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  • On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    ON PRAYER Dr. Lewis Sperry Chafer told a story on the subject of prayer. A certain minister was in the habit of profound prayers, oftentimes resorting to words beyond the understanding of his simple flock. This went on week after week, to the dismay and frustration of the congregation. At last, a ...read more

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  • Dad-Isms

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 24, 2009
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    DAD-ISMS Here are a few dad-isms from a recent website I visited - "Get in and get out." This applied to an open back door or refrigerator. Just because you don’t pay the gas and electric bills, that doesn’t mean you should waste energy, he’d tell us as we alternately let the cold air into the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • God Answers Persistent ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
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    God Answers Persistent Prayer Sharon Atwell tells the story of her daughter Kate in June of 2000 having a backache and diagnosed with leukemia. She went through chemo but by August she had a seizure and was unconscious. While getting treated at St. Jude an infection attacked her brain. Only six ...read more

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  • High Diver Training For Olympics ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2009
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    High Diver Training For Olympics Saved 2 Peter 3:9-10 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish , but everyone to come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear ...read more

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  • There Are Many Who Say The Full Expression Of Our ...

    Contributed by Ricki Lee Brooks on May 10, 2010
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    There are many who say the full expression of our emotions remains the only safe way to ensure our own emotional and mental well-being. Take, for example, the following case: The situation: Mom and Dad had divorced. Their sixth grade daughter longed to see her Daddy. When she did, he was ...read more

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  • The Case Of Margaret Ault

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 19, 2011
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    THE CASE OF MARGARET AULT In his book, The Jesus Creed, Scot McKnight shares the moving story of Margaret Ault. When Margaret was just about to complete her Ph.D. at Duke, something unexpected -- but quite welcomed -- happened: she fell in love. She went on a date with a man named Hyung Goo Kim, ...read more

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  • Object Lesson: Egg Osmosis

    Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Jun 4, 2011
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    OBJECT LESSON: EGG OSMOSIS Osmosis is the process by which water enters our tissues. All of our cells are surrounded by a membrane that selectively allows in anything the cell needs but prevents unwanted molecules from entering. Weigh a couple of uncooked eggs and carefully place them into a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Our White Stone Name

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 19, 2011
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    OUR WHITE STONE NAME In the BBC reality show Monastery, a group of five men from diverse backgrounds voluntarily join a Benedictine monastery for a span of forty days. The five men don't have to assent to Christian beliefs, but they do have to respect and follow the monks' communal requirements--a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • 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

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  • The Ranger Creed

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 7, 2011
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    THE RANGER CREED Recognizing that I volunteered as a Ranger, fully knowing the hazards of my chosen profession, I will always endeavor to uphold the prestige, honor, and high esprit de corps of my Ranger Regiment. Acknowledging the fact that a Ranger is a more elite soldier who arrives at the ...read more

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  • Love Is A Process  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2011
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    LOVE IS A PROCESS When we obey the truth, whether we feel like it or not, we can "love one another deeply from the heart." That's what Bible College professor, Yohanna Katanacho, discovered. He pastors a small church in the Israeli city of Jerusalem. He is a Palestinian living in Israel, and a ...read more

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  • St. Patrick: Stones Squashed In The Mud

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2011
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    ST. PATRICK: STONES SQUASHED IN THE MUD As a young boy Patrick lived a comfortable life near an English coastal city where his father was a deacon in their church. But at the age of 16, all that came to an end. Irish pirates attacked his village, abducting Patrick and many of the household ...read more

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  • Chris Paul: Forgiving The Murderers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 23, 2011
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    CHRIS PAUL: FORGIVING THE MURDERERS In April, 2011, Rick Reilly wrote a moving story about forgiveness from the life of Chris Paul, the all-star basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets. Reilly writes: On the moonless night of November 15, 2002, five boys ran across a park, jumped a ...read more

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  • He Wants To Be With His Master

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2011
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    HE WANTS TO BE WITH HIS MASTER Today’s story is about an old country doctor that dates back to the late 1930s when doctors made house calls. Isaac Pender was his name. Everyone in the area for two reasons respected him. First, he was an excellent doctor who provided compassion care for his ...read more

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  • God Bless America: Be Specific

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Oct 13, 2011
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    GOD BLESS AMERICA: BE SPECIFIC The blind man's first request is for Jesus to have mercy on him. Jesus asks him specifically, "What do you want me to do for you?" He answers specifically, "Lord, I want to see." "God bless America," is a very general prayer. It may be as specific a prayer as ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • God Steps In Where Our Fathers Fail

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 31, 2012
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    GOD STEPS IN WHERE OUR FATHERS FAIL John Eldredge, author of Wild At Heart and Fathered By God among others, writes of fishing with his dad as a boy. Spending hours together on a Saturday morning trying to catch fish. "But" he writes, "the fish were never the issue. What I longed for was his ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James Dobson's Faith-Full Parents  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2012
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    JAMES DOBSON'S FAITH-FULL PARENTS "Of all the values transmitted to me by my father, none made a more lasting impression than his attitude toward money. As an evangelist, he could never depend on the compensation he would be given. The local church would collect a freewill offering for my father, ...read more

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  • The Orphan Train

    Contributed by Sam Mccormick on Dec 15, 2016
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    THE ORPHAN TRAIN In the history of the westward migration in the United States, part of the story has been largely passed over. From 1850 to 1930, tens of thousands of those who populated the west were orphans--children from eastern cities who were without parents because of disease or the death ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Unsung Heroes: The Devout Men Who Buried Stephen

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Aug 25, 2021
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    Text, Acts 8:1-2, KJV: 1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 And devout men carried Stephen to his ...read more

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  • An Amusing Sight!

    Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Sep 2, 2023
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    An Amusing Sight! Use as an Icebreaker. Ron, Billy, a Dodge Truck and a Red Lawnmower Humorous story, in which you can change the names to fit a couple of guys from your congregation. Make sure you get their permission to joke about them. We know how thin skinned some people are. Lead in... As you ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist