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  • Ken Wales: Christian Integrity

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2012
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    KEN WALES: CHRISTIAN INTEGRITY Ken Wales is a TV and film producer, who has produced several, award-winning TV series and films, including Christy, East of Eden and the highly-acclaimed movie Amazing Grace. Wales has enjoyed tremendous success as a producer, but he started his Hollywood career ...read more

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  • How To Eat A Cessna Airplane

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2012
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    HOW TO EAT A CESSNA AIRPLANE Michel Lotito was an extraordinary man. This elegant Frenchman had a love for food and a fondness for eating unusual objects like bicycles, shopping carts and televisions. His odd appetite earned him the nickname Monsieur Mangetout (Mr Eat Everything). I first heard ...read more

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  • The Story Of George Beverly Shea

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 17, 2012
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    THE STORY OF GEORGE BEVERLY SHEA George Beverly Shea was a young man in the late 1920s aspiring to become a well-known singer. He entered Houghton College in New York in 1928 to get some good music training, but family financial problems caused him to leave after only one year. He found a job as a ...read more

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  • The Cost Of Trying To Fit In

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 19, 2012
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    THE COST OF TRYING TO FIT IN Kevin Miller of Wheaton, Illinois wrote the following: Right after I finished 6th grade, my family moved to a new town. As I started junior high that fall, I suddenly found myself in a school I didn’t know, in a town I didn’t know, with people I didn’t know. I felt ...read more

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  • Perspective On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 24, 2012
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    PERSPECTIVE ON WORRY When my daughter Abigail was 2 or so she came down with what is now known as Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. Basically, a person’s entire body gets covered in cold sores. The end result is skin scars, loss of vision, and even death. She could not be touched. She was in constant ...read more

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  • The Witch Of Wall ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 13, 2012
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    THE WITCH OF WALL STREET Hetty Green, nicknamed "The Witch of Wall Street" (November 21, 1834 – July 3, 1916), was an American businesswoman, known for her frugality during the Gilded Age, as well as for being the first American woman to make a substantial impact on Wall Street. She was born ...read more

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  • Dr. R. G. Lee's Mother Told Of Happiest Day And Gave Taste Of Heaven

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Dec 23, 2012
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    *Dr. R.G. Lee was the much loved pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis from 1927-1960. One day when R.G was a little boy, he asked his mother what was the happiest day of her life. Her name was Elizabeth. And she thought back to the time of the Civil War when she was a little ...read more

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  • Tractor Pulls And Yokes

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 13, 2013
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    TRACTOR PULLS AND YOKES Some people like going to events called Tractor Pulls. This is when they cover the floor of an arena with dirt and guys in souped-up tractors compete to see who can pull the heaviest loads. That’s nothing new because long before the internal combustion engine, farmers were ...read more

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  • Blind Against The Blind  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 8, 2013
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    BLIND AGAINST THE BLIND Today we're going to examine a miracle in which Jesus gives sight to two blind men. I've known several people who are physically blind and I'm always amazed by what they can do without sight. Growing up in Alabama, one of the most celebrated sports heroes in our state was ...read more

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  • Pastoral Ministry Crisis

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 30, 2015
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    2009 Statistics Of Why Pastors Leave the Ministry by Fuller Institute, George Barna and Pastoral Care Inc, Focus On The Family. 1,500 pastors leave the ministry permanently each month in America. 4,000 new churches start each year in America. 7,000 churches close each year in America. 25% of ...read more

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  • Do You Know How To Use The Sword Of The Spirit?

    Contributed by Doug Fannon on Oct 26, 2020
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    Many years ago when I was in Army basic training, I spent many hours on the rifle range. Not just an afternoon on the range like many of you who experience Air Force Basic Training. I spent quite literally two-thirds of my training time on the rifle range. I was issued an M-16 assault rifle for ...read more

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  • The Agitator

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2022
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    Does anyone know what that piece in the middle of the washer is called? The part in the middle that moves back and forth and shakes the clothes back and forth? What is that called? I’m going to call it an Agitator. What is the purpose of the Agitator? As far as I can tell, its sole purpose is to ...read more

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  • Let Me Close With A True Story Of A Humble Black ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Let me close with a true story of a humble black pastor in the inner city of Chicago who was diagnosed with terminal cancer. “He was in his late sixties and had been a minister throughout his adult life. His love for the Lord was so profound that it was reflected in everything he said. When he ...read more

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  • Here At Our Congregation, Larry Pierce Has Often ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    Here at our congregation, Larry Pierce has often shared about his auto accident that brought him back to Jesus. He had been a Christian years ago but had wandered away and lived his life without God. Then one day, he was driving a pick up truck down a road in Kentucky. He was towing another truck ...read more

  • Here's How Several Elementary School Students ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    Here’s how several elementary school students answered the following questions about moms: Why did God make mothers? • She’s the only one who knows where the Scotch tape is. • Mostly to clean the house. • To help us out of there when we were getting born. How did God make mothers? • He used ...read more

  • Here At Our Congregation, Larry Pierce Has Often ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    Here at our congregation, Larry Pierce has often shared about his auto accident that brought him back to Jesus. He had been a Christian years ago but had wandered away and lived his life without God. Then one day, he was driving a pick up truck down a road in Kentucky. He was towing another truck ...read more

  • With Regard To Alcohol Abuse

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    With regard to alcohol abuse: 1. Currently, nearly 14 million Americans—1 in every 13 adults-abuse alcohol or are alcoholic. 2. Several million more adults engage in risky drinking patterns that could lead to alcohol problems. 3. Even more scary and sad is how young people are when they get ...read more

  • This Is Good  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    THIS IS GOOD The story is told of a king in Africa who had a close friend with whom he grew up. The friend had a habit of looking at every situation that ever occurred in his life (positive or negative) and remarking, "This is good!" One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting ...read more

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  • How Much Is Enough?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? Each week Kevin Tunell was required to mail a dollar to a family he'd rather forget. They sued him for $1.5 million but settled for just $936, to be paid a dollar at a time. The family expected the payment each Friday so Tunell would not forget what happened on the first Friday ...read more

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  • The Origin Of Taps

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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    The Origin of Taps It all began in 1862 during the Civil War when Union Army Captain Robert Ellicombe was with his men near Harrison’s Landing in Virginia. The Confederates were on the other side of the narrow strip of land. During the night, Captain Ellicombe heard the moans of a soldier who ...read more

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