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  • Signal Hill . . .

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
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    Signal Hill . . . In that night, I heard the city, and God’s voice spoke to my heart. I heard wives and husbands screaming at each other. I heard dogs barking, cars screeching, sirens blaring and guns shooting. I heard the things that Jesus hears when He listens to the city and I began to weep. In ...read more

  • Victory Hill

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Mar 30, 2009
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    VICTORY HILL Remember, our plotting is unfinished, but God’s training and strength-conditioning is already there for us. I want to talk about this chastising, sometimes translated as punishing, and which I have translated as "training." I have something in mind. The Hebrew verb means to provide ...read more

  • Power And "King Of The Hill"

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jun 17, 2011
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    POWER AND "KING OF THE HILL" When I was a kid, we used to play a game called "King of the Hill." Everyone would get together and choose some place to be the "hill." Sometimes we were lucky enough to have a dirt mound to play on, but not very often. It might be a bed or a sofa, unless, of course, ...read more

  • City Slickers

    Contributed by Sam Peters on Mar 1, 2007
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    (If available, use the clip illustrated here) In the movie City Slickers, Mitch (Billy Crystal) is on a Baby Boomer cattle drive in search of the real meaning of life. In one scene he is out riding with the gritty trail boss, Curly (Jack Palance). Curly realizes why Mitch is on the trip and ...read more

  • Zanzibar Is An Old City In East Africa. A City ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gregory Fisher on Jul 1, 2004
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    Zanzibar is an old city in East Africa. A city with an unfortunate past. It is filled with ornate architecture, and it is the home of the Swahili Institute, the official guardians of the Kiswahili language. But, for nearly 300 years it was the home of something else. It was the home of one of ...read more

  • There Is A Green Hill Far Away

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
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    There is a green hill far away, Without a city wall, Where the dear Lord was crucified, Who died to save us all. Cecil Frances Alexander (1818–1895), ...read more

  • May Every Day Be A New Beginning, And Every ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "May every day be a new beginning, and every dawn bring us closer to that ...read more

  • There Is A Green Hill Far Away

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
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    There was no other good enough To pay the price of sin; He only could unlock the gate Of heaven and let us in. Cecil Frances Alexander (1818–1895), Irish ...read more

  • There Was A Man Living In The Hills Of Arkansas ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There was a man living in the hills of Arkansas who was brought to Christ. He was known as “Mr. Moonshine” because of the many LIQUOR STILLS that he had hidden away back in the HILLS. After becoming a Christian, his life CHANGED dramatically. He DESTROYED all of his STILLS and POURED out all of ...read more

  • On A Windswept Hill In An English Country ...

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Jun 23, 2007
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    On a windswept hill in an English country churchyard stands a drab, gray slate tombstone. The old stone bears an epitaph not easily seen unless you stoop over and look very closely. The faint etchings read: Beneath this stone, a lump of ...read more

  • The Teacher By Leslie Pinckney Hill

    Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 15, 2009
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    The Teacher by Leslie Pinckney Hill Lord, who am I to teach the way To little children day by day, So prone myself to go astray? I Teach them KNOWLEDGE, but I know How faint they flicker and how low The candles of my knowledge glow. I teach them POWER to will and do, But only now to learn ...read more

  • He Will Demand Everything

    Contributed by Kristian Kilgore on Jul 26, 2011
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    HE WILL DEMAND EVERYTHING Breezy, self-confident Christians tell us how wonderful it is to accept Christ and then have a good time all the rest of your life; the Lord won’t demand anything of you. Yes, He will, my friend! The Lord will demand everything of you. And when you give it ...read more

  • In Country, Town Or City

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Mar 11, 2007
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    In country, town or city Some people can be found Who spend their lives in grumbling At ev’rything around; O yes, they always grumble, No matter what we say, For these are chronic grumblers And they grumble night and day. They grumble when it’s raining, They grumble when it’s dry, And if the ...read more

  • In The City Of Philadelphia There Was A Little ...

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Jun 26, 2008
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    In the city of Philadelphia there was a little third-class hotel. Into it one night there came two tired elderly people. They went up to the night clerk and the husband pleadingly said, “Mister, please don’t tell us you don’t have a room. My wife and I have been all over the city looking for a ...read more

  • Compassion In An Inner-City ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2009
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    Compassion in an Inner-City Church Feed the dogs. Touch the dumb, and find faith in places where you least expect it. This is what truly brings pleasure to our Lord, much more than any outward show of self-righteousness. There is church in the inner-city of Chicago that for me demonstrates this ...read more

  • The City Of Nazareth Was Inhabited By ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 28, 2011
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    "...the city of Nazareth was inhabited by families from the royal line of David from which the Messiah was to come. The name of the city comes from the Hebrew word for a branch or sprout, netzer...Isaiah 11:1 predicts the coming of the Messiah. 'A shoot will come from the stump of Jesse, from his ...read more

  • The City And Its Crosses

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 20, 2011
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    THE CITY AND ITS CROSSES Two water towers have always served as landmarks for travelers heading for their homes near Wauconda, Illinois. But especially at the holidays. More than 40 years ago, John Kuester, then village police chief, suggested mounting large twin crosses on the towers to ...read more

  • Leaving The City Of Regret

    Contributed by John Bright on Feb 1, 2025
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    Leaving the City of Regret by Larry Harp I had not really planned on taking a trip this time of year, and yet I found myself packing rather hurriedly. This trip was going to be unpleasant, and I knew in advance that no real good would come of it. I'm talking about my annual "Guilt ...read more

  • Anne Sullivan Was Born At Feeding Hills, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2002
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    Anne Sullivan was born at Feeding Hills, Massachusetts, in poverty, in affliction. She was half-blind. When her mother died she was sent to the poorhouse. As was common in those days when a person didn’t have any relatives that would take them into their home. - Then, at the Perkins ...read more

  • A Substitute Kindergarten Teacher At Forest Hills ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 14, 2003
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    A substitute kindergarten teacher at Forest Hills Elementary School in Coral Springs, Fla., is under fire after telling her class that there is no Santa Claus. By the time parent Melissa Shea complained to assistant principal Lisa George, Fabiola Mehu-Pelissier had already been spoken to, with ...read more