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  • You Vs. The Boss  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,478 views

    You vs. The Boss: If you take a long time, you’re slow. BUT if your boss takes a long time, he’s thorough. If you don’t do it, you’re lazy. BUT if your boss doesn’t do it, he’s too busy. If you make a mistake, you’re an idiot. BUT if your boss makes a mistake, he’s ’only human’. If you’re on a day ...read more

  • You Have To Stoop  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 9, 2002
    based on 40 ratings
     | 3,545 views

    YOU HAVE TO STOOP The announcement went first to the shepherds. They didn't ask God if he was sure he knew what he was doing. Had the angel gone to the theologians, they would have first consulted their commentaries. Had he gone to the elite, they would have looked around to see if anyone ...read more

  • I Will Save You  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 10, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,526 views

    I WILL SAVE YOU John Piper puts it this way: If we only knew it, every one of us is stranded on an ice face in Greenland, and the wind is blowing fiercely. Our position is so precarious that even if we inhale too deeply our weight will shift and we will plunge to our destruction. God comes to us ...read more

  • Do You Believe?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 30, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,790 views

    DO YOU BELIEVE? Americans are three times as likely to believe in the Virgin Birth of Jesus (83 percent) as in evolution (28 percent) Not only do 91 percent of [American] Christians say they believe in the Virgin Birth, but so do an astonishing 47 percent of U.S. ...read more

  • You Are My Sunshine  PRO

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Dec 20, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,471 views

    You Are My Sunshine Karen was expecting another child and so she worked to prepare little three year old Michael for the birth of his baby sister. Every night Michael saying to his sister in his mother’s tummy. During the delivery of the baby serious complications developed. After many hours of ...read more

  • Which Kind Are You?

    Contributed by Douglas Duvall on Nov 13, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,717 views

    “Which Kind Are You?” A lot of Christians are like wheelbarrows—not good unless pushed. Some are like kites—if you don’t keep a string on them, they fly away. Some are like kittens—they are more contented when petted. Some are like a football—you can’t tell what way they will bounce next. Some are ...read more

  • Are You A Good Showcase?  PRO

    Contributed by Ellis Wedel on Jan 4, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,895 views

    Are You a Good Showcase? Gutav Dore, the famous artist, once lost his passport while traveling in Europe. When he came to the boundary post between two countries and was asked for his passport, he fumbled about and finally announced, "I have lost it, but it is all right. I’m Dore, the artist. ...read more

  • If You Love Me

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,949 views

    If you are ever going to love me, Love me now, while I can know The sweet and tender feelings Which from true affection flow. Love me now While I am living. Do not wait until I’m gone And then have it chiseled in marble, Sweet words on ice-cold stone. If you have tender thoughts of me, Please ...read more

  • It Is Important That You Understand That The ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Nov 24, 2007
     | 1,279 views

    “It is important that you understand that the term life can be just as broad and ambiguous as the term happy. Thus, for you to say, “I want to be happy in my life” is so broad as to be completely meaningless. You must be ...read more

  • You Have The Time?

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 22, 2008
     | 894 views

    YOU HAVE THE TIME? Years ago, I was in the library at Seminary doing some research and this quite old and distinguished gentleman, obviously someone of great stature, he approaches me and asks, “Peter, can you tell me what time it is?” I was quite taken back. I had been at Seminary for less than a ...read more

  • Someone You Know

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Apr 12, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,798 views

    SOMEONE YOU KNOW A gray haired lady, long a member of her community and Church, shook hands with the minister after the service one morning. "That was a wonderful sermon, she told him, just wonderful. Everything you said applied to someone I know." What is often missed is that God’s word ...read more

  • Leading You Home

    Contributed by Dj Castilleja on May 5, 2008
     | 2,219 views

    LEADING YOU HOME In the movie "Apollo 13," astronaut Jim Lovell (played by Tom Hanks) is interviewed by a reporter prior to launch. He asks if Lovell has ever been in a tight situation. Lovell responds that once, as a Navy pilot in a wartime situation, his plane's instrument panel had been shot ...read more

  • I Love You ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 9, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,249 views

    ILLUSTRATION: I LOVE YOU ANYWAY Overcoming the odds is like the man who finally decided to ask his boss for a raise in salary. It was Friday. He told his wife that morning what he was about to do, All day the man felt nervous and apprehensive. Late in the afternoon he summoned the courage to ...read more

  • Did You Ask?

    Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on Jun 13, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,298 views

    DID YOU ASK? There is an old story about how the University of Chicago received a million-dollar grant from the heiress of a major department store. She had been a student at Northwest. So, administrators of Northwest went to visit her and asked why she had not made such a gift to her alma mater. ...read more

  • The Father Loves You

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Jun 15, 2008
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    THE FATHER LOVES YOU The memory of one particular evening when my wife and I lived in Florida remains fresh in my mind. We were invited by some friends to listen to their children's contemporary Christian band play some of their new songs at the "Coffee Spot" in New Port Ritchie, Florida. It's ...read more

  • What Defines You?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,688 views

    WHAT DEFINES YOU? Alex Gibney's documentary on the life of "Gonzo" Hunter S. Thompson suggests that Thompson, "who committed suicide in 2005, survives to some degree in the popular imagination because of his self-burnished reputation for excess." (A.O. Scott, "Beyond Fear and Loathing", The New ...read more

  • Different Than You ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,274 views

    DIFFERENT THAN YOU WERE There was a farmer who was known to be a hard man. He was abusive and foul-mouthed to both man and beast. In time he became friends with a Christian, who influenced him to consider becoming a Christian, and he did. His life was immediately marked by dramatic change. He ...read more

  • People Need You To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 1,819 views

    PEOPLE NEED YOU TO CARE People want other people to care about them. Many people will respond to evidence of your Christian concern. Remember the old saying: “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” I read about a lady named Mamie Adams. She always went to a ...read more

  • You Call This A Gas ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Aug 13, 2008
     | 1,811 views

    YOU CALL THIS A GAS STATION! One day a lady pulled into a self serve gas station to fill up her car. She got out of her car, hurried over to the pump, lifted the nozzle to her gas tank, and tried to pump the gas. Nothing happened. Belatedly she realized that this was one of those gas stations ...read more

  • God Will Catch You

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Aug 27, 2008
     | 1,492 views

    God Will Catch You When my girls were little munchkins, they often caught me off guard as they climbed up on the table or on the slide and after jumping off would shout, "Daddy, catch me!" I could have been ten feet away and would lunge toward them to catch them before they hit the ground. They ...read more