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  • Hans The Tailor

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2009
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    HANS THE TAILOR Consider the story of Hans the tailor. Because of his reputation, an influential entrepreneur visiting the city ordered a tailor-made suit. But when he came to pick up his suit, the customer found that one sleeve twisted that way and the other this way; one shoulder bulged out and ...read more

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  • Dale Carnegie In Yellowstone  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2009
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    DALE CARNEGIE IN YELLOWSTONE Ephesians 4:32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. This command is again repeated by Paul to the Colossians in 3:13, 13Bear with each other and forgive... The alternative to forgiveness is bitterness and ...read more

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  • Time Magazine On The Benefits Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 3, 2009
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    Time Magazine on the Benefits of Religion Some time ago, Time Magazine ran an article that reported on the benefits of religion and the church, and some of the observations included: 1. Heart-surgery patients who draw comfort from their religious faith have a significantly higher survival rate than ...read more

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  • Tourist Misses Beauty Of Alps By Looking At ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2009
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    Tourist Misses Beauty of Alps by Looking at Herself in a Mirror [IN LOVE WITH A MIRROR] A group of TOURISTS WAS TRAVELING through the mountains in Switzerland. At one high point they could see magnificent snow-capped peaks and look into the deep blue of the Alpine lakes below. The view was ...read more

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  • Purpose In Life, Nate Saint And Joan Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 8, 2009
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    Purpose In Life, Nate Saint and Joan of Arc Nate Saint said, “People who do not know the Lord ask why we waste our lives as missionaries. They forget they too are expending their lives, and when the bubble has burst, they will have nothing of eternal significance to show for the years they have ...read more

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  • D.l. Moody Illustrates How To Grow ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 12, 2009
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    D.L. Moody Illustrates How to Grow Spiritually In one of his meetings, D.L. Moody was explaining to his audience the truth that we cannot bring about spiritual changes in our lives by our own strength. He demonstrated the principal like this: “Tell me,” he said to his audience, “how can I get the ...read more

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  • Lyrics Of Many Secular Songs Are Detrimental To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2009
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    Lyrics of Many Secular Songs Are Detrimental to Character Development The University of Pittsburgh did a study a couple of years ago where they examined 279 of the top songs on the radio in 2005. They ONLY looked at references to drugs and alcohol but what they found is instructive: • Gangster ...read more

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  • A.w. Tozer And Andrew Murray On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 22, 2009
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    A.W. Tozer and Andrew Murray on Humility Humility and dying to myself are inseparable. A.W. Tozer nailed the nail on the head, saying, “In every Christians heart there is a cross and a throne and the Christian is on the throne till he puts himself on the cross; if he refuses the cross he remains on ...read more

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  • Henry Ford Gives A Donation For A New Medical ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 29, 2009
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    Henry Ford Gives a Donation For A New Medical Facility The American industrialist, Henry Ford, was once asked to donate money for the construction of a new medical facility.. The billionaire made a pledge of $5,000. The next day in the newspaper, the headline read, "Henry Ford contributes $50,000 ...read more

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  • From A Cave To A Castle  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2010
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    FROM A CAVE TO A CASTLE Flat broke and homeless, brothers Geza and Zslot Peladi literally lived in a cave near Budapest for years. They left their dank home only to scrape together whatever money they could through selling scrap metal and candy. Theirs was a hopeless situation. But then ...read more

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  • Battling The Temptation To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2010
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    Battling the Temptation to Steal Listen to the man who was tempted: A man in a responsible position, entrusted with large sums of money, was one day tempted to put some of the cash to his own account. He knew that it would be a long time before his theft could be discovered. He resisted the ...read more

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  • Trust In God's Power Preserves Austrian Town From ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 27, 2010
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    Trust in God’s Power Preserves Austrian Town from Napoleon Napoleon’s army was camped on the hills above the border town of Feldkirch, Austria poised to attack. On Easter Sunday morning, the citizens met to decide whether to try to defend themselves or surrender. The pastor rose and addressed the ...read more

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  • Roman Soldier Shares Coat With A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2010
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    Roman Soldier Shares Coat with a Beggar Martin of Tours was a Roman soldier and a Christian. One cold winter day, as he was entering a city, a beggar stopped him and asked for alms. Martin had no money; but the beggar was blue and shivering with cold and Martin gave what he had. He took off his ...read more

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  • Questions Help You Learn...?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2010
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    QUESTIONS HELP YOU LEARN...? A father and his small son were out walking one day when the lad asked how electricity could go through the wires stretched between the telephone poles. "I don't know," said his father. "I never knew much about electricity." A few blocks farther on, the boy asked ...read more

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  • Man Takes Pride In The Advances In Science And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 7, 2010
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    Man Takes Pride in the Advances in Science and Technology I love science and technology. Indeed, one of my favorite places in the entire world to visit is Cape Canaveral, Florida. This is the home of the NASA space shuttle launches. One can visit there and see all of the monuments to man’s ability ...read more

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  • Shepherding In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 8, 2010
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    Shepherding in Israel H.V. Morton gives an account of this sort of thing: "Early one morning I saw an extraordinary sight not far from Bethlehem. Two shepherds had evidently spent the night with their flocks in a cave. The sheep were all mixed together and the time had come for the shepherds to go ...read more

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  • Two-Year-Old Boy Addicted To Smoking In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 8, 2010
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    Two-Year-Old Boy Addicted to Smoking in Indonesia An Indonesian father claims his two-year-old son is addicted to cigarettes, a newspaper reported. Mohammad Rizal, from the Southeast Asian country’s Musi Banyuasin province, said his son Rizal is hooked on tobacco after having his first cigarette at ...read more

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  • Why We Should Be Willing To Die For Christ, The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2010
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    Why we should be willing to die for Christ, the case of Joseph Tson of Romania Augustine: “It was necessary that Christ should first die for Peter’s salvation, and then Peter die for Christ’s Gospel.” When Joseph Tson was imprisoned for preaching the gospel in communist Romania under Nicolae ...read more

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  • Integrity On A Bus

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jul 19, 2010
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    INTEGRITY ON A BUS One Sunday a pastor preached a sermon on honesty. Monday morning he took the bus took get to his office. He paid the fare, and the bus driver gave him back too much change. During the rest of the journey, the pastor was rationalizing how God had provided him with some extra ...read more

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  • George Macdonald And Alan Redpath On The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2010
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    George MacDonald and Alan Redpath on the Importance of Depending Upon God George MacDonald, "In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably." Any seemingly successful person who does it independently of God is above all most miserable! Man is incomplete until he ...read more

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