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  • Medical School Professor Teaches Students The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 1, 2009
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    Medical School Professor Teaches Students the Consequences of Abortion A professor in a world-acclaimed medical school once posed this medical situation to his students: “Here’s the family history: The father has syphilis. The mother has TB. They already have had four children. The first is blind. ...read more

  • Trust The One Who Can See Over The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2010
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    Trust the One Who Can See Over the Crowd In a time of fear and uncertainty, Jesus disciples were very careful to do exactly what He told them to do. and That’s what we must do if we want to survive and thrive in these days of fear and uncertainty. Anne Graham Lotz says that when she and her ...read more

  • Resisting The Temptation To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2010
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    Resisting the Temptation to Lie It’s the only thing we can do when we can’t see ahead – follow the Lord step-by-step. That means doing what we know HE wants us to do, even if it doesn’t always make sense to us. Jim George, in his book, God’s Man of Influence, talks about trying to sell a used ...read more

  • Questions Help You Learn...?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2010
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    QUESTIONS HELP YOU LEARN...? A father and his small son were out walking one day when the lad asked how electricity could go through the wires stretched between the telephone poles. "I don't know," said his father. "I never knew much about electricity." A few blocks farther on, the boy asked ...read more

  • A Shipwreck Motivates Success

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 21, 2011
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    A SHIPWRECK MOTIVATES SUCCESS In 1845 Royal Navy Rear Admiral Sir John Franklin and 138 specially chosen officers and men left England to find the Northwest Passage. They sailed in two three-masted ships with the daunting names the Erebus (the dark place, according to Greek mythology, through ...read more

  • The Heart Is Like A Garden  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 25, 2011
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    THE HEART IS LIKE A GARDEN John Owen: "The hearts of believers are like gardens, wherein there are not only flowers, but weeds also; and as the former must be watered and cherished, so the latter must be curbed and ...read more

  • Cheering For The Other Team

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2011
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    CHEERING FOR THE OTHER TEAM I heard about an unusual high school football game played in Grapevine, Texas recently between Grapevine Faith Academy and the Gainesville State School. Faith Academy is a Christian school and Gainesville is located within a high-security youth correctional facility. ...read more

  • Do You Have The Nerve Of A Squirrel?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 12, 2011
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    DO YOU HAVE THE NERVE OF A SQUIRREL? A young writer with a very uncertain income went into a quiet park to contemplate a serious problem. For four years he had been engaged, but felt he did not have enough money to get married. He wanted to live and write in Paris, Rome, Vienna, ...read more

  • A Mother's Secret For Success

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Jul 28, 2011
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    A MOTHER'S SECRET FOR SUCCESS This is a poem we found 11 years after my moms death.It touches my heart each time I read it. A Mothers Secret For Success When in the morning I wash my children, I prayed that they might be washed by the Saviours precious blood. When I put on their garments, I ...read more

  • The Influence Of Mothers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2011
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    THE INFLUENCE OF MOTHERS Don DeWelt was one of my college professors at Ozark Christian College. Don preached a sermon entitled, "The only commandment the virgin Mary ever gave." What was that commandment? DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU. God bless all mothers who have said to her children, "Do whatever ...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

  • The Maker

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2011
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    THE MAKER An old Model T Ford was pulled off to the side of the road with its hood up, and a young man was trying desperately to get it running. He had been working at it for a long time without any success when a beautiful, chauffeur-driven limousine stopped behind him, and a well-dressed man got ...read more

  • Guard Duty

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
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    GUARD DUTY When I was in the U.S. Army, I remember we had to pull guard duty many times. The purpose of guard duty was to ensure that other soldiers, equipment, or areas were protected from the enemy. I can recall that in basic training, or boot camp, we had to memorize three General Orders and ...read more

  • Searching For The Treasure  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 23, 2011
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    SEARCHING FOR THE TREASURE When Betty Goldstein of Staten Island, New York, entered the hospital, her husband Ron wrapped her 3.5-carat diamond ring in a napkin for safekeeping. But in a forgetful moment, the 63-year-old Goldstein threw the napkin in the trash. When he realized his mistake, he ...read more

  • Trust In God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 7, 2011
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    TRUST IN GOD "Trust in yourself and you are doomed to disappointment Trust in money and you may have it taken from you; But trust in God, and you are never to be confounded in time or eternity." --D.L. ...read more

  • The Tragedy Of Steve Irwin

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 9, 2011
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    THE TRAGEDY OF STEVE IRWIN I loved to watch Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, but I knew he would die young. You simply do not play with wild animals without sooner or later getting in trouble. Steve survived countless snakebites; chased up a tree by a deadly komodo dragan; spat on by a red ...read more

  • Hold Fast

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2012
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    HOLD FAST A ships crew can be suddenly obligated to ABANDON SHIP and take to the life boats. Such was the case of an American whaling ship in the South Seas. A huge leviathan of the deep, wounded by his pursuits, ran out the mile long line then returned again and struck the ship with incredible ...read more

  • A Fork In The Road

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2012
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    A FORK IN THE ROAD Several artists were asked to illustrate their concepts of temptation. When their paintings were unveiled, some of them depicted man's attempt to achieve fame and fortune at any cost. Others pictured mankind’s struggle against the alluring desires of the flesh. The ...read more

  • Follow Instructions: Rafting The Rio Grande

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2012
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    FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS: RAFTING THE RIO GRANDE A few years ago, my family climbed aboard a rubber raft for a ride down the rapids of the Rio Grand River. We had never been on such an adventure, but all of us were experienced swimmers, and the river seemed to be fairly shallow. It seemed to be a ...read more

  • Hostile Heart

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 8, 2012
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    HOSTILE HEART Beware the hostile heart. That's the warning of Dr. Redford Williams from Duke University's Behavioral Medicine Research Center. He has been saying for years that having a hostile personalities can kill us--most often by heart disease but also by injuries and accidents. Anger speeds ...read more