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  • Susie The Savior  PRO

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Mar 30, 2013
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    SUSIE THE SAVIOR The story is told of a certain 9-year-old who is sitting at his desk in school when all of a sudden there is a puddle between his feet, and the front of his pants are wet. He thinks his heart is going to stop, because he knows when the boys find out, he'll never hear the end of ...read more

  • Someone Else Is Punished

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 31, 2008
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    SOMEONE ELSE IS PUNISHED There was once a movie called The Last Emperor. A young child was anointed as the last emperor of China and lived a life of luxury with 1,000 servants at his command. He was once asked by his brother, "What happens when you do wrong?" "When I do wrong, someone else is ...read more

  • North American And British Rock And Pop Stars ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,991 views

    North American and British rock and pop stars are more than twice as likely to die a premature death as ordinary citizens of the same age according to the Journal ...read more

  • The Kingdom Of God Is Like A Home

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jul 9, 2008
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    THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS LIKE A HOME The father and son never could get along. The boy was constantly in trouble and the father was harsh in his attempts to correct him. F: What have you done this time? S: What difference does it make? You always take the other side no matter what I say. F: If you ...read more

  • Some Early Settlers Were Traveling Together ...

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jul 14, 2008
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    Some EARLY SETTLERS were traveling together across the western prairies of the United States. One day they were horrified to see a fire fanned by strong wind coming their way. As the flames raced closer and closer, one man, to the amazement of the others, set fire to a large patch of grass ...read more

  • The Law Shows Your Stains, But Doesn't Clean ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    THE LAW SHOWS YOUR STAINS, BUT DOESN’T CLEAN THEM The late, J. Vernon McGee said: "There must be shedding of blood for sin. You have a mirror in your bathroom, which is a picture of the law, and there is a basin underneath the mirror. You do not wash yourself with the mirror; it only reveals the ...read more

  • He Took The Lashes

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    HE TOOK THE LASHES Cliff Barrows tells of the time his two young children did something wrong. Although they were gently warned, they repeated the offense and needed to be disciplined. Cliff's tender heart was pained at the thought of having to punish the ones he loved. So he called Bobby and ...read more

  • Jesus Took Our Place At Calvary

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 19, 2008
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    Jesus Took Our Place At Calvary A man named Goho rose to be chief of the tribe. He was a good man, and far wiser and advanced in understanding than his fellow tribesmen. The year he became chief, the tribe brought in 40 heads. He judiciously suggested that the tribe use one head each year as a ...read more

  • Peace Child  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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    Peace Child In 1962, missionaries named Don and Carol Richardson went to New Guinea to bring the Good News of Christ to a group of people known as the Sawi. The Sawi was a headhunting, cannibalistic tribe who used the skulls of their victims as pillows. He wrote a book about his experience called ...read more

  • When Jesus Was Tortured, It Was The Torture That ...

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Oct 23, 2008
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    When Jesus was tortured, it was the torture that should have been ours. On a very small scale, we all understand this principle. Imagine a young boy at the store counter. He is buying a small piece of candy. The clerk rings it up and it comes to 20¢. He reaches in his pocket and pulls out a pile ...read more

  • The Golden Chain

    Contributed by Jesse Bennett on Nov 19, 2008
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    THE GOLDEN CHAIN When Adam sinned in the garden he condemned all of his children to death. When Adam walked the earth without sin, heaven and earth were connected...man walked with God, Angels could be heard singing, heaven was very near—connected, if you will, by a Huge Golden chain. When Adam ...read more

  • He Died For Everyone—including Me  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
    based on 9 ratings
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    HE DIED FOR EVERYONE--INCLUDING ME The famed congregational preacher, Dwight L. Moody, once said, "The great trouble is that people take everything in general, and do not take it to themselves. Suppose a man should say to me, 'Moody, there was a man in Europe who died last week, and left five ...read more

  • None Like To Jesus

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    NONE LIKE TO JESUS Charles Spurgeon said, "Climb ye up to heaven, and behold the snow-white host, glittering like the sun in spotless purity. I ask them whence came they? The reply is that they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. It is most true that Jesus saves ...read more

  • Rescue From The Biggest Prison

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 7, 2009
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    RESCUE FROM THE BIGGEST PRISON An Australian mining town will always remember the year of the dramatic rescue. An earthquake killed one miner and trapped two others 3,000 feet under the ground. Days turned into weeks as miners bore through tons of rock; rescuers could only work one at a time on ...read more

  • Sheep Alive  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Cleveland on Jan 18, 2009
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    Sheep Alive In 1972, a shepherd had brought his sheep into a walled-off, enclosed area for the night, and he had just gone to sleep when he heard a commotion. He quickly rushed over to where the sound was coming from and to his horror he discovered that a wolf was in the process of dragging off ...read more

  • The Rules And The Ruler

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    THE RULES AND THE RULER Back in the day of one-room school houses, a story is told about a little girl named Mary. Mary was so excited because it was the first day of school! Miss Tomlin was the new teacher and since it was the first day, Miss Tomlin thought it a good idea to lay some ground ...read more

  • Justification  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jan 30, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,171 views

    Justification means "just-as-if-I-never-sinned." The doctrine of justification is the foundation that supports all of the other ...read more

  • Volcanic Rock And Coal

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Feb 3, 2009
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    VOLCANIC ROCK AND COAL When I went to Italy on holiday, one of the tours was to visit Mount Vesuvius. I climbed to the summit, and there was a huge crater with smoke coming out of it because, although the volcano is dormant just now, deep down in the earth there's molten rock. When the pressure ...read more

  • Why Did Jesus Have To Die For Us?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 11, 2009
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    WHY DID JESUS HAVE TO DIE FOR US? Perhaps this story can illustrate this for us: There was an engineer who operated a drawbridge across a mighty river. With a control panel of levers and switches, he set into motion a monstrous set of gears that either lifted the bridge for river traffic or ...read more

  • So Many Owed So Much To One  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
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    SO MANY OWED SO MUCH TO ONE During World War II’s Battle of Britain, the Royal Air Force’s courageous defense of the skies over Britain foiled Hitler’s plans for an invasion of the British Isles. Afterward, Prime Minister Winston Churchill said in the House of Commons, "Never in the history of ...read more