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  • Hotel Room ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    HOTEL ROOM THEFT Thefts from hotels and motels have reached 500 million dollars a year and probably more. Hotel managers count on one of every three guests stealing something. In a recent year, 4,600 Bibles were lifted from New York City hotel rooms. Professional thieves frequently strip motel ...read more

  • Shakespeare Wrote Of A Dying King And His Son, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Milton on Aug 29, 2001
    based on 96 ratings
     | 2,045 views

    Shakespeare wrote of a dying king and his son, who was hovering over him and speaking to him, "thou hast a thousand daggers in thy thoughts against me." So, did ...read more

  • Don't Be Afraid To Give Your Best To What ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,862 views

    "Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs ...read more

  • When I Was A Kid, I Remember My Mum Coming To Me ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 17, 2009
     | 1,746 views

    When I was a kid, I remember my Mum coming to me and blaming me for something I had not done. Mostly when she came to me with punishment I deserved it, but not this time. She was so sure that I was the culprit. In the end there was nothing I could say or do to convince her that I had not committed ...read more

  • A U.s. Volunteer Nurse Does What She Can In Haiti ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 28, 2010
     | 2,395 views

    A U.S. Volunteer Nurse Does What She Can In Haiti After an Earthquake John Wesley had this for his rule of life: Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can. We ...read more

  • 37 Things To Say To Your Spouse

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 20, 2008
     | 1,509 views

    37 THINGS TO SAY TO YOUR SPOUSE A healthy marriage is a safe haven where we can relax and recuperate from the tensions of everyday life. We need to hear positive things from our mate. Just as I gathered together some friends to tell me what not to say to a spouse, so they also suggested what they ...read more

  • On January 8, 1956 Jim Elliot, Along With Four ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,418 views

    On January 8, 1956 Jim Elliot, along with four other missionaries was killed while trying to bring this Good News of Christ to the Waodoni people of the Auca Indians in Ecuador. In his journal published in a book titled SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY, Jim wrote these words: “One doesn’t learn to speak ...read more

  • The Party Is Over  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 20, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,691 views

    THE PARTY IS OVER Americans experience presidential inaugurations in our nation’s capital every four years. They are gala events, expressions of national pride. All three branches of government are focused on the inauguration of an American president, and there are bands, banners, television ...read more

  • The Making Of Me  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2005
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    THE MAKING OF ME Thomas Edison once said, “I did not have my mother long, but she cast over me an influence which has lasted all my life. The good effects of her early training I can never lose. If it had not been for her appreciation and her faith in me at a critical time in my experience, I ...read more

  • Something Positive Always

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 19, 2006
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    SOMETHING POSITIVE ALWAYS When Robinson Crusoe was shipwrecked on a lonely island he thought of both the good and the bad. - He was cast onto a desolate island, but he was still alive, not drowned as all of his ship’s company was. - He was separated from mankind, but he was not starving. - He had ...read more

  • More To Follow

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2012
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    MORE TO FOLLOW Preacher Charles Spurgeon tells of a man to whom was entrusted a large sum of money for the benefit of a poor minister. He thought it would be best to distribute the gift, instead of sending it all at once. So he mailed the poor minister five pounds and, inside the envelope, he ...read more

  • Anger Irony

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 8, 2008
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    Anger Irony Bad weather had backed up all flights, and as a result our plane sat on the runway for three hours. All attempts to placate the passengers weren’t working. Then the pilot came on the intercom to announce his umpteenth update: "Folks, we'll be getting permission to take off, but I have ...read more

  • Seven Ages Of Man

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    SEVEN AGES OF MAN Someone described the seven ages of man in these ways: spills, drills, thrills, bills, ills, pills, wills. Spills - Infancy. Drills - Childhood. We get drilled about doing this and that. Thrills - Teen years perhaps. I'm not sure they are all that thrilling, however. Bills - ...read more

  • Too Close To Where I Got In

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,456 views

    TOO CLOSE TO WHERE I GOT IN Vance Havner said it this way: "Too many of us today are shaky about what we believe, BUT NOT SHAKEN BY WHAT WE BELIEVE." Our faith doesn’t shake us or have a hold on us. A little boy fell out of his bed. When his mama asked him what happened, he said, "I don’t know. ...read more

  • The Teacher Of The Third-Grade Sunday School ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 2,043 views

    The teacher of the third-grade Sunday School class was planning to take her students on a "field trip" to the church service, so they could get an idea of what morning worship looked like. Before they left their classroom, she thought it would be a good idea to caution them against being noisy in ...read more

  • Many Years Ago, Thomas K. Beecher Once ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    Many years ago, Thomas K. Beecher once substituted for his famous brother, Henry Ward Beecher, at the Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, New York. Many curiosity seekers had come to hear the renowned Henry Ward Beecher speak. But when Thomas Beecher appeared in the pulpit instead, some people got up and ...read more

  • Meliorism

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
     | 3,410 views

    MELIORISM Have you ever heard of Meliorism? Here is what one person said about it. "I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist. I am a Meliorist. Meliorism cancels out optimism as being too bright, too airy; and rejects pessimism as being too dull, too heavy. Take life as it is, says the meliorist, ...read more

  • Song Above The Noise

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
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    SONG ABOVE THE NOISE A man said: While walking along a busy street one day, I heard someone singing. His sweet voice was distinguishable even above the noise of the traffic. When I located him, I noticed that he had no legs and was pushing himself through the crowd in a wheelchair. Catching up ...read more

  • The Telegraph  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Nov 10, 2008
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,253 views

    THE TELEGRAPH Back when the telegraph was the fastest means of long-distance communication, there was a story about a young man who applied for a job as a Morse code operator. Answering an ad in the newspaper, he went to the address that was listed. When he arrived, he entered a large, noisy ...read more

  • It Is A Testimony To Our Self-Centeredness That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2001
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,384 views

    It is a testimony to our self-centeredness that we identify ourselves with Job. We are not like him; we are represented by his friends, his family, his enemies. The lesson of Job is not so much about bad things happening to good people ...read more