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  • What Are You Looking For?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,764 views

    WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? A certain man went to Church one Sunday. He frowned when the organist missed a note during the opening hymn. He gave a mean stare at two teenagers talking to each other when the congregation was at prayer. During the Scripture readings, he kept looking impatiently at his ...read more

  • Dr. Clarence Macartney Illustrates This Point By ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Sep 12, 2008
     | 1,269 views

    Dr. Clarence Macartney illustrates this point by this story Dr. Macartney claims he had a vision were he Saw the King seated upon His throne On either side of the throne, I saw the great angels Uriel, Raphael, Michael, Gabriel Before the throne stood another angel The angel of the Book And by his ...read more

  • It Is The First Century A Sunny Day In Jerusalem, ...

    Contributed by Ronald Courtney on Sep 13, 2008
     | 2,274 views

    It is the first century a sunny day in Jerusalem, the “City of Peace” as its name implies, and you can hear the murmurs of ill contempt spreading through the fringes of the crowd as Stephen proclaims his message. Beginning with Abraham, describing his faith in Jehovah God to provide, guide, and ...read more

  • The Yugo And The Rolls-Royce

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008
     | 2,258 views

    The Yugo and the Rolls-Royce A man was driving his Yugo when he pulled up next to a Rolls-Royce at a stoplight. The driver of the Yugo rolled down his window and shouted to the driver of the Rolls, "Hey, that’s a nice car. Do you have a phone in your Rolls? I’ve got a phone in my Yugo!" The driver ...read more

  • Even You Can Be Forgiven

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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    Even You Can Be Forgiven I heard the story of a preacher who was at a certain church preaching on the subject of forgiveness. In the crowd that day there was young woman whose heart was heavy with a load of guilt and shame. After he had finished preaching, a few moments had passed by and every one ...read more

  • On January 8, 1956 Jim Elliot, Along With Four ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,533 views

    On January 8, 1956 Jim Elliot, along with four other missionaries was killed while trying to bring this Good News of Christ to the Waodoni people of the Auca Indians in Ecuador. In his journal published in a book titled SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY, Jim wrote these words: “One doesn’t learn to speak ...read more

  • Prep Your Heart

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Jan 29, 2009
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    PREP YOUR HEART My wife and I have had a painter in the house this week creating a very colorful and fun bedroom for our two youngest sons. The painter is a man who cares deeply about his craft. In conversation with him this week, I have learned a great deal more about the nature of painting than ...read more

  • Death Makes People Angry

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    DEATH MAKES PEOPLE ANGRY Back in September of 2004, Casey Neistat of New York City discovered that the battery in his first-generation 5 GB iPod could no longer hold a charge for more than an hour. So he called Apple. Unfortunately for him, Apple basically advised him to buy a new iPod (their ...read more

  • Vesuvius: Check The Map

    Contributed by Rob O'neal on Jul 7, 2009
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    VESUVIUS: CHECK THE MAP The people of the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum lived at the bottom of a mountain. They loved the mountain, because they believed it was a place where gods dwelt. The land was fertile, and the harbor was good, so the city prospered and grew. Then in 62 and 63 AD, ...read more

  • A Forever Family

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
    based on 1 rating
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    A FOREVER FAMILY Author Keith Miller tells of an outgoing 40-year-old woman who was part of a sharing group he led. Here is her story: "When I was a tiny little girl, my parents died and I was put in an orphanage. I was not pretty at all and no one seemed to want me. But I longed to be adopted ...read more

  • Give-Away Christmas  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,970 views

    GIVE-AWAY CHRISTMAS Richard Myers tells the story of being a reservist and being called back to active duty in Fort Monmouth, NJ, canceling his Christmas plans with his family in IN. Feeling low, he turned on the radio and heard an appeal from the Post Office for volunteers to answer letters sent ...read more

  • New Your City Mayor Admits Mistake And Silences ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 1, 2009
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    New York City Mayor Admits Mistake and Silences Reporters Back in 1980 New York City Mayor Ed Koch appeared on a local news program in the middle of the city’s financial crisis. Koch had spent over a quarter of a million dollars to put up bike lanes in Manhattan, and they turned out to be a ...read more

  • Neil Armstrong And Buzz Aldrin Were The First Men ...

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Nov 2, 2009
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    Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first men to walk on the moon in the Apollo 11 space mission. Michael Collins third member of the group, was in charge of the command module, essential for their return to earth, which circled the moon while Armstrong and Aldrin landed. The moon lander ...read more

  • The Blessing Of The Overcomers

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 28, 2010
     | 5,457 views

    The Blessing of the Overcomers What do the overcomers (the ones who defy gravity) of this world get according to Scripture? a. Revelation 2:7: i. 7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which ...read more

  • Doubt In The Scientific World

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    Doubt in the Scientific World Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. In Albert Einstein’s early days, physicists had scratched their heads for some 50 years over the unexplainable orbit ...read more

  • Not Everything Is Gone

    Contributed by Tammy Garrison on Jul 14, 2010
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    NOT EVERYTHING IS GONE As I was putting this message together his past Monday evening, I got a phone call. It was the police department. I serve as one of their chaplains, and they called me to respond to a house fire. A woman was found dead inside, and her husband had just arrived on the scene, ...read more

  • Motley, Cross-Breed, Half-Baked Sheep  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Nov 12, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,139 views

    MOTLEY, CROSS-BREED, HALF-BAKED SHEEP Before I went off to train for ministry, I used to live in an old house in Oamaru with an acre and a half of land. I had the usual garden and lawn, but I also had about an acre and a quarter of pretty rough hillside that was planted in a variety of trees and ...read more

  • A Harvest Of Service

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Feb 4, 2011
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    A HARVEST OF SERVICE Vehicles being thrown around like toys in the rushing waters and heartbreaking stories of lives lost have filled the news reports. The damage to bumper harvests was also devastating, probably in the billions of dollars, as the states of Queensland, NSW and Victoria in ...read more

  • Trust The Narrow, Unbeaten Path

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Aug 5, 2011
    based on 1 rating
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    TRUST THE NARROW, UNBEATEN PATH When I was younger I went hiking up Golden Ears Mountain. Several years earlier I went with my school and there was a nice rope bridge that crossed the waterfalls to keep you on the trail up the top of the mountain. The path that led to the bridge was wide, covered ...read more

  • The Influence Of Mothers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2011
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    THE INFLUENCE OF MOTHERS Don DeWelt was one of my college professors at Ozark Christian College. Don preached a sermon entitled, "The only commandment the virgin Mary ever gave." What was that commandment? DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU. God bless all mothers who have said to her children, "Do whatever ...read more