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  • In A Popular "Saturday Night Live" Comedy Skit, ...

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Jun 11, 2008
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    In a popular "Saturday Night Live" comedy skit, one of the characters, Stuart Smalley, attempted to console people as they struggled with their issues and dilemmas. In one of the more popular skits, he attempted to counsel Michael Jordan, the famous basketball player, with a non-existent struggle ...read more

  • I Have A Lot Of Friends In Ministry, And One In ...

    Contributed by Larry Vinson on Jun 17, 2008
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    I have a lot of friends in ministry, and one in particular had a chance to say what he had been waiting to say to his now former church when he resigned from his position. He had only been there six months, but it was long enough to realize that there were some problems within that particular ...read more

  • Many Say The Movie; "The Passion Of The Christ" ...

    Contributed by Rick Bezanson on Jul 11, 2008
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    Many say the movie; "The Passion of the Christ" is too violent. Yes, it is violent. But it also is historically very accurate. People complain about the graphic way Mel Gibson portrays a Roman scourging. But it is historically accurate. One witness to a Roman scourging gave this description: "The ...read more

  • In Today's Politically Correct Society We Can't ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Aug 2, 2008
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    In today’s politically correct society we can’t always tell the truth Political correctness at its core can be a good thing It is not P.C. to call someone retarded or to use racial slurs when referring to people with a different skin color And that’s good But sometimes people try to hide the truth ...read more

  • Judging By Comparison

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Nov 20, 2008
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    JUDGING BY COMPARISON How many people in this room would like to lose 20 pounds? How many people in this room would like to be taller? Do you know someone who sees themselves as an old alley cat while others see them as a prize Persian? Can you think of someone who thinks they are a prize poodle ...read more

  • Pastors And Friends

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Mar 4, 2009
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    PASTORS AND FRIENDS Years back, a minister friend of mine made this comment in a Preacher’s Meeting. He said, "I’m sure you all know by now that none of us can afford the luxury of having friends in the churches we serve. We must remain aloof in order to protect ourselves from all kinds of ...read more

  • I Am One Of Them

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    I AM ONE OF THEM As a third-century man was anticipating death, he penned these last words to a friend: "It’s a bad world, an incredibly bad world. But I have discovered in the midst of it a quiet and holy people who have learned a great secret. They have found a joy, which is a thousand times ...read more

  • The Homeless Man

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    THE HOMELESS MAN There is a big church in North Carolina that has classes every summer to help train people in different ministries. During one such period a few years ago, a young man appeared on campus where hundreds of others were. But this young man didn’t take part in any classes. He was ...read more

  • Grapevine Faith's Football Team Was Scheduled To ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 6, 2009
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    Grapevine Faith’s football team was scheduled to play the Gainesville State School. Gainesville was 0-8 and only scored two touchdowns all year. Gainesville was a state school. Many of the kids had been convicted on drugs and assault and robbery. The families of many of them had disowned them. They ...read more

  • The Other 19 Percent

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
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    THE OTHER 19 PERCENT Even if they’re unsure of it, most people want to believe in Heaven, and most people have some concept of it. TIME took a poll 10 years ago, and 81% of the people they surveyed said they believed in the existence of Heaven, where people lived forever with God after they ...read more

  • But As We Leave Today I Want You To Forget ...

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 16, 2010
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    But as we leave today I want you to forget everything I said for a minute, and think about this (hold up a bag of coins). I have two dollars in change here and I’m giving it away to the first adult that runs up here and gets it. Hey let’s not trample each other. The majority of the world, 53% of ...read more

  • Sanctity Of Human Life

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 6, 2010
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    SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE There's plenty of evidence of blatant disregard for human life today. Terrorism and suicide bombers? Capital punishment? Human trafficking. Abortion? So what is God thinking when He asks Abraham to take his only son, the son he loves, and to sacrifice him as a burnt ...read more

  • Seeing You For Real

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2011
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    SEEING YOU FOR REAL Just a few years ago, Leadership Journal did an interview with Saul Cruz, who along with his wife founded Armonia (Harmony) Ministries in Mexico City. They minister to hundreds of poor people all over Mexico today, but they began their ministry by planting a church on the edge ...read more

  • A Share In The Treasure  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Sickler on Dec 26, 2011
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    A SHARE IN THE TREASURE A great European king was so enraged at the report of Muslim victories that he immediately joined the crusade to drive Islam out of Palestine. This great king took his army and spent many years fighting in a crusade to free Palestine from Islamic domination. When he left ...read more

  • In The Early Morning Hours Of September 29, The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In the early morning hours of September 29, the storm hit. Hurricane Juan made landfall in Nova Scotia as a category 2 hurricane with sustained wind speeds of 158 km/h and gusts up to 185 km/h. About three hours later, the storm hit PEI. By then it had weakened to a category 1 hurricane, and was ...read more

  • Bishop Will Willimon Is The Resident Bishop For ...

    Contributed by Matthew Mobley on Mar 28, 2008
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    Bishop Will Willimon is the resident bishop for the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church. But before he was elected bishop in 2004, he was dean of the chapel at Duke University – one of the most prestigious universities in America. He tells this story from his days at Duke about ...read more

  • Richest Man In Town

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
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    RICHEST MAN IN TOWN In 1972, a young Egyptian businessman named Farahat lost an $11,000 watch. He was stunned when a garbage man dressed in filthy rags found it and returned it to him. Farahat asked him why he didn’t just keep the watch. The garbage man said, "My Christ told me to be honest until ...read more

  • We Are Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    WE ARE NOT INVINCIBLE "Humanly speaking, this was a time when God’s glory was discounted, and His people were not a testimony to His great Name." Sinclair Ferguson’s "Isaac’s Storm" is a very interesting book about the hurricane that wiped out Galveston in 1900. One of the main plot lines of the ...read more

  • De-Evangelizing The Neighborhood

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2022
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    A few years ago I heard a story of a church that looked as though they were really thriving. They had about 500 people attending, had many outreach ministries reaching their community, and many people were coming to Christ and to church through their ministry. The problem was that the church was ...read more

  • A Headline On The Front Page Of The Newspaper ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Mar 18, 2002
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    A headline on the front page of the newspaper once read, “Signing Up For Eternity.” It was an article about people who were putting their signature on cards, sending them on a rocket to circle Saturn for the next 100 years. ...read more