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  • A Sunday School Teacher Decided To Have Her ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Shafit on Aug 4, 2007
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    A Sunday school teacher decided to have her young class memorize one of the most quoted passages in the Bible: Psalm 23. She gave the youngsters a month to learn the chapter. Little Rick was excited about the task, but he just couldn’t remember the Psalm. After much practice, he could barely get ...read more

  • You Gotta Look At It!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 22, 2012
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    YOU GOTTA LOOK AT IT! A man was seated on a park bench when a little chap of about five sat down beside him and started winding what appeared to be a most prized possession--a watch. "My, what a pretty watch," remarked the man. "Does it tell you the time?" "No sir," replied the boy; "you gotta ...read more

  • Christmas In Public Schools  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2002
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     | 2,813 views

    CHRISTMAS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS To avoid offending anybody, the school dropped religion altogether and started singing about the weather. At my son’s school, they now hold the winter program in February and sing increasingly non-memorable songs such as "Winter Wonderland," "Frosty the Snowman" ...read more

  • Chuck Swindoll In His Book, Improving Your Serve, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2001
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    Chuck Swindoll in his book, Improving Your Serve, gives a memorable illustration: Let’s pretend that you work for me. In fact, you are my executive assistant in a company that is growing rapidly. I’m the owner and I’m interested in expanding overseas. To pull this off, I make plans to travel ...read more

  • Remember Your Sword

    Contributed by Tylor Cates on Jan 24, 2004
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    Remember Your Sword Prop: Butter Knife and large Sword First let me say I collect and sell swords for a living so it wasn’t hard for me to get a real sword you may have to make a prop sword. Be careful if you bring a real one and make sure no one gets near it. In our church we have a 5 minute ...read more

  • Rejoice

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 16, 2008
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    REJOICE I can recall a memorable moment many years ago when Susan and I were taking Kimberly, age 2, and her slightly younger cousin, Able, to church in the car. Kimberly was in a foul humor that morning, but her smily faced cousin decided it was time for a word of exhortation. Though he could ...read more

  • Can You Be ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jul 18, 2008
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    Can You Be Trusted? Before the breakup of the Soviet Union, Christians were routinely persecuted for their faith by the Communist regime. We have many inspiring stories of courageous Christians behind the Iron Curtain who were willing to die for their faith during this difficult period in world ...read more

  • Can You Be ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Aug 5, 2008
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    Can You Be Trusted? Before the breakup of the Soviet Union, Christians were routinely persecuted for their faith by the Communist regime. There are many inspiring stories of courageous Christians behind the Iron Curtain who were willing to die for their faith during this difficult period in world ...read more

  • One Preacher Noted That It's Not The Student ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    One preacher noted that it’s not the student that examines Scripture… it is the Scripture that ...read more

  • Reflections On John 3:16

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 22, 2008
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    Reflections on John 3:16 John 3:16 will help answer the question of why Paul called this the most excellent way. This passage is the most famous and the most familiar passage of the Bible. It is quoted the most and it's reference numbers are seen at football games, parades, graffiti, and the like. ...read more

  • Heart For The Lost

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
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    HEART FOR THE LOST Throughout history, believers have had this heart for the lost. John Knox, for example, reflected Paul’s sorrow for his people when he said, "O God! Give me Scotland or I die!" David Brainerd, the great missionary to the North American Indians in the early years of the 18th ...read more

  • Wayne Grudem Writes, "In A Day When It Is Common ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 25, 2010
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    Wayne Grudem writes, "In a day when it is common for people to tell us how hard it is to interpret Scripture rightly, we would do well to remember than not once in the Gospels do we ever hear Jesus saying anything like this: 'I see how your problem arose--the Scriptures are not very clear on this ...read more

  • Take The Hand Of God, Citation: Ravi Zacharias, ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Sep 27, 2001
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    [Take the Hand of God, Citation: Ravi Zacharias, "If the Foundations Be Destroyed," Preaching Today, Tape No. 142.] Many years ago, King George VI of England addressed the British commonwealth on New Year’s Eve at a moment in history when the whole world stood on the brink of uncertainty. ...read more

  • The New Command Is Simple Enough For A Toddler ...

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Jan 7, 2010
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    The new command is simple enough for a toddler to memorize and appreciate, profound enough that the most mature believers are repeatedly embarrassed at how poorly they comprehend it and put it into practice: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another…The more we recognize ...read more

  • Most People Are Bothered By Those Passages In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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    "Most people are bothered by those passages in Scripture which they cannot understand; but as for me, I always noticed that the passages in Scripture ...read more

  • Can You Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 1,448 views

    CAN YOU BE TRUSTED? Before the breakup of the Soviet Union, Christians were routinely persecuted for their faith by the Communist regime. We have many inspiring stories of courageous Christians behind the Iron Curtain who were willing to die for their faith during this difficult period in world ...read more

  • In The 1986 New York City Marathon, Almost ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Feb 14, 2003
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    In the 1986 New York City Marathon, almost 20,000 runners entered the race. What is memorable is not who won, but who finished last. His name was Bob Wieland. He finished 19,413th—dead last. Bob completed the New York marathon in 4 days, 2 hours, 47 minutes, and 17 seconds. It was ...read more

  • Many, Many Years Ago King George Vi Addressed The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 5, 2007
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     | 2,142 views

    Many, many years ago King George VI addressed the British Commonwealth on New Year’s Eve at the turn of a moment in history where the whole world was standing on the brink of uncertainty. Despondency was in the air, and people did not know to whom they could turn. As he closed his message, unknown ...read more

  • On Meditation

    Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on May 2, 2008
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    ON MEDITATION The Hebrew word translated "meditate" speaks of what a cow does after grazing all day. As she chews the cud over and over again, she extracts every nutrient. In other words, to meditate means to ponder a section of the Word day and night, extracting more from its inexhaustible supply ...read more

  • Not Much Help

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 18, 2017
     | 6,368 views

    In his Peanuts strip, Charles Schulz had an amazing talent for communicating truths like this in humorous, memorable ways. In one strip Charlie Brown rests his head in his hands while leaning on the wall and looking miserable. His friend, Lucy, approaches. “Discouraged again, eh, Charlie Brown?” ...read more