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  • Build Me A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    Build Me A Bridge A man walking along a California beach was deep in prayer. Suddenly the sky clouded above his head and, in a booming voice, the Lord said, "Because you have TRIED to be faithful to me in all ways, I will grant you one wish." The man said, "Build a bridge to Hawaii so I can drive ...read more

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  • Restitution And Forgiveness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    Restitution and Forgiveness Keith Drury is a writer from the Wesleyan Church and in one of his books he touches on this whole subject of restoring relationships when talking about restitution. This is what he says. "Restitution deals with more than property. It is also going back and making ...read more

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  • Only A Full View Will Do  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    Only a Full View Will Do But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord [2Cor. 3:18]. I wish I had spent more time looking in the "mirror," beholding Him more. In the Word of God we ...read more

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  • C.s. Lewis On Rewards

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2010
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    C.S. Lewis on Rewards It is God’s perfect plan and will to give a reward to those who faithfully trust and obey Him. And it is not unspiritual to expect and anticipate those rewards, if we do so in a spirit of humility and gratitude-knowing that God’s rewards manifest His grace to the undeserving. ...read more

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  • Love Me First, Then Witness To Me

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 28, 2010
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    LOVE ME FIRST, THEN WITNESS TO ME In our lesson we have seen that faith without works is useless. It cannot be demonstrated, it cannot change a person, it is not perfected, and it is dead! Our faith does not help us, or others, until it causes us to act. Once a chaplain walked up to a wounded ...read more

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  • Bitterness Kills  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 28, 2010
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    BITTERNESS KILLS Bitterness has been medically linked to glandular problems, high blood pressure, cardiac disorders, ulcers, and even insanity. One leading psychiatrist wrote, "90% of all people in insane asylums could be released immediately if they would learn how to forgive, or how to be ...read more

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  • Brothers Reunited After Fighting Each Other ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2010
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    Brothers Reunited After Fighting Each Other During the Civil War James Campbell and his brother Alexander immigrated to America in the 1850s. James settled in Charleston where he worked as a drayman and clerk; Alexander lived in New York and worked as a stonemason. On June 10, 1862, Alexander wrote ...read more

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  • Parents Teach Their Children God's Word At A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2010
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    Parents Teach Their Children God’s Word at a Restaurant I once read an illustration of a family who took this seriously. One night at a pizza parlor, we decided to use the minutes waiting for our food as a teaching time. We passed out an index card and pencil to each child and had them write down a ...read more

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  • Suburban Outreach

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2010
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    SUBURBAN OUTREACH Calvin Miller teaches in Birmingham, Alabama, at the Beeson Divinity School. He recently wrote a provocative article entitled, "Rethinking Suburban Evangelism," on the challenge taking the gospel to people who sense no need: "Suburbia: the push-button Zion of those who have made ...read more

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  • Construction Worker Survives 110-Foot ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2010
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    Construction Worker Survives 110-Foot Fall This past week I was reading in “God’s Word for You Today” devotional about Randy Reid, a thirty-four-year old construction worker, who was welding on top of a nearly completed water tower outside Chicago. According to writer Melissa Ramsdell, Reid ...read more

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  • Wife Offers Herself In Domestic Servitude To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2010
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    Wife Offers Herself in Domestic Servitude To Clear Her Husband of Murder On May 2, 1962, a dramatic advertisement appeared in the San Francisco Examiner: “I don’t want my husband to die in the gas chamber for a crime he did not commit. I will therefore offer my services for 10 years as a cook, ...read more

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  • A Young Boy Gets A Driving ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
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    A Young Boy Gets A Driving Permit A young boy had just gotten his driving permit. He asked his father if they could discuss his use of the family car. His father took him into his study and said, “I’ll make a deal with you. You bring your grades up, study the Bible a little, get your hair cut, ...read more

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  • Fake Gems

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    FAKE GEMS Anything that is extremely valuable will be counterfeited. Fake gems have been around for thousands of years, but as the technology for making them has advanced, fakes are now harder to detect with the naked eye. Gem buyers today must be aware of three types of gems that are made to ...read more

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  • Thoughts On Discipleship By Willard, Stott, And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    THOUGHTS ON DISCIPLESHIP by Willard, Stott, and Warren Dallas Willard in his book "Divine Conspiracy" states: "....discipleship is real-life apprenticeship to Jesus." If we are students of Jesus then we must be with him. If I am an apprentice, a disciple, that means I must be with him to learn ...read more

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  • Kirby Puckett: Disciple  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    KIRBY PUCKETT: DISCIPLE Few have illustrated the process of imitating Jesus as an apprentice, a student, a disciple than Kirby Puckett, who was the centerfielder for 13 years for the Minnesota Twins baseball team. He had a career batting average of .318, made the All Star lineup ten years in a ...read more

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  • Tchaikovsky And Time Management

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    TCHAIKOVSKY AND TIME MANAGEMENT Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky, the great Russian composer, put a sign on his gate: "Visiting hours Monday and Tuesday between 3 and 5 p.m. Other times please do not ring." By posting that sign, Tchaikovsky was announcing to the world that he was a great composer, and as ...read more

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  • The Culture Of Complaint  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2010
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    THE CULTURE OF COMPLAINT In 1991, Robert Hughes, an art critic, wrote a book called The Culture of Complaint. His thesis is that we live in a culture in which we perceive ourselves as being entitled to having all our wants and desires fulfilled. When that doesn't happen, we become "victims," we ...read more

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  • Why Should I Surrender?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 29, 2010
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    WHY SHOULD I SURRENDER? The story is told of the military legend Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia (336-323) and conqueror of Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, Babylonia, and Persia, almost all of the known world. One day on the warpath, Alexander and small company of soldiers approached a strongly ...read more

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  • Our Tongues Get Us Into Trouble

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
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    OUR TONGUES GET US INTO TROUBLE The classic movie, "A Christmas Story," is a nostalgic look at growing up in Gary, Indiana, through the eyes of a boy named Ralphy. One scene depicts a school recess in the middle of winter. Two boys surrounded by their classmates argue whether a person’s tongue ...read more

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  • But He Is My Father

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 22, 2011
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    BUT HE IS MY FATHER There is an old Roman story which tells how a Roman emperor was once enjoying a great victory. He had the privilege of marching his troops through the streets of Rome with all of his captured trophies, and his prisoners behind him. This emperor was marching with his troops; the ...read more

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