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  • One Day Out Of The Blue An Old Friend Of Mine ( I ...

    Contributed by Jeff Leigh on Jul 22, 2005
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    One day out of the blue an old friend of mine ( I will call him Keith) phoned me to say he was in town and wanted to catch up. We hadn’t seen each other for over 15 years - I wasn’t a Christian when we were friends. Him and I were hell raisers, we were into anything and everything not good. Anyway ...read more

  • Let Me Tell You A Story About Honest Labor. There ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jan 15, 2006
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    Let me tell you a story about honest labor. There was a boy named Harry who worked for a Scottish shoemaker named Dan. It was his chief responsibility to pound out and dry leather for shoe soles. It seemed an endless operation to him, and he wearied of it many times. "What made my task worse was ...read more

  • At A Recent Gathering Of Seminary Professors, One ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    At a recent gathering of seminary professors, one teacher reported that at his school the most damaging charge one student can lodge against another is that the person is being "judgmental." He found this pattern very upsetting. "You can’t get a good argument going in class anymore," he said. "As ...read more

  • On A Cold Winter Evening A Man Suffered A Heart ...

    Contributed by David Johnston on Sep 24, 2006
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    On a cold winter evening a man suffered a heart attack and after being admitted to the hospital, asked the nurse to call his daughter. He explained, "You see, I live alone and she is the only family I have." The nurse went to phone the daughter. The daughter was quite upset and shouted, "You must ...read more

  • On A Cold Winter Evening A Man Suffered A Heart ...

    Contributed by David Johnston on Sep 24, 2006
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    On a cold winter evening a man suffered a heart attack and after being admitted to the hospital, asked the nurse to call his daughter. He explained, "You see, I live alone and she is the only family I have." The nurse went to phone the daughter. The daughter was quite upset and shouted, "You must ...read more

  • World Class Failures  PRO

    Contributed by Kay Kurtz on Oct 26, 2006
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    World class failures: * There was a guy, a general, who lost two-thirds of all the battles he fought in the American Revolution. George Washington. He won the war. * There was another guy who graduated 42nd out of a class of 43. Then he went out and conquered Europe. Napoleon. * There’s a guy ...read more

  • You Understand The Relationship Of Cause & ...

    Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Apr 2, 2007
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    You understand the relationship of cause & effect. If that happened, then this results. When you enter a dark room and flip a light switch you expect the room to brighten. If you flip that switch and the windows open, you’re pretty surprised because the two aren’t related. When you get in your ...read more

  • There Is A Story About A Young Preacher That In ...

    Contributed by Gerald Albers on Jun 5, 2007
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    There is a story about a young preacher that in 1995, he was in Glasgow Scotland. He wrote: I was living in a Center City Hotel. One morning I got up and decided that I was going to jog over into the south side of the city of Glasgow. I ran across the river Clyde on a bridge, and as I jogged ...read more

  • How Many Of You Know The Name Paul Aurandt? He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    How many of you know the name Paul Aurandt? He also has an alias. You know him as Paul Harvey. He has published books about The Rest of the Story (Bantam) and More of Paul Harvey’s The Rest of the Story (Morrow). Stories built around the surprise ending format have been compiled into books that ...read more

  • Cross (S)  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Cross (S) Imagine with me for a moment… Pretend that a man from South America is speaking here. His name is Jose Samblanco, and having just arrived, he proclaims the good news to us that a Peruvian peasant by the name of Carlos Hernandez was electrocuted on the electric chair for your sins. He ...read more

  • Several Years Ago I Heard A Father Talk About ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Several years ago I heard a father talk about something that his wife would do to encourage their son. I liked it, and I adopted it. Let me tell you about it. My son Kyle is seven, and we have a little ritual that we like to go through. It’s a moment that he and I often share. But every so often, ...read more

  • I Want To Share A Story About A Man By The Name ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I want to share a story about a man by the name of Karl Marx. (Has anyone here ever heard of him?) He is known as the father of Communism. He had one agenda and one agenda only and that was for communism to replace capitalism. Let me explain. Today, in USA, we live in a capitalistic society where ...read more

  • I'd Like To Be A Track Star. How Cool Would It Be ...

    Contributed by Danny Nance on Mar 21, 2008
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    I’d like to be a track star. How cool would it be to stand before a roaring crowd that has stood to its feet because I set a new record in high jump! And I could do it, you know—if the record for high jump stood at two feet. Unfortunately for me, the record is almost 2.5 meters—well over seven ...read more

  • Do They Know You Love Them?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
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    DO THEY KNOW YOU LOVE THEM? On a cold winter evening a man suffered a heart attack and after being admitted to the hospital, the man asked the nurse to call his daughter. He explained, "You see, I live alone and she is the only family I have." The nurse went to phone the daughter. The daughter was ...read more

  • There Once Was A Man Who Had Nothing For His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    There once was a man who had nothing for his family to eat. He had an old rifle and three bullets. So, he decided that he would go out hunting and kill some wild game for dinner. As he went down the road, he saw a rabbit. He shot at the rabbit and missed it. The rabbit ran away. Then he saw a ...read more

  • Steinbeck And His Hell-Sermon Experience

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    STEINBECK AND HIS HELL-SERMON EXPERIENCE In a fascinating story of his journey across the United States, John Steinbeck tells of a Church service he attended during his travels in the State of Vermont. Tongue-in-cheek, he says, "The preacher spoke of Hell as an expert. Not the mush-mush Hell of ...read more

  • Peace Child  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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    Peace Child In 1962, missionaries named Don and Carol Richardson went to New Guinea to bring the Good News of Christ to a group of people known as the Sawi. The Sawi was a headhunting, cannibalistic tribe who used the skulls of their victims as pillows. He wrote a book about his experience called ...read more

  • Yet, Excuses Still Abound. "It's Too Hard. It's ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 23, 2008
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    Yet, excuses still abound. “It’s too hard. It’s too messy. It’s too inconvenient. It’s takes too much time.” I just have one thing to say—“Wah!” “It doesn’t really matter. What difference can I make?” Actually each one of us makes a huge difference. Do you believe that every single person matters ...read more

  • In 1962, Missionaries Named Don And Carol ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    In 1962, missionaries named Don and Carol Richardson went to New Guinea to bring the Good News of Christ to a group of people known as the Sawi. The Sawi was a headhunting, cannibalistic tribe who used the skulls of their victims as pillows. He wrote a book about his experience called "Peace ...read more

  • Lottery Bliss ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    LOTTERY BLISS UNREALISTIC Every year Americans spend over $50 billion trying to produce an advantage for themselves by winning the lottery. But only a small fraction of those who participate beat the astronomical odds and win the big jackpots. And even those who win find that any joy that they ...read more