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  • Naturally, When We Are Wronged, We Want To Seek ...

    Contributed by Thomas H on Jan 21, 2005
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    Naturally, when we are wronged, we want to seek revenge. This comes out in me most while driving. Who can identify with that? How do you feel when someone cuts you off? How do you feel when you are stuck behind someone doing 60 in an 80 zone and you’re running late? Does your blood boil? Well ...read more

  • Ghandhi—worship Without Sacrifice  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Feb 2, 2003
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    Ghandhi--Worship without Sacrifice In a conference with the British Government, Ghandhi said that human beings must take great care not to be molded by external forces that can destroy their lives, their families, their community, and their nation. He called these forces “The 7 social ...read more

  • During The Bosnian Conflict, Nato Forces Were ...

    Contributed by Mark Mccool on Apr 21, 2003
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    During the Bosnian Conflict, NATO forces were sent to assist matters in protecting the Croats from Serbian aggression. During this conflict and while in faithful service, 29 year old United States Air Force pilot, Captain Scott O’Grady, was shot down on June 2, 1995, while flying his F-16 Falcon ...read more

  • The Late W.e. Sanger, Noted British Methodist ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 17, 2003
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    The late W.E. Sanger, noted British Methodist clergyman, shared a personal experience concerning his attendance at a party held to celebrate a wedding. He arrived late, and did not know anyone except the friend who had invited him. Everyone was in high spirits. They danced. They talked with ...read more

  • Scripture Says,

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Apr 16, 2009
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    Scripture says, “…they shall become one flesh.” (Genesis 2:24) “One” (eḥāḏ) “stresses unity while recognizing diversity within that oneness.” “It has the idea of unity or integrity as when it designates one justice for all.” I especially appreciate an illustration from the book ...read more

  • I Didn't Know Her.

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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    "I DIDN’T KNOW HER." A few years ago, a man named David Cash and a friend and his friend Jeremy Strohmeyer were in Las Vegas. Strohmeyer followed a young girl into a bathroom and began to physically assault her. Cash came upon the scene, made a half-hearted attempt to intervene, and then left the ...read more

  • You Are A Full-Time ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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    YOU ARE A FULL-TIME MINISTER In his book, Doing Church as a Team, Pastor Wayne Cordeiro, wrote the following: "Every member is a minister. God calls us to be full-time ministers! Full-time? Yes! Not just on Sundays, not just at Bible studies, but full-time. Do we love God just part-time? Do we ...read more

  • Sin Separates Us From God And From Each Other. I ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Aug 24, 2009
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    Sin separates us from God and from each other. I recently read about an interesting scientific phenomenon with fluorophores. Fluorophores are molecules that glow when they are excited by the right kind of light source. They’re usually found in amino acids and proteins. (There is an illustration at: ...read more

  • Behind A Church In The Small Town Of Flint Hill, ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 8, 2009
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    Behind a church in the small town of Flint Hill, Virginia, you will find the grave of a young seminary student named Albert Gallatin Willis, who died on October 14, 1864. Albert Willis’ story is unusual. Albert Willis served with the famed command of Mosby’s Raiders during the Civil War. Because ...read more

  • Self-Gratification, Nfl ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2009
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    Self-Gratification, NFL Style Dexter Manly, has two Super Bowl rings, and amassed over 100 sacks during his career-heard voices. They were voices calling him into personal and instant gratification as a star. Clothes, meals, cars and drugs took over his life. In 91 he was banned from the NFL. His ...read more

  • One Meaning Of Christmas—what We Have To Look ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2009
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    One Meaning of Christmas—What We Have To Look Forward To A pastor was in his office preparing his sermon. His little daughter came in and said, "Daddy, can we play?" He answered, "I’m awfully sorry, Sweetheart, but I’m right in the middle of preparing this sermon. In about an hour I can play." She ...read more

  • Residents Of Pompeii Ignored Warning ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2009
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    Residents of Pompeii Ignored Warning Signs Naomi and I visited the ruins of Pompeii outside of what is today Naples. The Roman City of Pompeii was destroyed in A.D. 79. The explosion of Mount Vesuvius was so sudden, the residents were killed while in their routine: men and women were at the market, ...read more

  • The Master Is There; That's Enough

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2010
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    THE MASTER IS THERE; THAT'S ENOUGH A sick man turned to his doctor, as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said, "Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other side." Very quietly, the doctor said, "I don't know." "You don't know? You, a Christian man, do not know ...read more

  • Adoption: The Potrea Protestus

    Contributed by Jesse Roncales on Mar 27, 2010
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    ADOPTION: THE POTREA PROTESTUS Our concept of adoption is far different from the concept of adoption in the New Testament. In most cases, an adopted child, at that time, was most honored than natural children. And in all cases, to be adopted by someone was considered a special privilege. In the ...read more

  • On A Lighter Side Here Are Some Things That Wise ...

    Contributed by Greg Wiens on Mar 30, 2010
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    On a lighter side here are some things that wise people like me like to ponder: 1. Why is there a best before date on Sour Cream? 2. Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all"? 3. Why are cigarettes sold in gas stations when smoking is prohibited there? 4. If a cow laughed, would milk ...read more

  • Switching Off The Message  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2010
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    SWITCHING OFF THE MESSAGE The Word will protect us. No soldier is going to go to battle without his armor and his weapons. Yet many Christians today rarely even pick up their bible. A former park ranger at Yellowstone National Park tells the story of a ranger leading a group of hikers to a fire ...read more

  • Commitment And Loyalty To Christ Likened To A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 7, 2010
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    Commitment and Loyalty to Christ Likened to a Trapeze Artist John Ortberg (Faith & Doubt, p. 169-170) says the word trapeze describes the bar between the ropes of a trapeze artist in the circus. It’s a Greek word, meaning table. It’s used in the New Testament when Jesus gathers his friends around ...read more

  • Priorities In Life And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2010
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    Priorities in Life and Church Several years ago, because of all the tornados in the area, a developer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, offered an optional tornado-safe room in the new homes he was selling. Nine of the first ten buyers opted to pay the extra $2,500 for the room, which can also be used as a ...read more

  • Not Raising Grass But Kids

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
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    NOT RAISING GRASS BUT KIDS Dr. Tony Evans talks about a major league baseball superstar's recollection of his boyhood home. He, his friends, and his father played baseball quite often in their backyard. As a result, the grass had really taken a beating. It didn't look good anymore, unless you were ...read more

  • Religion A Vs. Religion B

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
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    RELIGION A VS. RELIGION B The 19th-century Danish theologian Soren Kierkegaard identified two kinds of religion--Religion A and Religion B. The first is "faith" in name only (2 Tim. 3:5). It's the practice of attending church without genuine faith in the living Lord. Religion B, on the ...read more