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  • Some Years Ago, Two Teenagers With A Long History ...

    Contributed by Jordon Leblanc on Apr 5, 2008
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    Some years ago, two teenagers with a long history of crime and delinquency robbed a YMCA in New York City. On the way out they saw a young man at the telephone switchboard. In their panic they assumed he was calling the police. They grabbed him and beat him savagely with brass knuckles and a steel ...read more

  • In My Files I Have A Story About A Man Who Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    In my files I have a story about a man who was attending a Youth Ministry class at Hannibal-LaGrange College in Missouri. He said: When I got to class, everybody was doing their last minute studying. The teacher came in and said he would review with us for just a little bit before the test. We ...read more

  • I Was Using Pot And Drinking. I Gravitated Toward ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 3, 2008
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    I was using pot and drinking. I gravitated toward rock and eventually into heavy metal and thrash, because this music fed my negative emotions. In fact, there were specific songs that I couldn’t hear for several years later without having a response that put me emotionally back in that place. By ...read more

  • I Want It All

    Contributed by John Boquist on Jul 19, 2008
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    I WANT IT ALL Some time ago, our daughter had just turned 15½ and received her learner’s permit. Once she did that, I actually handed her the keys to my car and let her in the driver’s seat. Suppose she had said something like, “Now that I have the keys, I’m going to drive the way I want to. ...read more

  • A Young Employee Secretly Misappropriated Several ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 9, 2007
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    A young employee secretly misappropriated several hundred dollars of his business firm’s money. When this action was discovered, the young man was told to report to the office of the senior partner of the firm. As he walked up the stairs toward the administrative office, the young employee was ...read more

  • Who Has Abortions?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    WHO HAS ABORTIONS? Fifty-two percent of U.S. women obtaining abortions are younger than 25: Women aged 20-24 obtain 33 percent of all abortions, and teenagers obtain 19 percent. Black women are more than 3 times as likely as white women to have an abortion, and Hispanic women are 2 1/2 times as ...read more

  • Jehovah's Witnesses And Mormons

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
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    JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES AND MORMONS New studies reveal most adult Witnesses have made a personal commitment to Christ they consider important in their life, but only 10% base their hope of salvation on a confession of sins and acceptance of Jesus as savior. 61% of Jehovah’s Witnesses, vs. 42% of ...read more

  • Temple Of Greed

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Mar 12, 2009
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    TEMPLE OF GREED Stanford Kurland ran Countrywide Mortgage through 2006. Then after the mortgage crisis began (for which Kurland may be partially responsible) he opened up PennyMac, a company that says they will help bail out the mortgage industry by buying the troubled mortgages at a reduced rate ...read more

  • The Message Never Got ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    THE MESSAGE NEVER GOT DELIVERED George Sweeting, in his book, The No-Guilt Guide for Witnessing, tells of a man by the name of John Currier who in 1949 was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Later he was transferred and paroled to work on a farm near Nashville, Tennessee. In ...read more

  • When I Was Teaching Middle School, I Faced A ...

    Contributed by Terry Barnhill on May 9, 2009
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    When I was teaching Middle School, I faced a problem that’s common to all teachers. I’d be giving instructions to the class, and while I was talking, one or two hands would flip up into the air. They had a question. I wasn’t finished giving the instructions, and already they had questions. My ...read more

  • Two Choices: The Real God Or A False God, Richard ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 22, 2009
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    Two Choices: The real God or a false god, Richard Lovelace on How Some Churches Want Ministers To Protect Them from the Real God Richard Lovelace wrote: "The whole church was...avoiding the biblical portrait of the sovereign and holy God who was angry with the wicked every day and whose anger ...read more

  • March Of The Penguins: Fellowship

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 24, 2009
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    MARCH OF THE PENGUINS: FELLOWSHIP The documentary The March of the Penguins follows the emperor penguins of Antarctica on their incredible journey through ice and snow to mating grounds up to 70 miles inland. Narrated by Morgan Freeman, this beautiful film captures the drama of these ...read more

  • Take The Silver With You” (Verse 25) More ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Mar 28, 2010
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    "Take the silver with you” (verse 25) more accurately translated really means, “bind the money in your hand”. E.g. – Have you ever put that tithe on the dresser, to get it ready for Sunday but somehow when Sunday came you had used the money for a need that popped up? You reason, “I’ll make it up ...read more

  • The Other Day I Met A Man With Inoperable Brain ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 22, 2010
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    The other day I met a man with INOPERABLE BRAIN TUMORS. John (not his real name) made a commitment to Christ many years ago and has an ASSURANCE OF ETERNAL LIFE. We had a great conversation together. He is an amazing person. And I prayed for him. When I read Matthew 10, I wonder about John. ...read more

  • Brothers Reunited After Fighting Each Other ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2010
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    Brothers Reunited After Fighting Each Other During the Civil War James Campbell and his brother Alexander immigrated to America in the 1850s. James settled in Charleston where he worked as a drayman and clerk; Alexander lived in New York and worked as a stonemason. On June 10, 1862, Alexander wrote ...read more

  • The Bridal Suite

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 27, 2011
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    THE BRIDAL SUITE Cynthia Thomas tells a story about her "brother and his new wife who were escorted to their bridal suite in an elegant hotel in the wee hours of the morning. They were tired from the many hours at their wedding reception and from mingling with their guests. They took a look around ...read more

  • When You Can't Fight, Pray

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jun 14, 2011
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    WHEN YOU CAN'T FIGHT, PRAY Nancy told me the other day that, not too long ago, she overheard Graham praying. Here he was, near the end of his life, beset with a failing body more than nine decades old, and what was he praying for? His country. Your country. Mine. He fought for this country. He ...read more

  • He's No Longer In The Grave  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
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    HE'S NO LONGER IN THE GRAVE In 1887, twenty two years after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, his coffin was dug up and opened because there were constant rumors that his body was not in the grave. So they dug it up and the body was there. The rumors continued so 14 years later they ...read more

  • Where Is The Church When It Hurts?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 13, 2012
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    WHERE IS THE CHURCH WHEN IT HURTS? Where is God in the midst of the storm? One author answered that question with this incident: "In Washington and Chicago, as I talked about the special edition of Where Is God When It Hurts?, inevitably the interviewer would turn the question back on me. 'Well, ...read more

  • The Purpose Of Life  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
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    THE PURPOSE OF LIFE There's a guy named Hugh Morehead who 45 years ago began a hobby of writing to famous philosophers and scientists and authors and asking them, "What is the purpose of life?" The responses he got back were depressing at best. Isaac Asimov wrote back, "As far as I can see there ...read more