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  • Teach Him To Walk, But Not Where  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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     | 2,479 views

    TEACH HIM TO WALK, BUT NOT WHERE A rehabilitation counselor took an early retirement to spend the rest of his life preaching. One day, while addressing an audience, he told of how - early in his career - he found a young boy with several birth defects. He arranged financial and medical help. ...read more

  • Stella Awards

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,451 views

    STELLA AWARDS Several years ago Stella Lieback sued McDonalds for pouring hot coffee on herself. Her grandson was driving the car with Stella in it. At her request, he stopped the car so she could add cream to her coffee. She spilled the coffee on her leg and burned herself. Her lawsuit originally ...read more

  • Will He Find Any Faith?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,617 views

    WILL HE FIND ANY FAITH? Sherwood Eddy interviewed 25 young Communists in Moscow one day and asked each one how many hours he gave to the party each day. Not one of them gave less than three hours daily telling others about the virtues of communism. Some of them gave as much as nine hours each day ...read more

  • That In Fact, Jesus Is Prophecy Fulfilled For He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 3,219 views

    That in fact, Jesus is prophecy fulfilled for He fulfilled almost 200 Old Testament prophecies! What are the odds of a man even fulfilling just a few prophecies? Dr. Peter Stoner, Professor Emeritus of Science at Westmont College, authored a book entitled Science Speaks, (Moody Press, 1969, P.109) ...read more

  • Very Hard Work

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
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    VERY HARD WORK A favorite book for children is Frog And Toad Together by Arnold Lobel. Frog had a garden that Toad admired, and he wanted one too. So Frog told him: "It is very nice, but it was hard work." When he gave Toad some flower seeds, Toad quickly ran home and planted them. "Now seeds," ...read more

  • Wesley's Peace  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,250 views

    WESLEY'S PEACE Although Charles Wesley had been engaged in preaching the gospel with much diligence and earnestness, he did not know what it was to enjoy peace with God until he was in his thirtieth year. Being laid low by an alarming illness, and seeming as if he were going to die, a young ...read more

  • Stealing His Glory

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,659 views

    STEALING HIS GLORY Recently, we heard about what happened in the capital in Washington State. OLYMPIA, Wash. -- An atheist group unveiled an anti-religion placard/sign in the state Capitol, joining a Christian Nativity scene and "holiday tree" on display during December. The atheists' sign was ...read more

  • Golf Pro Lee Trevino Met A Fan In A Coffee Shop. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,551 views

    Golf pro Lee Trevino met a fan in a coffee shop. The woman asked him to sign a napkin, but Trevino refused, saying he knew she wouldn’t keep it. “So she pulled out a $5 bill,” Trevino recalled. He said, “I wrote a nice little note in the margin and signed it. Thanking me profusely, she ...read more

  • The Heart Of Worship

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    THE HEART OF WORSHIP In late 1990's in Watford, England, Matt Redman's church had a high caliber praise band and worship team, yet the pastor knew that the congregation had lost its way in worship. So the Pastor asked "When you come through the doors on a Sunday, what are you bringing as your ...read more

  • A Sabbath Miracle  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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    A SABBATH MIRACLE A Roman Catholic priest, a Pentecostal pastor and a Jewish rabbi were talking one day about their belief in miracles. The Roman Catholic said that he did believe in miracles and illustrated this by telling of a recent incident when he had flown to Durban. As the aircraft began ...read more

  • Not A Voice, But A Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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    NOT A VOICE, BUT A LIFE The late great Presbyterian clergyman and hymnist, Rev. Maltbie Davenport Babcock (1858 - 1901) once wrote: "Christianity is not a voice in the wilderness but a life in the world. It is not an idea in the air but feet on the ground, going [Almighty] God's way. It is not an ...read more

  • Sputtering  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
    based on 12 ratings
     | 5,009 views

    SPUTTERING A man in North Carolina bought a new car with a voice-warning system. ... At first he was amused to hear the soft female voice gently remind him that his seat belt wasn’t fastened. ... Edwin affectionately called this voice the "little woman." He soon discovered his little woman was ...read more

  • Keep Your Eyes On Me

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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     | 4,951 views

    KEEP YOUR EYES ON ME One day, a man hired an experienced guide to lead him on a hike into the Swiss Alps. After many hours, they came to a high and remote mountain pass. To the man’s dismay, he saw the path had almost been washed out. What could he do? To the left was a sheer rock cliff, to his ...read more

  • The Passenger ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    THE PASSENGER PIGEON The Passenger Pigeon was a species of pigeon that was once the most common bird in North America. They lived in enormous flocks and during migration it was possible to see flocks of them a mile (1.6 km) wide and 300 miles (500 km) long, taking several days to pass and ...read more

  • Who Is God The Father?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
     | 5,073 views

    WHO IS GOD THE FATHER? In 2006, a sociologist at Baylor University released a study done by the Gallup organization that identified four views people had of God. 31.4 percent believe in an "Authoritarian God," a God who is angry at humanity’s sins. 23 percent believe in a "Benevolent God" who is ...read more

  • The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
     | 4,028 views

    THE SHEEP-CHASER A guide on a tour bus that traveled through Israel’s countryside had the crowd engaged as he explained the history, the scenery and the lifestyle. In his description, he included a heart-warming portrayal of the ancient shepherd/sheep relationship. He told of how the shepherd ...read more

  • The Wrong Kind Of Loyalty

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
     | 3,461 views

    THE WRONG KIND OF LOYALTY There is a story of a Japanese soldier, Lt. Hiroo Onada, left on the island Lubang in the Philippines on December 25, 1944, with the command to "carry on the mission, even if Japan surrenders." Onada continued his war alone. All efforts to convince him to surrender or to ...read more

  • Buyer's Remorse And A Dead ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
     | 3,402 views

    BUYER’S REMORSE AND A DEAD DONKEY A city boy, Kenny, moved to the country and bought a donkey from an old farmer for $100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day. The next day the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry son, but I have some bad news, the donkey died." Kenny replied, ...read more

  • One Mountain Too Many

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
     | 3,415 views

    ONE MOUNTAIN TOO MANY "No one has the right to an activity that can cause so much suffering and pain to others just so they can do something fun." Those are the words of Karl Purnell who lost his 28 year-old son Chris to an avalanche when Chris was ice-climbing in Canada. You can hear and maybe ...read more

  • One Minute After You Die

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 19, 2022
     | 838 views

    One day I received a call from a distraught family who wanted a minister to do a quick funeral. I say “quick” because they asked me to speak for only a few minutes. “We don’t want anything religious,” the son told me, “and nothing you do will be too short.” I asked him why it was so important for ...read more

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