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  • A Man Did Not Believe In All That Incarnation ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    A man did not believe in all that incarnation stuff that the Churches proclaim at Christmas time, so he stayed home while his family went to church on Christmas Eve. Shortly after the family drove away in the car, snow began to fall. He went to the window to watch the flurries getting heavier and ...read more

  • If I Could Be One Of Them...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    If I Could Be One of Them... A man stayed home as his family went off to church one Christmas Eve. He just could not swallow the Jesus story about God coming to earth as man. Shortly after the family drove away in the car, snow began to fall. He went to the window to watch the flurries getting ...read more

  • On Martin Luther  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 7, 2009
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    ON MARTIN LUTHER Church history illustrates that if a church quits being renewed and refreshed every day then they slide into apathy -- this leads toward man made religion and deadness. In essence the people of God lose their anointing and their transformational power to see lives changed. The ...read more

  • Zorthian's Fear

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Jan 26, 2009
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    ZORTHIAN'S FEAR A mural artist named J.H. Zorthian read about a tiny boy who had been killed in traffic. His stomach churned as he thought of that ever happening to one of his three children. His worry became an inescapable anxiety. The more he imagined such a tragedy, the more fearful he became. ...read more

  • What Does God's Voice Sound Like?  PRO

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Feb 4, 2009
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    WHAT DOES GOD'S VOICE SOUND LIKE? Erwin McManus, a pastor in Los Angeles, tells a great story about recognizing God's voice. My son, Aaron, was five or six when he began asking me, "What does God's voice sound like?" I didn't know how to answer. A few years later, Aaron went off to his first ...read more

  • Loving ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
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    LOVING HOLLAND I love what Emily Kingsley says about disappointment and handling disappointment. She’s talking about the disappointment when your kids don’t turn out the way you thought they ought to turn out -- particularly a handicapped child. She says, "I’m often asked to describe the ...read more

  • A Few Weeks Ago My Parents Came Down To Visit For ...

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on May 11, 2009
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    A few weeks ago my parents came down to visit for Easter and I got to relieve another childhood memory. My parents stayed at a hotel on Saturday night. Sunday after church we ate lunch and were hanging out before they had to start the journey back home. All of a sudden my mom panicked. She had ...read more

  • George Washington Carver Had Always Dreamed Of ...

    Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 25, 2009
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    George Washington Carver had always dreamed of getting an education. There was one thing standing in his way. He was born black in a country and at a time when whites oppressed black people. When George Carver reached the age of twenty he was ready to start college. He submitted an application ...read more

  • Whole World In His Hands

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Sep 14, 2009
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    WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS Sam Cathey became a Southern Baptist evangelist in 1967. That first year, he had to rush back from a revival, because his daughter had gone in the hospital with acute appendicitis. They thought it might be ruptured. Sam got on a plane in Los Angeles about 2:30 in the ...read more

  • Cinderella (From Max ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 19, 2009
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    Cinderella (From Max Lucado) Now I want to turn things to an illustration as we transition to our final point. It is a true story that takes place at Disney World. Cinderella’s castle. It was packed with kids and parents. Suddenly all the children rushed to one side. Had it been a boat, the castle ...read more

  • Charlie Brown Learns The Hard Way That Lucy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2009
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    Charlie Brown Learns The Hard Way that Lucy Didn’t Repent Repenting means changing our minds about who God is. Secondly: repenting means changing our minds about the way we live our lives. If God is all powerful and all caring and all loving, then it’s in my best interests to live a life that’s ...read more

  • Famous Businessman Practices ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
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    Famous Businessman Practices Tithing One Famous Business man: About a 100 plus years ago a young man had to leave home because his family could not afford to feed and house him. On his way to his future he met an old friend who was captain of a canal boat. The Captain asked where he was off to. He ...read more

  • Years Ago I Was Working Two Jobs Trying To Get ...

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 18, 2009
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    Years ago I was working two jobs trying to get into professional golf. One of those was a courier job where you had to use your own vehicle. I had a very reliable Honda civic hatchback, great for driving in the city, a fair bit of space in the back with the seat folded down. It was the best car I ...read more

  • Cinderella Grace

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 2, 2010
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    CINDERELLA GRACE Cinderella’s castle at Disneyland was packed with kids and parents. Suddenly - all the children rushed to one side. It’s a good thing it was a castle and not a boat, or it would have tipped over. The pristine princess had entered the room. Cinderella. A gorgeous young girl with ...read more

  • I Just Want Bread  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    "I Just Want Bread" There was a beggar who came and sat before a baker. "I want bread," he said. "How wise you are," the baker assured him. "Bread is what you need. And you have come to the right bakery." So he pulled his cookbook down from his shelf and began to tell the beggar all he knew about ...read more

  • Opening Thought Of Where This Sermon Idea ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 15, 2010
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    Opening thought of where this sermon idea originated: I was sitting in a local coffee shop reading my daily devotional when I overheard three older ladies discussing their children. The one lady was upset that her granddaughter was moving in with another young man and not even contemplating ...read more

  • Antivirus: Holy Spirit  PRO

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Mar 18, 2010
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    ANTIVIRUS: HOLY SPIRIT Jesus said in verse 7 of John 16, "For if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you." Jesus was God in the flesh, of course. He could have spoken this world out of existence at any given time, but, I would like to use an ...read more

  • Carrying Us Back To Our Room

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Apr 7, 2010
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    CARRYING US BACK TO OUR ROOM In a home of which I know, a little boy, the only son, was ill with an incurable disease. Month after month, the mother had tenderly nursed him, read to him and played with him, hoping to keep him from the dreadful finality of the doctor's diagnosis...the little boy ...read more

  • Love Is Action

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 27, 2010
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    LOVE IS ACTION I took Helen (eight years old) and Brandon (five years old) to the Cloverleaf Mall in Hattiesburg to do a little shopping. As we drove up, we spotted a Peterbilt eighteen-wheeler parked with a big sign on it that said, "Petting Zoo." The kids jumped up in a rush and asked, ...read more

  • I Was Speaking With A Man Recently Who Had Been ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jun 13, 2010
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    I was speaking with a man recently who had been in a near fatal car accident and he said that God didn’t seem to care about His injuries. I asked him if he blamed God and He said something to the effect of "Yes, GOD IS TO BLAME. Why didn’t He intervene when I had that car accident, or when my ...read more