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  • The Best News No One Heard

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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    THE BEST NEWS NO ONE HEARD Take the year 1809. The international scene was tumultuous. Napoleon was sweeping through Austria; blood was flowing freely. Nobody then cared about babies. But the world was overlooking some terribly significant births. For example, William Gladstone was born that ...read more

  • Not Any ...

    Contributed by Alan Kraft on Jan 8, 2009
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    NOT ANY EXPERIENCE Doug Roberts, a contributor to Glamour magazine, once wrote: "One of the things I love about [porn] is that it’s sex with anybody I want: Halle Berry, the weather woman, the blond who brushed against me on the subway...I can summon any one or two of these ladies for a romp ...read more

  • Heaven: Titanic

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jan 29, 2009
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    HEAVEN: TITANIC Last Sunday, right after church, when I got home tired and emotionally spent, I plopped into my easy chair and turned the TV on. The last few minutes of "Titanic" was on. In the conclusion, Rose (played by Kate Winslet) is an old woman. She lost the love of her life in the sinking ...read more

  • People Will Ask You

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Mar 4, 2009
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    PEOPLE WILL ASK YOU If you commit yourself to taking advantage of opportunities that come your way, you will find that sharing your faith is going to happen naturally. For one thing, People WILL ask you about your connection to God. We had two examples of this just in the last few weeks from ...read more

  • Being A Parent And A Father Can Be An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Being a parent and a father can be an interesting and trying experience. Someone said, “Fathers spend the first part of a child’s life urging him to talk and walk, and the rest of his childhood telling him to sit down and keep quiet.” A son who was in college wrote home to his dad. He said, “Dear ...read more

  • In 1920 An English Preacher Named Frank W. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In 1920 an English preacher named Frank W. Boreham published a book of sermons on great Bible texts. In each case, he linked a Bible text to the history of a great Christian man or woman. He called his book Texts That Made History. An example of a text that made history is David Livingstone’s ...read more

  • Robert Robinson Had Been Saved Out Of A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Robert Robinson had been saved out of a tempestuous life of sin through George Whitfield’s ministry in England. Shortly after that, at the age of twenty-three, Robinson wrote the hymn Come, Thou Fount. Come, Thou Fount of ev’ry blessing, Streams of mercy, never ceasing, Call for songs of loudest ...read more

  • Pauline Just Returned To The States After Being ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Pauline just returned to the States after being in Portugal for 4 months. She told my wife the other day that while she was there she felt like God wanted her to teach a ladies’ bible study on Wednesday mornings. So she did but after a while she felt God was telling her that on Wednesday mornings ...read more

  • I Remember When I First Began In The Ministry. I ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Apr 28, 2007
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    I remember when I first began in the ministry. I was a young Marine Sergeant living in Yuma, Arizona. I had gotten involved with a retired Pastor. He and I would lead a chapel service every Sunday at various retirement communities, assisted living facilities, and at rescue shelters. I was ...read more

  • Saying Goodbye

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 14, 2007
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    Charles Swindoll once said of his father: My dad died last night. He left like he had lived. Quietly. Graciously. With dignity. Without demands or harsh words or even a frown. He surrendered himself into the waiting arms of his Savior. As I stroked his hair from his forehead and kissed him ...read more

  • Power Of A Praying Mother  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 28, 2004
    based on 30 ratings
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    POWER OF A PRAYING MOTHER The year was 1820 and Peter Richley was a grateful man. He had survived one of the strangest and most harrowing events known to mankind. The ship which he had been traveling on sank. He was rescued. By some strange twist of circumstance, however, this ship sank. He was ...read more

  • Bill Hybels, The Pastor Of Willow Creek Church ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 3, 2005
    based on 33 ratings
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    Bill Hybels, the pastor of Willow Creek Church in Chicago which as over 20,000 people in attendance each week, tells the story of an encounter he had with a young woman: “I recall one time being in a restaurant studying for a message, and a gal looked over from her table and saw me reading my ...read more

  • In 1993 The Unthinkable Happened. Superman Died. ...

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jun 5, 2009
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    In 1993 the unthinkable happened. Superman died. Now, this certainly wasn’t the first time a comic book killed off its main character and then figured out a clever way of bringing him back later, but when news of Superman’s impending death hit mainstream media it was publicized as the end of the ...read more

  • Stealing

    Contributed by Akinsanya Adubi on Sep 28, 2009
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    STEALING People have also used their own hands to take what does not belong to them. I told you the story of a politician whose mandate was taken away from him after winning the presidential elections, somebody was given the presidency, where is he today?, He even died before the politician ...read more

  • Church Cake Cover-Up  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 19, 2009
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,880 views

    CHURCH CAKE COVER-UP It was time for the annual cake sale at a Presbyterian church not much different than our own. Ms. Billings always made the most beautiful cakes...she was expected to make another one this year. However, Ms. Billings was a very busy woman with the time she spent with her ...read more

  • Kindness Trumps Riches

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    Kindness Trumps Riches Like many American Christians, Keith Taylor has benefited from the generosity of other people in different times and different ways. For example, while Keith was attending graduate school in Tennessee, his car broke down, and the subsequent repair bill caused him to be short ...read more

  • Asking God Questions

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on May 29, 2010
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    I get the privilege and opportunity to speak to many old people in the course of my day. Being a chaplain and Pastor in an aged care facility (fancy name for old people’s nursing home) I am fascinated by the amazing lives that they have led. Last week I spoke to a woman in her 90’s who said she ...read more

  • Paul Brand's Missionary Mother  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2011
    based on 6 ratings
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    PAUL BRAND'S MISSIONARY MOTHER Dr. Paul Brand, a well known doctor and author, was raised in India. His parents were missionaries there. In his book, titled "In His Image," he writes about his mother. It is one of the most touching stories I’ve ever read. He writes that when his mother was 75 ...read more

  • Wesley: God's Will For Marriage

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2011
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    WESLEY: GOD'S WILL FOR MARRIAGE When John Wesley was thirty-two years old, he was a bachelor missionary in the colony of Georgia. While he was serving a church in Savannah, he met a young woman named Sophia Christian Hopkey. She was pretty and intelligent, and Wesley fell head over heels in love ...read more

  • Prayer And Revival  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Nov 10, 2011
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     | 6,750 views

    PRAYER AND REVIVAL In Belfast, Ireland, in the 1930's, a church that ran about 200 experienced revival. Between 12 and 20 people were saved every night. 6:00 every morning found 50 people in the church praying for an hour. It was not singing, Bible study, and prayer, as much as the teacher in me ...read more