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  • The Christian Leader Profile™ Categorizes Leaders ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    The Christian Leader Profile™ categorizes leaders into one of four types: Directing, Strategic, Team-Building or Operational. Directing leaders, tend to be the “big picture,” motivational leaders focus people’s attention on vision for the future, are most likely to exhibit biblical values. However, ...read more

  • Bob Pierce Was The Founder Of World Vision, The ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Feb 18, 2006
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    Bob Pierce was the founder of World Vision, the international Christian relief agency (40 hour famine). Pierce had leukemia, which eventually killed him. But before he died he went to visit a colleague in Indonesia. As they were walking through a village, they came upon a young girl lying on a ...read more

  • Mike Yaconneli Talks About Eric. "I'll Never ...

    Contributed by David Selleck on Oct 26, 2006
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    Mike Yaconneli talks about Eric. “I’ll never forget the day Eric, a recovering alcoholic, stood up in our church during announcements. Eric’s lifelong battle with alcohol had been mostly unsuccessful. He had been in and our of jail, and his drinking was taking its toll on his marriage. ‘I need ...read more

  • In The September 11th Issue Of The Los Angeles ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 12, 2007
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    In the September 11th issue of the Los Angeles Times, Patrick Goldstein wrote an article entitled, ‘Five Years Later: Pop Culture of Denial.’ Its subtitle made a very interesting statement, ‘Our fascination with glitz is unabated, and artists remain cautious. We haven’t come to grips with ...read more

  • In The Former Soviet Union Several Years Ago, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ray Searan on Feb 21, 2007
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    In the former Soviet Union several years ago, there was a house church that had to meet in secret to avoid reprisals from the communist government. One Sunday these believers arrived inconspicuously in small groups throughout the day so as not to arouse the suspicion of KGB informers. By dusk, they ...read more

  • I Recently Read An Article Entitled The "The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    I recently read an article entitled the “The Seven Ages of the Married Cold,” this article revealed the reactions of a husband to his wife’s colds during their first seven years of marriage: First Year: “Sugar dumpling, I’m really worried about my baby girl. You’ve got a bad sniffle and there’s no ...read more

  • Nathan Hale, A Great American Patriot During The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Nathan Hale, a great American patriot during the Revolutionary War, was captured and hung by British soldiers. His now famous final words were, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." He was willing to die for his nation and its freedom. Not long ago, a mother in ...read more

  • The Call To Worship Had Just Been Pronounced ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    “The call to worship had just been pronounced starting Easter Sunday Morning service in an East Texas church. The choir started its processional, singing ‘Up from the Grave He Arose’ as they marched in perfect step down the center aisle to the front of the church. The last lady was wearing shoes ...read more

  • There Was Once An Optimistic Farmer Who Couldn't ...  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Aug 20, 2007
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    There was once an optimistic farmer who couldn’t wait to greet each new day with a resounding, "Good morning, God!" He lived near a woman whose morning greeting was more like, "Good God... morning?" They were each a trial to the other. Where he saw opportunity, she saw problems. Where he was ...read more

  • I ...

    Contributed by Elijah Stepp on May 11, 2008
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    Illustration: (From Speaker’s Sourcebook II by Glenn Ven Eckeren) Perhaps you heard about the church that planned to have the “No Excuse” Sunday Service…. Their advertisement for their “No Excuse Sunday” read as follows…. Cots will be placed in the foyer for those who say "Sunday is my only day ...read more

  • K ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 2, 2008
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    Kite Once on a time a paper kite Was mounted to a wondrous height, Where, giddy with its elevation, It thus express’d self-admiration: “See how yon crowds of gazing people Admire my flight above the steeple; How would they wonder if they knew All that a kite like me can do! Were I but free, I’d ...read more

  • Good News

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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    GOOD NEWS Our world is desperately in need of some good news. Suzanne Jennings wrote this song in 1999: I woke up Monday morning, walked out on the lawn My eyes were barely open, and my mouth began to yawn Picked up the daily paper, every single headline said, That this ole world is full of ...read more

  • Guidance In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009
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    GUIDANCE IN LIFE It makes a difference who your leader is! When we were kids going on summer vacation, I don’t ever remember my dad getting lost. -- But Eric Ritz writes: When I was a young boy, our family always vacationed together. It was my mother and father and five kids in an old Ford Falcon ...read more

  • Suffering For The Right Reasons

    Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 25, 2009
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    SUFFERING FOR THE RIGHT REASONS Richard Wurmbrand is the founder of a ministry called "Voice of the Martyrs." Some of you receive their publication. Richard Wurmbrand was a Romanian Pastor who was imprisoned by the Russians and tortured for his faith in Christ. In May of 1966 Pastor Wurmbrand ...read more

  • Memorizing Vs. Applying Scripture

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    MEMORIZING VS. APPLYING SCRIPTURE Dave Veerman, Campus Life, Wheaton, IL, related this story: A while ago our family began to memorize Scripture, one verse a week. Because my daughters were ages ten and six, I thought this was about the right speed. We keep the verses on cards in the middle of ...read more

  • Bees That Sting Also Bring Honey

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2011
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    BEES THAT STING ALSO BRING HONEY One Saturday morning, a seven-year-old boy was playing in their front-yard garden in the middle of flowers in bloom. He was trying to catch butterflies with his torn net. Suddenly a bee flew to his position buzzing straightway landing on the back of his palm. The ...read more

  • The Reality Of Palm Sunday  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Apr 19, 2011
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    THE REALITY OF PALM SUNDAY Pope Benedict himself in his homily last Sunday in St Peter’s Square said this about Palm Sunday: "But what are we really doing when we join this procession as part of the throng which went up with Jesus to Jerusalem and hailed him as King of Israel? Is this anything ...read more

  • Two Women Praying

    Contributed by Robert Sickler on Mar 6, 2012
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    TWO WOMEN PRAYING There were two widow women, each with only a single son. The two young men both got involved in drugs and they both ended up in prison. The women were devout Christians and both had been in constant prayer for many years. When their two boys were sent to prison the one woman ...read more

  • The Master And The Child  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 17, 2012
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    THE MASTER AND THE CHILD The folklore surrounding Poland's famous concert pianist and prime minister, Ignace Paderewski, includes a story, which though fictional, provides a true picture of what God can do with us: A mother, wishing to encourage her young son's progress at the piano, bought ...read more

  • Somebody Help The Boy

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Jun 28, 2013
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    SOMEBODY HELP THE BOY I was at home alone with Ryan one morning when I suddenly realized that it had been approximately two minutes since my little explorer had made any noise. (When one babysits with Ryan, silence is definitely not golden.) I immediately began looking for him, searching each room ...read more