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  • The Famous Architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    The famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, designed some unusual buildings. On a university campus in Florida stands a library designed by Wright with an extremely low ceiling, so low that if you are six feet tall and not careful, you keep bumping your head. A man who was having this trouble asked ...read more

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  • Put The King In First

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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    PUT THE KING IN FIRST In the Berlin art gallery there is a painting by the famous artist Mengel that is only partially finished. It is supposed to be a painting of King Frederick of Germany talking to his generals. Mengel painstakingly painted the generals first around the outside of the painting. ...read more

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  • H.b. London Jr., Of Focus On The Family, Writes ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
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    H.B. London Jr., of Focus on the Family, writes about his relationship with his father, who was a pastor: "My father was a great preacher. I only wish I had known him better. He was an absentee dad. I searched for a relationship with him until the time of his death, but I never found it. To give ...read more

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  • In 2002, The Gallup Index Of Leading Religious ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    In 2002, the Gallup Index of Leading Religious Indicators reached its lowest level, demonstrating the public’s most negative overall rating for organized religion since the index began in 1940. The poll found that confidence in organized religion had declined. In 2002, only 45 percent of Americans ...read more

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  • Victim Of His Own Invention

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    VICTIM OF HIS OWN INVENTION Sir Robert Watson Watt, the inventor of the radar was arrested himself for speeding. He had been caught in a radar trap. Shortly after this irony, he wrote this poem: Pity Sir Robert Watson Watt Strange target of his radar plot, And this, with others I could mention, A ...read more

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  • Dr. Lewis Sperry Chafer Told A Story On The ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 25, 2009
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    Dr. Lewis Sperry Chafer told a story on the subject of prayer. A certain minister was in the habit of profound prayers, oftentimes resorting to words beyond the understanding of his simple flock. This went on week after week, to the dismay and frustration of the congregation. At last, a wee ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Famous Last Words  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    FAMOUS LAST WORDS Karl Marx, died in 1883 with these last words: "Go on, get out - last words are for fools who haven’t said enough." Thomas à Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, d.1170 "I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace." The very last words ...read more

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  • Poor Sudanese ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    POOR SUDANESE CHILD There is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo taken in 1994 during the Sudan famine. The picture depicts a famine-stricken child crawling towards a United Nations food camp, located a kilometer away. The vulture is waiting for the child to die, so that it can eat it. This picture ...read more

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  • In Front Of God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    IN FRONT OF GOD I read the story of a man who took a slip of paper and wrote upon it only three letters spelling "G-O-D." He showed it to his friend, who was plainly overcome with greed and the worship of wealth. He took a coin, and after having placed the coin over the slip of paper, asked his ...read more

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  • It Takes So Little To Make Us Sad, Just A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "It takes so little to make us sad, Just a slighting word or a doubting sneer, Just a scornful smile on some lips held dear; And our footsteps lag, though the goal seemed near, And we lose the courage and hope we had So little it takes to make us sad. It takes so little to make us glad, Just a ...read more

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  • On Christian Joy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
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    ON CHRISTIAN JOY Billy Sunday said, "To see some people today you would think that the essential of Christianity is to have a face so long you could eat oatmeal out of the end of a gas pipe." William Barclay said that "A gloomy Christian is a contradiction in terms, and nothing in all religious ...read more

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  • Hard Work Is Worth It

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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    HARD WORK IS WORTH IT The story is told of a nursery worker about to plant a number of young saplings, some straight and some crooked, thus reasoned with himself – "These straight saplings will no doubt grow up to be fine trees without much attention on my part; but I will see if, by proper ...read more

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  • A.w. Tozer, In His Book, The Pursuit Of God, ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 7, 2009
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    A.W. Tozer, in his book, The Pursuit of God, tells us how to gain greater unity. "Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each ...read more

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  • Glo-Christians

    Contributed by Chris Surber on May 22, 2009
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    GLO-CHRISTIANS My wife and I recently obtained a fish tank for the family to enjoy. Among the fishes we placed inside of the tank are a handful of genetically engineered bright colored fish called GLOfish. It is engineered from a common aquarium fish; a Zebra fish. These little fish have had ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • The Harry Wilson Story

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jun 3, 2009
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    THE HARRY WILSON STORY When I came to faith in Jesus in 1985 the vicar at the church was another Wilson, Harry Wilson, not Harold Wilson! He told us his story of believing in Jesus, being selected for ordination training and heading off to college. Whilst at Bible College he realised that he was ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • I Have Broken Many Pocket Knives, Using Them For ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 8, 2009
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    I have broken many pocket knives, using them for purposes not intended by the manufacturer. I have broken a couple trying to pry something. (Take out pocket knife and show as an object lesson). God blesses us with material things. He helps us find a career and our place in this world. He gives ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Jim Lopardo Tells This ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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    Jim Lopardo tells this story: I was a percussion major when I was in college, and during a rehearsal of the student orchestra, my section kept making mistakes. "When you’re too dumb to play anything," the professor conducting us sneered, "they give you a couple of sticks, put you in the back and ...read more

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  • A Royal ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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    A ROYAL FAMILY President William Howard Taft’s great granddaughter was asked to write her autobiography when she was in the third grade. And this is what she wrote: "My great-grandfather was President of the United Sates. My grandfather was a United States Senator. My father is an ambassador. ...read more

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  • S. Lewis Johnson Wrote In His Article Entitled ...

    Contributed by Doyle Hayes on Jul 7, 2009
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    S. Lewis Johnson wrote in his article entitled “The Paralysis of Legalism” One of the most serious problems facing the orthodox church today is the problem of legalism. One of the most serious problems facing the church in Paul’s day was the problem of legalism. In every day it is the same. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Liberty In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009
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    LIBERTY IN LIMITS Tom Landry, former Hall of Fame Coach of the Dallas Cowboys and a great man of faith in Christ, once had this to say: "Most successful football players not only accept rules and limitations but, I believe, they need them. Players are free to perform at their best only when they ...read more

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