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  • Responsibility Comes With The Gift

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
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    RESPONSIBILITY COMES WITH THE GIFT As Clayton J. Schmit put it in his commentary on our text: The moment of birth is one of unspeakable joy. Yet, if parents stopped to count the cost of taking a child home (which, fortunately, they never do) they might be tempted to turn the gift down. The cost ...read more

  • Good News

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,081 views

    GOOD NEWS Our world is desperately in need of some good news. Suzanne Jennings wrote this song in 1999: I woke up Monday morning, walked out on the lawn My eyes were barely open, and my mouth began to yawn Picked up the daily paper, every single headline said, That this ole world is full of ...read more

  • Don't Fear Your Capture

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jan 26, 2009
     | 2,303 views

    DON'T FEAR YOUR CAPTURE We may not see it clearly, but we are ultimately safe. Following Jesus may not always seem like the wisest thing to do, but the trap is the best place to be. Think of yourself as a precious, endangered species. There are few of you left, but you are ill, and the ...read more

  • The Following Story From Foxnews.com ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
     | 1,693 views

    The following story from FoxNews.com 7-6-04: A Mississippi woman is lucky to be alive after being picked up and nearly crushed by a garbage truck. The unnamed woman was looking for her keys Wednesday morning in a dumpster behind her Ridgeland, MS apartment complex, reports the Clarion-Ledger of ...read more

  • He Endured To The End

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Feb 9, 2009
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    HE ENDURED TO THE END We need to possess an enduring love. Endurance: the power to withstand hardship or stress, to keep on going despite all setbacks. I recently heard of a Leicester women who, after having four children, started running then entered marathons. This year, she is running the ...read more

  • One Day A Farmer's Donkey Fell Down Into A Well. ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 21, 2009
     | 2,480 views

    One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn’t worth it to try and retrieve the donkey. So, he invited all his ...read more

  • On Predestination

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 1 rating
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    ON PREDESTINATION During my basic training in the South African Air Force, we were out on a field trip for about a week. It was bitterly cold and raining during the entire period. Shortly after we arrived in the field, the corporal in charge had our unit line up outside. "You, you, and you," he ...read more

  • My 18 Month Old Son Sebastian Is A Hard Worker! ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on May 3, 2007
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    My 18 month old son Sebastian is a hard worker! Now, he doesn’t usually get much accomplished in a constructive way, but boy is he busy! A couple of days ago Christina and I were outside raking the yard in front of the parsonage and cleaning up the area. The whole time Sebastian was hard at work ...read more

  • The Way We Value Our Stuff Can Get Out-Of-Whack. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Doane Brubaker on May 3, 2007
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     | 1,501 views

    The way we value our stuff can get out-of-whack. One day in San Antonio the temperature had risen to 99 degrees. Fred Arriola, a wrecker driver stopped his truck in the street because he saw two women hysterically running around a car and a neighbor trying to unlock it with a hanger. Inside was ...read more

  • Anybody Who Is Walking With The Spirit Can't Help ...

    Contributed by Chris Edmondson on May 26, 2007
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    Anybody who is walking with the Spirit can’t help but to talk about Jesus. What is the Holy Spirit? The witness of Jesus. And Jesus says, “You will be My witness also…” If you can go a month, 2 months, and Jesus’ name doesn’t come up in the workplace, He doesn’t come up in School teenagers, He ...read more

  • Just Over A Year Ago, Kerry Packer Died. You've ...

    Contributed by James Jack on Jun 9, 2007
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    Just over a year ago, Kerry Packer died. You’ve probably all heard of him. Richest man in Australia, he was. When he died there were memorial services, TV specials, an outpouring of praise for this “Great Australian”. Now I’m not going to compare Packer to an Adolf Hitler, but he was like many ...read more

  • A Story Was Told About A Business Man Who Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A story was told about a business man who was selling a warehouse and its property. The building had been empty for months and needed repairs. Vandals had damaged the doors, smashed the windows, and strewn trash around the interior. As he showed a prospective buyer the property, the business man ...read more

  • Our Expression Of Love Should Be Motivated And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,633 views

    Our expression of love should be motivated and empowered by the sacrificial love that we have already received. B. Lance Armstrong won an unprecedented seven consecutive Tour de Frances. 1. During his fifth consecutive victory in the 2003 Tour de France, in the fifteenth stage of the competition, ...read more

  • A Man Put Up A Sign In His Yard That Read: ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,180 views

    A MAN PUT UP A SIGN IN HIS YARD THAT READ: "PUPPIES FOR SALE." AMONG THOSE WHO CAME TO INQUIRE WAS A YOUNG BOY. "PLEASE, MISTER," HE SAID, "I’D LIKE TO BUY ONE OF YOUR PUPPIES IF THEY DON’T COST TOO MUCH." "WELL, SON, THEY’RE $25 EACH." THE BOY LOOKED CRUSHED. "I’VE ONLY GOT TWO DOLLARS AND FIVE ...read more

  • Clara Hale Answered That Clarion Call In A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    CLARA HALE ANSWERED THAT CLARION CALL IN A SIMILAR “DO OR DIE” KIND OF SPIRIT, CLAIRE SAFRAN WROTE A DEEPLY MOVING STORY ABOUT SEVENTY-NINE YEAR OLD, AND THE DRUG-ADDICTED INFANTS SHE CARED FOR IN HER HOME IN HARLEM. D. IN AUTHOR BOB ITALIA’S 19993 BOOK: "CLARA HALE: MOTHER TO THOSE WHO NEEDED ...read more

  • Peter Hopkirk Tells A Great Story About The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Peter Hopkirk tells a great story about the folly of a faulty proclamation. It was 1919, and Russia was in the midst of its own Civil War to establish Communism as its official ideology. While Moscow had been “liberated” two years earlier, farther flung parts of its empire, such as what is now in ...read more

  • Of Course We Know Practically Speaking That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Of course we know practically speaking that every child will not have a father, a physical father present. Some fathers die or are incapacitated. But every child needs a father. The world and especially the African American community are suffering from father absence. There is a father hunger that ...read more

  • One Day A Farmer's Donkey Fell Down Into A Well. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 11, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,966 views

    One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn’t worth it to retrieve the donkey. He invited all his neighbours to ...read more

  • The Carpenter  PRO

    Contributed by Jacob Kutty on Jul 14, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,272 views

    THE CARPENTER An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife, enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by. The ...read more

  • A Young Man Emerged From The Metro Train In ...

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jul 15, 2007
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    A young man emerged from the Metro train in Washington, DC. The date was January 12th of this year. He positioned himself against a wall beside a trashcan. By most standards, he was nondescript—a young white man in jeans, a long-sleeved T-shirt, and a Washington Nationals baseball cap. He ...read more