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  • A Reality Check On How We Sabotage Ourselves: Do ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
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    -A reality check on how we sabotage ourselves: Do you at times, long for days gone by where you did certain activities that do now do not do. This is our unredeemed flesh working on a mind that is not renewed by the word of God. We need to immediately cast out these unhelpful distractions, ...read more

  • More Than Enough

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008
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    MORE THAN ENOUGH A reality check on how we sabotage ourselves: Do you at times, long for days gone by where you did certain activities that do now do not do? This is our unredeemed flesh working on a mind that is not renewed by the word of God. We need to immediately cast out these unhelpful ...read more

  • Josh Mcdowell Lists 61 Major Prophecies That Were ...

    Contributed by Daniel Austin on Dec 30, 2008
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    Josh McDowell lists 61 major prophecies that were fulfilled in the birth, life, and death of Jesus. Peter Stoner, a mathematician, applied the principles of probability to just 8 of these prophecies. ILL: Imagine covering the state of Texas with silver dollars 2 feet deep. The number of silver ...read more

  • I Don't Know What Will Happen This Year. I Know ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 8, 2009
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    I don’t know what will happen this year. I know that a lot of us are struggling in many ways especially financially. Food prices are going up. A loaf of bread at Wal-mart used to be around 80 cents a couple of years ago. Now it is over a dollar. 10 pounds of potatoes used to be 2 dollars or less. ...read more

  • We Make A Lot Of Promises To Others And Many ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jan 12, 2009
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    We make a lot of promises to others and many promises are made to us. Sadly, too many promises are broken on both ends of the equation. God, however, never breaks a promise. ………………………………………………………….. Don’t let the broken promises of this world keep you from believing the promises of God. God will ...read more

  • Sociological Community

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Mar 5, 2009
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    SOCIOLOGICAL COMMUNITY I would like to begin this morning with the definition of the word community. A community is "a local grouping within which people carry out a full round of life activities." A community includes: (1) a grouping of people (2) within a geographical area (3) with a ...read more

  • Trust ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 11, 2009
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    TRUST PLATFORM Several years ago I went with a group of men to an obstacle course in Northport. Some people call these a "ropes" course. The goal is for your group to move through a series of obstacles as you build trust and a spirit of teamwork. For me the most challenging obstacle is the "trust" ...read more

  • I Remember As A Boy Going With My Grand Dad To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    . I REMEMBER AS A BOY GOING WITH MY GRAND DAD TO AN OLD GRIST MILL ON THEN SALADO CREEK, WITH A BIG WATERWHEEL THAT TURNED WITH THE WATER FROM THE CREEK. I. GRAND DAD WENT THERE TO HAVE HIS CORN GROUND INTO CORN MEAL AND ONE MORNING WE DROVE TO THE MILL AND THE WATERWHEEL WAS NOT TURNING BECAUSE ...read more

  • Management, Boss

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Illustration- Management, Boss A man entered a pet shop, wanting to buy a parrot. The shop owner pointed out three identical parrots on a perch and said, "The parrot to the left costs 500 dollars." "Why does that parrot cost so much?" the man wondered. The owner replied, "Well, it knows how to use ...read more

  • How Many Observe Christ's Birthday How Few, His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    “How many observe Christ’s birthday How few, his precepts O, ’tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.” –Ben Franklin, Christmas was not celebrated during the 1st 2 centuries after Christ’s life on earth. In AD 245, when a group of scholars attempted to pinpoint the exact date of Christ’s ...read more

  • Sacred Cows

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Dec 17, 2020
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    Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is ...read more

  • God Can't Take His Eyes Off Of Me!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 13, 2022
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    There were 2 boys playing one day when they got bored. Little Johnny turned to his buddy, Billy, and said, "You know something, I'm bored. Let's go to the store and steal some candy!" Billy says: "Oh no! I can't do that! God is watching me!“ Little Johnny replies: ...read more

  • The Power Of Unity

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2022
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    In one of Aesop's fables, he describes an old man who had several sons, who were always falling out with one another. He had often, but to no purpose, exhorted them to live together in harmony. One day he called them together, and he gathered a bundle of sticks and tied them together, and asked ...read more

  • A Tale Of Two Artists

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 4, 2023
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    The great Danish theologian Soren Kierkegaard told a parable of 2 artists: One bragged, “I have travelled much and seen much in the world, but I have sought in vain to find anyone worth painting. In every face I have seen one or another fault. Therefore I seek in vain.” The second one, on the other ...read more

  • Reveal Your True Colors

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 10, 2023
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    TO SHOW YOUR TRUE COLORS DATES BACK TO THE 1700s. Ships were required to fly flags at sea. These flags would identify where the ship was from and the type of cargo. PIRATES OFTEN HID THEIR REAL IDENTY BY FLYING FALSE FLAGS. By doing doing this the PIRATES WOULD DECEIVE OTHER SHIPS TO NOT RAISE ...read more

  • Isn't It Strange?, Unknown Author, Submitted By ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Mar 8, 2002
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    [Isn’t it Strange?, unknown author, submitted by Jerry Pearcy] Isn’t it strange how a 20 dollar bill seems like such a large amount when you donate it to church, but such a small amount when you go shopping? Isn’t it strange how endless an hour seems when we are serving God, but how short it is ...read more

  • Actually My Wife Laurel Found Something At ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Bradford on Apr 13, 2005
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    Actually my wife Laurel found something at Hastings the other day that might be able to help us out: "Its called "Wash Away Your Sins - Soul Saver Pack"... "For liars, cheaters, and wrong-doers."  "It says its Bishop tested" and "Cardinal approved". Its contents are two bottles and an instruction ...read more

  • The Methodist Class Meeting Was Much Like The ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Oct 14, 2006
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    The Methodist Class Meeting was much like the Giant Sequoia Trees in California. Just like the Methodist Class Meeting, the Great Sequoias “hold each other up.” They may reach a height of 311 feet, an age of 3200 years. They often weigh 2.7 million pounds. Their bark on the average is 31 inches ...read more

  • The Richest Man In The World

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Apr 16, 2009
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    THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD After 13 years, Bill Gates is no longer the richest man in the world. The technology tycoon was not ranked Richest Man in the World for the first time in over a decade. Bill Gates fell from his spot on the top to a lowly number three position. His net worth of $58 ...read more

  • Story:

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Dec 19, 2009
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    STORY: "Puppies for Sale" (Chicken Soup for the Soul). A little boy appeared under the store owner’s sign, "Puppies for sale." "How much are you going to sell the puppies for?" he asked. The store owner replied, "Anywhere from $30 to $50." "I have $2.37," the little boy said, "Can I please look ...read more

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