Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2009
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AN OUTSTRETCHED HAND
In Stockholm, Sweden, a woman was injured as she rushed to catch a streetcar. She stumbled in front of the moving car and was caught beneath it. The police sent for a crane to lift the car off her body. While waiting for the crane, a crowd of people gathered out of curiosity.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 24, 2009
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LOVE IN THE DRIVEWAY
One young boy said, "Love is when his daddy reads me a bedtime story. True love is when he doesn’t skip any pages."
I remember when my son Shawn was in high school. Several times he parked his truck in the middle of the driveway. That got my dander up, because I could not get
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2009
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"WE BRING YOU US!"
Michael Sattler tells the story of Christmas 1930. His wife had just passed away the month before, and he was lonely and heartsick. But mostly, he worried about the type of Christmas his girls would have.
When Christmas morning came, they opened their presents with unusual
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2010
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LINUS ON LOVE FOR PEOPLE
Perhaps you've seen this Peanuts cartoon: Linus announces to his cranky sister, Lucy, that he's going to be a doctor.
"You, a doctor?" she asks. "How can you be a doctor? You don't love mankind."
Linus replies, "I do too love mankind. It's
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2010
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TWO TOMBSTONES
A tombstone in a small English village reads,
"Here lies a miser who lived for himself,
And cared for nothing but gathering wealth.
Now where he is or how he fares,
Nobody knows and nobody cares."
In contrast, a plain tombstone in the courtyard at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London
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Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 3, 2011
REDEFINING SIN
"In recent years, and especially since the 1960s, the democratic societies of the West have been enlarging the boundaries of acceptable behaviour, in effect redefining sin. The sexual revolution of my youth dismantled barriers against premarital sex and encouraged open marriages.
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2011
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WHO MADE ME?
I love the story of the boy sitting on his father's lap as they were looking into a mirror. The boy said to his dad, "Dad, who made me?"
He said, "God made you, son."
He said, "Dad, who made you?"
He said, "God made me, son."
He said, "Dad, who made granddad?"
He said, "God
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MOTHERS LIVE FOR OTHERS
We've got all sorts of people here this morning. One thing we have got a lot of is mothers. Some of you, your children are long grown up. But you have the experience of having been a mother. So? Well, every mother lives her life for another. And that is what the church
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Anglican
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THE TRUTH OF THE BOOK
John Ortberg states
"It’s a strange thing: the book has never been so accessible. According to Guinness Book of Records, L. Ron Hubbard’s writings of scientology have been translated into 65 languages; the Koran is supposed to be read in Arabic so it hasn’t been translated
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Ken Pell on May 5, 2013
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"YOU'RE NOT FROM AROUND HERE."
There is not much you can do about it. Once you have been around it everybody else knows. I’m talking about the red dirt of western Oklahoma. It’s caused by the iron in the soil that, after being oxidized, turns to rust.
It seems that nothing can erase or clean
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Nazarene
Contributed by Ken Pell on May 5, 2013
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"YOU PROMISED ME"
Love always perseveres. Love never Fails.
In 1989, an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened Armenia, killing over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. Surprisingly, such tragedies often bring out the best in people. Let me show you the loving heart of a father.
In the midst of
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Nazarene
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The Pellicano is the world's most unwanted ship. Since 1986 she has been the hobo of the high seas. No one wants her. Sri Lanka doesn't. Bermuda doesn't. The Dominican Republic turned her away. So did the Netherlands, the Antilles, and Honduras.
The problem is not the boat. Though
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by A. Todd Coget on May 26, 2003
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[Love from a Kid’s Point of View, Citation: "What Is Love—From a Kid’s Point of View," LightSinger, (accessed 3-14-02)]
What is love, from a kid’s point of view?
"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2003
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My Father is very patient and kind.
My Father is not envious, never boastful.
My Father is not arrogant.
My Father is never rude, nor is He self-seeking.
My Father is not quick to take offense.
My Father keeps no score of wrongs.
My Father does not gloat over my sins but is always glad when truth
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Contributed by Bill Johnson on Apr 25, 2004
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I read an article once that stated that waitresses and waiters complained that Sunday was the worst day of the week to work. I thought, as I read this article, that my faith was going to be strengthened by what I was about to read. I thought the article would state how these servers would rather be
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Christian/Church Of Christ