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  • Game Show Veteran Wink Martindale Is Back, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
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    Game show veteran Wink Martindale is back, hosting “Debt” on the Lifetime cable network beginning next week. Contestants arrive with between $6,000 and $10,000 in debt—from credit cards, student loans and car loans—and try to head into the black by answering pop-culture questions. Instead of taking ...read more

  • Keith Hernandez Is One Of Baseball's Top Players. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    Keith Hernandez is one of baseball’s top players. He is a lifetime .300 hitter who has won numerous Golden Glove awards for excellence in fielding. He’s won a batting championship for having the highest average, the Most Valuable Player award in his league, and even the World Series. Yet with all ...read more

  • It's What You Do—not When You Do It

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    IT’S WHAT YOU DO--NOT WHEN YOU DO IT Ted Williams, at age 42, slammed a home run in his last official time at bat. Mickey Mantle, age 20, hit 23 home runs his first full year in the major leagues. Golda Meir was 71 when she became Prime Minister of Israel. William Pitt II was 24 when he ...read more

  • A Member Of Alcoholics Anonymous Once Sent ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    A member of Alcoholics Anonymous once sent columnist Ann Landers the following: We drank for happiness and became unhappy. We drank for joy and became miserable. We drank for sociability and became argumentative. We drank for sophistication and became obnoxious. We drank for friendship and ...read more

  • It Is Not The Critic Who Counts: Not The Man Who ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, and comes ...read more

  • While Studying In The Holy Lands, A Seminary ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    While studying in the Holy Lands, a seminary professor of mine met a man who claimed to have memorized the Old Testament--in Hebrew! Needless to say, the astonished professor asked for a demonstration. A few days late they sat together in the man’s home. "Where shall we begin?" asked the man. ...read more

  • Writer Amos Wells Reflected Our Need For Thorough ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    Writer Amos Wells reflected our need for thorough Bible study in this verse: I supposed I knew my Bible, Reading peacemeal, hit or miss, Now a bit of John or Matthew, Now a snatch of Genesis, Certain chapters of Isaiah, Certain Psalms (the twenty-third), Twelfth of Romans, first of Proverbs ...read more

  • When Pope Julius I Authorized December 25 To Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    When Pope Julius I authorized December 25 to be celebrated as the birthday of Jesus in A.D. 353, who would have ever thought that it would become what it is today. When Professor Charles Follen lit candles on the first Christmas tree in America in 1832, who would have ever thought that the ...read more

  • Tony Campolo Was Giving A Major Address At A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 9, 2006
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    Tony Campolo was giving a major address at a women’s conference. At a point in the program the women were being challenged with a several thousand dollar goal for their mission project, the chairperson for the day turned to Dr Campolo and asked him if he would pray for God’s blessing on the women ...read more

  • My Very First Dream

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Dec 8, 2006
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    INTRODUCTION… My very first dream (p) I would like to begin this morning by telling you about the very first dream I can remember. It is not a long dream. I honestly do not know how old I was when I had this dream, I think I was in first or second grade. The setting of the dream is my back ...read more

  • Pastor D. James Kennedy Said In A Sermon, "I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Pastor D. James Kennedy said in a sermon, “I remember years ago talking to a man in his home about Christ and asking him who he thought Jesus was. He said, ‘Oh, He’s a wonderful man. He was the greatest man who ever lived, the most loving and gracious person who ever walked upon this earth.’ “I ...read more

  • When Preachers Get Together, Someone May ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Jul 21, 2007
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    When preachers get together, someone may comment, “That will preach.” Inspiration for a sermon comes from many people and places. A few weeks ago in our Academy for Christian Training and Service one of our readings for reflection came from the book YEARING TO KNOW GOD’S WILL by Danny E. Morris, ...read more

  • The Hermit Seeking To Know God Better

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 22, 2007
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    ILLUSTRATION: The Hermit Seeking to know God better, John Chrysostom became a hermit in the mountains near Antioch in A.D. 373. Although his time of isolation was cut short by illness, he learned that with God at his side, he could attend alone against anyone or anything. That lesson served ...read more

  • A Young Intern Came Into Our Hospital Ward One ...

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Oct 31, 2007
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    A young intern came into our hospital ward one evening, shaking his head. "There’s an old man out there by the vending machines," he said, "and he’s putting dollar bills into the money changer. Every time he gets his quarters, he yells, ’Jackpot!’ and dances around." The other nurses and I ...read more

  • The Tater Family  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 4, 2007
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    The Tater Family Some families make church their home. Others find other uses for the church. Take the notorious Tater family, for example. Perhaps you’ve met some of them. · The chief of the clan is old Dick Tater, who insists on running everything in church. · His brother Ro Tater keeps ...read more

  • In Charles Swindoll's Book, The Quest For ...

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 8, 2007
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    In Charles Swindoll’s Book, The Quest For Character (Multnomah), sociologist and historian Carle Zimmerman, in his 1947 book Family And Civilization, recorded his keen observations as he compared the disintegration of various cultures with the parallel decline of family life in those cultures. ...read more

  • According To The Jewish Encyclopedia: "Even The ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 12, 2007
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    According to the Jewish Encyclopedia: "Even the names of Antichrist in this passage are of Jewish origin; the "lawless one" (II Thess. ii. 8, R. V.) is none other than Belial—whom Paul mentions in another place as the opponent of the Messiah (II Cor. vi. 15)—a name interpreted by the rabbis as ...read more

  • It's The Boat

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Jan 2, 2008
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    It’s The Boat Imagine a ship filled with people crossing the Atlantic. In the middle of the ocean there is an explosion. The ship is severely damaged and slowly sinking. Most are dead, and the rest are rushing for the lifeboats. Now suppose one man doesn’t know about the lifeboat, so he does not ...read more

  • 4408 Eternal Loss Or Temporary ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 29, 2008
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    Illustration: 4408 Eternal Loss Or Temporary Pleasure. There’s a story of how money can blur vision: A certain tribe in Africa elects a new king every seven years but it invariably kills its old king. For seven years the member of the tribe enjoying this high honor is provided with every luxury ...read more

  • Consumers Don't Spend Any More Time Standing In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    Consumers don’t spend any more time standing in line to examine your product than their grandparents did, but they have a lot more lines to choose from. So if one line isn’t moving at a speed they like, they move to another one. Today marketers have to give their customers more than the traditional ...read more