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  • The Need For Lights

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2008
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    The Need for Lights Benjamin Franklin wanted to interest the people in Philadelphia in street lighting. He did not call a town meeting nor try to persuade the people by talking about it. He acted upon what he considered a good idea. He hung a beautiful lantern on a long bracket in front of his ...read more

  • A Pardon Must Be Accepted  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Dec 31, 2008
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    A PARDON MUST BE ACCEPTED About the year 1830, a man named George Wilson killed a government employee who caught him in the act of robbing the mails. He was tried and sentenced to be hanged. However, President Andrew Jackson sent him a pardon. But Wilson did a strange thing. He refused to accept ...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

  • God Is Never Unsure  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
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    GOD IS NEVER UNSURE Pastor and author A. W. Tozer once said: "All of God’s acts are consistent with all of his attributes. No attribute contradicts any other, but all harmonize and blend into each other in the infinite abyss of the Godhead. All that God does agrees with all that God is, and being ...read more

  • Jesus In My ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
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    JESUS IN MY HEART A little 9-year-old girl came home from VBS one day. She proudly told her parents and little brother that, "Jesus is living in my heart now!" Mom and Dad were so proud, and made a big deal out of it. Later that day, her little brother said something she didn’t like, and she ...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

  • Have You Ever Used A Magnifying Glass? What Is ...

    Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 25, 2009
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    Have you ever used a magnifying glass? What is the purpose of a magnifying glass? A magnifying glass does several things: it makes the object look bigger thus making it easier to examine and see. It also brings the object into greater focus, enabling us to see detail we would not be able to see ...read more

  • Rearranging Ashes

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2010
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    Rearranging Ashes The story is told of an eastern ascetic holy man who covered himself with ashes as a sign of humility and regularly sat on a prominent street corner of his city. When tourists asked permission to take his picture, the mystic would rearrange his ashes to give the best image of ...read more

  • Accountability

    Contributed by Thomas Donelan on Aug 4, 2010
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    He wanted to get out from out of the sphere of his father’s influence. Think about it, every year we get flooded in Florida for about a week or so every year with a bunch of college students for a thing called “spring break” and these kids go out and get drunk, do drugs, get their groove on, and ...read more

  • Hesed

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 25, 2010
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    HESED Proverbs 20:6 records: "Many a man claims to have hesed, but a faithful man, who can find?" Not only is a person with hesed truthful, he is also faithful. The proverb indicates that many people may claim to have hesed for you, but only a very few will demonstrate it by actually remaining ...read more

  • First-Century Fire

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on May 16, 2012
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    FIRST-CENTURY FIRE Billy Graham, that great and uncompromising preacher, once in a Revival meeting held at Los Angeles, shared a passionate message on the Early Church, outlining what needs to be done for the Churches of modern era to become more effective. While many were moved by it, some ...read more

  • Worship Warrior  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 17, 2012
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    WORSHIP WARRIOR I like the way songwriter and worship leader, Brian Doerksen, puts it. He says, "Becoming a worshipper means becoming a warrior... And by toning that down...we have sent men and women away from the church in droves. It's time to call them back," Doerksen says, "as worshiping ...read more

  • The Intruder

    Contributed by James Dorman on May 11, 2017
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    One night I was certain that I was about to become the victim of a home invasion. Something had awakened me. I heard a strange noise and became even more alert. As I slowly looked around with my heart thumping I saw him! He was standing there looking at me. I wasn’t sure what to do. I ...read more

  • Judgement And Mercy - 2 Sides Of The Same Coin

    Contributed by John Bright on Apr 27, 2021
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    Mercy and Judgement are two sides of the same coin – We often put different parts of God’s character (attributes) into conflict. If we declare God as merciful, can He still bring righteous judgement? Let me share an example to help you understand the connection between mercy and judgment. If you ...read more

  • Motherhood And Compassion

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 19, 2022
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    Motherhood and Compassion. A few days ago, I made a marvelous discovery. In the Hebrew language of the Old Testament the word for “compassion” comes from the root word, “womb.” The picture is of a birthing. It is also the picture of a faithful mother giving all she's got to bring a little ...read more

  • Impact Of Love  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    Impact of Love a. Ted was not what one would call the teacher’s pet--he was Turned off by school. Very sloppy in appearance. Expressionless. Unattractive. Many looked down upon him Even his teacher, Miss Thompson, enjoyed bearing down her red pen -- as she placed Xs beside his many wrong answers. ...read more

  • Thy Great ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Thy Great Salvation Regeneration “He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured ...read more

  • Fly Like An Eagle

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Aug 13, 2008
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    FLY LIKE AN EAGLE A nature lover was once walking through the countryside when he came upon a farm. He walked up to the fence and looked into the barnyard. He saw lots of chickens and geese and other farm animals wandering and scratching about. Then he noticed one bird that didn’t fit. He looked ...read more

  • If I Had A Hammer!" Genesis 32:1-21 Key ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Feb 17, 2005
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    “If I Had A Hammer!” Genesis 32:1-21 Key verse(s): 9-12:“Then Jacob prayed, ‘O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, you prosper,’ I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two ...read more

  • For Me, My Belief In God Was Reaffirmed Recently ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Apr 28, 2002
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    For me, my belief in God was reaffirmed recently by something I would not have expected. While I was in England I visited St. Paul’s Cathedral. Worshiping in that great cathedral your eyes are drawn to the great dome. It is actually three domes, one on top of the other, with the highest and ...read more