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  • I'm No Moses!

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Sep 4, 2008
     | 2,312 views

    "I'm No Moses!" When I received my call to go into ministry, I was praying. Immediately, I rejected the call, telling God that I was a business person, not really minister material. I knew how to speak about marketing. I knew a bit about managing people. I could talk about that. On and on I ...read more

  • Dr. Clarence Macartney Illustrates This Point By ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Sep 12, 2008
     | 1,304 views

    Dr. Clarence Macartney illustrates this point by this story Dr. Macartney claims he had a vision were he Saw the King seated upon His throne On either side of the throne, I saw the great angels Uriel, Raphael, Michael, Gabriel Before the throne stood another angel The angel of the Book And by his ...read more

  • It Is The First Century A Sunny Day In Jerusalem, ...

    Contributed by Ronald Courtney on Sep 13, 2008
     | 2,353 views

    It is the first century a sunny day in Jerusalem, the “City of Peace” as its name implies, and you can hear the murmurs of ill contempt spreading through the fringes of the crowd as Stephen proclaims his message. Beginning with Abraham, describing his faith in Jehovah God to provide, guide, and ...read more

  • If Only I Could Sleep Again

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 1,848 views

    "If Only I Could Sleep Again" Bob Pierce, founder of World Vision had advanced leukemia, but he went to visit a colleague in Indonesia before he died. As they were walking through a small village, they came upon a young girl lying on a bamboo mat next to a river. She was dying of cancer and had ...read more

  • Actions Speak Louder  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Dec 10, 2008
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     | 8,641 views

    ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER Andy Stanley tells the story of when he was 13 and learning the meaning of the phrase, "Actions speak louder than words." His dad was the Associate Pastor of First Baptist in Atlanta when the senior pastor was asked to resign. Charles Stanley was asked to preach on Sundays ...read more

  • The True Christmas Gift

    Contributed by David Rogers on Dec 15, 2008
     | 4,073 views

    The True Christmas Gift Twas the night before the birth, when all the world did not know what was about to happen Not a creature was stirring, and all men were napping The rabbis were safe and secure in their knowledge Old Herod, the king, the Lord he refused to acknowledge King Herod was ...read more

  • Do You Remember Bubba Smith? He Was One Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 2,527 views

    Do you remember Bubba Smith? He was one of the greatest football players ever to play in the NFL. He once commented that his tactic as a defensive lineman was to tackle the whole offensive backfield and then toss out players one by one until he found the one with the football. After he retired from ...read more

  • There Is A Place Near Where Christina And I Used ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Jan 20, 2009
     | 1,603 views

    There is a place near where Christina and I used to live in Florida, called Wall Spring Park. When Sebastian was a baby and then very little and first beginning to walk, she and I would regularly take him there. We would often push him the stroller around this beautiful pathway which had been ...read more

  • Are You "Sharing"?

    Contributed by Danny Presswood on Jan 26, 2009
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    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

  • I Recall One Sunny Afternoon When I Was 13 Years ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Feb 5, 2009
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    I recall one sunny afternoon when I was 13 years old and had only recently moved to Butte, Montana where I lived for a couple of years during high school with my father and grandfather. One afternoon I was exploring a very old log cabin style garage on the back of the property where we lived. It ...read more

  • Consumed With Consumerism

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Mar 4, 2009
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    Consumed with Consumerism We Americans are CONSUMED with the CONSUMER mentality! We’re used to choosing whatever gives us the most "perks and bennies" at any given time. We look for a restaurant with the best price and menu and atmosphere and location. We go to the clothing store that carries ...read more

  • Peter Missed 3 Opportunities To Take A Stand For ...

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on May 31, 2009
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    *Peter missed 3 opportunities to take a stand for Jesus. -How many opportunities have we missed? *Penn Gillette is a magician and comedian that you may have seen on TV. He is also an atheist. But Penn has a clip on YouTube where he tells about a man who talked to him after a show last year. This ...read more

  • A Forever Family

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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     | 9,671 views

    A FOREVER FAMILY Author Keith Miller tells of an outgoing 40-year-old woman who was part of a sharing group he led. Here is her story: "When I was a tiny little girl, my parents died and I was put in an orphanage. I was not pretty at all and no one seemed to want me. But I longed to be adopted ...read more

  • Now You Know How To Treat Him

    Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Aug 3, 2009
     | 1,758 views

    NOW YOU KNOW HOW TO TREAT HIM A true story, a friend of mine 'John' was new at a company. He was told be careful with the new photocopier it gets hot and can melt overheads when you put them through the photocopier. So treat it carefully. On his third week there he stayed back late and ...read more

  • New Your City Mayor Admits Mistake And Silences ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 1, 2009
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    New York City Mayor Admits Mistake and Silences Reporters Back in 1980 New York City Mayor Ed Koch appeared on a local news program in the middle of the city’s financial crisis. Koch had spent over a quarter of a million dollars to put up bike lanes in Manhattan, and they turned out to be a ...read more

  • Different Views Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 2, 2009
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    Different Views of Time You may not realize it, but your appreciation of time this morning goes well beyond the challenges of adjusting to daylight-savings time. There was a time when time was a relatively simple thing. People were born, grew up, grew old and died. Days, seasons and years past. ...read more

  • Integrity In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2009
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    Integrity in Sports Joseph’s family was certainly blessed because of his Integrity. And yours will be as well! In the end, the greatest success story of Joseph is certainly not his secular achievements as second in command in Egypt. His greatest achievement is his single-mindedness to follow, to ...read more

  • Tolerance Vs. Absolute ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 21, 2010
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    Tolerance vs. Absolute Truth Throughout Scripture and until our present day, many people have a problem with TRUTH. In fact, it is not politically correct today to say that there is even such a thing as absolute truth! Stanley Grenz, a well-known spokesman for this new tolerance, says that “truth ...read more

  • Light Up Your World  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 11,613 views

    LIGHT UP YOUR WORLD There is a mere strip of sand called Castle Island near the eastern end of the Bahamas archipelago. Few people are aware of it - and, as tiny and isolated as it is, Castle Island is important for the lighthouse that is its sole source of humanity! One day, a young man was ...read more

  • The Coat Of Christ  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    THE COAT OF CHRIST Many years ago, an evangelist by the name of Jakov arrived at a village in Serbia. He met an elderly man there named Cimmerman, and Jakov began to talk to him of the love of Christ. Cimmerman abruptly interrupted Jakov and told him that he wished to have nothing to do with ...read more