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  • Jim Dunn Was Serving As The Pastor Of The First ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Jan 11, 2005
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    Jim Dunn was serving as the pastor of the First Baptist Church, and his wife, Gladys, was very friendly and welcoming to people. One particular Sunday when the sermon seemed to go on forever, many in the congregation fell asleep. After the service, to be sociable, she walked up to a very ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • The Story Has Been Told About Several Famous ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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    The story has been told about several famous preachers, but it actually happened to Joseph Parker, minister of the City Temple in London. An old lady waited on Parker in his vestry after a service to thank him for the help she received from his sermons. “You do throw such wonderful light on the ...read more

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  • The Story Has Been Told About Several Famous ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    The story has been told about several famous preachers, but it actually happened to Joseph Parker, minister of the City Temple in London. An old lady waited on Parker in his vestry after a service to thank him for the help she received from his sermons. "You do throw such wonderful light on the ...read more

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  • A Majority Of Americans--8 Out Of 10--Say That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    A majority of Americans--8 out of 10--say that they are Christians, but only half that number know who delivered the Sermon on the Mount. Most Americans think the Ten Commandments are valid rules for living, but many have a rough time recalling exactly what those rules are. Among teenagers, 3 in 10 ...read more

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  • A Chicken And A Pig Were Walking Past A Church ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wincci Yin Chee on Jun 19, 2006
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    A chicken and a pig were walking past a church building one day when they noticed the Sunday morning sermon posted on the outside bulletin board, "Helping the Poor." They walked away when the chicken suddenly came across with a suggestion. "Brother pig, why don’t we give all the poor people a nice ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • What People Put ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    WHAT PEOPLE PUT OFF According to a recent USA Today poll, the top five things people put off until the last minute are: House chores/yard work: 47% Holiday gift shopping: 43% Making doctor/dentist appointments: 35% Calling relatives: 31% Changing oil in the car: 29% I think there is one thing ...read more

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  • What Do You Say?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    WHAT DO YOU SAY? Winnie the Pooh and Piglet were walking along he road in companionable silence. Then Piglet asks Pooh: "When you wake up in the morning, what do you say?" Pooh answered, "I say, ’What’s for breakfast?’ What do you say, Piglet?" Piglet answers, "I say, ’I wonder what exciting ...read more

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  • The Late Great United States Supreme Court ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    The late great United States Supreme Court Associate Justice, Mr. Justice Thomas Campbell Clark (1899 - 1977), in the case of Abington vs. Schempp, wrote: "...it might well be said that one’s education is not complete without a study of comparative religion or the history of religion and its ...read more

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  • We Are The Message, Christ Is The Goal

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    WE ARE THE MESSAGE, CHRIST IS THE GOAL James S. Stewart, A Faith to Proclaim: "Christian preaching begins only when faith in the message has reached such a pitch that the man or the community proclaiming it becomes part of the message proclaimed ... To be thus taken command of, so that our ...read more

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • Man Has Yet To Conquer Himself  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2011
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    MAN HAS YET TO CONQUER HIMSELF Ravi Zacharias put it well when he said, "In an attempt to be reasonable, man has become irrational. In an attempt to deify himself, he has defaced himself. In an attempt to be free, he has made himself a slave. And like Alexander the Great, he has conquered the ...read more

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  • Middle Management

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2011
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    MIDDLE MANAGEMENT Cyril Barber, in his commentary on Nehemiah, transfers this principle into all of life; "Middle management involves being able to translate the ideals of one’s superiors into practice and, at the same time, knowing how to motivate one’s subordinates. It necessitates keeping ...read more

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  • Sprouting To New Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2011
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    SPROUTING TO NEW LIFE A few years ago, when archaeologists began excavating in the courtyard of a medieval monastery, they found seeds that had been dormant for more than 400 years that had begun to grow. King Henry VIII had closed the monastery in 1539, and herbs tended by the monks died. But ...read more

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  • Using Our Ability

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2011
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    USING OUR ABILITY S. D. Gordon said, "We have nothing to do with how much ability we’ve got, or how little, but with what we do with what we have. The man with great talent is apt to be puffed up, and the man with little (talent) to belittle the little. Poor fools! God gives it, much or little. ...read more

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  • The Love Of God Explained

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Jan 10, 2012
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    THE LOVE OF GOD EXPLAINED A certain medieval monk announced he would be preaching next Sunday evening on "The Love of God." As the shadows fell and the light ceased to come in through the cathedral windows, the congregation gathered. In the darkness of the altar, the monk lighted a candle and ...read more

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  • After The Baptism

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
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    AFTER THE BAPTISM Recently my 7-year-old son was baptized at nearby Lake Tahoe. With tears streaming down my face, I watched as he came out of the water, then excitedly asked if he felt any different. "Yeah, Mom, I do," he replied. "Now I have water up my nose!" (Leslie A. Williamson, ...read more

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