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  • I Love Bumper Sticker Theology. It May Not Always ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
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    I love bumper sticker theology. It may not always be the most sound theological statements, but they generally at least have the ability to make you think. The one in particular that I am thinking about said, "God is my Co-pilot." Do you remember the sticker? It took a great deal of heat. Perhaps ...read more

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  • Someone Wrote: What Is Your God? "Whatever You ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    Someone wrote: WHAT IS YOUR GOD? "Whatever you love most, serve most, seek out most, give to the most, worship the most, and care about the most is your god. Your “god” can be your career, your bank account, the way you look, a particular position or degree, influence, power, or physical ...read more

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  • God Is Everywhere

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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    GOD IS EVERYWHERE Some time ago, a man wrote to Reader's Digest about his son Doug. The man said one night, Doug was looking at a full moon. Little Doug asked his mom if God was in the moon. She said, "God is everywhere." Little Doug said "Is God in my tummy?" His mother said "Well, sort of..." ...read more

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  • The Famous Architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    The famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, designed some unusual buildings. On a university campus in Florida stands a library designed by Wright with an extremely low ceiling, so low that if you are six feet tall and not careful, you keep bumping your head. A man who was having this trouble asked ...read more

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  • Put The King In First

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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    PUT THE KING IN FIRST In the Berlin art gallery there is a painting by the famous artist Mengel that is only partially finished. It is supposed to be a painting of King Frederick of Germany talking to his generals. Mengel painstakingly painted the generals first around the outside of the painting. ...read more

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  • H.b. London Jr., Of Focus On The Family, Writes ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
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    H.B. London Jr., of Focus on the Family, writes about his relationship with his father, who was a pastor: "My father was a great preacher. I only wish I had known him better. He was an absentee dad. I searched for a relationship with him until the time of his death, but I never found it. To give ...read more

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  • In 2002, The Gallup Index Of Leading Religious ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    In 2002, the Gallup Index of Leading Religious Indicators reached its lowest level, demonstrating the public’s most negative overall rating for organized religion since the index began in 1940. The poll found that confidence in organized religion had declined. In 2002, only 45 percent of Americans ...read more

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  • Escaped ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    ESCAPED CONFLICTS In the 1980’s a retired couple was alarmed by the threat of nuclear war so they undertook a serious study of all the inhabited places on the globe. Their goal was to determine where in the world would be the least likely place affected by a nuclear war -- a place of ultimate ...read more

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  • Victim Of His Own Invention

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    VICTIM OF HIS OWN INVENTION Sir Robert Watson Watt, the inventor of the radar was arrested himself for speeding. He had been caught in a radar trap. Shortly after this irony, he wrote this poem: Pity Sir Robert Watson Watt Strange target of his radar plot, And this, with others I could mention, A ...read more

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  • Run To The Refuge

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    RUN TO THE REFUGE Bunker gear, over 1,000 degrees of heat, protection from fire scene elements, provides a refuge/safety for self... importance of ARFF truck...refuge, responsible for protection of firefighters, T3000 3,000 gal. of water, large truck, nozzles, discharge 1,000 gpm...truck was place ...read more

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  • Famous Last Words  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    FAMOUS LAST WORDS Karl Marx, died in 1883 with these last words: "Go on, get out - last words are for fools who haven’t said enough." Thomas à Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, d.1170 "I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace." The very last words ...read more

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  • Poor Sudanese ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    POOR SUDANESE CHILD There is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo taken in 1994 during the Sudan famine. The picture depicts a famine-stricken child crawling towards a United Nations food camp, located a kilometer away. The vulture is waiting for the child to die, so that it can eat it. This picture ...read more

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  • Wouldn't God Show Through?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    One Sunday on their way home from church, a little girl turned to her mother and said, "Mommy, the preacher’s sermon this morning confused me. The mother said, "Oh? Why is that?" The little girl replied, "Well, he said that God is bigger than we are. Is that true?" The mother replied, "Yes, that’s ...read more

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  • H. L. Mencken, The Agnostic Editor, Died An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    .- H. L. Mencken, the agnostic editor, died an unbeliever. At his funeral, following his request, there was no song and no sermon. During his life Mencken admitted he might be wrong in his views about God and the immortality of the soul. “But,” he explained, “if I am wrong I will square myself ...read more

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  • Jesus Is Like The Shepherds In The Following And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Jesus is like the shepherds in the following and we must be like those sheep. Bob Crabtree, AG Superintendent of Ohio, tells while in the USSR, he saw two shepherds come together in the middle of the road. They had 300 sheep all become one group. He had to wait as the shepherds talked. Finally, ...read more

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  • A Nashville Newspaper Carried A Story Of Mrs. ...

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Aug 22, 2007
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    A Nashville newspaper carried a story of Mrs. Lilia Craig who hasn’t missed attending church in 1,040 Sundays (20 years) although she is in her eighties. There are many questions raised: Doesn’t it ever rain or snow in her town on Sunday? Doesn’t she ever have an unexpected company? Doesn’t she ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Pretty Good Preaching For A Dollar!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 20, 2022
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    A man and his ten year-old son were on a fishing trip miles from home. At the boy’s insistence, they decided to attend the Sunday worship service at a small rural church. The father forgot to bring any cash, so he reached in his pocket and gave his son a dollar to drop into the offering plate as ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • A Preacher's Kid Brags On His Daddy!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 12, 2024
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    Bragging Boys Three boys in the schoolyard were bragging about their fathers. The first boy says, “My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he then calls it a poem, they give him $50.00.” The second boy says, “That’s nothing, My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it ...read more

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  • The Miracle Of The Groceries  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 24, 2001
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    THE MIRACLE OF THE GROCERIES The following is a true story. In 1984, Mike and his family belonged to an East Coast church. One Sunday evening, the sermon was on sacrificial offerings, and a special offering was taken at the end of the sermon. The only money in Mike’s wallet was a $50 bill, ...read more

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  • In John Fletcher’s Only Pastorate (Madeley) ...

    Contributed by Bernard Dawson on Nov 23, 2002
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    In John Fletcher’s only pastorate (Madeley) there was a woman who became a Christian. Her husband was a butcher and an unbeliever. She attended church meetings whenever possible and this angered her husband. He threatened her but she remained firm. She must attend church as usual. Beginning to ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness