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  • Synergistic Effect Of Draft Horses Pulling In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 1, 2009
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    Synergistic Effect of Draft Horses Pulling in Pairs Compared to Corporate Prayer My friend, if you are negligent about prayer in this way you are letting your church down. I read this week about a horse-pull in Canada where they hitched this one draft horse and he pulled 9,000 pounds. They hitched ...read more

  • Patience In Waiting

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 4, 2009
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     | 10,185 views

    PATIENCE IN WAITING Here’s one I am sure you can relate to. You’re in a hurry to get somewhere and your wife or girlfriend, or kids don’t share your sense of urgency. There you are waiting at the door or in the car for them to get ready to go. Now what are you experiencing inside? Are you ...read more

  • Elementary Students Penalized For Mentioning The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 1, 2010
     | 3,820 views

    Elementary Students Penalized for Mentioning the Name of Jesus in Relation to Christmas Recently a sixth grader was penalized for daring to mention the name of Jesus in an assignment to write a poem called “What Christmas means to me.” The poem read: “The best Christmas ever is when everyone is ...read more

  • These ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Apr 30, 2010
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    “These Hands” A young man and a young woman were engaged to be married and were looking forward to a near wedding day when the young man was suddenly called to serve his country. From the field of warfare letters regularly came and went and love shone brightly in all of them. The letters from ...read more

  • Emergency Locator On Raft Compared To Not Being ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 10, 2010
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    Emergency Locator on Raft Compared to Not Being Able to Hide Sin A big part of his prayer is confession. Nehemiah confessed his sin. He owned the problem. They were sins not simply of commission but of omission. Trying to hide our sins from God is impossible. He knows all about them. Numbers 32:23 ...read more

  • Adams, Coolidge And Roosevelt On The Bible  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 12, 2010
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    ADAMS, COOLIDGE AND ROOSEVELT ON THE BIBLE The late great 6th President of the United States of America, John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848), once said, "The [Holy] Bible is the Book of all others to be read at all ages and in all conditions of human life...I speak as a man of the world to men [and, ...read more

  • Wellington ...

    Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Jul 30, 2010
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    Wellington defeated! -- The Battle of Waterloo, fought on 18 June 1815, was Napoleon Bonaparte's last battle. His defeat put a final end to his rule as Emperor of the French. After Napoleon returned from exile and was restored to power, many states which had previously resisted his rule formed the ...read more

  • Fitting In

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Feb 13, 2011
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    FITTING IN I read the prologue to a story called Girl in the Middle. The girl is Kim Satinsky who is in eighth grade. She says, "You would think that being in a clique is fun, but take my word for it...it's not. They make me wear expensive things when I'm not really rich and tell me if something's ...read more

  • Stop Or Slow Down  PRO

    Contributed by Akinsanya Adubi on May 6, 2011
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    STOP OR SLOW DOWN Pastor John Hagee told us a story of a driver that refused to stop at a STOP sign; he was then pulled over by a cop. The cop told him that the reason he pulled him over was because he refused to stop at a STOP sign. He replied that he slowed down, the cop then explain to him that ...read more

  • Not If Jesus Is Like Dad  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 21, 2011
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    NOT IF JESUS IS LIKE DAD Some months ago I heard a touching story about a humble, consecrated pastor whose young son had become very ill. After the boy had undergone an exhaustive series of tests, the father was told the shocking news that his son had a terminal illness. The youngster had accepted ...read more

  • Reactions Can Be Worse Than Actions  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Sep 12, 2011
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    REACTIONS CAN BE WORSE THAN ACTIONS While in seminary, I worked at a local Christian radio station. Part of my duties was to take hourly meter readings from the transmitter and place them on a log sheet that was subject to FCC review. The building featured indoor/outdoor green carpet, and the day ...read more

  • Are You Ready To Rescue The Perishing?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2012
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    ARE YOU READY TO RESCUE THE PERISHING? I read a story of a man that got saved as a young, adult. He was so excited about Christ for the first couple of weeks, he told everybody the difference Jesus had made in his life. One Sunday night he was at his church and they sang this song, "Rescue the ...read more

  • We Should Be Striving On A Daily Basis To Worship ...

    Contributed by Mark Thometz on Aug 27, 2012
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    We should be striving on a daily basis to worship God in new, loving and exciting ways. It's very easy to become comfortable in our worship. We have that thing on Sunday and sometimes Wednesday and we may even dust off our Bible every now and then to read it. What about feeding the hungry as ...read more

  • Making The Wrong Right

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Oct 31, 2012
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    MAKING THE WRONG RIGHT Many years ago, Christian professor Stuart Blackie of the University of Edinburgh was listening to his students as they presented oral readings. When one young man rose to begin his recitation, he held his book in the wrong hand. The professor thundered, "Take your book in ...read more

  • The Power Of Choice

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Feb 26, 2018
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    Rev. Billy Graham, who died at his home in North Carolina on 21st February 2018 Wednesday at the age of 99, was among the most influential religious leader of the 20th Century. He said “Someday you will read or hear that Billy Graham is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it. I shall be more alive ...read more

  • Catching The Flu

    Contributed by Michael E. Bartee Sr. on Nov 10, 2018
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    Catching The Flu is definitely dangerous! Perhaps you have read about the flu epidemic that swept the world in 1918? It killed 50 million people. One fifth of the world’s population. It spread rapidly because it was so contagious and people didn’t know what it was or how to prevent it. I am ...read more

  • Just Before General Eisenhower Died, Billy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Just before General Eisenhower died, Billy Graham was invited to visit him at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, DC He was told he could stay thirty minutes. When he went in, the general was wearing his usual big smile, even though he knew he didn’t have long to live. Later Billy Graham told what ...read more

  • Rebellion In China

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Illustration from Tai Ping Rebellion in China We don’t learn much world history anymore in school. Back in the 1860s, a man arose in China who claimed to be a Messiah. [11] His name was Hong Xiuquan. Hong was this disturbed young salesman who read a bunch of heretical Christian literature, ...read more

  • Offer Up Your Gift — Antonio Stradivarius  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 29, 2007
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    Offer up Your Gift - Antonio Stradivarius A young boy Antonio loves music, but his voice was high and squeaky, and so he did not make the tryouts for the Cremona Boy’s Choir. When he took violin lessons, the neighbours persuaded his parents to make him stop. Yet Antonio still wanted to make ...read more

  • A Story Is Told About A Woman In An Airport. She ...  PRO

    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,078 views

    A story is told about a woman in an airport. She had a “red-eye” flight and it was around midnight. She was tired, but also hungry so she bought a box of cookies. She sat down and opened her hand bag, searching for a book to read. A man sat down next to her and the next thing she knew, he opened ...read more