wanted to come home for Christmas very badly. But he was afraid his dad would not allow ...read more

  • I Told You I Was Reading A New Book By Max ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I told you I was reading a new book by Max Lucado called, “Come to the Sweet Spot.” This illustration was in this book. He had a daughter in college. He had set up a checking account for her so that she would have some money at school and could be responsible to pay her bills through this account. ...read more

  • There Seems To Be An Attitude Among Many People, ...

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 16, 2008
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    There seems to be an attitude among many people, both Christians and non-Christians. It’s an attitude that demands things of God. They try to order God around like He’s their servant or something. “Do this, God. I claim that, God. (Even if there is nothing in Scripture to back up what they’re ...read more

  • A Train For Christmas

    Contributed by Paul Steen on Dec 9, 2017
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,277 views

    When I was a little boy, Christmas was really exciting. Sears Roebuck and Company would send toy catalogs out to my mom because she had an account with them. I would spend hours every Christmas looking at every item in the catalog. The catalog was filled with every kind of toy a boy could think ...read more

  • What Counts Most, As I Look Back Over The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "What counts most, as I look back over the years, are not my accomplishments but rather the friends who worked with me as partners in these accomplishmentsThe quality and quantity of these accomplishments are fuzzy and ...read more

  • On A More Serious Note Of Influence, "Dr. John ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    On a more serious note of influence, “Dr. John Geddie went to Aneityum in 1848 and worked there for God for 24 years. On the tablet erected to his memory these words are inscribed: When he landed, in 1848, ...read more