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  • American Children Are Becoming Victims Of Human ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,679 views

    American Children are becoming victims of human sex trafficking, according to Shared Hope International (SHI). At least 100,000 American children are trafficked each year, and another 100,000 to 300,000 are at risk, says SHI’s Karrie Delaney. 12 as the average age of entry into illegal porn and ...read more

  • Before Performing A Baptism, The Pastor ...

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Oct 8, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,340 views

    Before performing a baptism, the pastor approached the young father and said solemnly, "Baptism is a serious step. Are you prepared for it?" "I think so," the man replied. "My wife has made appetizers and we have a caterer coming to provide plenty of cookies and cakes for all of our guests." "I ...read more

  • Luis Palau, "Experiencing God's Forgiveness", ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 6, 2009
     | 4,044 views

    Luis Palau, "Experiencing God’s Forgiveness", Multnomah Press, 1984 ) A mother once approached Napoleon seeking a pardon for her son. The emperor replied that the young man had committed a certain offense twice and justice demanded death. "But I don’t ask for justice," the mother explained. "I ...read more

  • Unmarked Police Car

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 30, 2009
     | 1,762 views

    UNMARKED POLICE CAR As my husband, the county highway commissioner, was driving to the hospital for treatment of his painful leg, he decided to use the valet parking service so he wouldn’t have to walk far. Staring at his official-looking vehicle, one of the valets asked my husband if he was ...read more

  • Hard Work Is Worth It

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
    based on 1 rating
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    HARD WORK IS WORTH IT The story is told of a nursery worker about to plant a number of young saplings, some straight and some crooked, thus reasoned with himself – "These straight saplings will no doubt grow up to be fine trees without much attention on my part; but I will see if, by proper ...read more

  • Potential Through Pain

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jul 19, 2009
     | 2,457 views

    POTENTIAL THROUGH PAIN Theologian William Barclay comments and illustrates with a story: "Suffering, if accepted in humility and trust and love, can repair the weaknesses of a {person's} character and add the greatness which so far is not there. It is said that Sir Edward Elgar once listened to a ...read more

  • Brainerd: Honor To God  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Feb 20, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,837 views

    BRAINERD: HONOR TO GOD Let me leave you with some words from the famous American colonial missionary to the Indians, David Brainerd, who died at the age of twenty-nine. His diary reveals a young man intensely committed to God. Brainerd once said to Jonathan Edwards: "I do not go to heaven to be ...read more

  • A Mother Once Approached Napoleon Seeking A ...

    Contributed by Arsenio B. Segismundo on Aug 1, 2010
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    A mother once approached Napoleon seeking a pardon for her son. The emperor replied that the young man had committed a certain offense twice and justice demanded death. "But I don't ask for justice,? the mother explained. "I plead for mercy.? "But your son does not deserve mercy,? Napoleon ...read more

  • About Omniscience

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 1, 2010
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    ABOUT OMNISCIENCE An attribute of God alone. It is the quality of having all knowledge (Is. 40:14). Omnipotence, Omnipresence, and Omniscience represent the nature of God concerning His relation to the creation. (Source unknown - 10,000 Sermon Illustrations) A theological student came to Charles ...read more

  • What I Wouldn't Give...

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Mar 29, 2012
     | 2,756 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

  • Jesus Did Rise

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
     | 1,257 views

    JESUS DID RISE Pollster George Gallup said even 84 percent of people who never go to church believe Jesus rose from the dead. It is historical fact; it wasn’t done in secret. The whole city of Jerusalem and the whole Roman Empire knew about it. It was news. If CNN had been there, they would have ...read more

  • Often In Reflection, What We Have Feared Most ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Trout on Mar 9, 2001
    based on 113 ratings
     | 2,851 views

    Often in reflection, what we have feared most wasn’t all that bad. Illustration: One of my all time favorite TV shows, for having good moral lessons as plot lines, was the "Andy Griffith Show." There was an episode where young Opie was having his "Milk nickel" bullied away from him and could not ...read more

  • I Read The Autobiography Of George Carey, The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jul 15, 2004
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    I read the autobiography of George Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury. Soon after he became a Christian he was called up to do his National Service in the Royal Air Force. He writes that the first test of his Christian discipleship was to follow the advice of his vicar which he found ...read more

  • Bishop Blake Of The Oklahoma Area Conference Told ...  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on Jul 15, 2004
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    Bishop Blake of the Oklahoma Area Conference told this story at General Conference… “In 1999, the Oklahoma Conference met soon after the tragic tornadoes that swept thought the area, the most severe ever calculated by measuring devices. Many homes and many lives were destroyed. That conference ...read more

  • The Youth Leader Had Taken Their Combined Group ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 16, 2004
     | 1,328 views

    The Youth Leader had taken their combined group camping. It had been fun making preparation and deciding on where to go. But now the first day of camping was over and it was time to sat around the almost dead campfire with only the glow of the last dying branches they had burned. The chaperons ...read more

  • The Nursing Aides For The 89-Year-Old Man ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 13, 2004
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     | 2,284 views

    The nursing aides for the 89-year-old man planned a surprise party for him. This active and alert retired doctor had his leg amputated two years ago. It had been a struggle to adjust to living his life with only one leg, spending most of his time in a wheelchair. Family, friends and volunteers ...read more

  • It Was May 21, 1946. The Place - Los Alamos. A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,149 views

    “It was May 21, 1946. The place - Los Alamos. A young and daring scientist was carrying out a necessary experiment in preparation for the atomic test to be conducted in the waters of the South Pacific atoll at Bikini. “He had successfully performed such an experiment many times before. In his ...read more

  • Meaning No Disrespect To The Religious ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 20 ratings
     | 2,770 views

    Meaning no disrespect to the religious convictions of others, I still can’t help wondering how we can explain away what to me is the greatest miracle of all and which is recorded in history. No one denies there was such a man, that he lived and that he was put to death by crucifixion. Where...is ...read more

  • Too Many Professing Believers Have Given Up On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 1,130 views

    Too many professing believers have given up on God. They’ve dropped the ball. •Many because they were never encouraged. (Gregory Dawson (SC.com) Ben Hooper was born several decades ago as an illegitimate child who never knew his dad. As a result, he was constantly taunted by classmates. When he was ...read more

  • It Was A Few Weeks Before Christmas 1917. The ...

    Contributed by Darrin Fish on Dec 7, 2007
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     | 1,705 views

    It was a few weeks before Christmas 1917. The beautiful snowy landscapes of Europe were blackened by war. The trenches on one side held the Germans and on the other side the trenches were filled with Americans. It was World War I. The exchange of gunshots was intense. Separating them was a very ...read more

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