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  • W.d. Metzger

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Apr 20, 2008
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    W.D. METZGER He was the town drunk in Fairfield, Texas. He was married to Janie, who was a School teacher, and he was an embarrassment to her and many others. People would have to walk around him as he lay passed out in the streets. In a revival in Freestone County in 1939, in the same ...read more

  • Who Wrote The Bible?

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 9, 2008
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    WHO WROTE THE BIBLE? There are only five beings who could have written the Bible. These beings are good men, bad men, devils, angels, or God. It stands to reason that bad men and devils would not have written the Bible because through out its pages they are condemned for their sinfulness to ...read more

  • Watching A Trapeze Show Is Breathtaking. We ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jun 1, 2008
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    WATCHING A TRAPEZE SHOW IS BREATHTAKING. WE WONDER AT THE DEXTERITY AND TIMING. WE GASP AT NEAR-MISSES. IN MOST CASES, THERE IS A NET UNDERNEATH. WHEN THEY FALL, THEY JUMP UP AND BOUNCE BACK TO THE TRAPEZE. IN CHRIST, WE LIVE ON THE TRAPEZE. THE WHOLE WORLD SHOULD BE ABLE TO WATCH AND SAY, "LOOK ...read more

  • Being Wanted  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    BEING WANTED I heard of a story this week that really moved me deep. It’s a story of a black girl who had cleft palate (bungi). She was the butt of jokes and was very unhappy. They called her names – ugly names that just drove her deeper into despair. Most people made no attention to her except ...read more

  • Bad ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    BAD MEAT Colin Byrne Smith of Australia told of a missionary who called on a tribe of cannibals. Taking his life in his hands, he crossed the inlet in a small boat, and when confronted by the tribe, meekly endured every insult. Long afterwards, when he had succeeded in converting many and ...read more

  • Big Church And Famous Preacher - Texas, Looking ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Jul 29, 2008
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    Big church and famous preacher - Texas, looking good on TV... Sermon title: “Why We Don’t Have to Be Afraid of Death”… And for about 20 minutes he was repeating this… we don’t have to be afraid, we don’t have… bla-bla… At the very end, as usual for those tele-preachers, he was keeping his best shot ...read more

  • Dedicated Recruits Only  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
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    DEDICATED RECRUITS ONLY Giuseppe Garibaldi, an Italian military leader called "The Hero of the Two Worlds" had an incredibly committed volunteer army. He would appeal for recruits in these terms: “I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor provisions; I offer hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles ...read more

  • Unfaltering Perseverence (Verse 18, Hebrews ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
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    UNFALTERING PERSEVERENCE (verse 18, Hebrews 12:11) Joshua fought for a long time with the kings. As we read the accounts of the war it may seem short, but in reality, it took Joshua 7 years to complete the final conquest. There must have been times during these seven years of fighting that Joshua ...read more

  • Unfaltering Perseverance (Verse 18, Hebrews ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    Unfaltering Perseverance (verse 18, Hebrews 12:11) Joshua fought for a long time with the kings. As we read the accounts of the war it may seem short, but in reality, it took Joshua seven years to complete the final conquest. There must have been times during these seven years of fighting that ...read more

  • There Was Once A Godless Seaman Who Was In A Boat ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    There was once a godless seaman who was in a boat fishing with his godless companions when a storm came up which threatened to sink the ship. His companions begged him to offer a prayer; but he hesitated, saying it was years since he had prayed or even gone to church. Finally, upon their ...read more

  • Walking With God Can Be A Great Source Of ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 19, 2009
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    Walking with God can be a great source of Eustress (positive stress)… example: Some of you this week found time in your crazy schedule to listen to or read your Bible. How did you feel afterward? It’s Wednesday night, and you help with AWANA. It’s been a busy day and you’re tired. But you ...read more

  • Evangelism: Aquariums And Fires

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    EVANGELISM: AQUARIUMS AND FIRES The late Sam Shoemaker, an Episcopalian bishop, summed up the situation this way: "In the Great Commission, the Lord has called us to be--like Peter--fishers of men. We’ve turned the commission around so that we have become merely keepers of the aquarium. ...read more

  • What Other Gods?

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 2, 2009
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    WHAT OTHER GODS? What other gods could we have besides the Lord? Plenty. For Israel there were the Canaanite Baals, those jolly nature gods whose worship was a rampage of gluttony, drunkenness, and ritual prostitution. For us there are still the great gods Sex, Shekels, and Stomach (an unholy ...read more

  • Who Is Best Among ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    WHO IS BEST AMONG YOU A Baptist minister was continually bragging to his other minister friends about the greatness of his church. No matter what they said, he always found a way to claim that the Baptists were better. Eventually his friends got tired of this, and decided to play a prank on the ...read more

  • When Pompeii Was Destroyed By The Eruption Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    When Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius there were many persons buried in the ruins who were afterwards found in very different positions. There were some found in deep vaults, as if they had gone there for security. There were some found in lofty chambers. But where did they ...read more

  • Children's Prayers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    CHILDREN’S PRAYERS: Dear God: Please send a new baby for Mommy. The new baby you sent last week cries too much. Debbie, 7 Dear God: Who did you make smarter? Boys or girls? My sister and I want to know. Jimmy, 6 Dear God: How many angels are there in heaven? I would like to be the first kid in my ...read more

  • Corrie Ten Boom In The Hiding Place Relates An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Corrie Ten Boom in The Hiding Place relates an incident which taught her this principle. She and her sister, Betsy, had just been transferred to the worst German prison camp they had seen yet, Ravensbruck. Upon entering the barracks, they found them extremely overcrowded and flea-infested. Their ...read more

  • Poem: Invictus By William Ernest Hensley

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Poem: Invictus by William Ernest Hensley Out o the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be for my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance, I have not winced nor cried aloud, Under the bludgeonings of chance, my head is bloody, but ...read more

  • Power Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    POWER OF PRAYER There was a young Christian lady from Boston who left work and went to the parking garage to get in her car and go to church one Wednesday evening, and when she stepped into the elevator a man grabbed her and began to try to rape her. She yelled out: "In the name of Jesus, stop it, ...read more

  • Where Else Could I Go?

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on May 9, 2009
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    WHERE ELSE COULD I GO? "My little boy gave me a great awakening," said an intelligent and spiritually-minded mother. "Jimmy is getting to an age when he often wants to try his own way instead of mine. Then he generally meets with a difficulty that hurts his feelings, and he comes at once to me ...read more