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  • More Than Enough

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008
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    MORE THAN ENOUGH A reality check on how we sabotage ourselves: Do you at times, long for days gone by where you did certain activities that do now do not do? This is our unredeemed flesh working on a mind that is not renewed by the word of God. We need to immediately cast out these unhelpful ...read more

  • Josh Mcdowell Lists 61 Major Prophecies That Were ...

    Contributed by Daniel Austin on Dec 30, 2008
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    Josh McDowell lists 61 major prophecies that were fulfilled in the birth, life, and death of Jesus. Peter Stoner, a mathematician, applied the principles of probability to just 8 of these prophecies. ILL: Imagine covering the state of Texas with silver dollars 2 feet deep. The number of silver ...read more

  • I Don't Know What Will Happen This Year. I Know ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 8, 2009
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    I don’t know what will happen this year. I know that a lot of us are struggling in many ways especially financially. Food prices are going up. A loaf of bread at Wal-mart used to be around 80 cents a couple of years ago. Now it is over a dollar. 10 pounds of potatoes used to be 2 dollars or less. ...read more

  • We Make A Lot Of Promises To Others And Many ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jan 12, 2009
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    We make a lot of promises to others and many promises are made to us. Sadly, too many promises are broken on both ends of the equation. God, however, never breaks a promise. ………………………………………………………….. Don’t let the broken promises of this world keep you from believing the promises of God. God will ...read more

  • Sociological Community

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Mar 5, 2009
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    SOCIOLOGICAL COMMUNITY I would like to begin this morning with the definition of the word community. A community is "a local grouping within which people carry out a full round of life activities." A community includes: (1) a grouping of people (2) within a geographical area (3) with a ...read more

  • Trust ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 11, 2009
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    TRUST PLATFORM Several years ago I went with a group of men to an obstacle course in Northport. Some people call these a "ropes" course. The goal is for your group to move through a series of obstacles as you build trust and a spirit of teamwork. For me the most challenging obstacle is the "trust" ...read more

  • I Remember As A Boy Going With My Grand Dad To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    . I REMEMBER AS A BOY GOING WITH MY GRAND DAD TO AN OLD GRIST MILL ON THEN SALADO CREEK, WITH A BIG WATERWHEEL THAT TURNED WITH THE WATER FROM THE CREEK. I. GRAND DAD WENT THERE TO HAVE HIS CORN GROUND INTO CORN MEAL AND ONE MORNING WE DROVE TO THE MILL AND THE WATERWHEEL WAS NOT TURNING BECAUSE ...read more

  • Management, Boss

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Illustration- Management, Boss A man entered a pet shop, wanting to buy a parrot. The shop owner pointed out three identical parrots on a perch and said, "The parrot to the left costs 500 dollars." "Why does that parrot cost so much?" the man wondered. The owner replied, "Well, it knows how to use ...read more

  • How Many Observe Christ's Birthday How Few, His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    “How many observe Christ’s birthday How few, his precepts O, ’tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.” –Ben Franklin, Christmas was not celebrated during the 1st 2 centuries after Christ’s life on earth. In AD 245, when a group of scholars attempted to pinpoint the exact date of Christ’s ...read more

  • Calvin Coolidge Was Vice President Of The United ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Calvin Coolidge was vice president of the United States during the years of 1921-1923, under President Warren Harding. He was not a very active vice president, but he took great pleasure in presiding over the Senate. One day, as he was presiding, one senator angrily told another to go “straight to ...read more

  • In The Days Of The Pioneers, When Men Saw That A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In the days of the pioneers, when men saw that a prairie fire was coming, this is what they did. Since not even the fastest of horses could outrun it, the pioneers took a match and burned the grass in a designated area around them. Then they would take their stand in the burned area and be safe ...read more

  • In The Days Of The Pioneers, When Men Saw That A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In the days of the pioneers, when men saw that a prairie fire was coming, this is what they did. Since not even the fastest of horses could outrun it, the pioneers took a match and burned the grass in a designated area around them. Then they would take their stand in the burned area and be safe ...read more

  • During World War Ii When Sugar Was Scarce A Man ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    During World War II when sugar was scarce a man went into a diner and asked for a cup of coffee. “Sugar or cream, the waitress asked?” “Sugar,” he replied. Since the sugar was so scarce, she kept it under the counter. The man put in 2 heaping teaspoons full of sugar, tasted it and said, “I need ...read more

  • The Two Most Important Words Are: "Thank You"

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The 2 most important words are: “Thank you” Two men were walking through a field one day when they spotted an enraged bull. Instantly they darted toward the nearest fence. The storming bull followed in hot pursuit, and it was soon apparent they wouldn’t make it. Terrified, the one shouted to the ...read more

  • The Power Of Unity

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2022
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    In one of Aesop's fables, he describes an old man who had several sons, who were always falling out with one another. He had often, but to no purpose, exhorted them to live together in harmony. One day he called them together, and he gathered a bundle of sticks and tied them together, and asked ...read more

  • A Tale Of Two Artists

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 4, 2023
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    The great Danish theologian Soren Kierkegaard told a parable of 2 artists: One bragged, “I have travelled much and seen much in the world, but I have sought in vain to find anyone worth painting. In every face I have seen one or another fault. Therefore I seek in vain.” The second one, on the other ...read more

  • Reveal Your True Colors

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 10, 2023
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    TO SHOW YOUR TRUE COLORS DATES BACK TO THE 1700s. Ships were required to fly flags at sea. These flags would identify where the ship was from and the type of cargo. PIRATES OFTEN HID THEIR REAL IDENTY BY FLYING FALSE FLAGS. By doing doing this the PIRATES WOULD DECEIVE OTHER SHIPS TO NOT RAISE ...read more

  • Our Motive For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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    OUR MOTIVE FOR MISSIONS When Hudson Taylor was director of the China Inland Mission, he often interviewed candidates for the mission field. On one occasion, he met with a group of applicants to determine their motivations for service. "And why do you wish to go as a foreign missionary?" he asked ...read more

  • In 2006 A Study Was Done On The Lifespan Of ...

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on May 11, 2009
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    In 2006 a study was done on the lifespan of people. It was determined that the average person would be alive for around 65 years. That is 3,380 weeks, or 23,725 days, or 569,400 hours, or 34,164,000 minutes, or 2,049,840,000 seconds that the average person is alive. Of course I just wasted like ...read more

  • General Lee And The Bitterness Tree

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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    GENERAL LEE AND THE BITTERNESS TREE In his book, Lee: The Last Years, Charles Bracelen Flood reports that after the Civil War, Robert E. Lee visited a Kentucky lady, who took him to the remains of a grand old tree in front of her house. There she bitterly cried that its limbs and trunk had been ...read more