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  • Way Back In January Of 2002 We Taught William ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 3, 2010
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    Way back in January of 2002 we taught William Fay’s approach to sharing the gospel. It was called “Share Jesus Without Fear.” A part of those sessions dealt with handling objections. "There are many religions in the world. How can you know the right one?" Response: "All religions can be divided ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Real Mothers

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 3, 2010
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    REAL MOTHERS Real Mothers don't eat quiche; they don't have time to make it. Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox. Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids. Real Mothers know that dried Playdoh doesn't come out of shag ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Love In The Home

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 3, 2010
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    LOVE IN THE HOME If I live in a house of spotless beauty with everything in its place, but have not love, I am a housekeeper--not a homemaker. If I have time for waxing, polishing, and decorative achievements, but have not love, my children learn cleanliness--not godliness. Love leaves the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Customer ...

    Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on May 2, 2010
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    (ILL: Customer Service) Have you ever had to call a company about a product, and had to deal with customer service? It can be a nightmare, can’t it? I have had to call the IRS a few times in the past. You see, ministers are given some benefits in regard to their taxes, but you have to record the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • When I Was A Boy We Had Access To Numerous ...

    Contributed by John D Jones on May 2, 2010
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    When I was a boy we had access to numerous motorbikes and go-carts. My father refused to buy us any kind of motorised vehicles because he did not want us to get injured. But most of our friends and family had some sort of motorbike. As youths, the parents always set the governor really low. This ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Trivial Pursuit Board ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2010
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    Trivial Pursuit Board Game - Created 1979 is a game in which progress is determined by a player’s ability to answer general knowledge and popular culture questions - The object of the game was to answer a correct question in each of 6 categories such as Geography, Sports and Leisure, History, and ...read more

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  • Picked From The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2010
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    Picked From the Fire John Wesley never forgot a terrible night of his childhood. He was only six years old at the time, and he had awakened in the family’s old rectory to find it ablaze from top to bottom. Everyone else had been dragged from the building, but by some extraordinary oversight he had ...read more

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  • Luther's Ink ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2010
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    LUTHER’S INK STAIN Some of you may know someone who has visited the WARTBURG CASTLE in Eisenach, German. The tour guide regularly points out to the black spot on one of the walls of the room which Luther occupied during his benevolently intended imprisonment. Let me share the legend connected with ...read more

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  • Missionary Paralyzed Learns How To Thrive In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2010
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    Missionary Paralyzed Learns How To Thrive in Suffering Scott Larson shared a personal encounter. “Annette and her husband were missionaries in Western Europe when she began to have pain in her back. When the pain became so unbearable that she could no longer function, even with muscle relaxants, ...read more

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  • A Millionaire Leaves It ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2010
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    A Millionaire Leaves It All A famous millionaire died of cancer. For weeks he suffered intolerable agony. Although surrounded by every luxury and receiving every possible care, he died as wretchedly as a pauper. There was the usual publicity, flowers, telegrams, an expensive bronze casket and a ...read more

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  • Jeep Gets Stuck In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2010
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    Jeep Gets Stuck in the Sand There are vast numbers of people - today - who are defeated in their lives! Their conqueror may be some wrong action or some mental evil such as fear or worry! I am convinced that nobody need be defeated by anything - Jesus, the Christ, is the answer! The story is told ...read more

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  • Who Sits At The Head Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2010
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    Who Sits At The Head of the Table? Sam Bronfman was the former CEO of the Seagram Company, one of the largest distillers of alcoholic beverages in the worlds. One day, he entered a crowded conference room. He was anxious to get on with the meeting, so he plopped down on the nearest chair. One of ...read more

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  • Brad Pitt ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2010
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    Brad Pitt Interview Interview with the actor, Brad Pitt, in Parade magazine. Pitt grew up in Springfield, MO, the oldest of three children in a conservative, Southern Baptist family. His mother was a school counselor; his father ran a trucking company. "My dad made sure our needs were met," he ...read more

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  • Phillip Yancey On Expectations And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2010
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    Phillip Yancey on Expectations and Disappointment Phillip Yancey had this to say about people’s expectations: Daniel Boorstin, former librarian of Congress and director of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, offers this assessment of contemporary culture: When we pick up our ...read more

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  • Forgiveness And Reconciliation In South ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2010
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    Forgiveness and Reconciliation in South Africe Phillip Yancey stated in his book “Finding God In Unexpected Places”, “The job of a journalist is, simply, to see. We are professional eyes. As a Christian journalist, I have learned to look for traces of God. I have found those traces in unexpected ...read more

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  • Just ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on May 1, 2010
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    JUST REMEMBER... The next time you feel like God can’t use you, just remember... NOAH was a drunk.... ABRAHAM was too old... ISAAC was a daydreamer.... JACOB was a liar... LEAH was ugly... JOSEPH was abused... MOSES had a stuttering problem... GIDEON was afraid... SAMPSON had long hair, and was a ...read more

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  • Someone Once Said, "Doubters Invert The Metaphor ...

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Apr 30, 2010
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    Someone once said, "Doubters invert the metaphor and insist that they need faith as big as a mountain in order to move a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Shakespeare Said, "Our Doubts Are Traitors And ...

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Apr 30, 2010
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    Shakespeare said, "Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Lee Strobel, Former Atheist Turned Apologist ...

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Apr 30, 2010
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    Lee Strobel, former atheist turned apologist said, “Because we are limited people with limited minds, we can’t understand everything about our unlimited God. So there are bound to be some ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • These ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Apr 30, 2010
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    “These Hands” A young man and a young woman were engaged to be married and were looking forward to a near wedding day when the young man was suddenly called to serve his country. From the field of warfare letters regularly came and went and love shone brightly in all of them. The letters from ...read more

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