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  • Years Ago, A Large Statue Of Christ Was Erected ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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    Years ago, a large statue of Christ was erected high in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile. Called “Christ of the Andes,” the statue symbolizes a pledge between the two countries that as long as the statue stands, there will be peace between Chile and Argentina. Shortly after the ...read more

  • Openness Is Essentially The Willingness To Grow, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    Openness is essentially the willingness to grow, a distaste for ruts, eagerly standing on top-toe for a better view of what tomorrow brings. A man once bought a new radio, brought it home, placed it on the refrigerator, plugged it in, turned it to WSM in Nashville (home of the Grand Ole Opry), and ...read more

  • A Christian Man And His Wife Lost Their Young Son ...  PRO

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Apr 5, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
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    A Christian man and his wife lost their young SON in a TRAGIC ACCIDENT on Good Friday in 1996. The boy’s funeral was on Easter Sunday. During the MEMORIAL service the father got up and shared with his family and friends that Easter had taken on a new importance. "Until you stare death ...read more

  • Many Years Ago, A Man By The Name Of Evans P. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 11, 2001
    based on 80 ratings
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    Many years ago, a man by the name of Evans P. Dick had a dream of building a castle. He located a site on the Hudson River and laid the foundation for his dream home. To make sure of its quality, he imported his supplies all the way from Spain. Unforunately he ran out of money. He didn’t have ...read more

  • A Pastor Was Visiting A Family One Day. He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 27, 2001
    based on 180 ratings
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    A pastor was visiting a family one day. He knocked on the door but no one answered it. He knocked again and again, but still no answer. He thought he heard someone inside but they just wouldn’t answer the door. Finally he wrote a note and slipped it under the door. It was Rev.3:20: “Behold I ...read more

  • Author Irving Stone Has Spent A Lifetime Studying ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 20, 2001
    based on 74 ratings
     | 1,089 views

    Author Irving Stone has spent a lifetime studying greatness, writing novelized biographies of famous people … [He] was once asked if he had found a thread that runs through the lives of all these exceptional people. He said, "I write about people who sometime in their life…have a vision or dream of ...read more

  • A Little Boy Was Lost Inside A Busy Shopping ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jun 19, 2001
    based on 105 ratings
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    A little boy was lost inside a busy shopping mall. He was standing in the aisle of a department store just crying and crying, "I want my mommy.. I want my mommy." People who passed by felt sorry for him and many of them gave him nickels and dimes and quarters to try to cheer him up. Finally a ...read more

  • There's A Story About Two Rabbis In The Talmud, ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Jun 3, 2007
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    There’s a story about two rabbis in the Talmud, Hillel and Shammai. Hillel was patient and understanding, and more conceptual than his counterpart, Shammai, who was an engineer, or mathematician, in his mindset. According to the story, a gentile went to Shammai and said he would convert to Judaism ...read more

  • Rembrandt, The Famous Dutch Artist, Painted His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Rembrandt, the famous Dutch artist, painted his famous “Three Crosses” in 1653. The painting presents a harsh DEPICTION of the CRUCIFIXION of Jesus hanging lifeless between two thieves. At the foot of the cross are SOLDIERS and ONLOOKERS. As you scan the CROWD gathered at the FOOT of the CROSS, ...read more

  • The Huge Redwood Trees In California Are ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 17, 2007
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    The huge redwood trees in California are amazing. • They are the largest living things on earth and the tallest trees in the world. • Some of them are 100m high and more than 2,500 years old. • You would think that trees that large would have a tremendous root system, reaching down deep into the ...read more

  • Just Hours Before His Crucifixion, Jesus Showed ...

    Contributed by J. Allen Lucas on Mar 17, 2008
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    Just hours before His crucifixion, Jesus showed His love once again for mankind by sitting down and serving His disciples. While they bickered among themselves as to who was the greatest among them, Jesus set about the task of ministry. It was not a glorious position of preaching or standing in ...read more

  • Listen To Adrian Rogers: "It Is Better To Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    Listen to Adrian Rogers: “It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error. It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, then falsehood that comforts and then kills. It is not love and it is not friendship if we fail to declare the whole counsel of God. It is better to ...read more

  • Following World War Ii Some German Students ...

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008
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    Following World War II some German students volunteered to help rebuild a cathedral in England, one that had been badly damaged by the Luftwaffe bombings. As the work progressed, they weren’t sure how to best restore a large statue of Jesus with arms outstretched and bearing the familiar ...read more

  • Plan Your Life

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 24, 2008
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    PLAN YOUR LIFE A famous British writer George Bernard Shaw once visited a sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein at his studio. The visitor noticed a huge block of stone standing in one corner and asked what it was for. "I don’t know yet. I’m still making plans." Shaw was astounded. "You mean you plan your ...read more

  • 2008 Politics

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 10, 2008
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    2008 POLITICS This time around, our American bishops weren't cowering in a corner–they were telling everyone that politicians who fail to defend the most defenseless humans–preborn babies–and who want to use your tax money and mine to murder these children–are not worthy of our vote. And even ...read more

  • T ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,941 views

    TOAST An explorer in the deepest Amazon suddenly finds himself surrounded by a bloodthirsty group of natives. Upon surveying his situation, he says quietly to himself, "I’m toast." A ray of light breaks forth from the sky and a voice booms out: "No, you are NOT toast. Pick up that stone in front ...read more

  • What Is The Will Of God For Me?

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Feb 8, 2009
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    WHAT IS THE WILL OF GOD FOR ME? I have said many times over the past 50 years of international ministry to God's people when asked, "What is the Will of God for me? and how can I know it and do it?" I have said that, in a nutshell, the Will of God is the Word of God--and the Word of God is the ...read more

  • Dying In The Ocean Of Grace

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 14, 2011
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    DYING IN THE OCEAN OF GRACE Dr. Gerstner, "Christ has done everything necessary for his [sinners] salvation. Nothing now stands between the sinner and God but the sinner's good works. Nothing can keep him from Christ but his delusion that he has good works of his own that can satisfy God. If men ...read more

  • Women Feel Used With Casual ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    WOMEN FEEL USED WITH CASUAL SEX For decades many have claimed that the sexual and feminist revolutions freed women to enjoy casual sex without fear of adverse consequences. Yet according to Professor Anne Campbell from Durham University in the UK, the negative feelings reported by women after ...read more

  • God's Love Is With You

    Contributed by Richard Francis on May 10, 2009
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    GOD'S LOVE IS WITH YOU God’s promise is not that we will not suffer or have grief, pain and trouble; his promise is more amazing than that. It is that he will be with us in all of those moments, he will never leave us and forsake us. God loves us too much to leave us to face these moments alone. ...read more