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  • Biblical Change  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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     | 7,593 views

    Biblical Change "Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your ...read more

  • The Goal And Person Of Change

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,694 views

    The Goal and Person Of Change Many find themselves overcome by sins that have brought heartache, turmoil and even isolation. These sinful bondages are playing havoc across all social and economic layers of our nation’s families. Therapists, physicians, scientists and sadly, even some Christian ...read more

  • Longsuffering  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,276 views

    Longsuffering Galatians 5:22 tells us that longsuffering is a fruit of the Holy Spirit. The Greek word for longsuffering means, "patience, forbearing, perseverance, being constant, steadfast, and enduring." The practical application of this fruit is that God's Holy Spirit gives obedient ...read more

  • Too Many Hypocrites

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 4,317 views

    TOO MANY HYPOCRITES One of the most common excuses given for someone not surrendering to the Gospel of Christ is found in this statement, "There are too many hypocrites in the church." Many persons who are seen by outsiders to be "hypocrites" may be true, yet immature, Christians. Christians ...read more

  • Once Upon A Time...  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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     | 3,549 views

    Once Upon A Time... ...in 1725 to be exact, a little boy was born and was named John. His sailor father was gone to sea for long periods of time leaving John’s mother to raise him. She was a kind, God-fearing woman who loved him dearly and endeavored to raise him in the love of the Lord, ...read more

  • I Thought You Loved Me  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,487 views

    I Thought You Loved Me Girls, picture this. It is a warm summer day. The birds are singing happily. The wind is blowing gently. You and that special guy are sitting outside in the sun just thrilled to be together. You have been dating now for two whole weeks and you have never known a more ...read more

  • Free, But Still Enslaved

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 20, 2008
     | 4,337 views

    FREE, BUT STILL ENSLAVED William Knibb sailed for Jamaica in November of 1824. He traveled to replace his missionary brother Thomas, who had died just a few months before his departure from England. His school in Jamaica dedicated to the children of slaves prospered. Slaves flocked from the ...read more

  • The Story Of This Song, Oh Holy Night, Began In ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 23, 2008
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    The story of this song, Oh Holy Night, began in the 1840’s in France when a Priest asked a poet named Placide Cappeau de Roquemaure to write a poem for Christmas Mass. Cappeau composed this poem while he was in a carriage on the road to France … and that he titled Cantique de Noel. Cappeau was ...read more

  • Too Soon To Quit

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 3, 2009
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    TOO SOON TO QUIT Mark 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. I heard a story of a weak, sickly man. The weak man decided to withdraw from society and die. The man owned a cabin far from any other people. There was a boulder by the edge of the porch, a huge boulder. He ...read more

  • Standing In The Doorway  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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     | 4,425 views

    STANDING IN THE DOORWAY John Todd was born in Rutledge, Vermont, into a family of several children. They later moved to the village of Killingsworth back in the early 1800s. And, there, at a very young age, both John’s parents died. The relatives wondered what they would do with so many ...read more

  • The Ride Home From Coco Beach

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 10, 2009
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    THE RIDE HOME FROM COCO BEACH We were driving back to the hotel at 70 miles an hour on the interstate when a major rain storm hit, we could hardly see and then it happened. It was like something right out of Nascar - cars going airborne spinning and crashing into each other. I watched cars right ...read more

  • Michael Jackson: Product Of Childhood

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jun 27, 2009
     | 2,796 views

    MICHAEL JACKSON: PRODUCT OF CHILDHOOD One of the saddest comments I heard Michael Jackson make was when he was being interviewed and he said that his father had never told him that he loved him. In a speech at Oxford University in March 2001 he spoke very perceptively when he said this: "All of ...read more

  • Airplane Traveler Who Knows His Bible Well, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 23, 2009
     | 3,772 views

    Airplane Traveler Who Knows His Bible Well, Finally Understands the Goal of the Gospel--To Know Christ And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” *There is no eternal life in trying to keep God’s rules, because you can’t keep them ...read more

  • Last Year I Came Across The Story Of Frida ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Feb 1, 2010
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    Last year I came across the story of Frida Gashumba. Her autobiography is called ‘Chosen to Die, Destined to Live – A miraculous escape from the Rwandan Genocide’. Her best friend Claudette was Hutu. Frida was Tutsi. One day at school the Head Teacher asked Hutus to stand. He then asked Tutsis to ...read more

  • The Empty Assignment

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Mar 31, 2010
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    THE EMPTY ASSIGNMENT I was assigned to retrieve box number 673 A. I took my little pink piece of paper with my assignment for the afternoon - find box #673 A, Humana Hospital, February 1970. I had just started to working at this medical file warehouse and so I naively thought that the boss was ...read more

  • Disunity Stories  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 17,863 views

    DISUNITY STORIES A man was stranded on an island. Alone for a number of years. Finally he was located and some people came ashore to rescue him. Before they took him off the island, he wanted to show them around. He took them to his hut and said "This is the home I built with my own 2 hands." Then ...read more

  • The Columbia Explosion: Impending Doom

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
     | 3,695 views

    THE COLUMBIA EXPLOSION: IMPENDING DOOM The Bible says, "...all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God" (Rom. 3:23). And, "...the wages of sin is death" (Rom. 6:23). Do you remember when the space ship, Columbia, blew up on re-entry on February 1, 2003? Seven crew members lost their ...read more

  • Ravi Zacharias: Changed Lives Show The Truth Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,450 views

    RAVI ZACHARIAS: CHANGED LIVES SHOW THE TRUTH OF CHRIST In his book Has Christianity Failed You? Ravi Zacharias points to one of the greatest proofs for the truth of Christ and the reality of his resurrection: the changed lives of Christians. He writes: "During the course of nearly 40 years, I ...read more

  • Fire In The Hole

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 7, 2011
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     | 5,958 views

    FIRE IN THE HOLE Centralia was a small mining town in the eastern part of Pennsylvania with about 1000 residents making their income off of the coal dug just underneath the crust. The town had existed the same way for over a century when pre-Civil War settlers moved out to dig up the anthracite ...read more

  • The 5 Biggest Mistakes That Threaten ...  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Feb 4, 2012
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     | 1,718 views

    THE 5 BIGGEST MISTAKES THAT THREATEN RELATIONSHIPS Dr. Edward Hallowell and his wife, Sue, authors of Married to Distraction: Restoring Intimacy and Strengthening Your Marriage in an Age of Distraction, teach you how to spot hidden distractions in your relationship and reveal the mistakes you may ...read more