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  • A Little Boy Opened The Big And Old Family Bible ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
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    A little boy opened the big and old family Bible with fascination, looking at the old pages as he turned them. Then something fell out of the Bible and he picked it up and looked at it closely. It was an old leaf from a tree that has been pressed in between the pages. "Momma, look what I found," ...read more

  • Because The Younger Children At Our Parochial ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
     | 1,720 views

    Because the younger children at our parochial school often forgot their sins when they entered my confessional, I suggested that teachers have the students make lists. The next week when one child came to confession, I could hear him unfolding paper. The youngster began, “I lied to my parents. I ...read more

  • A Minister Was Speaking About All The Things ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Greene on Jan 23, 2006
    based on 18 ratings
     | 1,903 views

    A minister was speaking about all the things money can’t buy. “Money can’t buy happiness, it can’t buy laughter and money can’t buy love” he told the congregation. Driving his point home he said, “What would you do if I offered you $1,000 not to love your mother and father?” A hush fell over the ...read more

  • When My Kids Were Very Little We Would Travel ...

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Nov 4, 2006
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    When my kids were very little we would travel from Indiana to Ohio to spend a month at the summer home of my in-laws. The boys loved “the cottage,” fishing, swimming, and being spoiled by their grandparents. We would no sooner get on the road than I would hear a voice from the back seat, “Are we ...read more

  • When My Kids Were Very Little We Would Travel ...

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Nov 4, 2006
     | 612 views

    When my kids were very little we would travel from Indiana to Ohio to spend a month at the summer home of my in-laws. The boys loved “the cottage,” fishing, swimming, and being spoiled by their grandparents. We would no sooner get on the road than I would hear a voice from the back seat, “Are we ...read more

  • It Is A Fearful Thing To Lead This Great ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,269 views

    "It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our heartsfor ...read more

  • Unpitied

    Contributed by C Vincent on Sep 22, 2009
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    UNPITIED Spurgeon quote "…if ……we have been warned, if our ministers have been faithful, if they have aroused our conscience, and have constantly and earnestly called our attention to the fact of the wrath to come, if we have not attended to their message, if we have despised the voice of God, if ...read more

  • Living Without Hope

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Mar 17, 2011
    based on 1 rating
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    LIVING WITHOUT HOPE There was one TV spot which we leased and in my opinion crossed all barriers being the most thought-provoking. It pictured a man sitting in a room by himself with the camera coming up from behind him slowly. As the picture slowly panned past the man to show his dejected face, ...read more

  • Perspective And Self-Indexing

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 16, 2020
     | 1,971 views

    A man given to day-dreaming was driving down the freeway a cell phone call came in through his blue tooth audio system. He heard his wife's voice urgently warning him, "Herman, I just heard on the news that there's a car going the wrong way on Highway 401. Please be careful!" ...read more

  • Men Did You Know That Because A Woman's Vocal ...

    Contributed by Eldon Reich on Aug 24, 2007
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    Men did you know that because a woman’s vocal cords are shorter than a man’s she can actually speak with less effort than you can. Shorter vocal cords not only cause a woman’s voice to be more highly pitched, but also require less air to become agitated, making it possible for her to talk more with ...read more

  • The Power Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
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    The Power of Music In 1530 the great reformer Martin Luther wrote: "I am not ashamed to confess publicly that next to theology there is no art which is the equal of music, for she alone, after theology, can do what otherwise only theology can accomplish, namely, quiet and cheer up the soul of man, ...read more

  • It Reminds Me Of The Story Of The Great African ...

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Dec 1, 2004
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    It reminds me of the story of the great African American singer Marian Anderson. You may not remember her because she retired from singing in 1965, but she was one of the great singers of her day. Once in an interview a reporter asked her to "name the greatest moment in her life." She could have ...read more

  • There Is An Old Story That Has Been Around For ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Sep 7, 2006
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    There is an old story that has been around for quite some time about a man who gained some insight into the world of the devil and his evil ploys. On the throne was the devil himself and he was addressing his horrible hordes. With a loud voice, he cried out, “Who will go to the earth and persuade ...read more

  • Fasting Before The Great Awakening

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Oct 22, 2011
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    FASTING BEFORE THE GREAT AWAKENING Jonathan Edwards was a man used by God in the First Great Awakening. I have read that he preached in a weak, squeaking, monotone voice and held his tiny manuscript so close to his face that people could not see his expressions. When he preached, "Sinners in the ...read more

  • Jesus Is Watching You!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Aug 18, 2020
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    A burglar broke into a house one night. He shone his flashlight around, looking for valuables, and when he picked up a CD player to place in his sack, a strange, disembodied voice echoed from the dark saying, "Jesus is watching you". He nearly jumped out of his skin, clicked his ...read more

  • In The Small Town We Lived In, The Volunteer Fire ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 16, 2007
    based on 15 ratings
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    In the small town we lived in, the volunteer fire department’s telephone was answered by the policeman on duty, who would in turn sound the fire whistle to rally the volunteers to duty. One Saturday morning my father, the town chief of police, had just come on duty when the fire department phone ...read more

  • In The Midst Of "Desert Storm," Sept. 27, 1991, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Daniel Owens on Jan 9, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,810 views

    In the midst of “Desert Storm,” Sept. 27, 1991, Ruth Dillow from Illinois received a heartbreaking message from the military. Her son, Private First Class Clayton Carpenter, had stepped on a mine in the Persian Gulf and had been killed. Mrs. Dillow wrote, “I can’t begin to describe my grief and ...read more

  • Just Enough Strength To Make It Go

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2008
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    JUST ENOUGH STRENGTH TO MAKE IT GO "One hot day, Herman Trueblood, all clean and cooled off by a nice swim in the ocean, saw a sweating man and his two sons trying on a hot day to push a disabled car up an incline. Two voices started yelling at each other inside him. One said, "There is an ...read more

  • Enough To Make The Thing Go

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
     | 1,339 views

    ENOUGH TO MAKE THE THING GO One hot day, Herman Trueblood, all clean and cooled off by a nice swim in the ocean, saw a sweating man and his two sons trying on a hot day to push a disabled car up an incline. Two voices started yelling at each other inside him. One said, "There is an opportunity for ...read more

  • Where's The Fire?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
     | 6,097 views

    WHERE’S THE FIRE? In a small town, the volunteer fire department’s telephone was answered by the policeman on duty, who would in turn sound the fire whistle to rally the volunteers to duty. One Saturday morning, the town chief of police, had just come on duty when the fire department phone rang. ...read more