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  • A Man Got A Job As A Night Watchman At A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A man got a job as a night watchman at a factory. There had been a lot of thefts by the workers on the night shift and so every morning when the night shift workers passed through his gate it was his job to check their bags and pockets to make sure that nothing was being stolen. Things were going ...read more

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  • The Name Auschwitz Brings Terror And Grief To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The name AUSCHWITZ brings terror and grief to the hearts of many people. It is the sight of an infamous NAZI DEATH CAMP where 4 million Jews died during World War II. A half-ton of hair is still PRESERVED. The SHOWERS that once sprayed POISON GAS still stand. Maximillian Kolbe, a Franciscan priest ...read more

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  • John Mcarthur-Grace To You-The Life Saving ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    John McArthur-Grace to You-The Life Saving Station On a dangerous sea coast where shipwrecks often occur, there was once a crude little life-saving station. The building was just a hut and had only one boat, but the few devoted members kept a constant watch over the sea. With no thought for ...read more

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  • Fathers.com Shares The Statistics From Some Of ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 18, 2007
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    Fathers.com shares the statistics from some of their studies on the Effects of Father Absence: Millions of father-absent or father-neglect families carry on successfully. But few would say that they would not be stronger by having two caring and cooperative parents. The importance of fathers to the ...read more

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Ever Had A Time When You Felt All Alone In Life, ...

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 26, 2007
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    Ever had a time when you felt all alone in life, didn’t know which way to turn? Do you ever have a point in your life where you felt so overwhelmed and frustrated that you just didn’t know what to do? You might be like a guy who went alone on a vacation up in the mountains and he was walking ...read more

    Denomination: Methodist

  • Joseph Valachi Was A Gangster Who Worked For ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Sep 22, 2007
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    Joseph Valachi was a gangster who worked for various crime bosses in the Mafia during the mid-20th Century. He handled mostly low-level criminal activity such as numbers rackets and gambling. Valachi was eventually arrested for dealing heroin, along with his crime boss at the time, Vito Genovese. ...read more

    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

  • Let's Go Back To Our Road Analogy. We Talked ...

    Contributed by Mike Rexroat on Nov 5, 2007
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    Let’s go back to our road analogy. We talked just a minute ago about how the Interstates and Parkways are so much easier to travel upon then some of these one-lane country roads that we have around here. They are wider...they are better paved....and there is more room on them for error...they ...read more

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • One Of My Dear Friends Shared This Story With Me ...

    Contributed by Marianne Unger on Dec 12, 2007
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    One of my dear friends shared this story with me that I’d like to share with you. It’s about a mother who asked her child “What is the most important body part?” When the child was younger, they thought sound was important, so they replied that it was their ears. The mother said, “No, many ...read more

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  • Offer Your Life To Him

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Dec 26, 2007
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    OFFER YOUR LIFE TO HIM In a large cathedral in Europe there was a very large, magnificent pipe organ. It was a Saturday afternoon, and the custodian was making one final check the organ loft high in the balcony at the back of the church. He was startled to hear footsteps echoing up the ...read more

    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Forgiving One Another — The Monkey Trap

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Feb 10, 2008
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    Forgiving One Another -- the Monkey Trap >>I used this as a children’s sermon to open the worship services<< I’m going teach to you something this morning. I’m going to show you how to catch a monkey! Do any of you have wild monkeys running around your neighborhood? Well, in case there ever is ...read more

    Denomination: Nazarene

  • From The Dining Room We Walked Into The Living ...

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 20, 2008
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    “From the dining room we walked into the living room. This room was intimate and comfortable. I liked it. It had a fireplace, overstuffed chairs, a sofa, and a quiet atmosphere. He said, ‘This is indeed a delightful room. Let us come here often. It is secluded and quiet, and we can fellowship ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Take A Look At This Next Slide. It's From The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Feb 26, 2008
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    Take a look at this next slide. It’s from the opening sequence of Gunsmoke, one of the longest running television shows ever produced. Notice how the street’s full of activity. Well I’ve got news for you. What you think you see in this picture and what you thought you saw on television probably ...read more

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Christmas In The Great War  PRO

    Contributed by James Jack on Apr 10, 2009
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    CHRISTMAS IN THE GREAT WAR A famous incident from WWI illustrates the nature of the Christmas season very well. It was December 1914, the first Christmas of the war. Already the stalemate along the western front in France had begun to set in. British, French and German troops faced each other in ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • In Whose Presence You Stand  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    IN WHOSE PRESENCE YOU STAND On March 22, 1824 an incident took place in Madison County, Indiana, which came to be known as the Fall Creek Massacre. Six white men murdered nine Seneca and Miami Indians and wounded another. Among the nine dead were three women and four children. The six men were ...read more

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  • Whole World In His Hands

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Sep 14, 2009
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    WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS Sam Cathey became a Southern Baptist evangelist in 1967. That first year, he had to rush back from a revival, because his daughter had gone in the hospital with acute appendicitis. They thought it might be ruptured. Sam got on a plane in Los Angeles about 2:30 in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Misunderstood  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2009
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    MISUNDERSTOOD It's easy to be misunderstood. Misunderstanding happens all the time. It is very, very easy to be misunderstood. One way to be misunderstood is to be vague and hazy. Just mumble under your breath and utter ambiguities, and I guarantee that you will be misunderstood. Some of you are ...read more

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  • As The Parents Of Three Young Children, My Wife ...

    Contributed by Ricki Lee Brooks on Oct 24, 2009
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    As the parents of three young children, my wife and I often took advantage of many helps in order to be good nurturers. However, sometimes even our best efforts resulted in the unexpected. With hopes of teaching our oldest son the necessity of depending upon God, we began reading to him from the ...read more

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  • Football Player Given Second Chance By Coach ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2009
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    Football Player Given Second Chance by Coach After Running the Wrong Way “Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time….” The words “the second time” underscore God’s determination to get his message to the Ninevites and to use Jonah in the process. In other words, Jonah quickly found out ...read more

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  • Man Sentenced To Hang For Indian Massacre ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 14, 2009
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    Man Sentenced to Hang for Indian Massacre Pardoned On March 22, 1824 an incident took place in Madison County, Indiana, which came to be known as the Fall Creek Massacre. Six white men murdered nine Seneca and Miami Indians and wounded another. Among the nine dead were three women and four ...read more

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  • Cinderella (From Max ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 19, 2009
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    Cinderella (From Max Lucado) Now I want to turn things to an illustration as we transition to our final point. It is a true story that takes place at Disney World. Cinderella’s castle. It was packed with kids and parents. Suddenly all the children rushed to one side. Had it been a boat, the castle ...read more

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