Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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MISSED BY THAT MUCH
The story is told of a man who rushed into a suburban railroad station one morning and, almost breathlessly, asked the ticket agent: "When does the 8:01 train leave?"
"At 8:01," was the answer.
"Well," the man replied, "my watch says it's 7:59, the town clock says it's 7:57,
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Contributed by Clarence Clough on Sep 14, 2008
Years after the death of President Calvin Coolidge, this story came to light. In the early days of his presidency, Coolidge awoke one morning in his hotel room to find a cat burglar going through his pockets. Coolidge spoke up, asking the burglar not to take his watch chain because it contained an
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Church Of God
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A Gift for Nicolas Cage
When the actor Nicolas Cage was a young boy, his father gave him a little Pinocchio for Christmas. Being a boy, he was a little rough with it, and broke its head off. So his father suggested they bury Pinocchio. The next morning, on the very place where they had buried
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Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 20, 2009
Our praying should be like the story of Jacob wrestling with God in Genesis 32. They wrestled all night and toward morning, Jacob had the angel in a full Nelson grip. The angel said, “Jacob, let me go.” The mighty Angel of God could have tossed Jacob off in a heartbeat, but God was teaching Jacob
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Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Jun 24, 2025
The Preacher’s New Suit
I was recently invited to preach for the Sunday morning service.
Ice Breaker: For an introduction, I stated the following:
I introduced myself and then shared the following.
Hello, I'm LC Taylor and my wife is Kathy. My wife and I were discussing how honored we were
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Contributed by Tim Richards on May 24, 2005
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God is willing to look out for us & take care of us. The truth is that we can trust God, even when we don’t fully understand Him. Let me conclude this morning’s sermon with a brief story from Franklin Graham’s fine book, Rebel with a Cause. It took place when young Franklin was still far from God.
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Contributed by Steven Angus on May 31, 2006
William Hinson, Sr. retired pastor of First United Methodist Church in Houston, the largest church in American Methodism, tells the story about a time when he was going to Columbia, South Carolina to preach in a revival. He had not slept well the night before and had gotten up that morning and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Strike while the iron is hot. Did you ever wonder what that means? The blacksmith heats his iron red-hot in the fiery forge. It requires time to heat the iron up and time for it to cool down once it is plunged into the cooling water. But, in between, is the single moment when the iron is perfectly
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Which reminds me of something I heard about a famous preacher by the name of Peter Cartwright, who by the way, was converted during a camp meeting in Logan County in 1801. He surrendered to the ministry in 1802 and became one of the leaders of what we now refer to as the 2nd Great Awakening.
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 15, 2009
1938 God Moves In Mysterious Ways
At age 32, William Cowper passed through a great crisis in his life. He tried to end his life by taking laudanum. Then he hired a horse-drawn cabbie, ordering the driver to take him to the Thames, intending to throw himself from the bridge. It was one of London’s
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Contributed by John Hamby on Apr 25, 2011
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HIGH ON THEIR HUDDLES
One of my favorite preachers is Dr. Tony Evans in Dallas. Some years ago I heard him give the following description of the purpose of the church service. He said, "In football they have a huddle, the goal of the huddle is to give you thirty seconds to call the play; that is
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Contributed by Paul Dietz on Jul 19, 2011
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WHERE DO WE STAND?
This past Tuesday morning I had finally settled down into my easy chair to read the daily news paper. As always, I turned to the editorial section of which is one of favorites, besides the daily “Frank and Ernest” cartoon. There I found a very interesting Readers Commentary
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Contributed by Matt Neace on Sep 23, 2018
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In their song The Sound of Silence, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel sing the words, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and the tenement halls and whispered in the sounds of silence." But their friendship has come to replicate the sound of silence.
Paul Simon gave his final
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