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  • John Vianney, 18th Century Pastor, Is Quoted As ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
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    John Vianney, 18th Century Pastor, is quoted as saying, “Love for our neighbor consists of three things: to desire the greater good of everyone; to do what good we can when we can; to bear, excuse, and hide other’s faults. The kind of love that Jesus is talking about here is the sacrificial ...read more

  • Promises Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    PROMISES ARE SACRIFICES Promises are funny things. They’re easy to make and often easier to break, but generally hard to keep. Robert Frost poetically captured that truth in his poem, Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening. He talks about how sometimes we wish we could be free, for just a little bit ...read more

  • E. There Is A Sylvie Dosrosiers Play That Ran On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    E. THERE IS A SYLVIE DOSROSIERS PLAY THAT RAN ON BROADWAY IN 1995 ENTITLED, "THE LONG SILENCE" THAT SAYS IT ALL, “AT THE END OF TIME, WHERE BILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SCATTERED ON A GREAT PLAIN BEFORE GOD’S THRONE. MOST SHRANK FROM THE BRILLIANT LIGHT BEFORE THEM, BUT SOME GROUPS NEAR THE FRONT TALKED ...read more

  • On May 23, 1863, Nearly 30,000 Union Soldiers ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    On May 23, 1863, nearly 30,000 Union soldiers were camped in a semi-circle around one of the most unlikely places in the country. Just 35 miles north of where we are right now there was a fort built on a high bluff overlooking a sharp bend in the Mississippi River. From the earthen walls of that ...read more

  • Fathers Protect Their Nests

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008
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    Fathers Protect Their Nests There was a hunter on a hunting expedition in the Amazon. It was the last day of the trip. He rose early in the morning to enjoy one more day in the jungle. As he was watching the sun rise, he noticed a family of large birds. The mother bird is tending to the baby ...read more

  • The More You ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    THE MORE YOU KNOW Allen Rex Sandage, the greatest observational cosmologist in the world--who has deciphered the secrets of the stars, plumbed the mysteries of quasars, revealed the age of globular clusters, pinpointed the distances of remote galaxies, and quantified the universe’s expansion ...read more

  • On January 29, 2003, Athina Roussel Became The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rob Willis on Jan 30, 2006
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    On January 29, 2003, Athina Roussel became the richest teenager on the planet, inheriting a fortune estimated at that time to be between $800 million to $1 billion, and it all came from her grandfather, Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis through her mother. In 1988, when Athina was 3, her ...read more

  • The Master Of The Storm

    Contributed by Monte Brown on Aug 23, 2006
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    THE MASTER OF THE STORM By James Rowe Out on the ocean of life we sail, Battered by many a raging gale, Yet we are sure that we shall prevail, No storm can His ship over whelm Billows may threaten and winds may blow, Courage and faith we shall always show; Nothing can harm us as on we go, ...read more

  • In The First Church I Served, There Was A Man ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    : In the first church I served, there was a man in the community named Lynn. I knew him only in passing. He showed up to church once in a while, but he obviously wasn’t all that interested in “religion” or church. I later found out that Lynn was not somebody you would want to make angry. He had ...read more

  • My Dad Used To Tell A Story About A Guy Who Went ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    My dad used to tell a story about a guy who went into the ministry, but his preaching wasn’t very good and his ministry wasn’t very successful. He finally was called on the carpet to examine the "fruits of his ministry" (as John Wesley would have called it). They pastoral review committee inquired ...read more

  • In The Late 1800's Ira Sankey Was Very Famous ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In the late 1800’s Ira Sankey was very famous for being D.L. Moody’s song leader. On Christmas Eve of 1875, he was traveling up the Delaware River on a steamboat. Some of the passengers recognized him and asked him to sing for them. So, he sang the old hymn, “Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us.” One of ...read more

  • Someone Once Said That If You Ever Want To Know ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Someone once said that if you ever want to know the truth about something then you should ask children. I love the article in the Vessel this month by our Busy Bees as they shared what love means to them. Yet, I also came across some other responses by children as to what they see love is. Glenn, ...read more

  • The Compass That Wouldn't Cooperate  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2011
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    THE COMPASS THAT WOULDN'T COOPERATE An old sailor repeatedly got lost at sea, so his friends gave him a compass and urged him to use it. The next time he went out in his boat, he followed their advice and took the compass with him. But as usual he became hopelessly confused and was unable to find ...read more

  • Yard Sale–flea Market. One Man's Trash Is ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Oct 30, 2003
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    YARD SALE–FLEA MARKET. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure! All too often stuff that is in the yard sale today is in the dumpster tomorrow. Sometimes we feel like the leftovers from a yard sale; our self esteem is in the dumpster. We’re useless; we’re no good for anyone or anything. ...read more

  • At The Head Table In The Cafeteria, One Of The ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 21, 2005
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    At the head table in the cafeteria, one of the teachers had placed a big bowl of bright red, fresh, juicy apples. Beside the bowl, she placed a note that read, "Take only one. Remember, God is watching." At the other end of the table was a bowl full of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies, still ...read more

  • Pastor David Legge Says About This Truth That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Dec 2, 2005
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    Pastor David Legge says about this truth that “This power of God is different for it tells us that there’s no prayer too hard for him to answer! There’s no problem too difficult for Him to solve! There’s no need too great for Him to supply! There’s no passion too strong for Him to subdue, no ...read more

  • An Atheist Was Out Fishing In Scotland, When All ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    An atheist was out fishing in Scotland, when all of a sudden a huge Dragon type Amphibian began to emerge from the water. With snarling teeth it slithered closer to the atheist. In desperation he cried out, “Dear God, Please save me” All of a sudden, the heavens opened and a deep voice said, “I ...read more

  • Holdfast

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 7, 2011
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    HOLDFAST In the plant world, there are plants who hold fast onto objects like rocks. Their root system is called a holdfast. Many people associate holdfasts with seaweed. If we have ever attempted to pull a piece of seaweed from a rock, we can understand the name of this plant structure; we ...read more

  • Still Untouchable  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Feb 28, 2002
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    STILL UNTOUCHABLE In a historic move to liberate themselves from 3,000 years of oppression, thousands of Dalits or “Untouchables” conveged on Dehli to renounce Hinduism. Although Dehli authorities attempted to block the rally last November (2001) by withdrawing permission to use the planned ...read more

  • I Am

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 11, 2003
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    Tenney also states the following: The most distinctive name by which God was known in Israel is Yahweh (Jehovah), which comes from the same root as “I AM”…(238) “I Am’s” significant meaning here in Exodus is that Moses credentials for being the one to lead Egypt out of bondage are found in him ...read more