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  • Love Me First, Then Witness To Me

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 28, 2010
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    LOVE ME FIRST, THEN WITNESS TO ME In our lesson we have seen that faith without works is useless. It cannot be demonstrated, it cannot change a person, it is not perfected, and it is dead! Our faith does not help us, or others, until it causes us to act. Once a chaplain walked up to a wounded ...read more

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  • The Other Day I Met A Man With Inoperable Brain ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 22, 2010
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    The other day I met a man with INOPERABLE BRAIN TUMORS. John (not his real name) made a commitment to Christ many years ago and has an ASSURANCE OF ETERNAL LIFE. We had a great conversation together. He is an amazing person. And I prayed for him. When I read Matthew 10, I wonder about John. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Mom-Isms From Biblical ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 14, 2010
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    Mom-isms from Biblical moms: a. There has been some commonality through the years when it comes to motherhood let’s look at just a few Bible mom’s and imagine what they had to deal with and how they handled raising their children. ILL Notebook: Mother (Great Sayings of Biblical Mothers). In fact, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • One Of The Great Paradoxes Of The Christian Faith ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 7, 2010
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    One of the great paradoxes of the Christian faith is that God wants us to talk to Him about everything that is going on in our lives, even though He already knows everything. So why pray? If you’ve ever wrestled with that question, perhaps the thoughts of the 19th-century preacher, R. A. Torrey, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Frank Graeff Was A Methodist Pastor, Serving Some ...

    Contributed by David Moore on Jul 22, 2010
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    Frank Graeff was a Methodist pastor, serving some of the leading churches in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And throughout the area, he was known as the “Sunshine Minister,” because of his optimistic attitude. he was an encouragement to everyone who knew him. However, what those people ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • The Game

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jul 31, 2010
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    GENESIS 19: THE GAME Genesis 19 reads like a VIDEO GAME. It opens with a powerful weapon in the arsenal - Abraham's prayer (Genesis 18:23-32) which provides firecover throughout the story. The two angels that come into town are the heroes on a RESCUE MISSION from HIGH COMMAND called "JUST CAUSE". ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Trojan Horse! It Appears Innocent Enough, But It ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Aug 14, 2010
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    TROJAN HORSE! It appears innocent enough, but it is a harmful piece of software that looks legitimate. It tricks people into loading the wrong things into their systems. It gives a hacker access to cause damage. Unless you have a good ANTIVIRUS PROGRAMME, you will get infected and your whole ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • She Is Almost Ninety Years Old, And Apparently ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Aug 17, 2010
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    She is almost ninety years old, and apparently she's BEAUTIFUL. I am a Chaplain in an aged care facility and I meet a lot of 90 year olds. Some look pretty good for their age but SARAH catches your attention. The perfect Hollywood star, aging gracefully and looking years younger without the use of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Fake Gems

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    FAKE GEMS Anything that is extremely valuable will be counterfeited. Fake gems have been around for thousands of years, but as the technology for making them has advanced, fakes are now harder to detect with the naked eye. Gem buyers today must be aware of three types of gems that are made to ...read more

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  • Engaging God's Power

    Contributed by David Owens on Mar 14, 2011
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    ENGAGING GOD'S POWER Spiritual growth and success is a partnership with God. Paul captured this idea in Philippians 2:12-13, where he wrote: "continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose." We work ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Repentance And Baptism  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 11, 2011
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    REPENTANCE AND BAPTISM Steve Atkerson states: "John the Baptist explicitly stated the purpose of his baptism when he said, 'I baptize you with water for repentance' (Mt 3:11). Did John baptize them so that they could repent or because they already had repented? That is, was John's baptism a means ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Memorial Day: Remember The Martyrs

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Jun 4, 2011
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    MEMORIAL DAY: REMEMBER THE MARTYRS It’s honorable and fitting this morning we remember the sacrifice of our nation’s great veterans, who gave their lives on battlefields abroad and here at home. By some estimates, nearly 1.3 million Americans have shed their blood and died for freedom’s cause. ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Blessed Are The Pure

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 27, 2011
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    BLESSED ARE THE PURE A couple of years ago we went to Ottawa as my wife Joanne had some work to do there, so Thomas and I tagged along to check out our nation’s capital. One of the places we visited was the historic Canadian mint – where money is made – and we had a tour but unfortunately no free ...read more

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  • Buried Treasure

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
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    BURIED TREASURE In 1992 volunteers from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, excavating in Caesarea dug up 99 gold coins that had been stashed in a makeshift safe beneath the floor of what was once a private dwelling. Caesarea is considered one of Israel’s richest archaeological sites in that ...read more

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  • Perseverance: Scott, Handel And Spurgeon

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 7, 2011
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    PERSEVERANCE: SCOTT, HANDEL AND SPURGEON In 1826 the London firm of Hurst and Robinson went bankrupt, involving Sir WALTER SCOTT in a personal liability of 118,000 pounds. With noble determination Scott responded: "My right hand and I against the debt." From that time on he wrote novel after novel ...read more

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  • Setting Your Faith Aside

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Oct 4, 2011
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    SETTING YOUR FAITH ASIDE Have you ever thought you could separate from God ... just for a little while ... and then later on turn back to God? Unfortunately we all do this ... in big ways or small ways. Any time we decide to live a life INDEPENDENT of God, we run a big risk. I remember a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Return To The Right Path

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 8, 2012
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    RETURN TO THE RIGHT PATH In one section of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, Christian and Hopeful are walking the King's Highway to the Celestial City. The path, once smooth and easy, becomes rough and hard. Then they come to an attractive place called Bypath Meadow. They climb over a fence into ...read more

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  • Alcohol Statistics

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2012
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    ALCOHOL STATISTICS "By the time they are high school seniors, 80% have used alcohol and 62% have been drunk. In the United States, roughly 50,000 cases of alcohol poisoning are reported each year and approximately once every week, someone dies from this preventable condition. Approximately 14 ...read more

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  • Donald Trump's Thoughts About Death

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2012
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    DONALD TRUMP'S THOUGHTS ABOUT DEATH Billionaire Donald Trump was asked one time, "What about death?" the writer asked. "Don't you worry about dying?" Trump said, "No. I'm fatalistic and I protect myself as well as anybody can. I prepare for things." This time, however, as Trump started walking up ...read more

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  • One Letter By James Armstrong Of Casselberry ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 27, 2012
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    One letter by James Armstrong of Casselberry said: “Thomas is a fundamentalist Christian who believes in a literal interpretation of the Bible. He used to work for the moral Majority. From his narrow, myopic vantage point, he self-righteously presumes to judge the human family. What about ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist