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  • In Coping With Grief

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In Coping With Grief. 1. FANNIE JOHNSTON FLINT, who was cancerous, arthritic, incontinent, blind, orphaned, managed enough ability to get a pen into her warped hands and write a hymn, many of them, in fact. Perhaps you know this one: He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater; He sendeth ...read more

  • A Methodist Pastor Named Walter Everett ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A Methodist Pastor named Walter Everett understood the importance of forgiving those who sin against you. When Michael Carlucci was convicted of manslaughter for shooting Everett’s son, the bereaved father set an example that challenges all of us who claim to be Christians. Walter stood up in court ...read more

  • Garlands Of Heaven

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 29, 2011
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    GARLANDS OF HEAVEN In India, whenever I preached I would get a garland made of carnations or roses or some other kind of flower. (This was done as a gesture of honor.) They smelled nice at first, but they were bulky and awkward (most of them would hang down almost to your knees), and after your ...read more

  • Looking At The Door

    Contributed by Kevin Humphrey on Mar 12, 2013
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    LOOKING AT THE DOOR A defendant was on trial for murder. There was strong evidence indicating guilt, but there was no corpse. The lawyer, knowing that his client would probably be convicted, resorted to a trick: "Within one minute, the person presumed dead in this case will walk into this ...read more

  • Rejected On Earth, Accepted In Heaven

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
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    REJECTED ON EARTH, ACCEPTED IN HEAVEN In 1888 Campbell Morgan was one of 150 young men who sought entrance to the Wesleyan ministry. He passed the doctrinal examinations but then faced the trial sermon. In a cavernous auditorium that could seat more than 1,000 people sat three ministers and 75 ...read more

  • The Watchman And His Lamp

    Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 16, 2025
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    A watchman was stationed at a railroad level crossing. His duty was simple yet critical: to wave a lantern armed with a light, warning approaching motorists or engineers about an oncoming train. One tragic night, a fatal accident occurred despite his presence. In court, he was asked ...read more

  • Nothing But The Blood  PRO

    Contributed by Vernon Price on Apr 10, 2012
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    NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD One night in a church service a young woman felt the tug of God at her heart. She responded to God's call and accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior. The young woman had a very rough past, involving alcohol, drugs, and prostitution. But, the change in her was evident. As ...read more

  • On A Blustery, Stormy, Winter Day, At The Broad ...  PRO

    Contributed by Manuel Amparo on May 10, 2006
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    On a blustery, stormy, winter day, at the broad intersection on a busy trunk highway, I noticed a man standing near the side of the road. I was on my way home for lunch. The next day he was there again at the same place, and the next day, and for days following. Blizzards came, with cold weather, ...read more

  • A Man Was Watching A Little Tv On Sunday Instead ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    A man was watching a little TV on Sunday instead of going to church, He was watch a Church service in Atlanta honoring one of its senior pastors who had been retired many years...... The retired minister was 92 at that time and he wondered why the Church even bothered to ask the old gentleman to ...read more

  • Hezekiah's Story

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Dec 22, 2011
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    HEZEKIAH'S STORY Laos 2001. Hezekiah's life had been so transformed that he had to tell someone. When he returned to the village he grew up in, he told the 35 relatives and villagers who met him and demanded to know why he had converted to Christianity, "Jesus is the only way I can be saved from ...read more

  • Inescapable Judgment

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 28, 2012
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    INESCAPABLE JUDGMENT During the winter of 1951, a Montana café owner named Clarence Pellett pulled over to pick up a hitchhiker who appeared cold and frozen while walking during a snowstorm. Once in the car, the hitchhiker Frank Dryman pulled out a gun and ordered Pellett to get out of his ...read more

  • Jesus Freak: Hezekiah

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Oct 31, 2012
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    JESUS FREAK: HEZEKIAH Laos 2001. Hezekiah’s life had been so transformed that he had to tell someone. When he returned to the village he grew up in, he told the 35 relatives and villagers who met him and demanded to know why he had converted to Christianity, "Jesus is the only way I can be saved ...read more

  • Australia Prime Minister John Howard Finally Had ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jul 12, 2008
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    Australia Prime Minister John Howard finally had enough of being told what Australia should do by Muslims who want to live under Sharia Law! He spoke out last week on television saying… "Immigrants, not Australians must adapt. Take it or leave it. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether ...read more

  • J. Wilbur Chapman Meets General Booth Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
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    J. Wilbur Chapman Meets General Booth of Salvation Army A willingness to obey is the first step toward spiritual understanding John 7:17 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. When J. Wilbur Chapman was in London, he had an opportunity to meet General ...read more

  • A Better Plan

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 8, 2007
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    Illustration: A Better Plan When in college Robert J , Morgan came across a poem written by a teenage girl looking for a husband. It was written as a prayer, and this is what she said: Dear God, I pray all unafraid / As girls are wont to be I do not want a handsome man / But make him, Lord, like ...read more

  • The Mark Of Jesus  PRO

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 17, 2012
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    THE MARK OF JESUS When I was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Levelland, there was a man in our church, the owner of a local business and a highly intentional Christian. The apostle Paul once said of himself that he bore "on [his] body the marks of Jesus" (Gal. 6:17). Well, this man bore ...read more

  • An Interesting Incident Happened During The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Feb 8, 2007
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    An interesting incident happened during the victorious march of Alexander the Great to conquer the known world for the Grecian empire. A young soldier became greatly frightened in the heat of battle, dropped his sword and shield and fled. An officer dispatched several soldiers to apprehend the ...read more

  • On January 9, 1985, A Congregational Pastor In ...

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on Mar 6, 2004
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    On January 9, 1985, a Congregational pastor in Bulgaria named Christo Kuleczef, was arrested and put in jail. His crime was preaching in his church, just like I am right now. It was a crime because the week before the village committee had appointed a new pastor. The secular committee who runs the ...read more

  • Just Like Mom's

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2004
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    JUST LIKE MOM’S Cathy Thomas, a former associate at the Orange County Register in Santa Ana, California, is a cooking teacher of considerable repute. She calls herself, however, "no stranger to the gastronomic adventures of Mother’s Day." Back when it was first in vogue during the 1980s, she ...read more

  • I Remember Once, A Time When I Was Really ...

    Contributed by Adam Deibert on May 7, 2004
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    I remember once, a time when I was really worried about something. There was a trial I was facing, and I wasn’t sure what to do or how I was going to get through it. I called a dear friend of mine, my mentor, and was sharing my burden with her, when all at once in the middle of my telling her how ...read more