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  • Christians Are Known For...

    Contributed by Troy Borst on May 3, 2011
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    CHRISTIANS ARE KNOWN FOR... If you were to Google the phrase "Christians are known for" what do you think the results would be? What are people who call themselves followers of Christ known for... whether good or bad? The following are some of the results you would find: ... being trustworthy ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Cheering For The Other Team

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2011
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    CHEERING FOR THE OTHER TEAM I heard about an unusual high school football game played in Grapevine, Texas recently between Grapevine Faith Academy and the Gainesville State School. Faith Academy is a Christian school and Gainesville is located within a high-security youth correctional facility. ...read more

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  • Be Like Mike...?  PRO

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jun 2, 2011
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    BE LIKE MIKE...? Gary Thomas, in his book Authentic Faith, describes a friend of his named Mike. He met Mike when he went to college. Mike was a leader among students. He had everything: a contagious personality, athletic ability, good looks, and natural appeal. And everybody wanted to be around ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • They Never Guessed

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 8, 2011
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    THEY NEVER GUESSED A certain man, a Christian, accepted a new job among very profane people. He was very anxious and fearful about how he would be received. When he came home from the first day on the job, his wife asked how it ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Giving Up The World

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2011
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    GIVING UP THE WORLD A man once said to D. L. Moody, "Now that I am converted, must I give up to the world?" "No," answered the evangelist, "you need not give up the world; if you give a ringing testimony for the Son of God the world will give you up pretty quick. They ...read more

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  • What Would You Do?

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jun 30, 2011
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    WHAT WOULD YOU DO? A number of years ago, a young police officer was taking his final exam for the police academy when he came upon the following question: "You are on patrol in the outer city when an explosion occurs in a gas main in a nearby street. On investigation you find that a large hole ...read more

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  • What Makes Your Face Shine?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2011
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    WHAT MAKES YOUR FACE SHINE? A Hindu trader in India once asked a missionary, "What do you put on your face to make it shine?" With surprise the man of God answered, "I don’t put anything on it!" His questioner began to lose patience and said emphatically, "Yes, you do! All of you who believe in ...read more

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  • What A Contagious Christian Looks Like  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2011
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    WHAT A CONTAGIOUS CHRISTIAN LOOKS LIKE Bill Hybels, Becoming a Contagious Christian: "Recently, I saw a letter written by a relatively new Christian to the person whose life had influenced hers so greatly. She actually lists about a dozen qualities she found contagious in the life of this older ...read more

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  • Ineffective Churches

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2011
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    INEFFECTIVE CHURCHES Chuck Colson makes an interesting observation. He points out that when the Communists took over Russia in 1917, they did not make Christianity illegal. The Soviet constitution guaranteed freedom of religion. What they did do is make it illegal for the churches to do any "good ...read more

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  • The White Man

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 7, 2011
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    THE WHITE MAN When Wycliffe translator Doug Meland and his wife moved into a village of Brazil’s Fulnio Indians, he was referred to simply as "the white man". The term was by no means complimentary, since other white men had exploited them, burned their homes, and robbed them of their lands. But ...read more

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  • Walking On Water In Los Angeles  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2011
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    WALKING ON WATER IN LOS ANGELES [James Bryan Smith, The Good and Beautiful Life (InterVarsity Press, 2010), pp. 131-132 | posted 7/05/2010] In the early 1990s, gang violence erupted in Boyle Heights, a section of East Los Angeles. Eight gangs were in conflict in the parish around the Dolores ...read more

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  • Not A Role Model...?

    Contributed by Jehu Hernandez on Aug 12, 2011
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    NOT A ROLE MODEL...? Former NBA star Charles Barkley, the Round Mound of Rebound, as he was called, is famous for saying, "I'm not a role model." In spite of the fact that young kids wanted to imitate him, he didn't want that responsibility. He ignored the fact that his high visibility made it ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Where Can I Get A Heart Like Yours?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2011
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    WHERE CAN I GET A HEART LIKE YOURS? Bill White of Paramount, California talks about being in Compton, California, working with volunteers from several different churches on a Saturday doing projects to serve the city. At lunch time, he was headed down a narrow side street when he saw dozens of ...read more

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  • Too Much Like Hell

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 22, 2011
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    TOO MUCH LIKE HELL A young American lawyer boasted that he was going West to find some place where there were no churches, no Sunday schools, no Bibles. Before the year was over, he wrote to a classmate, a young minister, begging him to come out where he was and start a Sunday school and preach, ...read more

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  • A Letter From John Wayne

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 24, 2011
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    A LETTER FROM JOHN WAYNE Dr. Robert Schuller’s teenage daughter, Cindy, was in a motorcycle accident and had to have her leg amputated. John Wayne was a big fan of Robert Schuller. He heard Dr. Schuller say on one of his programs that his daughter had been in an accident and had to have her leg ...read more

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  • Cruel Christians

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2011
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    CRUEL CHRISTIANS During the Spanish conquest of Mexico under Hernando Cortez in the early 1500s, a resistance leader named Hatney was captured after a fierce battle and sentenced to be burned alive. After tying him to the stake, his captors urged him to become a Christian so that at his death his ...read more

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  • Muslims Who Turn To Christ

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2011
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    MUSLIMS WHO TURN TO CHRIST In an article in Breakpoint entitled "Drawn to the Light--Why Muslims Convert to Christianity" , Dr. Dudley Woodberry, professor of Islamic Studies...aware that throughout the world Muslims have been turning to Christ, was curious about the reasons why--especially in ...read more

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  • Christian Conviction: Roger Williams

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 30, 2011
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    CHRISTIAN CONVICTION: ROGER WILLIAMS Roger Williams was a graduate of Cambridge University, where in order to receive his degree he was forced to sign articles declaring that the king was by right the head of the English Church, that worship according to the Book of Common Prayer and church ...read more

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  • The Message Of The King  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2011
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    THE MESSAGE OF THE KING The year was 1930, and it was the year of the Naval Conference in London. King George was to address the opening session. Radio was in its infancy, but through this media the king’s message was to be carried around the world. However, just before the king was to go on the ...read more

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  • The Definition Of A Saint  PRO

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Oct 20, 2011
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    THE DEFINITION OF A SAINT A young boy went with his parents touring around Europe one summer. Part of their tour included visits to the great old cathedrals of the past. As he visited cathedral after cathedral, he was impressed by the massive stained glass portraits of the disciples and other ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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