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  • Aunt Lucy Was Losing Her Hearing And The Doctor ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Aunt Lucy was losing her hearing and the doctor recommended surgery to correct it. She promptly vetoed the idea saying, “I’m 94 years old and I’ve already heard enough.” Mike was watching the last part of the TV show when his Dad called down the basement steps, “Mike Come up for dinner” Mike ...read more

  • I Heard A Story About Fdr That When He Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I heard a story about FDR that when he was president he got tired of saying the usual things all the time at those White House receptions. So one evening he decided to find out if anybody was paying any attention to what he was saying. As each person came up to him and shook his hand he would smile ...read more

  • A Country Boy Went To Visit A Friend In New York ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A country boy went to visit a friend in New York City. It was about noon and they were downtown by Times Square in Manhattan. The streets were filled with people. Cars were honking their horns, sirens were wailing and the sounds of the city were almost deafening. The country boy said, “I hear a ...read more

  • The Call Of Bishop Cowther

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The Call of Bishop Cowther That day, as the slaves were packed into the Portuguese slave ship, they probably did not know that they would be free within a few hours. Even as they were freed by the captain of the British frigate, I don’t think anyone knew the incredible long range results. One of ...read more

  • London Businessman Lindsay Clegg Told The Story ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    London businessman Lindsay Clegg told the story of a warehouse property he was selling. The building had been empty for months and needed repairs. Vandals had damaged the doors, smashed the windows, and strewn trash all over the place. As he showed a prospective buyer the property, he took pains to ...read more

  • Once Upon A Time There Was A Prince Who Fell In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Once upon a time there was a prince who fell in love with a fair maiden. But his enemy captured the fair maiden and held her captive in a tower. Now the prince had a plan to rescue her, so he recruited the help of two small animals to send a message to the maiden. First there was Claude ...read more

  • You Cannot Separate God's Will From God's Word. ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jun 25, 2008
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    You cannot separate God’s Will from God’s Word. God’s Will is God’s Word and God’s Word is ...read more

  • Jesus's Presence In The Ordinary

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jul 22, 2008
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    JESUS'S PRESENCE IN THE ORDINARY Dr. Dale E. Turner writing for Health Action News in July 1993 tells an interesting story of John W. Gardner, founding Chairman of Common Cause. Turner quotes Gardner as saying that it is “a rare and high privilege to help people understand the difference they can ...read more

  • A Dream For God

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 10, 2008
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    "A Dream for God" Many years ago a young man had a dream of telling the story of Jesus everywhere in the world. When he suggested taking that good news to people, an older man said, "Sit down, young man. If God wants to save the heathen, he will do it without your help or mine." This young ...read more

  • Distracted  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Sep 2, 2008
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    DISTRACTED One morning a farmer told his wife that he was going out to pluck the ripe fruits from his field. He got off to an early start so he could warm up the truck. He needed more petrol, so he went to the store to get it. On the way to the store he noticed the pigs weren’t fed. So he ...read more

  • Topography, Basketball And The Gospel

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Sep 16, 2008
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    Topography, Basketball and the Gospel Jack went to an Ivy League School and was a star on the basketball team and graduated with a degree in topography – that is, the study of mapping. What do basketball and topography have to do with the Gospel? Nothing. Except that years later Jack found himself ...read more

  • Satan's Best Strategy

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 14, 2008
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    Satan's Best Strategy Satan called in some of his lieutenants to help him develop a strategy for keeping God’s people living in defeat. One strategy after another was suggested. To keep God’s people living in defeat, it was decided that they could try to keep them from prayer, the Bible, and ...read more

  • Not A Voice, But A Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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    NOT A VOICE, BUT A LIFE The late great Presbyterian clergyman and hymnist, Rev. Maltbie Davenport Babcock (1858 - 1901) once wrote: "Christianity is not a voice in the wilderness but a life in the world. It is not an idea in the air but feet on the ground, going [Almighty] God's way. It is not an ...read more

  • Tenth Hours

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
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    TENTH HOURS Napoleon said that in every battle there [is] a period of ten or fifteen minutes which decides the issue of the conflict. Certainly in the battle of life there are moments and hours which, so far as we can tell, determine our history: hours when the spirit in which we lived, the step ...read more

  • Sir, My Concern Is Not Whether God Is On Our ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on May 18, 2009
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    "Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for ...read more

  • Annie The Bishop

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Aug 27, 2009
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    ANNIE THE BISHOP The resident "bishop" in our house is Annie the wonder-dog. At one point she was a 65-pound running machine. At age 92 (in dog years) her spine has so much arthritis she needs twice the normal human dose of prednisone just to walk. She is not healthy; she cannot do what she was ...read more

  • We Don't Need A Map; We Need The Guide

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 26, 2009
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    WE DON'T NEED A MAP; WE NEED THE GUIDE In A Slow and Certain Light, Elizabeth Elliot tells of two adventurers who stopped by to see her, all loaded with equipment for the rainforest East of the Andes. It was the first time they are trekking the forest but they sought no advice, just a few phrases ...read more

  • Jonathan Edwards States:

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 30, 2009
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    Jonathan Edwards states: "If any think it is a more perfect definition of the Will to say that it is that by which the soul either chooses or refuses, I am content with it; though I think it enough to say, it is that by which the soul chooses: for in every act of will whatsoever, the mind chooses ...read more

  • Direction Signs

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Dec 15, 2009
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    DIRECTION SIGNS In my time with the children a few weeks ago I spoke with them about road signs. As I prepared this message, I thought about how we have become a nation of signs: Some of them are helpful and some are not. Some signs cause us to pause and ask, “What were they thinking?” Some ...read more

  • The World Says, "If It Feels Good, Do ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Jan 16, 2010
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    The world says, “If it feels good, do it!” and “The ends justify the means.” As a result, we have to be extra alert. It reminds me of God’s message to Sardis in the Book of Revelation. God kept having to tell them to be alert and that must have poured salt into their wounds. You see Sardis was a ...read more