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  • Houston Pastor John Bisagno ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    ILLUSTRATION Houston pastor John Bisagno describes a time when his daughter Melody, age five, came to him and asked for a doll house. John promptly nodded and promised to build her one, then he went back to reading his book. Soon he glanced out the study window and saw her arms filled with ...read more

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  • A Little Girl Went To Visit Her Grandmother For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A little girl went to visit her grandmother for the weekend. Her grandmother went to an old fashioned Church that kept the Sabbath by forbidding all work, fun, laughing and playing. The little girl woke up Sunday and started right off playing and laughing, as little girls do. Her grandmother ...read more

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  • Reporters And City Officials Gathered At A ...

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    Reporters and city officials gathered at a Chicago railroad station one afternoon in 1953. The person they were meeting was the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize winner. A few minutes after the train came to a stop, a giant of a man - six feet four inches with bushy hair and a large mustache stepped from the ...read more

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  • D.l. Moody, "A Holy Life Will Make The Deepest ...

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    D.L. Moody, “A holy life will make the deepest impression. Lighthouses blow ...read more

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  • I Read About A Woman Who Was Stopped By A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I read about a woman who was stopped by a policeman for going through a stop sign. He walked up to the side of the car, looked at her and said, "I’m going to have to give you a ticket you for going through a stop sign." She said, "You’ve got to be kidding. I didn’t drive through any stop sign. I ...read more

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  • The Process Of Sanctification Can Be Compared To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The process of sanctification can be compared to an iceberg, which is almost 90% under water. As the sun shines on the iceberg, the exposed part melts, moving the lower part upward. In the same way, we are usually aware of only a small part of our sinfulness and need, which is all we can deal with ...read more

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  • A Little Boy Had A Toothache And Knew That, If ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A little boy had a toothache and knew that, if he went to his mother, she would give him something to deaden the pain and let him get to sleep that night. But he did not go to his mother, at least not until the pain was very bad, because he knew she would also do something else – take him to the ...read more

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  • A Bitter Spirit Of Rivalry

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Many years ago Michelangelo, the sculptor, and Raphael, the painter, were commissioned to execute works of art for the beautification of the Vatican. Although each had a different job to do and both were highly respected, there arose such a bitter spirit of rivalry between them that at last they ...read more

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  • Methodist Minister And Author Charles L. Allen ...

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    Methodist minister and author Charles L. Allen wrote of a fisherman friend who told him that one never needs a top for his crab basket. If one of the crabs starts to climb up the sides of the basket, the other crabs will reach up and pull it back ...read more

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  • Joseph M. Stowell Said, "Some Time Ago I Was ...

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    Joseph M. Stowell said, "Some time ago I was chatting with a man who consults with some of the largest U.S. companies about their quality control. Because ministry is a form of human quality control, I though I’d ask him for some insights. "He said, ’In quality control, we are not concerned about ...read more

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  • Dr. M. R. Dehaan Is The Source Of This Final ...

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    Dr. M. R. Dehaan is the source of this final story: The expression "face the music" is said to have originated in Japan. According to the story, one man in the imperial orchestra couldn’t play a note. Being a person of great influence and wealth, he had demanded that he be given a place in the ...read more

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  • A Teacher Asked The Children In Her Sunday ...

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    A teacher asked the children in her Sunday school class, "If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave all my money to the church, would I get into Heaven?" "NO" The children all answered. "If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the yard, and kept everything neat and tidy, would ...read more

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  • Church Raided, Literature Confiscated In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Church raided, literature confiscated in Uzbekistan posted March 5, 2007 The Voice of the Martyrs has received photographs of police officers interrogating believers in and around a church in Qarshi (“Karshy”), Uzbekistan. According to VOM sources police burst into the service on February 25, ...read more

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  • Character  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Illustration- Character There is a story told among the Cherokee Indians… One evening an old Cherokee Indian told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between 2 wolves. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, ...read more

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  • Annie Armstrong Was Called Indefatigable. She ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Annie Armstrong was called indefatigable. She never tired of serving God and serving People. In 1893 because of her belief in the powerful hand of God to change lives and our world she wrote over 18,000 letters many by hand. She was the driving force in founding the lottie Moon Christmas offering, ...read more

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  • A Well-Known Athlete Of Avignon, France, Named ...

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    A well-known athlete of Avignon, France, named Meissonnier, literally struggled with an incurable disease, and his last words were, “O Death if ...read more

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  • There Have Been Those, Some Of The Notable Men, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There have been those, some of the notable men, who have refused to cooperate with Christ and have come to a very ignoble finish in their lives. Two such people were the famous writers H.G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw. They were brilliant men with worldly wisdom, yet they rejected the message of ...read more

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  • A Striking Christmas Card Was Once Published ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A striking Christmas card was once published with the title "If Christ Had Not Come". It was founded upon our Savior’s words "If I had not come." The card represented a pastor’s falling into a short sleep in his study on Christmas morning and dreaming of a world into which Jesus had never come. ...read more

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  • Novelist Ayn Rand Had Mesmerized A Student ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Novelist Ayn Rand had mesmerized a student audience at Yale University with her prickly ideas. Afterward a reporter from Time magazine asked her, "Miss Rand, what’s wrong with the modern world?" Without hesitation she replied, "Never before has the world been so frantically committed to the idea ...read more

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  • In How Life Imitates The World Series, Dave ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In How Life Imitates the World Series, Dave Bosewell tells a story about Earl Weaver, former manager of the Baltimore Orioles. Sports fans will enjoy how he handled star Reggie Jackson. Weaver had a rule that no one could steal a base unless given the steal sign. This upset Jackson because he felt ...read more

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