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  • Pastor Prays Honestly After Loss Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
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    Pastor Prays Honestly After Loss of Son O The Beauty of Honest prayer (I think God prefers angry honesty vs. flowery fakeness) Heard a story this week of a pastor who lost his precious little son in a tragic accident. Told how he drove the freeways of Los Angeles in the grief of that loss. Said… ...read more

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  • Medical School Professor Teaches Students The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 1, 2009
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    Medical School Professor Teaches Students the Consequences of Abortion A professor in a world-acclaimed medical school once posed this medical situation to his students: “Here’s the family history: The father has syphilis. The mother has TB. They already have had four children. The first is blind. ...read more

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  • Lantern In A Porthole Saves Man Over ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 3, 2009
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    Lantern in a Porthole Saves Man Over Board There is a story of an Atlantic passenger lying in his bunk in a storm, deathly sick—seasick. A cry of “Man overboard!” was heard. The passenger thought, “God help the poor fellow. There is nothing I can do.” Then he thought at least he could put his ...read more

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  • Why A Chainsaw Cuts Better Than A Traditional ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 14, 2009
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    Why a Chainsaw Cuts Better Than a Traditional Saw It was quite astonishing to the lumberjacks when the chainsaw was first introduced. The amount of work that several muscled-men (with their long razor-sharp timber saws) can finish in a day can be accomplished by a chainsaw in several minutes. One ...read more

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  • Crimean War Heroes Honored By Queen ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2009
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    Crimean War Heroes Honored by Queen Victoria After the Crimean War, a great celebration was held in London to honor the heroes wounded in battle. Queen Victoria was present to give out the medals. Some of the soldiers appeared with empty sleeves, some came on crutches, and some had bandaged ...read more

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  • Hudson Taylor On Contentment  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    Hudson Taylor on Contentment "The man who has God for his treasure has all things in One," said A. W. Tozer. 1. You have His assurance - "for he hath said..." Hudson Taylor the founder of China Inland Mission, was facing a lack of finances in his ministry. He retreated to office and read the ...read more

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  • The Healing Power Of Laughter

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2010
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    THE HEALING POWER OF LAUGHTER Norman Cousins tells of being hospitalized with a rare, crippling disease. When he was diagnosed as incurable, Cousins checked out of the hospital. Aware of the harmful effects that negative emotions can have on the body, Cousins reasoned the reverse was true. So he ...read more

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  • Trivial Pursuit Board ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2010
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    Trivial Pursuit Board Game - Created 1979 is a game in which progress is determined by a player’s ability to answer general knowledge and popular culture questions - The object of the game was to answer a correct question in each of 6 categories such as Geography, Sports and Leisure, History, and ...read more

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  • Billy Graham's Daughter On 9/11

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010
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    BILLY GRAHAM'S DAUGHTER ON 9/11 Just after 9/11, Billy Graham’s daughter, Anne, was interviewed by the Early Show on CBS. The interviewer asked, "How could God let something like this happen?" She answered, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this just as we are, but for years we’ve been ...read more

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  • Ruth Bell Graham Tells Childhood Story Of Son, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2010
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    Ruth Bell Graham Tells Childhood Story of son, Franklin with His Toy Gun Ruth Bell Graham tells this story about her son Franklin: Franklin was sleeping on the front porch with his cowboy boots and toy gun. We were having problems with some polecats (skunks), and Franklin told me not to worry ...read more

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  • Can't Call Him A Liar

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2010
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    CAN'T CALL HIM A LIAR During quail season in Georgia, an Atlanta journalist met an old farmer hunting with an ancient pointer at his side. Twice the dog ran rheumatically ahead and pointed. Twice his master fired into the open air. When the journalist saw no birds rise, he asked the farmer for an ...read more

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  • Woodpeckers Grounding The Shuttle Discovery ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 3, 2010
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    Woodpeckers Grounding the Shuttle Discovery Likened to Problems in Marriage The space shuttle Discovery was grounded recently--not by technical difficulties or lack of government funding, but by woodpeckers. Yellow-shafted flicker woodpeckers found the insulating foam on the shuttle’s external fuel ...read more

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  • The Impact Of A Small Group With A New Vision On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2010
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    The Impact of a Small Group with a New Vision on Society Robert Bellah is the Elliott Professor of Sociology, Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. Throughout his academic career, he has been very interested in the influence of religion on society. In an interview in Psychology Today, ...read more

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  • I Remember Years Ago, When I Was The Pastor In ...

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Oct 8, 2010
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    I remember years ago, when I was the pastor in another city, we had a man in our church that worked in a local processing plant. His name was Doug. One day, a new guy – a fellow by the name of Mike – showed up to work there, and Doug got acquainted with him and invited him to come to our ...read more

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  • Why Muslims Convert

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    WHY MUSLIMS CONVERT Fuller seminar asked 750 former Muslims to fill out an extensive questionnaire about how they came to decide to become a Christian. The respondents were from 30 countries and 50 ethnic groups, representing every major region of Islam. They were asked to rank the relative ...read more

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  • The Cause

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    THE CAUSE A university physics professor testified that he came to the university believing he had all the answers. “An avowed evolutionist, I knew all about cause and effect. I could begin with the present and work back. Behind every natural effect I found a natural cause. “One day I was ...read more

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  • Poll On Salvation

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 1, 2010
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    POLL ON SALVATION 56% say a good person can earn their way into Heaven. 44% say if a person does not consciously accept Christ as savior, they will be condemned to Hell. 44% say all people experience the same outcome after they die, regardless of their religious beliefs. 34% say there are some ...read more

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  • The Danger Of Spiritual Procrastination  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 24, 2011
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    THE DANGER OF SPIRITUAL PROCRASTINATION There is a fable which tells of three apprentice devils who were coming to this earth to finish their apprenticeship. They were talking to Satan, the chief of the devils, about their plans to tempt and to ruin men. The first said, "I will tell them that ...read more

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  • Samuel Chadwick: Guiding His Life By The Bible

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 19, 2011
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    SAMUEL CHADWICK: GUIDING HIS LIFE BY THE BIBLE Let me conclude by sharing something written many years ago by Samuel Chadwick. "I have guided my life by the Bible for more than sixty years, and I tell you there is no book like it. It is a miracle of literature, a perennial spring of wisdom, a ...read more

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  • Don't Ever Trust Anyone...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2011
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    DON'T EVER TRUST ANYONE... "There is an old story of a father who took his young son out and stood him on the railing of the back porch. He then went down, stood on the lawn, and encouraged the little fellow to jump into his arms. 'I'll catch you,' the father said confidently. After a lot of ...read more

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