Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    The image of God in Human beings is like a sponge.
Sponges are useful creations.  They are, we would say, Good.
But human beings after the fall are like a sponge that has been dipped in crude oil.  The sponge is still there – it is still “good” but there is no where in the sponge that the oil is
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Another aspect on being broken is in the words of Vance Havner who said, "God uses broken things. It takes broken soil to produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain, broken grain to give bread, broken bread to give strength. It is the broken alabaster box that gives forth perfume . . . it is
                    
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                    Contributed by Scott Brewer on Aug 7, 2007
                
                
                
                    Is there enough evidence to convict you of being a Christ-follower?
Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge John Burlew was on the bench in April when Eric Hine, 43, of Cincinnati, came before him on a charge of receiving stolen property. Hine’s attorney asked for a low bond, saying Hine had a full
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 8, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    The coworker replied, ’It is like being a pumpkin.’ God picks you from the patch, brings you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. Then He cuts off the top and scoops out all the yucky stuff.
He removes the seeds of doubt, hate, and greed. Then He carves you
                    
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                    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 26, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A football game was being played in Badger Stadium in 1982 in Madison Wisconsin with more than 60,000 fans in attendance.  The home team was losing.  But out of the blue during time outs, when play was a stop the fans would jump up and roar with excitement.  Why?  Finally the players and coaches
                    
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                    Contributed by Clarence Clough on Dec 23, 2007
                
                
                
                    In an earlier time a Christian man was being burned at the stake. He was there because he refused to renounce his Christian testimony. 
In the final moments of his body being burned he lifted his hands in the air a clapped three times. It seemed he clapped once for the
                    
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                    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008
                
                
                
                    In Haiti, there’s an orphanage being run by a man named Prospere.  It’s an enormous task, taking care of 30 some kids.  Why does he do it?  Where does he find the motivation to keep on with such a difficult task?  You see, Prospere was once an orphan too.  He was one of the first orphans helped
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
                
                
                
                    Preferences – Being a disciple of Christ also means that you deny, you forgo, you give up many of your preferences for Christ. Before anything that is truly of God can be born, your own preferences have to die. Your desire to serve or lead in this type of church or that, has to be laid on the altar
                    
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                    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 6, 2008
                
                
                
                    Being subjected to extended aloneness kills the spirit, introduces insanity, and destroys a person.  Senator and former Vietnam POW John McCain describes the elation he experienced when he was reunited with fellow prisoners after a horribly long and brutal separation:  "I was overwhelmed by the
                    
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                    Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 22, 2008
                
                
                
                    Resources are being completely used up. In Ireland, they used up the forests and timber decades ago. Right now, the primary source of oil including heating oil and gas comes from the North Sea. But at current consumption levels, those supplies will be used up in fifteen years. So Ireland
                    
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