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  • Do You Remember From Watching Sesame Street "One ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    Do you remember from watching Sesame Street “One of these things is not like the others, One of these things just doesn’t belong, Can you tell which thing is not like the others by the time I finish my song?” If you are a Christ follower and you are in the company of non Christ Followers you are ...read more

  • Pour Cold Water Into Hot Water & Temp Of Water ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    Pour cold water into hot water & temp of water will lower. Similar to if you put hot water in cold water, the temp will rise. What we do as individuals affects the whole body. Either you are a help or a burden. Which are you? After a defeat, don’t blame God, don’t throw in ...read more

  • Last Saturday, I Was Walking In Our ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    *Last Saturday, I was walking in our neighborhood, and I passed a house where a little girl about 3-years-old accidentally got Mom or older sister wet with the hose. The adult screamed her name and then screamed, “What’s the matter with you?” -I promise you that the scream did a ...read more

  • J. Gordon Once Said, "I Have Long Since Ceased To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    J. Gordon once said, “I have long since ceased to pray, “Lord Jesus, have compassion on a lost world!” I remember the day and the hour when I seemed to hear the Lord rebuking me for making such a prayer. He seemed to say to me, “I have had compassion upon a lost world, and now ...read more

  • It's Amazing To Think That The Creator Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    It’s amazing to think that the creator of the heavens and the earth wants to have a personal relationship with me! As Stuart Hamlin wrote: “How big is God? How big and wide his vast domain? To try and tell, these lips can only start. He’s big enough to rule this mighty universe; ...read more

  • Drop The Weight Of Sin

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    Drop The Weight of Sin If that is your attitude then you misunderstand the power and the effects of sin. •Sin will always cost you more than you really want to pay. •always take you further than you really want to go. •always stay longer than you want it to ...read more

  • John Tyler, After Death Of William Henry Harrison ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    John Tyler, after death of William Henry Harrison … When a Christian people feel themselves to be overtaken by a great public calamity, it becomes them to humble themselves under the dispensation of Divine Providence, to recognize His righteous government over the children of men, to acknowledge ...read more

  • There Are Three Huge Gates That Lead Into The ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 9, 2008
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    There are three huge gates that lead into the Cathedral of Milan. Over one gate there is an inscription in marble (under a beautiful flower bouquet) that says, "The things that please are temporary." Over the second gate, there is a cross with this inscription: "The things that disturb us are ...read more

  • Real Courage

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    REAL COURAGE "Courage is not limited to the battlefield or the Indianapolis 500 or bravely catching a thief in your house. The real tests of courage are much deeper and much quieter. They are the inner tests, like remaining faithful when nobody's looking, like enduring pain when the room is empty, ...read more

  • John Vianney, 18th Century Pastor, Is Quoted As ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2008
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    John Vianney, 18th Century Pastor, is quoted as saying, “Love for our neighbor consists of three things: to desire the greater good of everyone; to do what good we can when we can; to bear, excuse, and hide other’s faults. The kind of love that Jesus is talking about here is the sacrificial love of ...read more

  • Employed By The Human-Development Center Of A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
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    Employed by the human-development center of a corporation in the Midwest, a young woman was training the employees in proper dress codes and etiquette. One day as she was stepping onto the elevator, a man casually dressed in jeans and a golf shirt got on with her. Thinking of her ...read more

  • Dilemma Of American Atheist Society  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2002
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    DILEMMA OF AMERICAN ATHEIST SOCIETY For some reason, Christians feel intimidated by atheism. They assume that the atheist and the intellectual are on the same level. The assumption is groundless: A recent article published by the American Atheist Society was written by a zealous but discouraged ...read more

  • Some Gifts You Keep  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2003
    based on 40 ratings
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    *Some Gifts You Keep* Some things you keep. Like good teeth. Warm coats. Bald husbands & chubby wives. They’re good for you, reliable and practical and so sublime that to throw them away would make the garbage man a thief. So you hang on to the older gifts, because something old is sometimes ...read more

  • God Held My Hand  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2003
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    GOD HELD MY HAND As a child my parents took me to church You see for me they didn’t have to search. And when at my grandparents house we all went together. In rain, snow, heat and all kinds of weather. Growing up on a farm in rural Kentucky, work was all we knew Of the outside world we had no ...read more

  • During Wwi One Of My Predecessors At Tenth ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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    During WWI one of my predecessors at Tenth Presbyterian Church, Donald Grey Barnhouse, led the son of a prominent American family to the Lord. He was in the service, but he showed the reality of his conversion by immediately professing Christ before the soldiers of his military company. The war ...read more

  • History Remembers John Joseph Mcgraw Primarily As ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    History remembers John Joseph McGraw primarily as the famed and ferocious longtime manager of the New York Giants. But as unrelenting as McGraw was as a manager during the first three decades of the 20th century, he had been even more unrelenting as a player in the 1890s. It was an era of dirty ...read more

  • A. One Of The Pioneers In The Cellular Phone ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A. ONE OF THE PIONEERS IN THE CELLULAR PHONE BUSINESS IS A MAN VERY FEW OF US HAVE EVER HEARD OF: CRAIG MCCAW. B. HIS BIOGRAPHY IS ENTITLED: MONEY FROM THIN AIR AND HE TELLS ABOUT HOW HE STARTED, MCCAW CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS, IN 1976, JUST THREE YEARS OUT OF COLLEGE. C. EIGHTEEN YEARS LATER, ...read more

  • Well When It Came To My Favorite Subjects Their ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Well when it came to my favorite subjects their were two that I just were not good at. One was Math and the other was science. Though science and math are still weaknesses of mine, I do remember learning one law that will help us in understanding this subject of how we treat grace. What I have ...read more

  • To Jesus On His Birthday  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
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    "TO JESUS ON HIS BIRTHDAY" The American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay once wrote a biting, ironic poem called "To Jesus on His Birthday." Surely none of us can deny guilt in some of the areas it includes in its brief scope: For this, your mother sweated in the cold, For this you bled upon the ...read more

  • Christian Football!!  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 11, 2003
    based on 29 ratings
     | 3,121 views

    CHRISTIAN FOOTBALL!! Quarterback Sneak - Church members quietly leaving during the invitation. Draw Play - What many children do with the bulletin during worship. Half-time - The period between Sunday school and worship when many choose to leave. Benchwarmer - Those who do not sing, pray, work, ...read more