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  • The Story Is Told Of The Preacher Who Went To ...  PRO

    Contributed by George Bannister on Oct 21, 2002
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    The story is told of the preacher who went to pastor a particular church. He was one who was fond of preaching on water baptism. Week after week he would preach about baptism. Finally in desperation, the deacons requested that he allow them to pick his scripture text for the following Sunday’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • A Certain Ungodly Tavern-Keeper Who Liked Music ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 29, 2002
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    A certain ungodly tavern-keeper who liked music decided to attend one of John Wesley’s meetings to hear the singing. He had resolved however, not to listen to the sermon. He sat with his head down and fingers in his ears. But when God wants to speak to a man’s soul, He has His ways. A fly ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • I Came Across Some Definitions Of Things We Use ...  PRO

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Aug 4, 2003
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    I came across some definitions of things we use in the church. MAGI: The most famous trio to attend a baby shower. MANGER: 1. Where Mary gave birth to Jesus because Joseph didn’t have private health cover. 2. The Biblical proof that holiday travel has always been rough. BULLETIN: Church ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Pastor Encuentra 5 Huevos En Una Caja De Zapatos ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ezequiel Alaniz on Jan 10, 2005
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    Pastor encuentra 5 huevos en una caja de zapatos con $10,000.00 pide explicación a su esposa y ella le dice yo me propuse poner un huevo por cada mal sermón que dieras automáticamente el pastor piensa que los billetes eran por todos los Buenos sermones y para reafirmar su sentimiento de presunción ...read more

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    Denomination: Adventist

  • A Popular Play And Movie This Time Of Year, One I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    A popular play and movie this time of year, one I always enjoy watching is A Christmas Carol. There is one scene that has always fascinated me. The Ghost of Christmas Past has just paid a very discomforting visit to Ebenezer Scrooge. Clearly the old miser is shaken by the entire ordeal. But when he ...read more

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  • Could Be Worse

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    COULD BE WORSE Some years ago, Charles Schulz pictured Charlie Brown bringing out Snoopy’s dinner on Thanksgiving Day, but it was just his usual dog food in a bowl. So, Snoopy took one look at the dog food and said, "This isn’t fair. The rest of the world today is eating turkey with all the ...read more

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  • Helped Him ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
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    HELPED HIM CRY Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. The winner was a four-year-old child whose next-door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the ...read more

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  • Be Warm And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    BE WARM AND FILLED! What does it mean that God has placed Christ’s church in our hands? One of the most stirring indictments on the church ever penned was made by Charles Schultz many years ago. Snoopy is shivering out in a snowstorm beside an empty food dish. He was looking longingly, ...read more

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  • Stones: Throw, Stumble Or Climb ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
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    STONES: THROW, STUMBLE OR CLIMB OVER This week, I read a common-sense statement by William Andrew Ward about the way we live together in our world: "We can choose to throw stones, to stumble on them, to climb over them, or to build with them." The first three choices (throwing, stumbling and ...read more

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  • So Many Owed So Much To One  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
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    SO MANY OWED SO MUCH TO ONE During World War II’s Battle of Britain, the Royal Air Force’s courageous defense of the skies over Britain foiled Hitler’s plans for an invasion of the British Isles. Afterward, Prime Minister Winston Churchill said in the House of Commons, "Never in the history of ...read more

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  • Spit On The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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    SPIT ON THE PICTURE When North Korea fell to the Communists, all the Christians in a small village were ordered to go at once to their church. The building was plain and simple, and the people had placed a picture of Christ on the wall. When the soldiers walked in, they took it down and put it on ...read more

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  • God's Love And The Weather Vane

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    GOD'S LOVE AND THE WEATHER VANE One day, C.H. Spurgeon was walking through the English countryside with a friend. As they strolled along, the evangelist noticed a barn with a weather vane on its roof. At the top of the vane were these words: GOD IS LOVE. Spurgeon remarked to his companion that he ...read more

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  • Discerning God's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    DISCERNING GOD’S WILL George Mueller’s recommended method for discerning God’s will: 1. Have no will of your own in the matter. (Mark 14:36) 2. Seek the will of God in direct connection with the Word of God (Psalm 119:33-35) 3. Circumstances will agree with the Word of God (Judges 6:36-40) 4. Ask ...read more

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  • Treasure In Christ, But "Out Of Gas"  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    TREASURE IN CHRIST, BUT "OUT OF GAS" Several years ago, on New Year’s Day, a beautiful float in the Tournament of Roses parade suddenly sputtered and quit. It was out of gas. The whole parade was held up until someone could get a can of gas. The amusing thing was this float represented the ...read more

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  • I'd Give More Praise  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2009
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    "I'D GIVE MORE PRAISE" The Duke of Wellington, the British military leader who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo, was not an easy man to serve under. He was brilliant, demanding, and not one to shower his subordinates with compliments. Yet even Wellington realized that his methods left something to be ...read more

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  • Billy Graham's Rebuttal To Johnny Carson About ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
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    Billy Graham’s Rebuttal to Johnny Carson about Second Coming Several years ago Johnny Carson had Billy Graham as a guest on his show. At one point there was a lull in the conversation and Johnny said, "You know what Billy, I bet if Jesus ever came back to earth, I bet we’d do him in again!" Billy ...read more

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  • George Whitfield's Sense Of Urgency In Preaching ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
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    George Whitfield’s Sense of Urgency in Preaching the Gospel "It should bless our hearts to see people turn to Christ, but it should also break our hearts when they turn away. George Whitfield often had to stop preaching because he broke into tears. When someone suggested that he should control ...read more

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  • Love Gives To The Limit

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 3, 2009
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    LOVE GIVES TO THE LIMIT The late great Scots Church of Scotland theologian, educator, author, and radio and television presenter, William Barclay (1907 - 1978), once said, "Love never calculates; love never thinks how little it can decently give; love’s one desire is to give to the uttermost ...read more

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  • Elderly Woman Bitter For 50 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 23, 2009
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    Elderly Woman Bitter for 50 Years Ray Stedman- A woman in her 80’s told me that, fifty years before, her aunt had said something insulting to her, and this woman had never forgiven her. 50 years later she could recount the event to the precise detail, and she felt all the same bitterness, anger, ...read more

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  • Mistakes And The Certainty Of Son Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 27, 2009
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    Mistakes and the Certainty of Son of Man The late great English theologian and divine, Frederick William Robertson (1816 - 1853), once said, "Life, like war, is a series of mistakes, and he [or, she] is not the best Christian nor the best general who makes the fewest mistakes. Poor mediocrity may ...read more

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