Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2008
When I was 8 years old, my mother took my sister and I to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. It is a fascinating place where you can spend days seeing everything. Of particular interest to me was a large whale in the mammals exhibition. It was big and took up the size of a large room.
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My first pastoral appointment was the Marissa and Zion United Methodist Charge in St. Clair County, Illinois, about forty miles southeast of St. Louis, Missouri. Zion had only three members and no electricity or running water. In past decades light had been provided in the sanctuary by kerosene,
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Mar 7, 2003
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I'M STANDING FOR MY MARRIAGE
A former Pastor in Seattle, WA wrote a power statement about marriage…
I am standing for the healing of my marriage!
I won’t give up, give in, give out, or give over till that healing takes place.
I made a vow; I said the words; I gave the pledge; I gave a ring; I
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YOU CAN HAVE MY ROOM
Wally was a 7th grade student who was bigger than any of the other students in his Sunday school class. His mother had been an alcoholic when he was born, and as a result, Wally just did not have all the mental capabilities that the rest of his classmates had. But somehow he
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Contributed by Chris Surber on Dec 7, 2007
My family was infected with some kind of sickness a couple of months ago that we have had the most terrible time getting over. In fact, I think we may still have it. It all started when my wife Christina had a small cough and a little bit of a sore throat. At first we just thought it was a
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Christian Church
Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Feb 9, 2025
[026] A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – BASED ON PSALM 17
The Psalms are always wonderful. Each one has come from the emotional positions of the writers. They represent worship, praise, request, history, prophecy, and prayer, among other things, such as the great Psalm 119 uplifting the word of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what
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Contributed by Tim Bond on Apr 30, 2003
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One of my favorite stories is about Chippie the parakeet. Chippie was a happy little bird, content every day to sit on his perch, swinging and singing to his little heart’s content. One day Chippie’s owner took the initiative to clean out his cage. She took off the attachment from the end of the
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"One of the supreme tests of life is, "How did we use our privileges?" Oscar Wilde has a terrible kind of parable like this. Jesus was walking through the streets of a city. In an open courtyard. He saw a young man feasting gluttonously and growing drunk with wine. "Young man." said Jesus. "why do
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Contributed by Don Hawks on Feb 9, 2004
I love the entry in his diary where he says, "And today I submitted to be even more vile: I descended to the level of field preaching."
In essence, what Wesley did was take the church beyond the walls. To do that he preach out in the open—something was seen as heresy by the church leaders of his
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Feb 6, 2008
One of my instructors in Bible College used to like to say that in the beginning God said, “Let there be light!” and the angels were blinking their eyes for a millennium.
He’d say, “I don’t know how theologically
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Orthodox
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 19, 2001
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My five year old daughter was misbehaving in worship one day and had to be taken out for corrective messures. When I ask, "do you know what you are about to get?" She turn her big brown eyes up and said, "A peice of
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Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Jan 16, 2010
My old friend Tom Keller was on sentry duty during his time in the military and he fell asleep, standing on his feet. Something awakened him and as he opened his eyes, he saw spit-shined boots directly opposite his own. He wanted to curse, but instead, he said, “In Jesus’ name, Amen!” and looked up
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Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
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Follow the example of Deanna Shrodes, the choir director of the North Carroll Assembly of God in Manchester, MD who takes her choir to bars and prisons. Why?
According to Deanna, they go to places "where we were guaranteed to find hurting people." They are taking their message of hope
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 8, 2003
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And, finally, we are to apply Christ in everything we do and say so that others will be pointed to the first part of the resolution and come to know Christ as their Savior. Your witness is more far reaching than you will ever know. This past week on Dr. Dobson’s Focus On The Family I heard this
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