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  • The Captain Of The Titanic Refused To Believe The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    The captain of the Titanic refused to believe the ship was in trouble till water was ankle deep in the mail room. Only then was it apparent the multi-layered hull had been pierced and the unsinkable ship was going to sink. Ships that could have arrived before the great ocean liner went ...read more

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  • We Could All Save Ourselves A Lot Of Words If ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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    We could all save ourselves a lot of words if we’d only remember that people rarely take advice unless they have to pay for it. The trouble with good advice is that it usually interferes with your plans. Good advice is what your own kids disregard but save to give to ...read more

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  • Researchers At Johns Hopkins University Reported ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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    Researchers at Johns Hopkins University reported that 30 years ago, the greatest fears of grade school children were: 1) Animals, 2) Being in a dark room, 3) High places, 4) Strangers, 5) Loud noises. Today, kids are afraid of the following: 1) Divorce, 2) Nuclear ...read more

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  • Researchers At Johns Hopkins University Reported ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    Researchers at Johns Hopkins University reported that 30 years ago, the greatest fears of grade school children were: 1) Animals, 2) Being in a dark room, 3) High places, 4) Strangers, 5) Loud noises. Today, kids are afraid of the following: 1) Divorce, 2) Nuclear war, ...read more

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  • Final Week

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Final week The mother of a nine-year-old boy named Mark received a phone call in the middle of the afternoon. It was the teacher from her son’s school. "Mrs. Smith, something unusual happened today in your son’s third grade class. Your son did something that surprised me so much that I thought you ...read more

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  • Land Of The Dying

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2011
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    LAND OF THE DYING When John Owen, the great Puritan, lay on his deathbed his secretary wrote (in his name) to a friend, "I am still in the land of the living." "Stop," said Owen. "Change that and say, 'I am yet in the land of the dying, but I hope soon to be in the land of the living.'" ...read more

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  • This World Is Not Ours; Don't ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    THIS WORLD IS NOT OURS; DON’T UNDERESTIMATE A farmer noticed that every autumn, a tragedy played out in his cornfields. All summer long, families of field mice had made their homes among the growing plants. They ate and slept, they worked and played and raised their families. The mice imagined ...read more

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  • A Leader Is…  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 1, 2004
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    A Leader Is… Peter Drucker, perhaps the most noted authority on leadership in the 20th century, says: A leader is one who has followers. An effective leader is not someone who is loved or admired. He is someone whose followers do the right thing. Popularity is not leadership, results are. Leaders ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • A Leader ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 1, 2010
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    A Leader Is… Peter Drucker, perhaps the most noted authority on leadership in the 20th century, says: A leader is one who has followers. An effective leader is not someone who is loved or admired. He is someone whose followers do the right thing. Popularity is not leadership, results are. Leaders ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • The Olympic Flame Or Olympic Torch Is A Symbol ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jun 24, 2008
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    (The Olympic Flame or Olympic Torch is a symbol of the Olympic Games.[1] Commemorating the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus, its origins lie in ancient Greece, when a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics. The fire was reintroduced at the 1928 ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Parable Of Christ’s Sacrifice, Citation: ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on May 11, 2001
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    [Parable of Christ’s Sacrifice, Citation: Brad Walden, senior minister with the Tates Creek Christian Church, Lexington, KY; true story told by Mark’s grandfather at Westwood Cheviot Church of Christ, Cincinnati, OH] The mother of a nine-year-old boy named Mark received a phone call in the middle ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • A Creative Partnership

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2015
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    During the summer of 1904 an unlikely partnership was formed at the World’s Fair in St. Louis. The summer was unusually hot and people were searching the fair for something to help cool them off… A vendor named Arnold had just what they were looking for… ice cream. People lined up for what seemed ...read more

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  • Donald Gee Tells The Story Of When He Was Young ...  PRO

    Contributed by Stephan Brown on Jun 18, 2003
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    Donald Gee tells the story of when he was young and tried to plant tomatoes. That particular summer was not very good for growing plants. His tomatoes never developed on the plants—not even little green tomatoes. He was thrilled when he came outside one day to find big red ripe tomatoes on his ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • No To Same Sex Marriage: Support For An Amendment ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    No To Same Sex Marriage: Support for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would define marriage as “being between a man and a woman, thus barring marriages between gay or lesbian couples,” has risen to 57% in a recent Gallup Poll. This is the highest measured across seven times the question ...read more

  • When My Kids Were Very Little We Would Travel ...

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Nov 4, 2006
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    When my kids were very little we would travel from Indiana to Ohio to spend a month at the summer home of my in-laws. The boys loved “the cottage,” fishing, swimming, and being spoiled by their grandparents. We would no sooner get on the road than I would hear a voice from the back seat, “Are we ...read more

    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • When My Kids Were Very Little We Would Travel ...

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Nov 4, 2006
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    When my kids were very little we would travel from Indiana to Ohio to spend a month at the summer home of my in-laws. The boys loved “the cottage,” fishing, swimming, and being spoiled by their grandparents. We would no sooner get on the road than I would hear a voice from the back seat, “Are we ...read more

    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • There's A Little Stream Flowing At The Back ...

    Contributed by Bruce Willis on Nov 29, 2006
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    There’s a little stream flowing at the back property line behind the neighbor’s house and ours. I’ve walked back there and this Summer there was no flow. That stream or branch had no flow of water. Have you ever crossed the Coosa River when there was no water flowing under the bridge? No! That’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Voice Of Authority

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on May 12, 2011
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    VOICE OF AUTHORITY When I was serving with YWAM in the summer of 1982, we played a concert at a school in Amsterdam. As the concert ended, the students began to come up to us and talking with us, and believe it or not, some even asked for our autographs. At that moment a tall, thin, man with a ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Ignoring The Barriers Of The Past

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
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    IGNORING THE BARRIERS OF THE PAST Every four years, the world’s attention turns to the summer Olympic games. For a few days, men and women from around the globe gather to compete against the best. Amazing records are broken and new ones are set at these games. The Four-Minute-Mile: Just a few ...read more

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  • Doing Nothing  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2002
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    DOING NOTHING Make a commitment to be under-committed. (If you don’t hear anything else this morning, hear this... Make a commitment to be under-committed.) Look at your calendar and make sure there are lots of blank spaces. Stop saying "It will slow down when..." Because it won’t. Quindlen ...read more

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