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  • Sir Henry Taylor Is Quoted As Saying, "He Who ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    SIR HENRY TAYLOR IS QUOTED AS SAYING, "HE WHO GIVES WHAT HE WOULD AS READILY THROW AWAY, GIVES WITHOUT GENEROSITY; FOR THE ESSENCE OF GENEROSITY IS IN SELF-SACRIFICE." I RECENTLY READ SOMEWHERE THAT THE AVERAGE BABY BOOMER GIVES TO THE CHURCH ABOUT WHAT HE WOULD SPEND ON A MOVIE TICKET. $7 IS NOT ...read more

  • Leftovers Are Such Humble Things, We Would Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    LEFTOVERS ARE SUCH HUMBLE THINGS, WE WOULD NOT SERVE TO A GUEST,AND YET WE SERVE THEM TO OUR LORD, WHO DESERVES THE VERY BEST. WE GIVE TO HIM LEFTOVER TIME, STRAY MINUTES HERE AND THERE. LEFTOVER CASH WE GIVE TO HIM, SUCH FEW COINS AS WE CAN SPARE. WE GIVE OUR YOUTH UNTO THE WORLD, TO HATRED, LUST ...read more

  • Do You Realize That The More Prosperous America ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    DO YOU REALIZE THAT THE MORE PROSPEROUS AMERICA BECOMES, THE MORE STINGY SHE BECOMES?? S. IN 1933, AT THE HEIGHT OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION, THE AVERAGE CHURCH MEMBER GAVE AN 3.3% OF THEIR DISPOSABLE INCOME TO THE LORD, THROUGH THEIR CHURCH. U. IN THE YEAR 2004, CHURCH MEMBERS GAVE 1.94% OF THEIR ...read more

  • Time Is Often Represented By A Straight Line ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 27, 2008
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    “Time is often represented by a straight line drawn on a page. We call this a time line. To get a grasp of what the eternality of God means, when you have drawn your time line you must picture God as the whole page on which the line is drawn”. (Green, M. P. (1989). Illustrations for Biblical ...read more

  • Grandma's Game

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    GRANDMA'S GAME Eight-year-old Ann Johnson wrote this poem which expresses the influence of millions of grandparents on their grandchildren: My grandma likes to play with God, They have a kind of game. She plants the garden full of seeds, He sends the sun and rain. She likes to sit and talk with ...read more

  • Chuck Swindoll In His Book, "Hope Again," Tel...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
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    Chuck Swindoll in his book, "Hope Again," tells the answer Dr. Bruce Waltke, his Hebrew professor, gave Chuck Swindoll when he asked his professor about some “whys” in his life. His professor answered: “Chuck, I’ve come to the place where I believe only on very rare occasions does God tell ...read more

  • As We Read This Text, According To Dr. Schmit, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2008
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    As we read this text, according to Dr. Schmit, and I quote, "We know that we too are individual members of a large flock of faithful disciples who seek to live as citizens of the kingdom of heaven. In other words, the work we do is never ours alone to accomplish. We do our part and trust that God ...read more

  • The Law Of Nature

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2008
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    Lewis ended the essay I quoted saying this: "These, then, are the two points I wanted to make. First, that human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to behave in a certain way, and cannot really get rid of it. Secondly, that they do not in fact behave in that way. ...read more

  • Henry Wingblade Used To Say That Christian ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
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    Henry Wingblade used to say that Christian personality is hidden deep inside us. It is unseen, like the soup carried in a tureen high over a waiter’s head. No one knows what’s inside—unless the waiter is bumped and he trips! Just so, people don’t know what’s inside us until we’ve been ...read more

  • The Law Of Nature

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008
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    C. S. Lewis ended an essay saying this: "These, then, are the two points I wanted to make. First, that human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to behave in a certain way, and cannot really get rid of it. Secondly, that they do not in fact behave in that way. They ...read more

  • There Is A Story About A Little Girl Who Proudly ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    There is a story about a little girl who proudly wore a shiny cross on a chain around her neck. One day she was approached by a man who said to her, "Little girl, don't you know that the cross Jesus died on wasn't beautiful like the one you're wearing? It was an ugly, wooden thing." To which the ...read more

  • When David Hume, The Infidel, Was Criticized For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    When David Hume, the infidel, was criticized for going to listen to John Brown, the godly Scotch minister, he replied: “I don’t believe all that he says, but he does, and once a week I like to hear a man who believes what he says. That man preaches as though he thought the Lord Jesus Christ was ...read more

  • Writing In His Book, A Work Of Heart, Dr. Reggie ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
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    Writing in his book, A Work of Heart, Dr. Reggie McNeal, director of the leadership development for the Southern Baptist Convention says, "Common wisdom maintains that children are given to parents so parents can instruct them. The truth is, God gives children to parents to teach parents things ...read more

  • The Late Great American Jurist, Judge, Author, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    The late great American jurist, judge, author, and Christian apologist, Simon Greenleaf (1783 - 1853), once said: "There should be a readiness on our part, to investigate with candor to follow the truth wherever it may lead us, and to submit, without reserve or objection, to all the teachings of ...read more

  • I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    I CHEATED... Davy Troxel said: My 8-year-old son came home from school with a stuffed animal he had won at the class Valentine party. "How did that happen?" I asked. "Well," he explained, "the teacher put all our names together, then picked one out. I cheated, though," he said, looking ...read more

  • S.d. Gordon On Who The Great People ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 4, 2009
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    S.D. Gordon on Who The Great People Are Let me share the words of S.D. Gordon. "The great people of the earth today are the people who pray. I do not mean those who talk about prayer; nor those who say they believe in prayer; nor yet those who can explain about prayer; but I ...read more

  • Painting Pictures Of The Lost

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 28, 2010
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    PAINTING PICTURES OF THE LOST A Bishop Tucker of Uganda was an artist, but how did he become a bishop? One day he was painting a picture of a poor woman, holding a baby, wandering homeless on a stormy night on the dark, deserted street. As the picture grew, the artist suddenly threw down his ...read more

  • Are Your Life's Priorities ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2010
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    Are Your Life’s Priorities Reversed? Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald’s, used to say that the three most important things in his life were God, his family, and McDonald’s and that when he got to the office, the order was reversed. As Christians we must never reverse that order. We are an ...read more

  • Eleanor Roosevelt On Freedom

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2010
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    ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ON FREEDOM Eleanor Roosevelt said, "Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect." The responsibility of ...read more

  • Dear Abby Once Wrote In Her Column About A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 17, 2011
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    Dear Abby once wrote in her column about a lifeguard who was being charged with the death of a teenager. The lifeguard was working at a large pool with two or three others each with a specific area to cover. He was approached by a group of teenagers excitedly telling him of someone who was lying at ...read more