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  • On Predestination

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    ON PREDESTINATION During my basic training in the South African Air Force, we were out on a field trip for about a week. It was bitterly cold and raining during the entire period. Shortly after we arrived in the field, the corporal in charge had our unit line up outside. "You, you, and you," he ...read more

  • The Apostle John

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on May 26, 2009
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    THE APOSTLE JOHN Here are some of the things we know about John, John was one of the apostles. In fact he was the youngest apostle. His brother was the apostle James who is beheaded in Acts 12. He is the only apostle to not be martyred for his faith. And he walked in the inner circle of Jesus. ...read more

  • Touching The Untouchable

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    TOUCHING THE UNTOUCHABLE I have served as a volunteer Chaplain for the Havelock Police Dept for many years. Still, I will never forget my first night out with them. I was completely green and had no idea how to act. I was trying to follow the lead of the other officers. We were called to the ...read more

  • Pastor Roe Shares Some Insight About This ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 11, 2009
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    Pastor Roe shares some insight about this horrible act of Saul: "Why does Saul leap on this thing so desperately? Who is Saul really angry at? God. Who rejected Saul? God. Who chose David? God. Who sent a spirit of evil to harass Saul? God. Who won’t answer Saul when he inquires of Him? God. Saul ...read more

  • H.a. Ironside's Comment On H. D. Thoreau's

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
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    H.A. Ironside’s Comment on H. D. Thoreau’s "A Different Drummer" One of the most famous lines of the 19th century naturalist Henry David Thoreau was, "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer." Commenting on Thoreau’s defense of his ...read more

  • Stories Of God's Provision

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 14, 2010
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    STORIES OF GOD'S PROVISION John Brentz, a friend of Luther, and one of the stalwarts of the Reformation, incurred the hatred of Charles V who made many attempts to kill the minister. Hearing that a troop of Spanish cavalry was on the way to arrest him, he cast himself upon God in prayer. At once ...read more

  • Catherine Lawes: A Story Of Compassion

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 8, 2011
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    CATHERINE LAWES: A STORY OF COMPASSION Max Lucado relates this story. When Catherine Lawes’ husband, Lewis, became the warden on Sing Sing prison in 1921, she was a young mother of three daughters. Everybody warned her never to step foot inside the walls. But she didn’t listen to them. When the ...read more

  • Learned Helplessness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2011
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    LEARNED HELPLESSNESS Learned Helplessness is a term I came across in my reading this week. It is a technical term originally used in reference to animal psychology but is also appropriately applied to human behavior as well. Learned helplessness describes an animal or a person who has learned to ...read more

  • Is It Worth It?

    Contributed by Michael Buckingham on Jul 1, 2011
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    IS IT WORTH IT? I see a young soldier, he looks barely 18 to me, he has got fear in his eyes, but he has one goal... to get glory and honour... I see him, going through his training, a hard routine, 20 press-ups followed by 30 crunches, then an hour jogging, and then more push-ups, by the end of ...read more

  • Bold, Not Presumptuous

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Jul 25, 2011
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    BOLD, NOT PRESUMPTUOUS The worst example I recall of praying presumptuously and acting like it was blessed boldness is the college student I mentioned in an earlier key. I don’t remember what we were praying about, but I remember his prayer. "Lord, in your word it says that if we ask anything ...read more

  • What Is Religious Syncretism?

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 13, 2011
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    WHAT IS RELIGIOUS SYNCRETISM? Syncretism, as defined by the American Heritage Dictionary, is "the reconciliation or fusion of differing systems of belief." This is most evident in the areas of philosophy and religion, and usually results in a new teaching or belief system. Obviously, this cannot ...read more

  • Let Me Relate A Bizarre Yet True Story, Before I ...

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Oct 25, 2011
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    Let me relate a bizarre yet true story, before I get started with my main theme. Before that… those of us who don’t know about, Charlie Chaplin, let’s put up our hands? Well, not many hands would go up, for most of us know that he was a huge movie star in the silent-picture era sending many (and ...read more

  • God's Promises And Urban Legends  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Carson on Nov 20, 2011
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    GOD'S PROMISES AND URBAN LEGENDS Do you really believe that being godly is great gain and not financial gain, but something that really matters and lasts? If you believed that, wouldn’t it change your life? Most people believe that if you smoke, you’ll get lung cancer. Many of you quit smoking ...read more

  • For The Life Of An Enemy  PRO

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Feb 14, 2012
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    FOR THE LIFE OF AN ENEMY A Baptist pastor named Peter Miller was from a small town in Pennsylvania who lived during the American Revolution. And there was another man who lived there named Michael Wittmann, an evil-minded sort who did all that he could to oppose and humiliate the pastor. He made ...read more

  • Two Women Praying

    Contributed by Robert Sickler on Mar 6, 2012
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    TWO WOMEN PRAYING There were two widow women, each with only a single son. The two young men both got involved in drugs and they both ended up in prison. The women were devout Christians and both had been in constant prayer for many years. When their two boys were sent to prison the one woman ...read more

  • A King's Ransom

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 7, 2012
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    A KING'S RANSOM I Timothy 2:6 says Jesus "gave himself as a ransom." A ransom is a price paid to purchase someone's freedom. In 1193, the English King Richard I, also known as Richard the Lionheart, was returning from leading a Crusade to the Holy Land. As he returned through Europe, Leopold V ...read more

  • Child Of A King

    Contributed by Dwight Clough on Dec 29, 2012
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    Imagine for a moment that you were a child in a super rich family. If you wanted a new car, it’s yours. If you wanted a week in Europe or in the South Pacific, no problem. For you, money is no object. Whatever you want is yours. Most of us will never be in that situation. But, in reality, we are in ...read more

  • Is Heaven Real?

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 11, 2014
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    The Bible uses the word heaven 532 times in the Bible. The Hebrew word for "heaven" is shamayim and is plural meaning "heights," "elevations." It is found in the first verse of the Bible. "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth" and in Gen 2:1 "Thus the heavens and the earth were ...read more

  • Marriage

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Feb 29, 2016
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    A story from Warsaw, Ohio, is catching some attention today (August 13, 2014). It seems the dancers at Foxhole nightclub decided to picket a church that had been hassling them for years. Apparently the members and pastor of New Beginnings Ministries felt called by God to try to rid their community ...read more

  • The Laws Of Spiritual Motion!!!

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Aug 14, 2017
     | 4,566 views

    THE LAWS OF SPIRITUAL MOTION!!! The Fundamental Laws of motion designed by the all-wise God (discovered and revealed to us by Sir Issac Newton) says that we move forward whilst walking or running not just by exerting the force on earth with our feet by ourselves but by the propulsive force which ...read more

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