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  • Church Asks Non-Participants To Leave

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
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    CHURCH ASKS NON-PARTICIPANTS TO LEAVE Just a few years ago, Larknews.com carried the following fictional piece of satire on its website. In the form of a news release, it reported: Julie and Bob Clark were stunned to receive a letter from their church in July asking them to "participate in the ...read more

  • When A Christian Grows

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
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    WHEN A CHRISTIAN GROWS Dr. Bonar once remarked that he could tell when a Christian was growing. In proportion to his growth in grace he would elevate his Master, talk less of what he was doing, and become smaller and smaller in his own esteem, until, like the morning star, he faded away before the ...read more

  • Words In The Spirit

    Contributed by D. Marie Hamilton on Apr 16, 2011
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    WORDS IN THE SPIRIT When I was asked to be the preacher for the North Little Rock Ministerial Alliance Community Thanksgiving Service, I was floored. I didn't think that anybody thought that much about me. I was honored by the gesture, but the moment I said "yes," my nerves got the best of me. I ...read more

  • Intending To Grow

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 19, 2011
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    INTENDING TO GROW In the 1920s there was a young African American child who was growing up in Cleveland. One day a famous athlete named Charlie Paddock, came to his school to speak to the students. At the time Paddock was considered "the fastest human being alive." He told the children, "Listen! ...read more

  • A Dying Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2011
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    A DYING CHURCH An artist was once asked to put on canvas what he considered to be the picture best symbolizing a decaying and dying church. After several months, he returned and reported that he had finished the task. The hour finally arrived when the painting was to be unveiled. Several people ...read more

  • Living Stones

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on May 22, 2011
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    LIVING STONES I have to tell ya, I’m so proud of my baby girl. She's working on a project for the school’s science-fair by growing citrine crystals in the basement. What normally takes thousands of years to do in nature; chemists have somehow been able to reproduce in a matter of weeks. I think ...read more

  • Can't Never Did Nothing.

    Contributed by Michael Walther on May 27, 2011
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    "CAN'T NEVER DID NOTHING." When I was in high school, I worked as a janitor. I was the summer help, and I was teamed up with the regular janitor named Jim. Jim was a rough character. When I first met him he reminded me of Charles Manson. He was a former Marine who had been through some very ...read more

  • Trees Don't Struggle To Grow

    Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Jun 9, 2011
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    TREES DON'T STRUGGLE TO GROW Rich Ratts, former pastor of Grace Community Church here in Jackson and a now a church planter in Traverse City, once spoke at a pastor’s appreciation breakfast I attended. He began by talking about a cheery orchard outside his window. One night when he couldn’t go ...read more

  • Fire Of Discipleship

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Jul 26, 2011
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    FIRE OF DISCIPLESHIP I love to make a campfire. Many years ago I remember going on a fishing trip in the mountains of Arizona. There were about 10 men from our church and it was a great time of fellowship. It was my duty to get the fire going. Well get it going I did. I had it so hot in that cabin ...read more

  • Rooted For Life  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
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    ROOTED FOR LIFE There was once a farmer who went to town to purchase seeds for his farm. As he was returning home, one of the squash seeds he had purchased fell from his pocket onto the ground. It happened that within a few feet was another seed of a different type. The place where the two seeds ...read more

  • If You Want It Bad Enough

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2011
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    IF YOU WANT IT BAD ENOUGH When a person first comes to faith in Christ and gets a taste of His grace, they can’t get enough of the Bible. Pat Summerall, the well-known sports announcer, trusted Christ with his life and overcame alcohol in the late 60’s. As he describes his life with Christ, he ...read more

  • Junk-Food Addictions  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2011
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    JUNK-FOOD ADDICTIONS If we’re going to get our appetite back for the pure, spiritual milk of God’s Word, then we need to get rid of the junk food of broken relationships. We need to put away those wrong attitudes of the heart that keep us from loving each other. The five things listed here are ...read more

  • Stradivarius Mystery

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2011
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    STRADIVARIUS MYSTERY Perhaps the greatest of all Stradivarius mysteries is why no modern violinmaker has been able to replicate Stradivari’s work. The violins of Stradivari’s time were treated with a varnish made from the resinous material of any of a number of possible plants. We don’t know what ...read more

  • Dwarfish Christianity

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 24, 2011
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    DWARFISH CHRISTIANITY Charles Spurgeon, the famed pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist Tabernacle in London made this observation in the late 1800’s when he came in contact with a community of small framed men. "There was once in London a club of small men, whose qualification for membership lay in ...read more

  • There Is No Greater Priority Than This: To Enable ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 8, 2011
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    There is no greater priority than this: to enable the people of our time once more to encounter God, the God who speaks to us and shares his love so that ...read more

  • Childhood Reminders

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Nov 7, 2011
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    CHILDHOOD REMINDERS When I first came to Wichita Falls, Joe and Eloise were living over on Hursh, and I remember going to call on them one day. The front door cradled a lovely stained-glass window. When I asked about it, Joe said, "It’s from the old church in Vernon." Every time he entered and ...read more

  • Korean Cell Churches

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Nov 9, 2011
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    KOREAN CELL CHURCHES Assemblies of God Church in Seoul, Korea: It started in 1958 when Paul Yonggi Cho (later David) held a service in his friend’s home with her three children. Passionate desire to share Christ by inviting other people to their home church soon resulted in exponential growth. ...read more

  • A Humorous Birthday Card Read: "You Are Only ...

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Jan 2, 2012
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    A humorous birthday card read: "You are only young once, but you can be immature forever." The sad truth is too many Christians have made that their mantra. Paul said to the believers at Corinth, “I, brethren, could not speak to you as ...read more

  • Confined Christians

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Jan 10, 2012
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    CONFINED CHRISTIANS I met a young man not long ago who dives for exotic fish for aquariums. He told me that one of the most popular aquarium fish is the shark. He explained that if you catch a small shark and confine it, it will stay a size proportionate to the aquarium you put it in. Sharks can ...read more

  • So Hungry

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 16, 2012
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    SO HUNGRY The silence of the congregation partaking of the Lord’s Supper was suddenly broken by a loud exclamation. A 5-year-old girl was watching that passing out of the bread and juice and asked her mother is she could take some. Her mother said that she was not old enough to take some. With ...read more