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  • Shallow ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    SHALLOW LIVES A few statistics clarify a problem. The figures I have are from five years ago, but I believe the comparisons are still the same. Americans gave $2.9 billion dollars to overseas missions. That sounds pretty good until you find out that we spend $8.4 billion to see movies, $13 billion ...read more

  • Anger Irony

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 8, 2008
     | 4,251 views

    Anger Irony Bad weather had backed up all flights, and as a result our plane sat on the runway for three hours. All attempts to placate the passengers weren’t working. Then the pilot came on the intercom to announce his umpteenth update: "Folks, we'll be getting permission to take off, but I have ...read more

  • Nothing But The Cross

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
     | 3,879 views

    NOTHING BUT THE CROSS J. A. James is quoted as saying, "Although the pulpit is intended to be a pedestal for the cross, even the cross itself is sometimes used as a mere pedestal for the preacher's fame. We may roll the thunders of eloquence, we may scatter the flowers of poetry, we may diffuse ...read more

  • Preach The Cross

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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     | 3,910 views

    PREACH THE CROSS J. A. James is quoted as saying, "Although the pulpit is intended to be a pedestal for the cross, even the cross itself is sometimes used as a mere pedestal for the preacher's fame. We may roll the thunders of eloquence, we may scatter the flowers of poetry, we may diffuse the ...read more

  • Too Close To Where I Got In

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,594 views

    TOO CLOSE TO WHERE I GOT IN Vance Havner said it this way: "Too many of us today are shaky about what we believe, BUT NOT SHAKEN BY WHAT WE BELIEVE." Our faith doesn’t shake us or have a hold on us. A little boy fell out of his bed. When his mama asked him what happened, he said, "I don’t know. ...read more

  • Tenth Hours

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
     | 1,606 views

    TENTH HOURS Napoleon said that in every battle there [is] a period of ten or fifteen minutes which decides the issue of the conflict. Certainly in the battle of life there are moments and hours which, so far as we can tell, determine our history: hours when the spirit in which we lived, the step ...read more

  • Moving Day

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Mar 7, 2009
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    MOVING DAY Shortly before his death, Dr. M. R. De Haan, founder of Radio Bible Class, took great comfort from an article written by J. E. Campbell. The article spoke of death in a unique way: "Moving day is coming. Just when the van will stop at our home we do not know—-but for everyone it is ...read more

  • During One Church Member's Stay In The Hospital, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    During one church member’s stay in the hospital, he fell into conversation with a hospital employee. I heard him ask, "Do you go to church?" This woman said she did and gave the name of her church. Our continued by asking, "Are you saved?" She readily responded by saying, "I sure am. And I’m ...read more

  • Come Unto Me, All Ye That Labour And Are Heavy ...  PRO

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Aug 14, 2007
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    "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden (NIV - weary and burdened), and I will give you rest." (Matt 11:28 KJV) There is a church building where this verse can be read on the front wall of its sanctuary. To those who enter that building on Sundays, the words of the verse are a ...read more

  • Mark Twain Was A Brilliant Writer Who Used His ...

    Contributed by Chris Willis on Oct 23, 2007
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    Mark Twain was a brilliant writer who used his fair share of idioms, and he used our idiom this morning when he wrote Pudd’nhead Wilson in 1894. This is what he wrote, Behold, the fool saith, "Put not all thine eggs in the one basket" which is but a manner of saying, "Scatter your money and your ...read more

  • A Football Game Was Being Played In Badger ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 26, 2007
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     | 1,429 views

    A football game was being played in Badger Stadium in 1982 in Madison Wisconsin with more than 60,000 fans in attendance. The home team was losing. But out of the blue during time outs, when play was a stop the fans would jump up and roar with excitement. Why? Finally the players and coaches ...read more

  • Legitimacy Vs. Abnormality

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 26, 2007
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     | 1,287 views

    Legitimacy vs. Abnormality In the mass-media age, journalism is more than the transmission of neutral information. It traffics in the kind of information and spectacle calculated to embarrass western leaders. But the media doesn’t confine itself to embarrassing politicians. It also works to create ...read more

  • When I Was In Amsterdam, Working As A Missionary ...

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Mar 19, 2009
     | 1,806 views

    When I was in Amsterdam, working as a missionary with YWAM, a Christian music group came to the city to play at a place called "The Last Watering Hole." A number of us went to hear them play and support them in their mission. While we were there, a who was not a Christian light up a joint. Out of ...read more

  • It Is The Story Of A Blind Boy With His Father ...

    Contributed by Colin Bain on May 1, 2009
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    . It is the story of a blind boy with his father on a hill flying a kite. The young lad had the kite string in his hand and a smile on his face which was pointing to the skies. Eventually someone came and asked the unspoken question “What can you possibly get out of flying the kite?” The boy ...read more

  • Greedy Monkey

    Contributed by David Baeder on Jun 9, 2009
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    GREEDY MONKEY Have you heard of the mischievous monkey? He was running loose and getting into people's houses and stealing food. Try as they may, the town’s people could not capture the monkey. One man had an idea. He got a very large jar with a very narrow neck and put some peanuts in the ...read more

  • Humility And Experience

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 20, 2009
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     | 8,800 views

    HUMILITY AND EXPERIENCE Listen to this true story: "My father began teaching business classes at the local prison through a community college. On his first night of class, he started a chapter on banking. During the course of his lecture, the subject of ATMs came up, and he mentioned that, on ...read more

  • Sometimes We Come Against Things That Violates ...

    Contributed by Pastor Gbenga Shadare on Jun 11, 2010
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    Sometimes we come against things that violates our core principles and we may not be able to speak up or stand up for what we know we should. But with the conviction and power of faith, we stand up for our beliefs and consequently do the right thing. Doing the right is powered by faith! The bible ...read more

  • A Special Visitor

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 29, 2010
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    A SPECIAL VISITOR This past Tuesday, it was difficult to drive in and out of our church parking lot because of a barrage of traffic down Webster Street. Where did this traffic come from? Downtown was blocked off because President Obama and Vice-President Biden were speaking at a closed meeting a ...read more

  • This Is Your Captain...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jan 25, 2011
     | 3,316 views

    "THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN..." The 747 jetliner taxiing down the runway, with the passengers all buckled up for takeoff. A voice came over the speakers in the plane's cabin, "Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Welcome aboard Flight 22 for London's Heathrow Airport. We ...read more

  • Higher Ground

    Contributed by John Putty on Apr 5, 2011
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     | 2,851 views

    HIGHER GROUND The old hymn, “Higher Ground” is a spiritual declaration of one determined man Johnson Oatman, Jr. put to music! While some refuse to believe that our personal faith plays any real role in our spiritual growth and in experiencing Christian victory, in all my 20 years of preaching ...read more