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  • Christian Heroes

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 6, 2011
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    CHRISTIAN HEROES In 1947, Thor Heyerdahl and five companions sailed from Peru on a crude boat made of balsa logs held together by hemp rope. Heyerdahl believed Polynesia was settled in pre-Columbian times by native South Americans. Using pictures drawn by Spanish Conquistadores, the Kon-Tiki ...read more

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  • James Von Moltke: For What A Mighty Task

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2011
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    JAMES VON MOLTKE: FOR WHAT A MIGHTY TASK James von Moltke came from a long line of German warriors and soldiers. For two centuries the name Moltke resounded proudly in the history of the Prussians and Germans. But James would serve a different fate. He was just as brave and just as devoted but his ...read more

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  • The Durer Brothers: No One Makes It Alone

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2011
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    THE DURER BROTHERS: NO ONE MAKES IT ALONE Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children. Eighteen! In order merely to keep food on the table for this big family, the father and head of the household, a goldsmith by profession, worked almost ...read more

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  • All Because Of Angus

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 25, 2011
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    ALL BECAUSE OF ANGUS In Ernest Gordon’s true account of life in a World War II Japanese prison camp, Through the Valley of the Kwai, there is a story that never fails to move me. It is about a man who through giving it all away literally transformed a whole camp of soldiers. The man's name was ...read more

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  • The Craigslist Murder

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 29, 2011
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    THE CRAIGSLIST MURDER When Charlene Sanders drove home from a routine day of work April 28, the last thing she expected was that she would be telling family of her husband's death later that night. At about 9 p.m. on April 28, Jim Sanders invited a young man and women into his home to view a ring ...read more

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  • The Story Of Ernest Gordon

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2011
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    THE STORY OF ERNEST GORDON There is a book (and now a movie) called To End All Wars that tells of the extraordinary life of Ernest Gordon, a British Army officer captured at sea by the Japanese at the age of 24. Gordon was sent to work on the Burma-Siam railway line that the Japanese were ...read more

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  • A Mother's Marred Hands  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 13, 2011
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    A MOTHER'S MARRED HANDS There was a teenager who didn’t want to be seen in public with her mother, because her mother’s arms were terribly disfigured. One day when her mother took her shopping and reached out her hand, a clerk looked horrified. Later, crying, the girl told her how embarrassed she ...read more

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  • Hathcock's Heroism

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 19, 2011
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    HATHCOCK'S HEROISM Hathcock has one of the most impressive mission records of any sniper in the Marine corps. During the Vietnam War he amassed 93 confirmed kills, saving the lives of hundreds or even thousands of Marines. The Vietnam army put a $30,000 bounty on his life for killing so many of ...read more

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  • The Best Thing For Her

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2011
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    THE BEST THING FOR HER Ida M. Clark writes that she was still overwhelmed with grief as she approached the church on the Sunday morning after her mother had died. Just outside the door, a 7-year-old boy met her. He stopped, planted his feet solidly on the path in front of her, and with tearful ...read more

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  • Because She Is A Mother  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2011
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    BECAUSE SHE IS A MOTHER Out of the French Revolution came a story of a mother who wandered through the woods for three days with her two children, trying to survive on roots and leaves. On the third day, she heard some soldiers approaching and quickly hid herself and the children behind some ...read more

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  • The Right Name Opens Doors  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Aug 15, 2011
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    THE RIGHT NAME OPENS DOORS Mark Roberts wrote of a time when he visited the Capitol as a guest of Congressman John Campbell. As long as he was with the congressman, he could walk freely around the Capitol, entering many areas that were reserved "for authorized personnel only," reserved for members ...read more

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  • I Could Have Done More  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 18, 2011
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    I COULD HAVE DONE MORE The film Schindler's List chronicled the heroic efforts of a German industrialist named Oskar Schindler. Through his unselfish activities, over a thousand Jews on the trains to Auschwitz were saved. After Schindler found out what was happening at Auschwitz, he began a ...read more

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  • The Lukewarm Sheep  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 29, 2011
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    THE LUKEWARM SHEEP Now, for the sake of my illustration, I want to break a flock of sheep down into 3 groups. 1. The first group of sheep had DECIDED to look to Shepherd & follow Him wherever He leads. These are the "Good sheep" who follow the "Good Shepherd. Jesus said: "My sheep hear my voice, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • The Importance Of Friends  PRO

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 29, 2012
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    THE IMPORTANCE OF FRIENDS One of the most thorough research projects on relationships is called the Alameda County Study. Headed by a Harvard social scientist, it tracked the lives of 7,000 people over nine years. Researchers found that the most isolated people were three times more likely to die ...read more

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  • Skydiving Sacrifice

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
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    SKYDIVING SACRIFICE The strength of sacrifice; in May 2002 Robert Bonadies and his fellow instructor Jim Olko were preparing to skydive, along with a novice - Cindy Hyland, in Connecticut. The jump was to be from 12000 ft, falling at 120 mph, which would take just 68 seconds with no parachute. ...read more

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  • A Lesson From A Light Bulb  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 5, 2012
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    A LESSON FROM A LIGHT BULB A missionary in Africa lived in his central mission which had a small generator to supply current for his church and a small rectory. Some natives from an outlying mission came to visit the pastor. They noticed the electric light hanging from the ceiling of his living ...read more

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  • Torpedo Approaching  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2012
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    TORPEDO APPROACHING Allow me to tell you a story about a young man named Bill, who joined the Navy, when World War II began. One night his ship came into Boston, and he decided to visit his former pastor and friend, Rev. Stidger. During their visit together, Rev. Stidger said, "Bill, tell me the ...read more

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  • Sacrifice

    Contributed by David Simpson on Jan 15, 2013
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    I will never forget being at church one Sunday playing "king of the hill" with my buddies, before church started. But our play stopped when a car pulled up to the sidewalk and, with help, out came a soldier, who had returned from Vietnam a few weeks earlier. But he came on crutches and he ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Three Kinds Of People  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 17, 2013
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    Earl Wilson: "Today, there are three kinds of people:  the have's, the have-not's, and the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Max Lucado: Interlock Our Understandings  PRO

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Aug 6, 2013
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    In his book, “Imagine Your Life Without Fear” Max Lucado gives some significant insight when he says, "Questions can make hermits out of us, driving us into hiding. Yet the cave has no answers. Christ distributes courage through community; he dissipates doubts through fellowship. He never deposits ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene