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  • Never Tired—communion Mediation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 25, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,890 views

    NEVER TIRED-- COMMUNION MEDIATION One of the young men fighting in Operation Enduring Freedom is Michael High, a 20-year-old control fireman aboard the carrier USS Harry S. Truman. The sailor from Machesney Park, Illinois has a young wife, who is expecting their first child. Michael’s mom, ...read more

  • Have You Heard The Story Of Jim Smith And Ron ...  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Brincefield on May 30, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,179 views

    Have you heard the story of Jim Smith and Ron Jones? Jim went to church one Sunday morning. He heard the organist miss a note, and he made a face. He saw a teen talking when everyone else was praying. He felt sure that the usher was watching to see how much money he put in the offering plate, ...read more

  • Half A Cloak  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 6, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 1,586 views

    HALF A CLOAK There is a legend about Martin of Tours who is said to be the first military chaplain. He followed the Roman Army from place to place ministering to the soldiers, and to people in the places they conquered. One cold winter day he was following the Roman Army into a city. There was a ...read more

  • A Man Entered A Restaurant And Sat On One Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 13, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,558 views

    A man entered a restaurant and sat on one of the stools at the counter. The waiter bought a glass of water to the man. The customer then immediately threw it into the waiters face. Quickly grabbing a napkin, the customer helped the waiter dry his face while he apologized with great remorse. "I’m ...read more

  • Winning For Another—communion Meditation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 28, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,088 views

    WINNING FOR ANOTHER--COMMUNION MEDITATION Giving your life for someone else is a powerful image. When it happens, it is impossible to miss the divine in it. Even when the sacrifice happens on a less than mortal level, it still echoes a spiritual truth. The world saw a little of this over the ...read more

  • The Blood Of Christ—communion Meditation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 8, 2004
    based on 21 ratings
     | 6,851 views

    THE BLOOD OF CHRIST- COMMUNION MEDITATION If you’ve seen Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ,” you probably remember the scene of Jesus’ scourging. It’s rather hard to forget the whip with steel and bone and glass knotted in its leather striking Jesus over and over again. There is a part ...read more

  • New Sick Leave Policy  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 4, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,763 views

    New Sick Leave Policy 1. SICKNESS: No excuse. We will no longer accept your doctor’s statement as proof, as we believe that if you are able to go to the doctor, you are able to come to work. 2. LEAVE OF ABSENCE (for an operation): We are no longer allowing this practice. We wish to discourage any ...read more

  • Long Ago, There Ruled In Persia A Wise And Good ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,814 views

    "Long ago, there ruled in Persia a wise and good king. He loved his people. He wanted to know how they lived. He wanted to know about their hardships. Often he dressed in the clothes of a working man or a beggar, and went to the homes of the poor. No one whom he visited thought that he was their ...read more

  • Reporters And City Officials Gathered At A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,613 views

    Reporters and city officials gathered at a Chicago railroad station one afternoon in 1953. The person they were meeting was the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize winner. A few minutes after the train came to a stop, a giant of a man - six feet four inches with bushy hair and a large mustache stepped from the ...read more

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

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,241 views

    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

  • January 6, 1850, Was Bitterly Cold In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,642 views

    January 6, 1850, was bitterly cold in Colchester, England, a hard-biting blizzard keeping most worshipers at home. At the Primitive Methodist Chapel on Artillery Street only about a dozen showed up. When it became apparent that even the pastor would not arrive, a man rose and spoke from Isaiah ...read more

  • How Does Adoption Change Things? ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 1, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,727 views

    Illustration: How does adoption change things? Here’s a secular example: In 1952 a probation officer in New York City tried to find an organization that would assist in the adoption of a twelve-year-old boy. Although the child had a religious background, none of the major denominations would assist ...read more

  • Jim Nicodem Is The Founding And Senior Pastor Of ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Mar 6, 2008
     | 1,336 views

    Jim Nicodem is the Founding and Senior Pastor of Christ Community Church which has three campuses in St. Charles, Dekalb, and Blackberry Creek, Illinois. In his sermon entitled “The Straight Scoop on Anger” Pastor Jim shares this illustration: “You’re watching a football game, your favorite team. ...read more

  • God's Blessing Involves Adventure. Some People ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
     | 3,690 views

    God’s blessing involves adventure. Some people feel as if living by faith is foolish. The truth is, it is a marvelous adventure. I was telling someone the other day about a Godly lady who was a member of a church I once served. This ladies husband had died leaving her with four small children. ...read more

  • Barry Cameron Tells About An Airplane Flight That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
     | 2,302 views

    Barry Cameron tells about an airplane flight that he took. On the flight there were four servicemen. Before the door on the plane was closed, the pilot announced we had a number of special guests on our flight (the servicemen in uniform) and asked us to show our appreciation to them. The plane ...read more

  • We Must Share The Gospel

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,463 views

    WE MUST SHARE THE GOSPEL Dr. Martin Neimoller was an outstanding German pastor during the time of Adolf Hitler's reign. Neimoller was sent to prison for preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Before being sent to prison, Neimoller had a 30-minute visit with Adolf Hitler. Hitler tried to persuade ...read more

  • Light Serves A Purpose As Well. And This Was A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 4,863 views

    Light serves a purpose as well. And this was a picture that these fisherman would understand. A Light Attracts Peter and Andrew and the boys fished at night because during the day the fish in the Sea of Galilee stay close to the bottom where it’s cooler but during the cool of the night they come ...read more

  • Kevin Garvey Has A Thriving Business In Broward ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 1,462 views

    Kevin Garvey has a thriving business in Broward County, Florida. For years, he was the only trapper licensed by the county to remove nuisance alligators. In 2000, he received 616 alligator complaints and removed 97 animals. As of the end of July 2001, he had already received over 1,500 complaints ...read more

  • A Man Named Victor Frankl, A Jewish Psychiatrist ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 1,203 views

    A man named Victor Frankl, a Jewish psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, discovered this great truth in the midst of a Jewish concentration camp during WW II. While seeking to survive the horror of this imprisonment Frankl began observing his fellow prisoners in the hope of discovering what coping ...read more

  • In My Files I Have A Story About A Man Who Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
     | 1,590 views

    In my files I have a story about a man who was attending a Youth Ministry class at Hannibal-LaGrange College in Missouri. He said: When I got to class, everybody was doing their last minute studying. The teacher came in and said he would review with us for just a little bit before the test. We ...read more