Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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Some years ago before the death of Mother Theresa, a television special depicted the grim human conditions that were a part of her daily life. It showed all the horror of the slums of Calcutta and her love for these destitute people. The producer interviewed her as she made her rounds in that
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 26, 2002
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A free-lance reporter from the New York Times was interviewing Marilyn Monroe years ago. She was aware of Marilyn’s past and the fact that during her early years Marilyn had been shuffled from one foster home to another. The reporter asked Marilyn, “Did you ever feel loved by any of those foster
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2002
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I watched the flag pass by one day.
It fluttered in the breeze
A young Marine saluted it, and then
He stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud
With hair cut square and eyes alert
He’d stand out in any crowd.
I thought, how many men like him
Had fallen through the
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Apr 11, 2003
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[Worship Is a Time to Celebrate, Citation: Rod Cooper, "Worship or Worry?" Preaching Today, Tape No. 108.]
I used to be the chaplain for the Astros and the Oilers when I was in Houston, Texas.
After I’d do a chapel, they’d give me tickets.
One time in the Astrodome I watched Earl Campbell run
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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DO YOU VOLUNTEER OR DO YOU HAVE TO BE DRAFTED?
I have never pastored in Tennessee the volunteer state, but sometimes I wish I did?
Will you do this? Well, let me pray about it?
I am told there is a little test to see who the leaders are in a church. Tear up some paper in little pieces and place
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by David Schaal on Sep 10, 2003
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The other day, Hunter my 6 year old shocked me as I came in the door. He said Dad, did the trash man come yet? I said, “I think so,” he said,” Good, I will go get the trash can and bring it in.” I thought, “ I am such a great leader, I have taught my son the responsibilities of taking care of and
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Wes Richard on Apr 11, 2005
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Sometimes small churches look at themselves and say, “Oh, we can’t do this and we can’t do that because we are too small. We don’t have the resources.” And their vision gets limited by their circumstances and instead of taking giant steps of faith, they take baby steps. I’m reminded of the story of
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Brethren
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 12, 2005
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Judging others isn’t easy.
In his little book Illustrations of Bible Truth, H.A. Ironside pointed out the folly of judging others. He related an incident in the life of a man called Bishop Potter. "He was sailing for Europe on one of the great transatlantic ocean liners. When he went on board, he
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Contributed by Michael Dascoli on Dec 14, 2005
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But the question on the floor is “What if”. What If Jesus Never Came? What’s the big deal?
Toward the end of the Christmas classic It’s a Wonderful Life, George Bailey cries out, “I want to live again! I want to live again!" Immediately he’s flashed from the previous scene and finds himself
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Holiness
Contributed by Troy Borst on May 11, 2006
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INTRODUCTION... O Brother Where Art Thou?
I was flipping through the TV the other night and one of the stations had on a movie that I have enjoyed watching before that stars George Clooney and was released in 2000. "O Brother Where Art Thou?" is a story about three prisoners (George Clooney, John
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Bill Butsko on Dec 24, 2006
Story: “Our Father’s Home”
Two strangers, a small boy and an older man, were fishing from the banks of the Mississippi River.
As time passed they discovered that, although the fishing was rather poor, conversation was good.
And by the time the sun began to sink in the west they had talked of
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Christian Church
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
How do you maintain humility? Success can sometimes dazzle you in the achieving, but there’s usually someone around to help you keep perspective. TV anchorman Tom Brokaw has a story about that:
Brokaw was wandering through Bloomingdale’s in New York one day, shortly after he was promoted to
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Pentecostal
Contributed by W F on Mar 31, 2007
But how can it be, as Christians claim, that the Bible has one Author but many writers?
It’s helpful to see it like this. Maybe you’ve been watching the series on the ABC called, “Constructing Australia.” Last week’s episode was all about the construction of the Kalgoorlie pipeline which carries
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*other
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 23, 2004
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One contrast of heaven and hell tells of a man who had a dream that he was allowed to see both places. He was first taken to hell.
He was taken to a large room in the middle of which there was a large pot of stew.
The stew smelled delicious. But all around this point there were people who were
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Contributed by Douglas Vincent on Jan 27, 2004
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In April 1998, a series of tornadoes ripped through the southern part of the United States. A day after one of the Storms had hit the NPR program All Things Considered aired a story about a congregation called the Church of the Open Door. Their church had been destroyed the day previous.
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2004
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FROM CROWD TO MOB
Have you ever seen a mob on TV or movies? They are dangerous, and can become murderous in an instant.
People in mobs are like cattle before a stampede. Ever see that? In the movie Red River, John Wayne and his men are moving cattle along the Chisolm trail, and the cattle are
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Contributed by John Harvey on Nov 2, 2004
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**Sudanese Boys- {page 17}
The four young Sudanese boys cried and screamed out for their mothers but they refused to repeat the words that would mean saving their lives yet renouncing their Christianity. Their red blood began to flow across their black skin, but they would not give up their
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Baptist
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Apr 26, 2009
During my undergraduate studies some years ago, I interviewed a lady whose religious belief was a hybrid of different religions. She spoke of trying to climb to a higher consciousness as her spiritual guide (which was an apparition that looked like an embryo with thousands of tentacles protruding
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Salvation Army
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