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  • Mature Audiences: One Person Will Turn 50 In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
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    Mature Audiences: One person will turn 50 in the United States every 7.5 seconds for the next 18 years! The U.S. Census Bureau projects there are 25.3 million Americans between ages of 50-59, and expect that figure will jump to 37.7 million by 2006. "This aging population is growing and it is one ...read more

  • What A Friend We Have In Jesus

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS I want to close this message by singing a great hymn of prayer and faith. "What a Friend We Have in Jesus." This hymn was written by Joseph Scriven who lived from 1819 to 1886. Joseph Scriven had wealth, education, a devoted family, and a pleasant life in his native ...read more

  • Suffering For The Right Reasons

    Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 25, 2009
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    SUFFERING FOR THE RIGHT REASONS Richard Wurmbrand is the founder of a ministry called "Voice of the Martyrs." Some of you receive their publication. Richard Wurmbrand was a Romanian Pastor who was imprisoned by the Russians and tortured for his faith in Christ. In May of 1966 Pastor Wurmbrand ...read more

  • Catherine Lawes: A Story Of Compassion

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 8, 2011
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    CATHERINE LAWES: A STORY OF COMPASSION Max Lucado relates this story. When Catherine Lawes’ husband, Lewis, became the warden on Sing Sing prison in 1921, she was a young mother of three daughters. Everybody warned her never to step foot inside the walls. But she didn’t listen to them. When the ...read more

  • A Chicken Story

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Apr 25, 2011
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    A CHICKEN STORY The story is told of Joe the Butcher who had crafty ways of selling his chickens. He had one chicken left, and he didn’t want to keep it over the weekend. The priest of his church came into the store. He said, "My wife sent me to buy a good size chicken to roast for dinner. We’re ...read more

  • I'll Give You My First Paycheck

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2011
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    I'LL GIVE YOU MY FIRST PAYCHECK Craig C. had been an alcoholic for more than a dozen years. He'd lost everything he had, including his wife and son, due to his selfishness and addiction. Things began to change after he gave his life to Christ, but he still fell regularly into his old habits. It ...read more

  • What Are We Preaching?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 31, 2011
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    WHAT ARE WE PREACHING? False teachings abound whenever people do not know the truth. Many of our churches today do not teach the truth because many pastors do not know the Bible. In our seminaries, almost 50 percent of professors now teach that there was no virgin birth of Jesus, and that story ...read more

  • Ownership Of The Gift  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 27, 2012
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    OWNERSHIP OF THE GIFT A humanitarian group in Africa, noticing the filthy water, sewage, and disease, built clean water and sewage system for a village. Months later, they visited the village, but it was back to square one with filthy water, sewage and disease. [from Pickthebrain.com] The chief ...read more

  • Circuit Riders

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Jun 19, 2020
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    In the early years, Circuit riders were most often lay preachers without formal education. They were young, poor, and, for the most part, single. Traveling thousands of miles a year. Though circuit riders eventually represented many different denominations but none were more aggressive or ...read more

  • The Answer To My Prayers

    Contributed by John Bright on Mar 5, 2021
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    I don’t see as many vending machines around as I used to see. The ones I see now, you can pay with your phone or your smart watch. In the old days, all the vending machines had the food on metal coils that would rotate and move the food forward when you make your selection. Sometimes, that item ...read more

  • Jesus Described Hell As A Place With A Stench. On ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 18, 2007
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    Jesus described hell as a place with a stench. On the southwest corner of I-240 in our city you can smell the oil refinery. In Counce, Tennessee, you can smell the pulp mill or in Bolivar the tannery. When I lived on Holmes Street I ordered some flytraps for the backyard. They were quart jars ...read more

  • One Of God's Great Partners In The 1930's And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    One of God’s great partners in the 1930’s and 40’s who did exactly this – helped lead people to belief – was Dr. Harry Ironside. Not only did he author more than 60 books (and one hymn, Overshadowed), but he also pastored Moody Memorial Church in Chicago for 18 years. On one occasion while he was ...read more

  • A Man Put Up A Sign In His Yard That Read: ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A MAN PUT UP A SIGN IN HIS YARD THAT READ: "PUPPIES FOR SALE." AMONG THOSE WHO CAME TO INQUIRE WAS A YOUNG BOY. "PLEASE, MISTER," HE SAID, "I’D LIKE TO BUY ONE OF YOUR PUPPIES IF THEY DON’T COST TOO MUCH." "WELL, SON, THEY’RE $25 EACH." THE BOY LOOKED CRUSHED. "I’VE ONLY GOT TWO DOLLARS AND FIVE ...read more

  • A Young American Engineer Was Sent To Ireland By ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 28, 2007
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    A young American engineer was sent to Ireland by his company to work in a new electronics plant. It was a two-year assignment that he had accepted because it would enable him to earn enough to marry his long-time girlfriend. She had a job near her home in Tennessee, and their plan was to pool their ...read more

  • Standing On A Small Platform, A Reader Calls Out ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    Standing on a small platform, a reader calls out names, “Michael Hyde. Donald Jackson. Jose Munoz.” The names being read were those engraved on “The Wall.” No one calls it anything else. It was once highly controversial. This was not a statue, no soldier on horseback, but a black granite gash in ...read more

  • Prayer Skit Adapted From Something I Heard On ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jerry Smith on Apr 14, 2008
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    Prayer skit adapted from something I heard on Christian radio Jennifer says --- Ryan, I am going to spend some time in prayer. Please don’t disturb me. (goes across the room and kneels in prayer) “Oh Lord, I am your servant. I want to do your will no matter what it is.” (Ryan pokes his head in ...read more

  • Peace With God First

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on May 8, 2008
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    PEACE WITH GOD FIRST D. M. Lloyd Jones writes, "If you are ansious to obtain some benefits from the Queen of England, the first thing you have to discuss is, 'How can I get into Buckingham Palace? What have I to do to get admission? Then how do I approach this great personage?' It is too obvious ...read more

  • Old Pete Had A Knack For Catching Fish. Every ...

    Contributed by Jerry Mckee on Jun 5, 2008
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    Old Pete had a knack for catching fish. Every weekend Old Pete went fishing and returned with dozens of fish. Nobody knew how he did it. When other fisherman were unable to land more than three or four, Old Pete always came back with stringer after stringer of freshly caught fish. Curious, the ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago The Plain English Campaign Ran A ...

    Contributed by David Moore on Jul 11, 2008
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    A few years ago the Plain English Campaign ran a national survey that found that some people would rather have a grander job title than a pay rise. This might seem astonishing, but upgrading job titles has apparently become more and more popular as employers try to keep their staff happy. Here are ...read more

  • A Man Goes To A Diner Every Day For Lunch. He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
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    A man goes to a diner every day for lunch. He always orders the soup du jour. One day the manager asks him how he liked his meal. The man replies, "It was good, but you could give a little more bread." So the next day the manager tells the waitress to give him four slices of bread. "How was your ...read more