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  • The Bridger Generation, Those Born Between ‘77 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    The Bridger Generation, those born between ‘77 and ‘94 and the second largest generation in history, is growing up in homes with no moral certainty, no absolutes, no sense of why right is right and wrong is wrong, and no certain hope for eternal life and God’s abiding presence today. Christians can ...read more

  • Calling Evil Good

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 27, 2006
     | 3,092 views

    Article : Calling Evil Good by H. Wallace Goddard Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Isaiah 5:20 Satan is the master of inversion. Where God offers Light, Satan provides darkness. ...read more

  • Spiritual Experiences

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
     | 1,753 views

    Side note: All kinds of people claim to have spiritual experiences. Just because someone claims something – doesn’t make it valid. Neighbor – I have daily discussions with my dog About the middle east. My guess is that you would not grant him the benefit of the doubt. But if that same ...read more

  • Spiritual Lasik

    Contributed by David Heflin on Feb 13, 2007
     | 2,005 views

    Spiritual Lasik I have heard people talk about how LASIK dramatically changed the way they saw everything. They could see with greater focus and vividness, in a way they never imagined. Lasik harnesses the power of light in the form of a laser. It is heat that cuts into the retina to correct the ...read more

  • Our Neighbor's Cat Was Run Over By A Car, And The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
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    Our neighbor’s cat was run over by a car, and the mother quickly disposed of the remains before her four-year-old son Billy found out about it. After a few days, though, Billy finally asked about the cat. “Billy, the cat died,” his mother explained. “But it’s all right. He’s up in heaven with ...read more

  • Churched-As-Children Individuals Are Twice As ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,688 views

    Churched-As-Children individuals are twice as likely as the unchurched-as-children niche to be born again Christians (44% vs. 24%), and significantly more likely to hold an orthodox view of God’s nature (74% vs. 54%). A minority of both groups believes in the existence of the Holy Spirit and of ...read more

  • Elisabeth Elliot, At Urbana 76, Told Of Her ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 17, 2009
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    Elisabeth Elliot, at Urbana 76, told of her brother Thomas Howard. Their mother let him play with paper bags she’d saved if he put them away afterwards. One day she walked into the kitchen to find them strewn all over the floor. Tom was out at the piano with his father singing hymns. When ...read more

  • Hope Stands Up To Its Knees In The Past And ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Aug 11, 2009
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    Hope stands up to its knees in the past and keeps its eyes on the future. There has never been a time past when God wasn’t with us as the strength beyond our strength, the wisdom beyond our wisdom, as whatever it is in our hearts--whether we believe in God or not--that keeps us human enough at ...read more

  • Martin Luther And Corrie Ten Boom On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
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    Martin Luther and Corrie Ten Boom on Loss Corrie ten Boom: “I’ve learned that I must hold everything loosely, because when I grip it tightly, it hurts when the Father pries my fingers loose and takes it from me!” Martin Luther: I have held many things in my hands and I have lost them all; But ...read more

  • King Becomes A Peasant

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2009
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    KING BECOMES A PEASANT King James V of Scotland would on occasion lay aside the royal robe of king and dress as a peasant. In disguise, he could move freely about the land, making friends and entering into their difficulties, appreciating their handicaps, sympathizing with them in their sorrow. ...read more

  • Joy Goes Deeper

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Aug 2, 2010
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    JOY GOES DEEPER "Joy is like the hidden note in the glass. Joy is tuning in to what God is doing around you, seeing the world through his eyes, picking up on his delight in us as his children. Anyone can find happiness for a while...Happiness depends on what is happening to you. Joy is different; ...read more

  • A Friend Of Mine Told Me A Story About Her ...

    Contributed by Scott Bradford on Aug 13, 2010
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    A friend of mine told me a story about her grandson. He was behind some kind of signboard on the playground doing something he wasn't suppossed to be doing. His teacher came and of course he was in trouble. In a discussion with his grandmother, of course he noted that "His teacher couldn't see what ...read more

  • Why Enoch Never Returned

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
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    WHY ENOCH NEVER RETURNED A little child gave a most exquisite explanation of walking with God. She went home from Sunday School, and the mother said, "Tell me what you learned at school." And she said: "Don't you know, Mother, one day they went for an extra long walk, and they walked on and on, ...read more

  • Sound Theology

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 9, 2011
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    SOUND THEOLOGY In a Peanuts cartoon Lucy and Linus are staring out the window, watching it rain. Lucy says, "Boy! Look at it pour. What if it floods the whole world?" Linus, "It won't. In Gen. 9, God promised Noah that would never happen again. The sign of that promise is the rainbow." Lucy, ...read more

  • Taking The Good Path

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
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    TAKING THE GOOD PATH The media interviewed the second Chilean miner freed, and here is what he said, "The time down there changed me. God had one hand and the devil had the other hand, and when I was down there, I decided to let go of the devil and hold onto God. I buried 40 years of my life down ...read more

  • Connecting With The Common Man

    Contributed by Perry Greene on May 17, 2012
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    CONNECTING WITH THE COMMON MAN Sam Walton was in the mid 90s named as one of the richest men in America. You'd never know it! He drove a pickup and lived like a regular person. Asked why he didn't drive a Rolls Royce, he replied, "Where would I put my dogs?" He was successful at least in part ...read more

  • How Big Is Your Frying Pan?  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Casteel on Jun 9, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
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    HOW BIG IS YOUR FRYING PAN? Adrian Rogers tells the following story, "I heard of a fisherman who was fishing; and, if a fish was over 18 inches long, he just threw it back. And, somebody asked him, 'Why do you do that?' He said, 'Well, I only have an 18-inch frying pan.'" Well, I ...read more

  • Eusebius On Christian Compassion  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 2, 2013
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    EUSEBIUS ON CHRISTIAN COMPASSION The Christian conquest of the Roman Empire came not by the sword, but by the preaching of the gospel joined with acts of compassion. In the middle of the 3rd century AD there was a terrible plague and many died. The pagans and doctors left the cities to avoid ...read more

  • Praying For Revival - Martin Lloyd-Jones

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on May 24, 2018
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     | 2,085 views

    When did you last hear anyone praying for revival, praying that God might open the windows of heaven and pour out his Spirit? When did you last pray for that yourself? I suggest seriously that we are neglecting this almost entirely. We are guilty of forgetting the authority of the Holy Spirit. . . ...read more

  • The Lord Supply Your Needs

    Contributed by Rev. Duraimony Dickson on Jan 11, 2021
     | 2,354 views

    In a certain area of Mexico, there are hot springs & cold springs found side by side. And, because of this convenience and natural miracle, the local women would often bring their laundry, boil their clothes in the hot springs, & rinse them in the cold springs. A tourist watching this ...read more