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  • Late For Work  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,387 views

    *Late For Work* For thirty years, Johnson had arrived at work at 9 A.M. on the dot. He had never missed a day and was never late. Consequently, when on one particular day 9 A.M. passed without Johnson’s arrival, it caused a sensation. All work ceased and the boss himself, looking at his watch ...read more

  • Everyone Loves A Parade  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2003
    based on 18 ratings
     | 6,318 views

    EVERYONE LOVES A PARADE It was October 29, 1927 when Charles Lindbergh was given a ticker-tape parade in New York City in honor of his solo flight of the Atlantic Ocean. 750,000 lbs. of ticker tape poured onto the streets. But the biggest ticker-tape parade was on March 1, 1962, for astronaut ...read more

  • Guarded By The Shepherd  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,131 views

    GUARDED BY THE SHEPHERD Charles Spurgeon says this about the Great Shepherd: What is there in you, dear friend, more than there is in any other professor, why you should not prove an apostate after all? What is there about me that I should stand where so many others have fallen? There is ...read more

  • Praying The 23rd Psalm  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 15, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,148 views

    PRAYING THE 23rd PSALM Because Thou art my Shepherd, I commit my needs to Thee. Provide green pastures for me to lie in, Lead me beside still waters. Restore my soul when I’m empty, Lead me in right paths for Your name’s sake. Be with me in danger when I walk, Through the valley of the shadow of ...read more

  • A Clear Picture  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Sep 18, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,061 views

    A CLEAR PICTURE There is a painting in a palace in Rome by Reni. It is painted into the ceiling of the dome, over 100 feet high. To stand at floor level and look upward, the painting seems to be surrounded by a fog that leaves its content unclear. But, in the center of the great dome room is a ...read more

  • Why Should I Forgive?  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Oct 31, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 6,084 views

    WHY SHOULD I FORGIVE? During a children’s sermon one Sunday morning, I held up an ugly-looking summer shirt that I wore occasionally around the house. I explained to the children that someone said the shirt was ugly and should be thrown away. "This really hurt me," I explained. "I’m having ...read more

  • The Suffering Of The Trinity  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 7,129 views

    THE SUFFERING OF THE TRINITY In the National Gallery of Art in London there’s a picture of the Crucifixion that is so dark that when you first look at it, you can’t see anything. But if you stand and ponder it, and if you do not permit your gaze to falter, eventually you will see in the darkness a ...read more

  • Just A Little Silver  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 12, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,053 views

    JUST A LITTLE SILVER There’s an old fable about a miserable rich man who went to visit a rabbi. The rabbi took the rich man by the hand and led him to a window. "Look out there," he said. The rich man looked into the street. "What do you see?" asked the rabbi. "I see men, women, and children," ...read more

  • No Contest  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 28, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 6,227 views

    NO CONTEST When we get to heaven, there will be no contest to see who was the most deserving of God’s grace because no one deserves it. There will only be one contest in heaven. When we look back and see what we were before, when we see the pit from which he rescued us, when we recall how ...read more

  • The Reason It Happened...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,042 views

    THE REASON IT HAPPENED... The Metropolitan Insurance Company has published this list: Reasons/Excuses for Auto Accidents: (1) “An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my car, and vanished.” (2) “The pedestrian had no idea which direction to go, so I ran over him.” (3) “I had been driving for ...read more

  • In One Scene Of The Popular Movie Robin Hood, The ...

    Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Oct 27, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,028 views

    In one scene of the popular movie Robin Hood, The Prince of Thieves, Kevin Costner as Robin comes to a young man taking aim at an archery target. Robin asks, "Can you shoot amid distractions?" Just before the boy releases the string, Robin pokes his ear with the feathers of an arrow. The boy’s ...read more

  • Would That Get Me Into Heaven  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,137 views

    WOULD THAT GET ME INTO HEAVEN "If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave all my money to the church, would that get me into Heaven?" I asked the children in my Sunday School class. "NO!" the children all answered. "If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the yard, and kept ...read more

  • The Most Unhappy Person  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2004
    based on 25 ratings
     | 4,493 views

    THE MOST UNHAPPY PERSON In his latest book, Jumping Hurdles, Hitting Glitches, Overcoming Setbacks, Steve Brown writes, “The most unhappy person in the world is not someone who didn’t get what he or she wanted. The most unhappy person is the one who got what he or she wanted and then found out ...read more

  • A Better World In The New Year  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2004
    based on 21 ratings
     | 8,286 views

    A BETTER WORLD IN THE NEW YEAR There was an article a few years ago in which a man gave his idea of a perfect world. He said, "In a perfect world you would feel as good at 60 as you did at 17. And you would be as smart at 60 as you thought you were at 17." "In a perfect world professional ...read more

  • One Time A New Pastor Came To A Church, And He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jan 17, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,340 views

    One time a new pastor came to a church, and he preached a sermon that the people just loved. It was perfect in that it discussed just the right things. The next week he preached the same sermon, and while the congregation enjoyed it, they were a little confused that he gave the same sermon ...read more

  • Too Afraid To Plant  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,814 views

    TOO AFRAID TO PLANT A Georgia farmer, ragged and barefooted, was standing on the steps of his tumbledown shack. A stranger stopped for a drink of water and just to pass the time of day he asked: "How is your cotton coming along?" he asked. "Ain’t got none," replied the farmer. "Did you plant ...read more

  • Ham, Henek, Met  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,793 views

    HAM, HENEK, MET While I was serving in Paraguay, a Maka Indian named Rafael came to sit on my porch. I was eating and went out to see what he wanted. He responded, "Ham, henek met." Again I asked what I could do for him, but the answer was the same. I understood what he was saying but not its ...read more

  • Bent Low  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,110 views

    BENT LOW A city boy visited his cousin who lived on a farm in the country for the first time. The city boy had never seen wheat growing in a field. It was an impressive sight for him, the wheat golden brown and ready for harvesting. He noticed that some of the wheat stood tall in the field, ...read more

  • Living Dangerously  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,968 views

    LIVING DANGEROUSLY Living dangerously. That was one of many themes in Brennan Manning’s superb book The Signature of Jesus. Manning presents a radical alternative to the normal everyday, ho-hum, “comfort zone” mentality lived out by so many “so-called Christians.” His final statement in the ...read more

  • A Divine Perspective—communion Meditation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 5,748 views

    A DIVINE PERSPECTIVE- COMMUNION MEDITATION Jim Cymbala, the author of "Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire" has said "The cross, as poignant as it is, is understandable from a human perspective: an innocent man was murdered by crooked politicians and religious leaders. But the empty tomb-- what can you say? ...read more