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  • The People Who Received Help From Jesus Were ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 1,515 views

    The people who received help from Jesus were mainly “normal,” respectable, religious people. Yet they were demonized. A demon had gained access to some area of their personalities, and as a result they themselves were not in full control. We need to remember that the moral and ethical code ...read more

  • A Lady Called The Police And Said She Had A Skunk ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Oct 24, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,136 views

    A lady called the police and said she had a skunk in her basement and she needed help getting it out of her house. The police said to lay a trail of bread crumbs from the basement to outside in the yard and then leave her doors open. Sure enough, the skunk followed the bread crumbs and left. ...read more

  • What Is The Truth That Narnia Alludes To? That ...

    Contributed by Christian Breuninger on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,906 views

    What is the truth that Narnia alludes to? That there are portals to the supernatural all around us for those who have eyes to see. In a sermon called Weight of Glory, C.S. Lewis said: “Do you think I am trying to weave a spell? Perhaps I am, but remember your fairy tales. Spells are used ...read more

  • A Legacy Person Is Someone Who Has Been In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 2,492 views

    A Legacy Person is someone who has been in the same job 3 to 4 years or more. They tend to not be innovative because they are protecting systems and products they’ve helped create. Robert Herbold, author of The Fiefdom Syndrome, (Currency 2004), encourages managers to fight legacy thinking, break ...read more

  • Five Loaves And Two Fishes

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 4,842 views

    Five Loaves and Two Fishes God uses what you have to fill a need which you never could have filled. God uses where you are to take you where you never could have gone. God uses what you can do to accomplish what you never could have done. God uses who you are to let you become ...read more

  • Author Leo Buscaglia Tells This Story About His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 2,372 views

    Author Leo Buscaglia tells this story about his mother and their "misery dinner." It was the night after his father came home and said it looked as if he would have to go into bankruptcy because his partner had absconded with their firm’s funds. His mother went out and sold some jewelry to buy food ...read more

  • Listen To Me Now. There Was This Christian Man ...

    Contributed by Michael De Rosa on Sep 9, 2006
     | 1,084 views

    Listen to me now. There was this Christian man who was asked if he could remember the sermon that was preached recently. When told ‘no’, he was asked why he even went to church if he seemingly got so little out of it. His reply went something like this: ‘well I don’t recall all the meals that ...read more

  • Beulah Church In Lawrence County, Illinois, Was ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Sep 17, 2006
     | 2,391 views

    Beulah Church in Lawrence County, Illinois, was a country Church I served for over four years beginning in 1980. Beulah has never had a financial crisis one reason being the fact that nearly all the Church family tithe. Another reason is that they are missionary minded people. They support I ...read more

  • Rice Christians

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 3, 2007
     | 1,281 views

    "Rice Christians" In India, I discovered the Christians have a name for people who make a profession of faith just because they want to receive something from the Western Missionaries. They call them “Rice Christians.” The same kind of problem happens here in our country, too. Some people turn ...read more

  • We Are Directed To The Place Where Everything Can ...

    Contributed by Colin Bain on May 1, 2009
     | 1,868 views

    We are directed to the place where everything can be seen and directed – heaven, where God dwells and directs. We are called to that place to gain a perspective that is not our own. It is like that moment when a successful businessman might take his child to his office window, showing the extent of ...read more

  • Hope For An Orphanage

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 26, 2010
     | 4,629 views

    HOPE FOR AN ORPHANAGE Opening Video Illustration: Bluefishtv.com - "Making a wish for an orphanage." The girl in the story shares how he she came down with cancer twice, and the second time the "Make a Wish Foundation" asked her what she wanted in life – a wish. Her wish was her hope – her ...read more

  • We Can Only Hope To Experience Eden When We ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 14, 2010
     | 1,379 views

    We can only hope to experience Eden when we understand it is a lifestyle not a landmass. God invites us to walk with Him and live in Eden! Eden is the experience of wholeness in the world you inhabit. You don’t need to book an international flight or leave it behind after a few days! Eden can be ...read more

  • God's Strange Answers

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 9, 2010
     | 2,580 views

    GOD'S STRANGE ANSWERS He was a Christian, and he prayed. He asked for strength to do greater things, but he was given infirmity that he might do better things. He asked for riches that he might be happy; he was given poverty that he might be wise. He asked for power that he might have the ...read more

  • Crabs In A Basket

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2011
     | 3,393 views

    CRABS IN A BASKET Charles L. Allen wrote about a fisherman friend of his who told him that one never needs a top for his crab basket. If one of the crabs starts to climb up the sides of the basket, the other crabs will reach up and pull it back down. ("The Miracle of Love") Allen then observed ...read more

  • Free To Be Your Slave

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Sep 5, 2012
     | 3,099 views

    FREE TO BE YOUR SLAVE Elisabeth Elliot wrote a beautiful prayer, in "A Lamp for My Feet": "Lord, break the chains that hold me to myself; free me to be Your happy slave – that is, to be the happy foot washer of anyone today who needs his feet washed, his supper cooked, his faults overlooked, his ...read more

  • I Was In Wal Mart The Other Day And I Saw This ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,584 views

    I was in Wal Mart the other day and I saw this girl that had a shirt on that said, "Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful-- Okay, just hate me." I sorta chuckled and my little brother looked at me and said, "What’s so funny about that?" ANd I said, "Well, She sure does not need to be wearing that ...read more

  • Buying A New Chandelier

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,803 views

    Buying A New Chandelier The pastor called a special meeting of the congregation to approve the purchase of a brand new chandelier. After some discussion pro and con, an old farmer stood up and said, "Buying a new chandelier may seem like a good idea to you, but I’m against it for three ...read more

  • This Was Not The Despairing Cry Of A Helpless ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,918 views

    “This was not the despairing cry of a helpless martyr. It was not an expression of satisfaction that the end of His sufferings was now reached. It was not the last gasp of a worn-out life. No, it was the declaration on the part of the Divine Redeemer that all for which He came from heaven to earth ...read more

  • A French Soldier In World War I Carried A Little ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,578 views

    A French soldier in World War I carried a little receipt for worry: “Of two things, one is certain. Either you are at the front, or you are behind the lines. If you are at the front, of two things one is certain. Either you are exposed to danger, or you are in a safe place. If you are exposed to ...read more

  • There Is Much Misunderstanding About What ...

    Contributed by David Scudder on Jul 19, 2007
     | 3,129 views

    There is much misunderstanding about what forgiveness really means. Like the story about a pastor who visited a man who had been active in the church, but, due to a dispute with a fellow member, he had stopped coming to church. He reasoned with him at length about the need for forgiveness and ...read more