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  • Why Was Hitler So Successful? Because The Church ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 23, 2006
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     | 1,057 views

    Why was Hitler so successful? Because the church rolled over and let him. Germany had been beaten to the ground and humiliated after World War I. The Treaty of Versailles put such demands on Germany that it looked like it would never dig itself out. Its economy took a nosedive, and the ruling ...read more

  • Messy Spirituality, Mike Yaconelli Tell Us About ...

    Contributed by David Selleck on Oct 26, 2006
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    Messy Spirituality, Mike Yaconelli tell us about a boy walking by a pet store, on his way to school, a young boy stopped and stared through the window. Inside were four black puppies playing together. After school he ran home and pleaded with his mother to let him have one of the puppies. “Il ...read more

  • Beggar And His Rice

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 22, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,546 views

    ILLU. beggar and his rice A Parable of Life Life is like another parable from another land. A blind Indian beggar sat beside a road, fingering the rice in his little bowl. Wearing only a loin cloth, he sat in poverty beside a road that stretched into nowhere both ways. The scarce travelers ...read more

  • In 1818, Ignaz Phillip Semmelweis Was Born Into A ...

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Dec 18, 2006
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    In 1818, Ignaz Phillip Semmelweis was born into a world of dying women. The finest hospitals lost one out of six young mothers to the scourge of "childbed fever." A doctor’s daily routine began in the dissecting room where he performed autopsies. From there he made his way to the hospital to ...read more

  • Last Sunday, I Was Truly Blessed. Some Of You ...

    Contributed by William Noel on Dec 31, 2006
     | 1,705 views

    Last Sunday, I was truly blessed. Some of you know, that I was battling with high blood pressure during Sunday School and Church. I had a headache. My vision was a little blurred. And, I felt all-around lousy. Up until last Sunday, I had denied having high blood pressure. · I know high blood ...read more

  • Mavis Jackson Lived In Anaheim California And She ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Jan 2, 2007
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     | 3,595 views

    Mavis Jackson lived in Anaheim California and she often walked past the Crystals Cathedral. She keep saying to herself that someday she was going to go to that church. Then one Sunday she decided that today was the day. She got all dressed up in her best clothes as her Midwestern upbringing ...read more

  • Psa 17:1 A Prayer Of David. Hear, O Lord, My ...

    Contributed by Steven Cannon on Feb 13, 2007
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    Psa 17:1 A prayer of David. Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer-- it does not rise from deceitful lips. May my vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right. Though you probe my heart and examine me at night, though you test me, you will find ...read more

  • Introduction: A Young Boy Desperately Wanted A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    Introduction: A young boy desperately wanted a bicycle for Christmas, so he asked his parents for the bike; His parents wanted to teach him the importance of prayer, so they suggested the young boy should write a letter to Jesus and pray for one instead." Not pleased with the response of his ...read more

  • Accidents In The Work Zone

    Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Mar 30, 2007
     | 1,843 views

    A news story out of St. Louis last year began… "He was a loving father and loved his grandkids," Linda Heath never imagined Wednesday would mark the first time she referred to her husband of 31 years in the past tense.” On April 26, 2006 Henry Heath was killed while directing traffic in a ...read more

  • In The Year 1873, Haroatio Spafford, A Lawyer ...

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Apr 5, 2007
     | 1,204 views

    In the year 1873, Haroatio Spafford, a lawyer from Chicago, placed his wife and four daughters on the LUXURY LINER “Ville du Havre” sailing from New York to France. Spafford expected to JOIN them in about 3 or 4 weeks after finishing up some BUSINESS, but with the exception of his wife he never ...read more

  • Transparency And Real ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    TRANSPARENCY AND REAL LIFE I can right off the top of my head think of at least three falsehoods that many people still call the truth today: 1. "Every day in every way our world is getting better, better, better." I sure would like to meet the person who first wrote those words, wouldn’t you? ...read more

  • Everyday Reminder

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
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    EVERYDAY REMINDER Those of you who know me know that I love fishing. I do not however like hunting. For some reason the thought of shooting an animal is just not appealing to me. That does not mean I do not know how to shoot. When I was a kid I was in a gun club. I competed in target shooting and ...read more

  • Diversity In The Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,725 views

    DIVERSITY IN THE CHURCH Philip Yancey put it this way in an article in Christianity Today just this last November. He writes, "As I read accounts of the New Testament church, no characteristic stands out more sharply than [diversity]. Beginning with Pentecost, the Christian church dismantled the ...read more

  • Working On This Sermon Has Made Me So ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on May 13, 2009
     | 1,929 views

    Working on this sermon has made me so thankful. A few weeks ago I taught a class that went along with what I’ve been studying for this series in Exodus. For the class, I did an extensive study on the 7 feasts that God instituted for the Nation of Israel. I read a detailed account of what is ...read more

  • A Couple Of Weeks Of Ago I Was Playing With A ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on May 29, 2009
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    A couple of weeks of ago I was playing with a friend’s dog who loves to chase a tennis ball; well Jake will chase most any ball if you throw it for him in fact! After I had thrown the ball for him a couple of times I took the ball, gave it a good wind up, and threw it hard, though I never let go ...read more

  • Right And Wrong And Ruby ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009
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    RIGHT AND WRONG AND RUBY BRIDGES A federal judge had ordered New Orleans to open its public schools to African-American children. White parents in the community decided to keep their children at home if this verdict was enforced. They made it known that any African-American children who came to ...read more

  • What Do You Hold ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009
     | 3,671 views

    WHAT DO YOU HOLD SACRED? One of the most profound things I learned in graduate school was taught to me by one of my professors. He is now my Counselor Intern Supervisor, my mentor, and my good friend, Tom Moore. It was really more of a question than a profound fact to puzzle over. On an essay ...read more

  • Decision Without Determination

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jul 28, 2009
     | 2,925 views

    DECISION WITHOUT DETERMINATION Some choose and pray a prayer. This is the great heresy of the last hundred years. I made a choice when I was ten. But there is no determination. I have been convinced by the Lord that a decision without determination and effort is absolutely meaningless. In ...read more

  • Why Ministers Fall Into ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
     | 3,001 views

    Why Ministers Fall Into Immorality WHAT TYPES OF INSURANCE DO YOU CARRY? Health Insurance Auto Insurance Home Owners Insurance Life Insurance Title Insurance Insurance companies look for good risk individuals and avoid bad risks. All of us like hearing, we are a Preferred Risk! Dr. Howard ...read more

  • Orchard Experts Wound Fruit Trees To Bear More ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 2, 2009
     | 5,606 views

    Orchard Experts Wound Fruit Trees To Bear More Fruit In verse 8 Jesus teaches us that the proof of discipleship is spiritual fruitfulness (Mt. 7:20). “My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples. The branch produces what the life coursing through its ...read more

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