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  • A Young Preacher Began A Ministry At A Church ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    A young preacher began a ministry at a church that was rife with disunity, so he devised a simple method to eliminate the bickering. Whenever a member came to him to complain, he would take a spiral notebook out of his desk drawer. It was brand new-still had the Wal-Mart sticker on it. Across the ...read more

  • The Fallacy Of Misplaced Concreteness" Is A ...

    Contributed by John Tung on Mar 28, 2007
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    “The fallacy of misplaced concreteness” is a concept developed by Alfred North Whitehead, a philosopher who specialized in mathematics. And an example of what this says is that in a 2-dimensional world, giving the x and y axis location of a point is sufficient to precisely locate that point. But ...read more

  • A Perverted Form Of Pride Is Inordinate ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 5, 2007
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    A perverted form of pride is inordinate self-esteem. In the fall after we married Barbara took some drapes and a quilt to the cleaners. One afternoon she asked if I wanted to go with her to get them. The young girl behind the counter was feeling her oats – hair cut just right, permed just ...read more

  • The Song Of Jesus  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    THE SONG OF JESUS One night while conducting an evangelistic meeting in the Salvation Army Citadel in Chicago, Booth Tucker preached on the sympathy of Jesus. After his message a man approached him and said, "If your wife had just died, like mine has, and your babies were crying for their mother ...read more

  • Crossing The River

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Apr 21, 2009
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    CROSSING THE RIVER Max Lucado in SIX HOURS ONE FRIDAY tells this story: A missionary in Brazil discovered a tribe of Indians in a remote part of the jungle. They lived near a large river. The tribe was in need of medical attention. A contagious disease was spreading across the village. People ...read more

  • Clear Conscience—but Still Wrong

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Apr 27, 2009
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    CLEAR CONSCIENCE--BUT STILL WRONG My dad had paid for a membership at Rainbow Falls – a fishing lake about 1 hour into the mountains from our home. About our 2nd visit there, the fish just weren’t biting. That happens at stocked lakes. You could see them – right there in front of you, but they ...read more

  • John ...

    Contributed by William Akehurst on May 19, 2009
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    John 4:35 One morning, my lawn was full of dandelions. They were beautiful. Most people hate them. My neighbors had treated their lawns, as there were but a few dandelions there. For anyone who likes dandelion salad, or indulges in what I have heard as dandelion wine, my yard was ready that ...read more

  • Remember Who Your Daddy Is

    Contributed by David Hodgin on Jun 24, 2009
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    REMEMBER WHO YOUR DADDY IS George Foreman is famous for many things: boxing champion, pitchman, grill guru, television celebrity, and, he named all five of his sons, George. When asked why he gave all his sons the same name, he usually quips something like, "If you’d been hit in the head as many ...read more

  • M ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    MINDLESSNESS In 2009, we celebrated the 500th birthday of John Calvin, who was born on July 10, 1509, in Noyon, France. Calvin went into self-exile in Geneva because France was opposed to the Reformation. The reason I mention this is because of the remarkable work that Calvin did in Geneva. ...read more

  • A Young Man Saw An Elderly Couple Sitting Down To ...

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Oct 6, 2009
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    A young man saw an elderly couple sitting down to lunch at McDonald’s. He noticed that they had ordered one meal, and an extra drink cup. As he watched, the gentleman carefully divided the hamburger in half, then counted out the fries, one for him, one for her, until each had half of them. Then he ...read more

  • My Mum Suffered From Corns On Her Foot. She Was ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 28, 2009
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    My Mum suffered from corns on her foot. She was totally frustrated with this callused patch of hard, thickened skin and could not get relief. One day I invited her to Church and a woman spoke on healing. Invitations were given to come forward but my Mum, although interested in everything the woman ...read more

  • I Am

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 10, 2010
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    “I am” and Yahweh come from the same root word but have different tense references “I am” is 1st person “Yahweh” 3rd Person. Pronunciation of Yahweh The covenant name for the God of Israel in the Old Testament is Yahweh. This name was so sacred that by the second century BC the Jews refused to ...read more

  • A Millionaire Leaves It ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2010
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    A Millionaire Leaves It All A famous millionaire died of cancer. For weeks he suffered intolerable agony. Although surrounded by every luxury and receiving every possible care, he died as wretchedly as a pauper. There was the usual publicity, flowers, telegrams, an expensive bronze casket and a ...read more

  • The Ant And The Grasshopper

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 30, 2010
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    THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER In a field one summer’s day a grasshopper was hopping about, singing to its heart’s content. An ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest. "Why not come and play with me," said the grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling ...read more

  • Something In Their Eyes...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2011
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    SOMETHING IN THEIR EYES... A prominent atheist named Matthew Parris wrote in a 2008 essay about a strange phenomenon that he had observed in Africa. Amazingly, as an atheist, he wrote an essay for The Times titled, "Why Africa Needs God." Although Parris made it clear that he does not believe in ...read more

  • When Does God Settle Accounts?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 13, 2011
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    WHEN DOES GOD SETTLE ACCOUNTS? The story is told of a farmer in a Midwestern state who had a strong disdain for God. As he plowed his field on Sunday morning, he would shake his fist at the church people who passed by on their way to worship. October came and the farmer had his finest crop ...read more

  • Cleaning Up Our Mess

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2011
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    CLEANING UP OUR MESS There is a story about President Ronald Reagan when he "...was in the hospital healing from when he had been shot. One day his Vice President walked in the room to find him on his hands and knees wiping up water. The Vice President said, 'Mr. President, they’ll take care of ...read more

  • Flood In My Soul

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 3, 2011
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    FLOOD IN MY SOUL The night before my shoulder surgery last week I had what looked like the start of a kidney stone. My first thought was to cancel the surgery then Julie came in and settled me down. This happened from a medical procedure that went bad when I was 19. I still suffer some effects ...read more

  • Which Do You Think He Believed?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
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    WHICH DO YOU THINK HE BELIEVED? A man sat down to supper with his family and said grace, thanking God for the food, for the hands which prepared it, and for the source of all life. But during the meal he complained about the freshness of the bread, the bitterness of the coffee, and the sharpness ...read more

  • Keeping Up With Next Door  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2011
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    KEEPING UP WITH NEXT DOOR I heard about a chicken yard with a big hen house, where a rooster had all of his hens laying eggs. One day, two little boys were next door playing football, with a brand new white football. One of them accidentally kicked the football over the fence, and it rolled into ...read more