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  • The Carpet

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jul 28, 2007
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    The Carpet True story, hard to believe, but true. We had friends at seminary who got a house sitting job back home in Ontario, Canada. It was a great gig, free housing for a whole summer. It was just like any other house sitting job except for one detail – the carpeting. They were instructed that, ...read more

  • It Was On A Saturday Evening After The Open Air ...  PRO

    Contributed by Samson Musyoki on Sep 24, 2007
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     | 1,515 views

    It was on a Saturday evening after the open air meetings we usually had and we all gathered for a revival service in a hall within the institution we resided in. That evening the Holy Spirit visited the congregation and the hall could not contain the crowd anymore. Many left the hall and could be ...read more

  • One Day Bill Morris Went Out Hunting In The Woods ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 10, 2007
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    One day Bill Morris went out hunting in the woods just outside Prince George in British Columbia, Canada. It had been a slow day and he hadn’t found any game to shoot. Suddenly, he heard a noise behind him. He whirled around and saw two ferocious looking bears coming towards him. He quickly ...read more

  • What Love Does

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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     | 1,949 views

    WHAT LOVE DOES 1. Love is Patient – v4 It takes a long time before fuming & breaking into flames. Love doesn’t retaliate. Love’s patience is the ability to be inconvenienced by a person over & over again without getting angry. -Romans 12:17 Refuses to pay back evil for evil, but if slapped on the ...read more

  • Radical Solutions

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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    RADICAL SOLUTIONS A pastor was walking along a river one day, when he came across some boys who were fishing. But this was no ordinary way of fishing, because to the surprise of the onlooker, they were casting a tire into the water. The result? They were hauling the fish in by the bucketload! As ...read more

  • Study Shows Divorce Won't Make You Happier

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
     | 1,984 views

    STUDY SHOWS DIVORCE WON’T MAKE YOU HAPPIER One research team studied the responses of over 5,000 married adults who were first interviewed in the 1980s. Five years later, the survey re-contacted those people. Even though the study really wasn’t centered on divorce, they found that some of the ...read more

  • Missionaries' Lives Spared From Marytrdom As They ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 22, 2009
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    Missionaries’ Lives Spared from Marytrdom As They Sang the Hymn, "Face to Face" Many years ago, a band of Chinese terrorists had captured Rev. and Mrs. Porteous, who were serving as missionaries in China with the old China Inland Mission. The terrorists led them to a lonely spot on a hill and ...read more

  • I ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 14, 2009
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    Illustration: J. H. Crowell went to work on a sailing vessel at the age of 16. He was the only Christian among a crew of 12. Before leaving home, he had promised his mother he would continue his devotions and pray three times a day. When the other sailors discovered his piety, they taunted him and ...read more

  • Why So ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2009
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    “Why so Cheerful?” On a train to Liverpool a Christian worker found himself in a crowded compartment seated near two soldiers, one a private, and the other a sergeant in his middle thirties. The private was a young lad, ruddy and open of countenance. The Christian worker’s heart went out to the ...read more

  • On Facebook I Have Noticed That You Have The ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 10, 2010
     | 1,344 views

    On facebook I have noticed that you have the opportunity of reading your HOROSCOPE for some kind of guidance each day. Apparently it was Empedocles, a fifth century BCE Greek philosopher, who started it all off when he originated the terms FIRE, EARTH, AIR, AND WATER associating them with a persons ...read more

  • Shame Upon The Father

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 30, 2010
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    SHAME UPON THE FATHER A man was successful in business and had a well-educated son who was highly respected and honored, like his father. But one day to everyone’s surprise, the young man was charged with embezzlement. At his trial, he appeared nonchalant and arrogant about his sinful actions. ...read more

  • Luther On Sweeping Streets Like Michelangelo

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 20, 2011
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    LUTHER ON SWEEPING STREETS LIKE MICHELANGELO Martin Luther was approached by a working man who wanted to know how he could serve God. Luther asked him, "What is your work now?" The man said, "I’m a shoemaker." Much to the cobbler’s surprise, Luther replied, "Then make good shoes and sell them at ...read more

  • Standard Of Comparison  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 27, 2012
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     | 5,338 views

    STANDARD OF COMPARISON Michael Green, in his book Illustrations for Biblical Preaching, shares a good lesson which I think is appropriate for beginning our message this evening. He states: All of us frequently compare ourselves favorably with someone else. We all think of someone whom we ...read more

  • Persuaded By The Mail

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 11, 2014
     | 5,584 views

    "I GIVE UP!" In the early 1960s, the publishers of Time Magazine were concerned about their declining circulation, so they designed a campaign to send out thousands of letters making an emotional appeal to potential subscribers. In the past, such mailings had been done manually, at a great cost in ...read more

  • Mom, That Was For You!

    Contributed by Nickolas Kooi on Aug 30, 2017
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     | 7,766 views

    A pastor went to the hospital to visit Maggy, one of his members. She was in the last stages of her life because of cancer, and was heavily medicated, and unresponsive. He went to support her family, who was taking it hard. When he got there, he was surprised with what he saw. Her daughter, ...read more

  • Letting Children Free To ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 8, 2008
     | 1,193 views

    Letting Children Free to Develop? I’ve used this illustration before, but I think it speaks so well as to the nature of guidance and children: A Gentleman was once talking with a man who told him that he did not believe in giving little children any moral instruction whatsoever. His theory was ...read more

  • His Never Failing Help

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Dec 31, 2008
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    HIS NEVER FAILING HELP While walking along the shores of the Dead Sea one day, a man lost his balance and fell into the water at a point where it was rather deep. Never having learned to swim, he was panic-stricken. In desperation he began to thrash about with his arms and legs, fearing he would ...read more

  • Half A Cloak  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 22, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,829 views

    HALF A CLOAK There is a legend about Martin of Tours who is said to be the first military chaplain. He followed the Roman Army from place to place ministering to the soldiers, and to people in the places they conquered. One cold winter day he was following the Roman Army into a city. There was a ...read more

  • Future Declin:e A New Barna Survey Discovered ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,588 views

    Future Declin:e A new Barna survey discovered that adults who attended church as a child are twice as likely to read the Bible during a typical week as are those who avoided churches when young; twice as likely to attend a church worship service in a typical week; and nearly 50% more likely to pray ...read more

  • I Have Come To The Conclusion That It Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    I have come to the conclusion that it is impossible to have a moral community or nation without faith in God, because without it everything rapidly comes down to "me," and "me" alone is meaningless. Today Americans have stopped acting in terms of their own moral, ethical and religious beliefs and ...read more

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