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  • College Football's Biggest ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
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    College Football’s Biggest Loss It was the most brutally devastating rout in the history of College Football. On a dark and dreary Saturday in 1916… 1 look at the 2 teams showed the trouble that was ahead… On one side towered Georgia Tech’s Yellow Jackets… The local papers described them as ...read more

  • In December Of 2004, Judge Michael Higgins, ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on May 20, 2010
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    In December of 2004, Judge Michael Higgins, presiding at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal here in Australia, found Pastors Daniel Scot and Danny Nalliah guilty of inciting RELIGIOUS HATRED against Victorian Muslims. This was an historic case, the first finding of RELIGIOUS ...read more

  • The Importance Of Church In The Face Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2010
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    The Importance of Church in the Face of Disillusionment The church has fallen on tough times. Sadly, some of the negative perceptions are the church’s fault. Stories of sexual abuse by a few ministers and avarice and greed by others have tarnished the testimony of the church. I am convinced that ...read more

  • The First And Last "All"

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,212 views

    THE FIRST AND LAST "ALL" After a mission service, the preacher of the evening was hurrying away to a late train. He had just three minutes to catch it when he saw a man running after him. "Oh, sir," he said breathlessly as he came up, "Can you help me? I am very anxious about my salvation." ...read more

  • Get Up Stronger

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 3, 2011
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    GET UP STRONGER By the beginning of the nineteenth century, about three million African slaves had been transported to the Americas on British ships. People being stolen from their homes, ripped from their families, robbed of their dignity, transported on ships 3 decks deep, squalid conditions, ...read more

  • The Sound And Wind

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 14, 2011
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    THE SOUND AND WIND The sound and wind symbolize the awesome power the Holy Spirit possesses! The Holy Spirit fills every believer with the same force and strength that was evidenced that day at Pentecost. I have seen the power of the wind. I remember as a teenager in Okinawa, about once every ...read more

  • A Reggie Jackson Perspective

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2011
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    A REGGIE JACKSON PERSPECTIVE Dave Bosewell tells the story of Earl Weaver who was the manager of the Baltimore Orioles and how he handled slugger Reggie Jackson. Weaver had a rule that no one could steal a base unless the steal sign was given. This upset Jackson because he knew pitchers and ...read more

  • Prayer And Cadwalader

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Mar 8, 2012
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    PRAYER AND CADWALADER In 1747, Benjamin Franklin organized the "Philadelphia Associators." This was a volunteer militia for the protection of the city. Colonel John Cadwalader was elected its senior officer in 1776. In December of 1776, Cadwalader and his volunteer militia were stationed 10 miles ...read more

  • Life ...

    Contributed by Samuel Fulkerson on Aug 23, 2012
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    Life Choices: AT&T FIRED President John Walter after nine months, saying he lacked intellectual leadership. *He received a $26 million dollar severance package. Police in Oakland, California spent two hours attempting to subdue a gunman who had barricaded himself inside his home. After firing ten ...read more

  • The Old Rugged Cross

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
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    THE OLD RUGGED CROSS In 1913 George Bennard was struggling with a problem that caused him much suffering. His mind went back again and again to Christ’s anguish on the cross. This was the heart of the Gospel! The cross he pictured was no gold-covered icon. It was a rough, splintery thing, stained ...read more

  • Culture Quiz  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Snow on Aug 20, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,913 views

    Culture Quiz I want to begin this morning with a little quiz. I want to see if all of our contemporary advertising really works. See if you can identify the following products by their advertising slogans. Easy Ones... "Just do it." Nike "It's the real thing." Coke "When you care enough to send ...read more

  • In The Context Of Eternity

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 16, 2008
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    In the Context of Eternity "There are numerous individuals in church unaware that they will give an account of what they've done in their short stay on earth. Many have the erroneous idea that all future judgment is eradicated by their salvation. Indeed, Jesus blood cleanses us from the sins that ...read more

  • Encouragement

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
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    Encouragement He traveled to every hamlet in Essex County. His passion was to start churches, encourage the saints and teach people the word of God. Cyrus Comstock was born in December 1765 and lived his life in the Champlain valley. Cyrus was also an inventor. Are you familiar with the ...read more

  • Counting On Them  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,185 views

    COUNTING ON THEM The wise farmer can usually depend on expected timetables of seedtime and harvest. Not so in the spiritual life. One of the greatest frustrations in the Christian ministry, and principal cause for "weariness in well doing" is the inability to calculate the spiritual outcome of ...read more

  • Does He Have Other Plans?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    DOES HE HAVE OTHER PLANS? The wise farmer can usually depend on expected timetables of seedtime and harvest. Not so in the spiritual life. One of the greatest frustrations in the Christian ministry, and principal cause for "weariness in well-doing" is the inability to calculate the spiritual ...read more

  • Kneeling With Runkie

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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     | 1,690 views

    KNEELING WITH RUNKIE Have you heard the story of the incident that took place in a Church youth group in Akron, Ohio, at Christmas time? What took place started a tradition in that church, a pattern for us to follow. The high school boy's name was Howard, but he was best known as "Runkie". He had ...read more

  • The Late Henri Nouwen, A Great Theologian And ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 10, 2007
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    The late Henri Nouwen, a great theologian and priest, retells an old story in his famous book, The Wounded Healer: “One day a young fugitive, trying to hide himself from the enemy, entered a small village. The people were kind to him and offered him a place to stay. But when the soldiers who ...read more

  • 3 Men Were Walking On A Beach One Afternoon ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    : 3 men were walking on a beach one afternoon when they came across an old lamp. The first man picked it up and began to rub it and out popped a genie. The genie said I am here to give each of you one wish each. The first man did not hesitate he said I want a million dollars – POOF, instantly a ...read more

  • The Clouds Move—but Slowly (Grief)

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    THE CLOUDS MOVE-BUT SLOWLY (grief) I heard her talking about it on the radio. A thoughtful young lady, to be sure. She was discussing her grief - the grief of losing her husband after only two years of marriage. He was a policeman. She knew the dangers he faced, but was proud that he truly cared ...read more

  • Christmas Eve, 1953

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Christmas eve, 1953 New Zealand’s worst railway disaster occurred on Christmas Eve, 1953. The Wellington-Auckland night express plunged into the flooded Whangaehu River just west of Tangiwai, near Waiouru. Of the 285 people on board, 151 were killed. The tragedy left a nation in mourning and ...read more