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  • Welcoming Misfits  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,259 views

    WELCOMING MISFITS Ryan Johnson, minister in Glen Elder, Kansas, shares this story: I was heading north out of Salina, Kansas when I saw him. His name was Charlie. Charles was sitting in the ditch with large army bags. The cold misty rain was drenching him and his bags. He wore his Vietnam ...read more

  • For Seventeen Years, [grethel] Beyah Survived In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 1, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,309 views

    For seventeen years, [Grethel] Beyah survived in an abusive marriage. The family moved repeatedly, usually after they were evicted when they had no money to pay the rent. One cold Chicago winter, Beyah was trying to help her husband load their furniture from the street into a truck. “I just went ...read more

  • Outhouse And Penthouse!" Isaiah 42: 1-4 Key ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Dec 7, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,619 views

    “Outhouse and Penthouse!” Isaiah 42: 1-4 Key verse(s): 1a: “‘Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight . . .’” Have you ever wanted to lead something? Have you ever wanted to be the one that everyone else follows? Leadership isn’t something that everyone ought to aspire ...read more

  • The Two Faces Of Change!" 2 Kings 12: 1-8 Key ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jan 9, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,375 views

    “The Two Faces of Change!” 2 Kings 12: 1-8 Key verse(s): 2-3:“Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the years Jehoiada the priest instructed him. The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.” On June 4, 1783 at the ...read more

  • When It Comes To Life's Circumstances And What ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Burkey on May 25, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,351 views

    When it comes to life’s circumstances and what goes on each day, how do you respond with gratitude, grit, or grouch? And is your response determined by your circumstance or by your character? I have come up with a quiz to assess your response. Let’s start with question 1: You are in the 10 item, ...read more

  • Two Old Saw Bucks On A Hill! ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jun 25, 2005
     | 3,668 views

    Two Old Saw Bucks on a Hill! (06.27.05--Direction--John 21:4-6 ) How often we see things dimly in the morning light only to confront something altogether different than what we thought we saw in the first place. Not long ago I was awakened early, much earlier than I normally venture out in the ...read more

  • I'll Get Back To You! (08.04.05--Boldness ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Aug 2, 2005
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    I’ll Get Back to You! (08.04.05--Boldness Too!--Acts 3:11) “Let me think about it and I’ll get back to you.” How often have you heard that said in your life. If we could count the number of times action has been spared by inaction due to the “thought process” necessary beforehand, we’d probably ...read more

  • Like Blind Beggars! (08.15.05--Envy!--John 21: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Aug 11, 2005
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     | 3,963 views

    Like Blind Beggars! (08.15.05--Envy!--John 21: 20-23) “No one has done a better job of portraying envy than Dante, In his Purgatory . . .the envious sit like blind beggars by a wall. Their eyelids are sewn shut. the symbolism is apt, showing the reader that it is one of the blindest sins--partly ...read more

  • Have You Heard The Story Of Charlie Riggs? Over ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 13, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,998 views

    Have you heard the story of Charlie Riggs? Over 50 years ago, he came to Christ and was discipled by a young man named Lorne Sanny, who himself was being discipled by Dawson Trotman, founder of the Navigators. Charlie was willing to grow in Christ, but he was a bit rough around the edges and ...read more

  • Greater Love Hath No Man That This, That A Man ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 3,569 views

    "Greater love hath no man that this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" (John 15:13). "When we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son" (Romans 5:10). When nations are engaged in deadly strife, it is common for patriots to declare that he who gives his life for ...read more

  • Philip Yancey Wrote In His Book, "What's So ...

    Contributed by Danny Rogers on Oct 18, 2006
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    Philip Yancey wrote in his book, “What’s so Amazing about Grace?” There was a woman brought before Jesus caught in the act of adultery. The Pharisee wanted her to be stoned as the Law commanded. They wanted to trick Jesus, they wanted to find fault with his teachings. He bent over and began writing ...read more

  • I Remember Well When The Holy Spirit Helped Me ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Willis on Nov 29, 2006
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     | 3,991 views

    I remember well when the Holy Spirit helped me come to a conviction that I was a sinner and needed a Savior. I was a young adult of 20, married, and the father of one child at the time. I had been running with the boys and come to the place of desiring a divorce from my wife. Also, I was doing ...read more

  • It Is Gratitude That Prompted An Old Man To Visit ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Dec 18, 2006
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    It is gratitude that prompted an old man to visit an old broken pier on the eastern seacoast of Florida. Every Friday night, until his death in 1973, he would return, walking slowly and slightly stooped with a large bucket of shrimp. The sea gulls would flock to this old man, and he would feed them ...read more

  • Keith Miller Tells A Gripping Personal Story ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 12, 2007
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    Keith Miller tells a gripping personal story about betraying some one in his book, Habitations of Dragons. He writes, ‘It was still very dark, but I was awake having been disturbed by a bad dream. I was weeping because the dream had recalled an experience in my adolescence which was so painful that ...read more

  • Keith Miller Tells A Gripping Personal Story ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 12, 2007
     | 1,619 views

    Keith Miller tells a gripping personal story about betraying some one in his book, Habitations of Dragons. He writes, ‘It was still very dark, but I was awake having been disturbed by a bad dream. I was weeping because the dream had recalled an experience in my adolescence which was so painful that ...read more

  • The Story Of Squanto  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,852 views

    The Story of Squanto Most of us know the story of the first Thanksgiving -- at least, we know the Pilgrim version. But how many of us know the Indian viewpoint? No, I’m not talking about some revisionist, politically correct version of history. I’m talking about the amazing story of the way God ...read more

  • Standing In The Doorway  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,443 views

    STANDING IN THE DOORWAY John Todd was born in Rutledge, Vermont, into a family of several children. They later moved to the village of Killingsworth back in the early 1800s. And, there, at a very young age, both John’s parents died. The relatives wondered what they would do with so many ...read more

  • A Mom's View Of Herself: A Confirmed ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2009
     | 2,972 views

    A MOM’S VIEW OF HERSELF: A CONFIRMED SHOUTER (from Forever Erma By Erma Bombeck, March 5, 1969) Ever since President Nixon’s inaugural plea to "speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices," I’ve had misgivings about my big mouth. I’ve always admired parents who ...read more

  • Godly Mothers: Always With ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2009
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    GODLY MOTHERS: ALWAYS WITH YOU The young mother set her foot on the path of life. "Is this the long way?" she asked. And the guide said: "Yes, and the way is hard. And you will be old before you reach the end of it. But the end will be better than the beginning." But the young mother was happy, ...read more

  • He Can See Me Now  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Jun 5, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
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    HE CAN SEE ME NOW I want to share a story with you in closing. It’s a story I heard several years ago about a high school football player. I don’t know his name, or what number he wore on his uniform or anything like that. All I know is that this kid wasn’t really that great of an athlete. He ...read more