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  • Prayer Before Battle  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
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     | 4,798 views

    PRAYER BEFORE BATTLE During the 1800s, the French General George Muller Massena who took orders from Napoleon, arrived at a quaint and militarily important Austrian town. His 18,000 soldiers were gearing up for their invasion, as the stunned Austrian citizens were lifeless and terrified. Knowing ...read more

  • Just My Type

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 11, 2018
     | 2,161 views

    It all started when Stanley Morison complained. What made it worse was that he wasn’t complaining to just anyone – he was complaining to London’s esteemed The Times newspaper. His complaint was that their newspaper was not as easy to read as it should be because of the typeface that they used. ...read more

  • Somebody Else  PRO

    Contributed by Richard White on Sep 25, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,412 views

    There was a clever young guy named Somebody Else There was nothing this can’t do He is busy from morning till late at night Substituting for you You’re asked to do this or do that And what is your ready reply Get Somebody Else to do that job He’ll do it much better than I SO much to do in this ...read more

  • Stay In There!!  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Caley on Apr 20, 2003
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,812 views

    STAY IN THERE!! I don’t usually begin a sermon on a sad note like this, but sometimes we need to pause and remember what life is all about. There was a great loss recently in the entertainment world. Larry LaPrise, the Detroit native who wrote the song "The Hokey Pokey", died at age 83. I’m ...read more

  • I Read This Week Of A House Fire In The Middle ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tom Lovorn on Jul 21, 2003
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    I read this week of a house fire in the middle east where a man ran back into his burning house to get his valuables, but he didn’t make it out. He was found in the ashes clutching an ivory idol. The headlines read, "Man dies trying to save his god." Two thousand years ago on a hill called ...read more

  • The Death Of C.s. Lewis In Nov. 22, 1963 Has For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Nov 4, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,450 views

    The death of C.S. Lewis in Nov. 22, 1963 has for years been overshadowed by the assisination of President John F. Kennedy on the same day. While the anniversary of Lewis’ death seldom gets much press, throngs of people crowd into Arlington Memorial Cemetary to watch the changing of the guard at the ...read more

  • A Few Resolutions  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2004
    based on 13 ratings
     | 6,757 views

    A FEW RESOLUTIONS Here are a few less-serious resolutions: “I have resolved not to do drugs anymore, because I get the same effect just standing up really fast.” “I have resolved to live in my own little world, because at least they know me here.” “I have resolved to stay married, because ...read more

  • Charlie Brown Is Struggling With Christmas. He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Waite on Dec 1, 2005
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    Charlie Brown is struggling with Christmas. He can’t get the kids to do the program correctly. He’s adopted a puny tree which causes the other kids to ridicule him. When it seems like all is lost, Linus takes the stage and quotes the Christmas story from Luke 2. Just when it seems that Israel ...read more

  • I Wanted To Buy A Dust Mop Head For Our New ...  PRO

    Contributed by Vinnie Cappetta on Mar 12, 2006
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    I wanted to buy a dust mop head for our new church facility, but I didn’t have a measuring tool to figure out what size I needed. So, I used my shoes and hand to measure. The dust mop head was two of my shoes and four fingers. When I went to the world wide web to order, I couldn’t find a dust ...read more

  • Glamour Is Not Greatness

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 16, 2007
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    Quote: Glamour is not Greatness James R. Sizoo said: Let it never be forgotten that glamour is not greatness; applause is not fame; prominence is not eminence. The man of the hour is not apt to be the man of the ages. A stone may sparkle, but that does not make it a diamond; people may have money, ...read more

  • Some People Only Thing About ...

    Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on May 9, 2008
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    Some people only thing about themselves. Peter Loughman tells about a man he worked with. He said, I once worked with a guy who would, every year, place a call to a local florist on Christmas Eve and order two gift baskets, one for his teenage daughter and one for his wife. It was a quick call, ...read more

  • The Jews Of Paul's Time, By And Large, Rejected ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 11, 2008
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    The Jews of Paul’s time, by and large, rejected the Son of God, and the covenant of faith. That’s why they revolted over and over against the Romans, who ultimately destroyed Jerusalem and scattered them all over the world. Here, Paul gets really cutting. He lumps the Jews who reject Christ ...read more

  • I Know A Mom Who Denies God's Call Upon Her ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jun 15, 2010
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    I know a mom who denies God’s call upon her teenage boy and is constantly trying to lure him by feeding his flesh with earthly things so that he is satisfied with the things of the world and would not focus and pursue God’s call upon his life. She has been going to extents like getting young girls ...read more

  • The Parental Challenge Of Helping Teenagers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,974 views

    The Parental Challenge of Helping Teenagers Face Their World And I wanna share a story with you. It’s a traumatic one and one that actually happened. I did a funeral about four or five years ago and in this funeral it was really bizarre, because as the high schoolers came in about a third of them ...read more

  • The Following Conversation Occurred Between A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 16, 2005
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    The following conversation occurred between a canary in a cage and a lark on the window sill. The lark looked in at the canary and asked, "What is you Purpose?" "My purpose is to eat seed." "What for?" "So I can be strong." "What for?" "So I can sing," answered the canary. "What for?" continued the ...read more

  • I Kid You Not Folks, At The Church Where I ...

    Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Nov 7, 2006
    based on 1 rating
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    I kid you not folks, at the church where I preached before coming to Central---we had enough people complaining back and forth about the temperature that the church board actually ending up voting on the thermostat setting---and then once they decided what it would be---to make sure no one could ...read more

  • Worship In Spirit And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
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    WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH When Lawrence of Arabia was in Paris with some of his Arab friends after World War I, he took them to see the sights of the city. His friends showed little interest in the Louvre, the Arch of Triumph, or Napoleon’s tomb. The thing that really interested them was the ...read more

  • When I Was A Teenager, I Remember My Unle ...

    Contributed by Shawn Miller on Jul 6, 2009
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    When I was a teenager, I remember my uncle telling me of times when He would go spelunker caves. He loved the thrill of finding new caves and the thought of being somewhere where no one had been. He told me that there were times deep inside some of the caves where you had to crawl on your stomach ...read more

  • Start With Just One

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on May 8, 2012
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    START WITH JUST ONE Dawson Trotman, founder of the Navigators, tells the story of a 23 year old Sailor that he spent time discipling. He spent many hours with this young man in the Word and the importance of being a witness for the Lord and leading other sailors to Jesus. A month later the ...read more

  • Several Years Ago In An Interview During His ...

    Contributed by Brian Oberg on Jul 22, 2005
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    Several years ago in an interview during his battle with cancer, theologian Francis Schaeffer said, “The only way to be foolishly happy in this world is to be young enough, well enough, and have money enough—and not give a care about other people. But as soon as you don’t have any ...read more