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  • What Are You Being Saved From?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 23, 2011
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    WHAT ARE YOU BEING SAVED FROM? Vance Havner tells the story of a who lady came forward during the invitation in one of his meetings to be saved. She was a very sophisticated and refined woman. She had a graduate’s degree and was very articulate and intelligent. When she came forward during the ...read more

  • What I Don't Want To Be

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 1, 2011
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    WHAT I DON'T WANT TO BE I recall a conversation I once had with a precocious little boy we once had in the church I pastored for 10 years in Wiesbaden. I asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. "Well," he replied, "I don't want to be a fireman." I'd never had a kid tell me what he was ...read more

  • What Makes Your Face Shine?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,025 views

    WHAT MAKES YOUR FACE SHINE? A Hindu trader in India once asked a missionary, "What do you put on your face to make it shine?" With surprise the man of God answered, "I don’t put anything on it!" His questioner began to lose patience and said emphatically, "Yes, you do! All of you who believe in ...read more

  • What A Contagious Christian Looks Like  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2011
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,471 views

    WHAT A CONTAGIOUS CHRISTIAN LOOKS LIKE Bill Hybels, Becoming a Contagious Christian: "Recently, I saw a letter written by a relatively new Christian to the person whose life had influenced hers so greatly. She actually lists about a dozen qualities she found contagious in the life of this older ...read more

  • We Live In A Culture That Is Redefining What Is ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,242 views

    We live in a culture that is redefining what is sexually permissible. Earlier this year in the United Kingdom, Peter and Hazelmary Bull were found guilty of discrimination because they allowed only married couples to share a bed at their small hotel. A homosexual couple sued the Bulls because they ...read more

  • What Do You Do In Disaster?

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 31, 2011
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    WHAT DO YOU DO IN DISASTER? What do you do when you are faced with a disaster that strikes home at your heart? Do you respond or do you try to blame others? Do you ignore it? Pretend it’s just a story? Nehemiah finds out how bad the city of Jerusalem is from a recent news report. It perplexes ...read more

  • What Would You Like To Hear?  PRO

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Sep 27, 2011
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     | 1,481 views

    WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR? Four friends were talking about death. One of them asked the other three, "When you are in your casket and people are mourning you, what would you like to hear them say about you?" The first man said, "I'd like to hear them say that I was a fine physician in my time ...read more

  • We Worship What We Are Becoming

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Oct 18, 2011
     | 1,670 views

    WE WORSHIP WHAT WE ARE BECOMING "THE GODS we worship write their names on our faces, be sure of that. And a man will worship something--have no doubt about that, either. He may think that his tribute is paid in secret in the dark recesses of his heart, but it will out. That which dominates will ...read more

  • What You Don't Know

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Nov 12, 2011
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    WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW They say, "What you don't know can't hurt you." But it's not true, is it? Suppose your house is invaded by termites that are eating away at the studs and beams and rafters, and you don't know it. Suppose you are on an extended trip but you left water boiling on the ...read more

  • What Will You Do With Jesus This Christmas?

    Contributed by David Tack on Dec 2, 2011
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    WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH JESUS THIS CHRISTMAS? Many years ago in the countryside of Bethlehem the townsfolk prepared for just another day, though this day was quite extraordinary. The shepherds were out tending to their sheep and the Jewish nation was feeling the restraints of Roman oppression. ...read more

  • What Does "Set Apart" Mean?

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 9, 2012
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    WHAT DOES "SET APART" MEAN? Jim Book: "My fear today is that many churches are dying because the average person in their pews have no idea what it means to be 'set apart' from the defilements of this world. The church is many areas is so worldly minded, it is difficult to see any real separation ...read more

  • What I Wouldn't Give...

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Mar 29, 2012
     | 2,760 views

    WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE... When Oliver Wendell Holmes was still on the U.S. Supreme Court, he and Justice Louis Brandeis took walks every afternoon. On one of these occasions Holmes, then ninety-two, paused to gaze in frank admiration at a beautiful young girl who passed them. He even turned to look ...read more

  • It's What's Under The Hood That Counts  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 25, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
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    IT'S WHAT'S UNDER THE HOOD THAT COUNTS Harry Reider tells a story about the first car that he ever owned. He was sixteen years old and his father took him to a car auction and bought a pink car for $75. It was a 1957 Ford that his dad insisted that the color was really "coral." "I can't drive a ...read more

  • If Crumbs Of Joy Now, What Next?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2012
     | 4,318 views

    IF CRUMBS OF JOY NOW, WHAT NEXT? A widely respected man known as "Uncle Johnson" died in Michigan at the incredible age of 120. Perhaps his advanced years could be credited in part to the cheerful outlook that characterized his life. One day while at work in his garden, he was singing songs of ...read more

  • What Time Does The Library Open?

    Contributed by Samuel Fulkerson on Aug 23, 2012
     | 2,715 views

    What time does the library open?" the man on the phone asked. "Nine A.M." came the reply. "And what's the idea of calling me at home in the middle of the night to ask a question like that?" "Not until nine A.M.?" the man asked in a disappointed voice. "No, not till nine A.M.!" the librarian said. ...read more

  • Do Not Slander. What Is Slandering? It Can Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2012
     | 3,419 views

    Do not slander. What is slandering? It can be called many things such as: backstabbing, mud-slinging, bad-mouthing, and it could also include condemning someone. Whatever it is, it doesn’t sound good from the pages of scripture. ILL.- William Cowper (English poet) said, “He that slanders me paints ...read more

  • Lucille Ball On What's Wrong With Families

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2012
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    LUCILLE BALL ON WHAT’S WRONG WITH FAMILIES Lucille Ball, shortly before her death, did a remarkable TV interview with Merv Griffin. He asked her a very serious and pointed question: "Lucille, you’ve lived a long time on this earth and you are a wise person. What’s happened to our country? What’s ...read more

  • What Happened To King Neb Was Unique --- ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Oct 17, 2012
     | 2,560 views

    What happened to King Neb was unique --- I’ve never heard of anything quite like it --- a King eating grass for 7 years like an animal. But on the other hand, the spiritual experience it represents is more common than we’d like to think. I remember a father of one of my youth group kids years ...read more

  • What We Really Need To Be Told  PRO

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Nov 26, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,610 views

    WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE TOLD C.S. Lewis: "We don’t need to be told new ideas as much as we ...read more

  • We Are Like What We Worship  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jan 29, 2013
    based on 3 ratings
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    WE ARE LIKE WHAT WE WORSHIP N.T. Wright observes, we "become like what we worship; we take on the character of our object of worship. Those who worship money become, eventually, human calculating machines. Those who worship sex become obsessed with their own attractiveness or prowess. Those who ...read more

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