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  • If You Are A Parent, Then You Most Likely Seen A ...

    Contributed by Buddy Baird on Oct 16, 2006
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    If you are a parent, then you most likely seen a movie called “Toy Story.” One of the main characters is a cowboy named “Woody.” In “Toy Story 2,” Woody is kidnapped by the owner of a toy store, who intends on selling him to a toy museum. Upon arrival at the owners apartment, he meets three ...read more

  • In This Case They Are Not Only Withholding Their ...

    Contributed by Captain David Kauffman on Nov 4, 2006
     | 1,825 views

    In this case they are not only withholding their tithe – they are withholding their INVESTMENT in themselves and God’s people. They are choosing to remain a “fruitless, wild vine” or a “lone-wolf Christian”. Undisciplined and re-writing the Bible to fit their situation – they go from place to ...read more

  • I Can Remember My First Fight. It Was In The 5th ...

    Contributed by James Chandler on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,490 views

    I can remember my first fight. It was in the 5th grade against Wesley. We agreed to meet in the cemetery that was between our houses and the school. It was to be just me and him. But when I showed up there was a circle of kids who had come to watch the big fight. Fear overtook me and I ran all ...read more

  • In The Beginning Of The Twentieth Century A Young ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 15, 2007
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    In the beginning of the twentieth century a young graduate of Cornell University was engaged in a most amazing effort to win the entire world to Jesus Christ. His name was John R. Mott. During his years as secretary of the World Student Volunteer Movement, Mott’s travels took him everywhere: to ...read more

  • Service Stations Everywhere Are Installing ...

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jul 1, 2004
     | 1,989 views

    Service stations everywhere are installing do-it-yourself credit card pumps. No attendant is needed since the customer can make his gasoline purchase and never go inside. Soft drink machines are now on the market that will talk back to you when you make your purchase. Now, other businesses besides ...read more

  • Gypsy Smith Tells Of Pushing Through In The ...

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Oct 20, 2004
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     | 3,276 views

    Gypsy Smith tells of pushing through in the Scotland streets and feeling a tug at his sleeves. At first he thought someone was trying to get ahead. The tug came more persistently and he saw a little girl in rags, holding something wrapped in dirty paper. “What is it, my dear?”“ I want you to have ...read more

  • Sam Jones Was A Preacher Who Held Revival ...

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Nov 12, 2004
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    Sam Jones was a preacher who held revival services, which he called “quittin’ meetings.” His preaching was directed primarily to Christians, and he urged them to give up the sinful practices in their lives. Sam’s messages were very effective, and many people promised to quit swearing, drinking, ...read more

  • Making It Worse

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 21, 2009
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    MAKING IT WORSE One Sunday morning during announcements, the preacher said, "I need to make a correction to an announcement from last week’s bulletin. It read: The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment, and gracious hostility. It should have read: The church will host ...read more

  • Sleeping The Night Before Your ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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    SLEEPING THE NIGHT BEFORE YOUR EXECUTION In 1555, Nicholas Ridley was burned at the stake because of his witness for Christ. On the night before Ridley’s execution, his brother offered to remain with him in the prison chamber to be of assistance and comfort. Nicholas declined the offer and replied ...read more

  • William Tyndale On Romans

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2009
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    William Tyndale on Romans William Tyndale, the pioneer English Bible translator, wrote these famous words in his prologue to Romans (in the 1534 edition of the English New Testament): "Forasmuch as this epistle is the principal and most excellent part of the New Testament, and most pure [gospel]. ...read more

  • Ok Here, Banned Overseas

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Jun 2, 2010
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    OK HERE, BANNED OVERSEAS When I was a child, this advertisement would not have had a dog's show of making it onto the tele. It's a picture of this young lady on an Australian beach, saying "We've saved a spot on the beach," and I think there's a bit that says, "We've had the camels shampooed." We ...read more

  • Old-School Church Discipline

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    OLD-SCHOOL CHURCH DISCIPLINE The Amish practice shunning – ignoring, turning away from, avoiding. When a person is disciplined by the community, relationships are severed between parents and children, or brother and sister, or even husbands and wives. Because the Amish are so isolated from those ...read more

  • A Special Visitor

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 29, 2010
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     | 1,750 views

    A SPECIAL VISITOR This past Tuesday, it was difficult to drive in and out of our church parking lot because of a barrage of traffic down Webster Street. Where did this traffic come from? Downtown was blocked off because President Obama and Vice-President Biden were speaking at a closed meeting a ...read more

  • Conformity

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Feb 29, 2016
     | 6,351 views

    I first noticed this in leading people to Christ. They were beautiful before they were “church broke.” Great young converts often start out as radiant Christians and end up only as carbon-copy Baptists. Great young ministers start out as adorable mavericks, but after a business meeting or two and a ...read more

  • Old Nature

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 15, 2019
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    OLD MAN Some time ago, a person I worked with came up to me and said, “if I didn’t know you, I would be terrified to meet you on the street”. If my coworker only knew half of what I’d been, He would never even talk to me. God took the most vile, evil, misguided person in the world and ...read more

  • The Invisible Church  PRO

    Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Sep 25, 2008
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     | 4,538 views

    The Invisible Church Warren Weirsbe tells a story of a free-lance missionary that visited a pastor friend asking for financial support. "What group are you associated with?" his friend asked. The man replied, "I belong to the invisible church." His friend then asked, "Well, what church are you a ...read more

  • In The Darkness Of The Catacombs, In The Filth ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
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    "In the darkness of the catacombs, in the filth of underground sewers, in the shadows of a thousand Roman nights, these phrases were searched by tired faces. These pages were held in trembling hands. These words sent the light of hope into the hearts of God's people. It was a message straight from ...read more

  • A Black American Baptist Preacher From Richmond ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A black American Baptist preacher from Richmond was attending a Baptist convention in Mississippi. A Mississippi preacher, reading the Scripture lesson for a morning session, read: “Now the Kingdom of Heaven was likened unto ten Virginians which took their lamps and went forth to meet the ...read more

  • The Name Of The Author Was Not Attached To This ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The name of the author was not attached to this story where I found it. But the story makes a telling point. Listen to him/her: I heard an interesting comment at a meeting I attended in New York, and I made a note of it: Because Jean-Claude Killy, the world-famous skier, was three-tenths of a ...read more

  • Swedish Hymnist Lina Sandell Berg Served With ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,101 views

    Swedish hymnist Lina Sandell Berg served with her father in an evangelistic ministry. As they were traveling by ship, he accidentally fell overboard and drowned. In need of the comfort that only God can supply, she wrote the following words that are still sung by Christians around the world: Day by ...read more