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  • The Only Thing Worse Than The Pain Of Change Is ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 6, 2004
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    “The only thing worse than the pain of change is the pain of staying the same when change is really needed.” Building a ...read more

  • In His Excellent History Of The Silent Film, "The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 8, 2004
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    In his excellent history of the silent film, "The Parades’ Gone By," Kevin Brownlow tells the amazing tale of a lanky, good looking young man from Montana would do just about anything to get into the movies. In 1926, Paramount was filming one of the last of the big budget silent westerns, "The ...read more

  • Boy Confessing : Bless Me Father For I Have ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2004
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    BOY CONFESSING : Bless me Father for I have sinned... Father, I had bad thoughts... PRIEST : Did you entertain them? BOY : No Father... ...read more

  • Top Ten Ways You Know You're In A Bad Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2004
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    TOP TEN WAYS YOU KNOW YOU’RE IN A BAD CHURCH 10. The church bus has gun racks. 9. The church staff consists of Senior Pastor, Associate Pastor and Socio-pastor. 8. The Bible they use is the "Dr. Seuss Version." 7. There’s an ATM in the lobby. 6. The choir wears leather robes. 5. Worship ...read more

  • Then One Day When I Came Home There Was A Rental ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2004
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    Then one day when I came home there was a rental van pulled up to his house. Doug was standing beside the small porch holding their child as he watched her and her boyfriend put her things in the van. It was such a horrific and terrible thing to watch. It seemed to be so intense for him. I ...read more

  • Bobby And Susie Were Playing Upstairs While ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 25, 2004
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    Bobby and Susie were playing upstairs while their mother was doing the dishes. All of the sudden, the children’s mother heard, "Thud, Thud, Thud...", and she ran to see what had happened. She went to the base of the stairs to find Susie curled up in a little ball and crying. Susie then told her ...read more

  • Are We Ready To Do What God Designed Us To Do?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 26, 2004
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    Are we ready to do what God designed us to do? Some of you may remember back in January I showed you this cordless drill that I had as a gift from my Mother for Christmas. As with gifts that God gives us, I mentioned, at the time, that it would be no point in me having this gift if I didn’t use it. ...read more

  • Who's Job Is It?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2004
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    “Who’s Job is it?” This is a story about four people EVERYBODY, SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, and NOBODY. There was an important job to be done and EVERYBODY thought SOMEBODY would do it. ANYBODY could have done it, but NOBODY did it. SOMEBODY got angry about this because it was EVERYBODY’S job. EVERYBODY ...read more

  • Behind Every Big Dream  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2004
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    BEHIND EVERY BIG DREAM Charles Swindoll shares this story in an issue of Leadership magazine: “On May 24, 1965, a thirteen-and-a half-foot boat quietly slipped out of the marina at Falmouth, Massachusetts for Falmouth, England. It would be the smallest craft ever to make the voyage. Its name? ...read more

  • Oxymorons  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2004
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    OXYMORONS (contradictory words) Act naturally Advanced basic Airline food Almost exactly Alone together Artificial intelligence Awful good Campaign promise Civil war Clearly misunderstood Computer jock Definite maybe Diet ice ...read more

  • I Served A Church That Had A Wonderful Young ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2004
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    I served a Church that had a wonderful young married couple. He was 30, she was 26 and they had two beautiful children. The oldest would come up and set with me while I was preaching. The husband worked for the State and had a good job that he enjoyed. She worked for a large nationwide company ...read more

  • A Woman's Place  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2004
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    A WOMAN’S PLACE The Los Angeles Times called the 45-year old Karen Hughes one of the most powerful unelected women in the United States, but she resigned from her post less than a year and a half after Bush had successfully won the presidential election. Her husband and teenage son were ...read more

  • Peter Ustinov Said, "Charity Is More Common Than ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 16, 2004
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    Peter Ustinov said, “Charity is more common than compassion. Charity is tax-deductible. ...read more

  • In What Some Call A Denial Of A Basic Civil ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 23, 2004
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    In what some call a denial of a basic civil right, a Missouri man has been told he may not marry his long-term companion. …The man claims that the essential elements of marriage – love and commitment – are indeed present. “She’s gorgeous. She’s sweet. She’s loving. I’m very proud of her … Deep ...read more

  • Unqualified Commitment  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2004
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    UNQUALIFIED COMMITMENT A college man walked into a photography studio with a framed picture of his girlfriend. He wanted the picture duplicated. This involved removing it from the frame. In doing this, the studio owner noticed the inscription on the back of the photograph: “My dearest Tom, I love ...read more

  • A Remarkable Work  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2004
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    A REMARKABLE WORK When Benjamin Franklin was the Ambassador to France, he occasionally attended the Infidels Club -- a group that spent most of its time searching for and reading literary masterpieces. On one occasion Franklin read the book of Ruth to the club, but changed the names in it so it ...read more

  • Triumph From Tragedy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2004
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    TRIUMPH FROM TRAGEDY Sometimes tragedy kind of sneaks up on you. It comes at you like termites at an old wood-frame house. It eats away for years, then one day the rafters of the house give way before you ever realized what was happening. Sometimes tragedy simply hits you full-body and knocks you ...read more

  • The Velcro Effect  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2004
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    THE VELCRO EFFECT In the book of Ruth, there is illustrated very effectively something I like to term, "The Velcro Effect". I don’t think I have to describe Velcro to you folks as I believe all of us are familiar with what it is! But maybe not all of you are familiar with how it was invented. In ...read more

  • Are You Having A Bad Day?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2004
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    ARE YOU HAVING A BAD DAY? Not all days are equally good. You know you’re having a bad day when you put both contacts into the same eye. You know you’re having a bad day when your twin sister forgets your birthday. You know you’re having a bad day when you wake up and your braces are stuck ...read more

  • A Great Sorrow  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2004
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    A GREAT SORROW The Chinese said, “No sorrow is greater than ...read more