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  • God Is

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    GOD IS Ann Kimball had a marvelous way of talking about Jesus. She was the dean of women at Eastern Nazarene College in Boston, and she would speak all over the country. She was flying from Boston to San Francisco to speak, and she said she was just so tired from the week that she sat down in her ...read more

  • The Light That Saves

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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     | 6,355 views

    THE LIGHT THAT SAVES The story is told of a remarkable event that took place a little more than 30 years ago in the Gulf of Mexico. Darrel Dore was working on an oil rig when the rig suddenly started to wobble. Before too long, the rig tipped to one side and crashed into the water. Darrel found ...read more

  • The Oakland Police Force Recently Unveiled Its ...

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Jan 2, 2009
     | 2,018 views

    The Oakland police force recently unveiled its first lowrider police car. The vehicle has the standard logo, lights and siren, but also includes chrome wheels, hydraulic lift, and a 500-watt sound system. The car was put on the force to help officers build better relationship with inner-city ...read more

  • Who's Watching You?

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Jan 5, 2009
     | 2,950 views

    WHO’S WATCHING YOU? Years ago, my brother and I were fishing off a pier with four other people. It was so hot that the fish (white bass) were just floating on the surface of the water and had no interest in biting any bait. Those of us on the pier all decided just to snag the fish with treble ...read more

  • For A Project For World Religions Class, I ...  PRO

    Contributed by Christopher Kennedy on Jan 23, 2009
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    For a project for World Religions class, I interviewed a Muslim named Karim. Karim moved to America a couple decades ago. He worked at a restaurant and fell in love with one of the waitresses there, Susie. The two of them decided to get married. She took him home to meet her mother, a life-long ...read more

  • Are You "Sharing"?

    Contributed by Danny Presswood on Jan 26, 2009
     | 4,471 views

    ARE YOU "SHARING"? One of the most stirring indictments on the church ever penned was made by Charles Schultz many years ago. Snoopy is shivering out in a snowstorm beside an empty food dish. He was looking longingly, expectantly, toward the house. Lucy came out and said, "Go in peace, be warmed ...read more

  • Hell Should Break Your Heart

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
     | 1,677 views

    HELL SHOULD BREAK YOUR HEART It is difficult for any of us to receive a hard truth, however necessary it may be for us to hear it. But it is always much easier to hear it if it is told in love. Pastor and author Ray Stedman tells of a congregation that had dismissed its pastor. Someone asked a ...read more

  • Only One Boy

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Feb 6, 2009
     | 1,533 views

    "Only One Boy" One missionary to China tells of a boy who "prepared the way" for Jesus in a certain village. The missionary had never visited this village before. "Are there any Christians in your village?" he asked a man. "Only one boy," was the answer. The missionary walked on, and stopping at ...read more

  • Don't Be Cheap With The Seed

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    DON’T BE CHEAP WITH THE SEED In Canada, a believer operated a large grain farm. His spread included some twenty-five hundred acres. When asked how he planted the seed, he reached in a bin and pulled out an ear of corn. Then he proceeded to pop out the kernels one by one as he walked along, ...read more

  • What Is A Witness?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 11, 2009
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     | 7,888 views

    WHAT IS A WITNESS? I once heard a story about a prosecuting attorney from a small Texas town who called his first witness to the stand in a trial. She was a grandmotherly type, and he asked her, "Mrs. Jones, do you know me?" She said, "I do know you, Mr. Williams. I’ve known you since you were a ...read more

  • The Arrest

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 11, 2009
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    THE ARREST A young man was sitting at a stop light in downtown New Orleans one evening, when the lady in front of him was distracted as she was going thru some papers on her front seat. The red light changed to green and the young woman did not move. The young man was a bit put off by this and ...read more

  • Not Just Another Offering

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
     | 3,413 views

    NOT JUST ANOTHER OFFERING I had been praying regularly with the deacons for one of our members. His wife, Pat, attended our small congregation faithfully, but John hadn’t been to church in years. So every Sunday afternoon before the evening service, we prayed for ways to communicate our commitment ...read more

  • Be Content To Speak In A Cottage

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 2,878 views

    BE CONTENT TO SPEAK IN A COTTAGE January 6, 1850, was bitterly cold in Colchester, England, a hard-biting blizzard keeping most worshipers at home. At the Primitive Methodist Chapel on Artillery Street, only about a dozen showed up. When it became apparent that even the pastor would not arrive, an ...read more

  • Evangelism: Aquariums And Fires

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 2,639 views

    EVANGELISM: AQUARIUMS AND FIRES The late Sam Shoemaker, an Episcopalian bishop, summed up the situation this way: "In the Great Commission, the Lord has called us to be--like Peter--fishers of men. We’ve turned the commission around so that we have become merely keepers of the aquarium. ...read more

  • We 'are' Preaching

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    WE ’ARE’ PREACHING One day St. Francis of Assisi invited a young monk to join him on a trip into town to preach. The young monk was so honored that he quickly accepted. All day long they walked through the streets, and rubbed shoulders and visited with hundreds of people. At the end of the day, ...read more

  • Nfl Ok's Superbowl Parties At Churches

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 2,571 views

    NFL OK’S SUPERBOWL PARTIES AT CHURCHES Churches can now host Super Bowl parties without opposition from the National Football League. The League will not object to live showings of the Super Bowl by a religious organization on a routine and customary basis. The League will implement this policy ...read more

  • 59% Of Today's New Adult Believers Came To Faith ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 1,353 views

    59% of today’s new adult believers came to faith through family or ...read more

  • Latinos Boosting Catholic Attendance

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 1,833 views

    LATINOS BOOSTING CATHOLIC ATTENDANCE The U.S. Catholic Church would be in decline without Latin American immigrants. Traditional congregations of the American Catholic church have been dwindling in recent years, to where 1 in every 10 Americans is a former Catholic. Immigration from Latin-American ...read more

  • 89% Of Americans Have At Least One Close Friend ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 853 views

    89% of Americans have at least one close friend who considers himself or herself a ...read more

  • 67% Of Church-Going Young Adults Ages 18-34 And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
     | 1,139 views

    67% of church-going young adults ages 18-34 and 72% of non church-goers interact with other young adults ...read more

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