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  • If I Could Be One Of Them...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    If I Could Be One of Them... A man stayed home as his family went off to church one Christmas Eve. He just could not swallow the Jesus story about God coming to earth as man. Shortly after the family drove away in the car, snow began to fall. He went to the window to watch the flurries getting ...read more

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  • Trapeze Faith

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 8, 2009
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    TRAPEZE FAITH Church growth writer Dr. Win Arn told of an experience he had: "’Jump . . . go ahead . . . jump!’ The words flew upward from boys and girls some sixty feet below. High above, I clutched the bar of a trapeze swinging back and forth in great arcs. At the apex of each swing, an ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • George Washington Carver Had Always Dreamed Of ...

    Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 25, 2009
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    George Washington Carver had always dreamed of getting an education. There was one thing standing in his way. He was born black in a country and at a time when whites oppressed black people. When George Carver reached the age of twenty he was ready to start college. He submitted an application ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Getting Knocked Down? Humbly Walk  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009
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    GETTING KNOCKED DOWN? HUMBLY WALK There was a woman who was going through some very difficult and trying circumstances. She was experiencing major distress in her marriage, her job was very unfulfilling and was causing her heartache. She became so distraught over her circumstances that she felt ...read more

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  • The Country Of The Blind By H.g. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
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    The Country of the Blind by H.G. Wells DON’T BE LIKE THOSE WHO WON’T SEE. Don’t be like those who don’t want to be confused with the facts, because they think they know it all already. H. G. Wells, who wrote The War of the Worlds, once wrote a short story called The Country of the Blind. It’s ...read more

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  • Cinderella (From Max ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 19, 2009
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    Cinderella (From Max Lucado) Now I want to turn things to an illustration as we transition to our final point. It is a true story that takes place at Disney World. Cinderella’s castle. It was packed with kids and parents. Suddenly all the children rushed to one side. Had it been a boat, the castle ...read more

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  • Dr. Meier Refuses Materialism And God Blesses His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
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    Dr. Meier Refuses Materialism and God Blesses his Ministry In the mid – 1970’s, while Dr. Meier was a professor of pastoral counseling at Trinity Seminary near Chicago, he was offered a high-paying opportunity to leave his seminary position and become the administrator of a psychiatric clinic. “I ...read more

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  • College President Stoops To Child's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2010
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    College President Stoops to Child’s Level Our world places little value on children, but Jesus says they are the most important people of all. Why? Because to be little is to be great in God’s eyes, and to receive a child is like receiving Christ. It’s a lesson Jesus wanted His disciples to ...read more

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  • Becoming ...

    Contributed by Chris Carter on Feb 3, 2010
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    Becoming Cupid In a dream I had a short while ago, The winds of love upon my face began to blow. I opened my eyes and began to glare, At what it was that caused the current of air. Many thoughts flooded my wee little mind, As I rose from the bed desperate to find, Whatever this was that made me ...read more

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  • I Just Want Bread  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    "I Just Want Bread" There was a beggar who came and sat before a baker. "I want bread," he said. "How wise you are," the baker assured him. "Bread is what you need. And you have come to the right bakery." So he pulled his cookbook down from his shelf and began to tell the beggar all he knew about ...read more

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  • Love Is Action

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 27, 2010
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    LOVE IS ACTION I took Helen (eight years old) and Brandon (five years old) to the Cloverleaf Mall in Hattiesburg to do a little shopping. As we drove up, we spotted a Peterbilt eighteen-wheeler parked with a big sign on it that said, "Petting Zoo." The kids jumped up in a rush and asked, ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • True Lifesavers

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jun 30, 2010
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    Nantucket, Massachusetts is located next to important shipping lanes running along the East Coast. Toward the end of the 1800s sailing ships were in their heyday. Nantucket Island saw hundreds of vessels passing by each day—all navigating without the advantages of modern technology. Treacherous ...read more

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  • Take A Young Man From A Wealthy Family, Strip Him ...

    Contributed by Tobin Crenshaw on Aug 15, 2010
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    Take a young man from a wealthy family, strip him of all of his money until he finds himself homeless and has to beg on the street, hold him in a cell as a prisoner of war in a foreign land, and turn his family against him and what are the odds you would give for him to impact the world? Or ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • The Voice Of The Shepherd  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2011
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    THE VOICE OF THE SHEPHERD There once was a shepherd that lived in the Scottish highlands. This shepherd had a daughter and he would take her with him when he went out on the moors to take care of the sheep. The thing that the little girl liked best was to hear the call of shepherd. His voice ...read more

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  • One Day I Will Be Healed

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Mar 30, 2011
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    ONE DAY I WILL BE HEALED A few weeks ago, I saw a special on TV about faith healers. In that show, Lisa Ling went to the meeting of a renowned faith healer where she interviewed a man named Steve. When he was 18, Steve was in a car crash that left him with brain injury and a speech impediment. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • This Baby Is For You

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2011
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    THIS BABY IS FOR YOU Pastor and author Richard Foster writes about genuine, joyous giving. "Giving with a glad and generous heart has a way of rooting out the tough old miser within us. Just the very act of letting go of money or some other treasure does something great within us."1 Such genuine, ...read more

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  • Community: A Lost Art  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 14, 2011
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    COMMUNITY: A LOST ART I inherited an old trunk that sat in my grandma’s basement. It had belonged to the generation before, who had used it to bring their possessions across the sea from Sweden. It sits in my dining room. It smells a little musty, but I treasure it as a link to my heritage. I was ...read more

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  • Can't Miss

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 20, 2011
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    CAN'T MISS Every so often, in the world of high school boys' basketball, there comes a player with incredible talent and skill. He and his team become the focus of a lot of media attention. That player becomes one of the most talked about high school athletes in the nation. Recruiters from the ...read more

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  • The Disease Of "Me"

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2011
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    THE DISEASE OF "ME" Basketball coach Pat Riley in his book The Winner Within tells about the 1980 World Championship Los Angeles Lakers. They won the NBA Championship that year, and they were recognized as the best basketball team in the world. They began their 1980-1981 season considered likely ...read more

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  • Mama's Prayers  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2011
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    MAMA'S PRAYERS E. V. (Ed) Hill, who pastored Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, tells the story of how "Mama’s" love and prayers changed his life. During the height of the Depression, Hill’s real mother, who had five children of her own, didn’t have enough food to go around, so ...read more

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