Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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General George Patton of WW II fame was a great student of the history of warfare. During the battles of North Africa, Patton’s troops and tanks were engaged in a series of attacks and counter-attacks with the German Panzer Divisions under the command of General Erwin Rommell, generally considered
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Princeton.edu also states, “The Great Awakening, the series of religious revivals that swept the English colonies in America in the eighteenth century. The Great Awakening had other important social and political consequences, too. It brought an upsurge in missionary activities among the Indians
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Contributed by Gene Gregory on Dec 8, 2007
Karl Barth, the great 20th-century theologian, was once asked the most profound thing he had ever learned. With tears in His eyes he answered, “Jesus
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Contributed by Tony Abram on Dec 21, 2007
"God’s investment in us is so great he could not possibly abandon us."
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 17, 2008
I wonder if you have seen that great scene in the the Monty python film where there is a man over indulging himself with food to the disgust of the waiter. As the gentlemen eats he’s get fatter and fatter to the point where he is absolutely full and he cannot eat anymore. His body looks like it
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
The Greeks had two great athletic festivals. One of them you are all familiar with. Its is the … (Let them answer). Right! The Olympic games. The second great athletic festival was called the Isthmian games. The Isthmian games were held at Corinth, so the people Paul was writing to were very
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Contributed by Brian Harvison on Jul 30, 2008
One of my heroes growing up was the great Reggie White
The ruthless defensive lineman for the Philadelphia Eagles
He was a tremendous athlete
Reggie White was a 2 time NFL defensive player of the year The latest in 1998 at 36 years old
That’s old in the NFL
He was selected to 13 Pro Bowls
And was
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Contributed by Michael Snow on Aug 13, 2008
Years ago, E. Stanley Jones, the great Methodist Missionary to India, would conduct special meetings that he called "ashrams." An ashram was a special time set aside for spiritual growth. It’s what we might call a retreat. Dr. Jones always began his ashrams by passing out pieces of paper and
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Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Oct 23, 2008
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), that great English scientist, discovered three important "laws of motion." The third one states that "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction." This principle was used in space exploration. We learned to use powerful thrust rockets burning fuel to
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Contributed by Chris Jordan on Jan 17, 2009
QUOTE: “You are called not so much to do great things, as to be a great person--and that person is Jesus Christ. The church of Jesus Christ is the resident presence of Jesus in the world. That’s a foundational principle of incarnational Christianity: It doesn’t aim to get people to God; it brings
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Contributed by John Hamby on Nov 6, 2000
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“Our English word witness comes from an Old English word we do no use very much anymore but we used it in Elizabethan times and afterwards. It is the word wit. ‘To wit’ means ‘to know’ A ‘wit’ is ‘a knowledgeable
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Sep 22, 2001
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30 years ago two shoe salesmen were sent to Nigeria to survey the country for the possibility of building a shoe factory. The first man came back and said, "Few people here wear shoes so there is little need to build a new shoe factory in Nigeria. The second came back to London and said, "This is
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 21, 2001
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THE CHANGE YOU OWE TO JESUS
John Wesley was a popular evangelist in early America and often rode from one church to another to preach. On one such journey, stopped by a highwayman who shouted, "Halt, your money or your life."
Wesley got down from his horse, emptied his pockets to reveal only
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2002
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Charles Spurgeon and the Park Street tabernacle- Why did it lose its influence?
When Charles Haddon Spurgeon first went to Park Street church in London, he was nineteen years old. There he found a church with a seating capacity of fifteen hundred but with an attendance of under two hundred. Nine
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Contributed by David Yarbrough on Mar 15, 2002
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One day a lady criticized D. L. Moody for his methods of evangelism in attempting to win people to the Lord. Moody’s reply was "I agree with you. I don’t like the way I do it either. Tell me, how do you do it?" The lady replied, "I don’t do it." Moody retorted, "Then I like my way of doing it
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Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Apr 30, 2002
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Do you remember the commercial that was running just before, and during the 2002 Olympics? The one that had snapshots of different people playing or watching hockey throughout the country? Everybody yells out “He shoots, he scores!” The tag line at the end is, “If we all shout it loud enough,
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Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 21, 2002
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The message of the angels to the shepherds was that there was Good News! We like good news. We certainly don’t like bad news. A father came home from a very rugged day at work and said to his wife, "I’ve had a bad day. Please! If you have any bad news tonight, keep it to yourself." To which she
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