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  • I've Been Reading A Book By Francine Rivers ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 30, 2010
     | 2,799 views

    I've been reading a book by Francine Rivers lately about an old woman called Leota who loves the Lord and has an amazing impact upon the lives of other people in her life, yet is rejected and hated by her own daughter, Eleanor. Throughout the book there seems to be NO HOPE for this estranged ...read more

  • I Was Talking To A Man On Friday About Our ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on May 17, 2010
     | 2,649 views

    I was talking to a man on Friday about our Church. He said he didn’t like our way of doing Church. I asked him what he meant and he said that he could not see how a Church could have a band out the front and what appeared to him to be a concert going on and so many people. He said "That’s not my ...read more

  • The Coat Of Christ  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,266 views

    THE COAT OF CHRIST Many years ago, an evangelist by the name of Jakov arrived at a village in Serbia. He met an elderly man there named Cimmerman, and Jakov began to talk to him of the love of Christ. Cimmerman abruptly interrupted Jakov and told him that he wished to have nothing to do with ...read more

  • Response To Hurting People  PRO

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 3, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,104 views

    RESPONSE TO HURTING PEOPLE In his book Soul Talk, Larry Crabb writes: "Which is worse? A church program to build community that doesn’t get off the ground or one person sitting every Sunday in the back of the church who remains unknown? A Sunday school class that once drew hundreds but has now ...read more

  • Demolition Derby And The Surrender Stick

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2011
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    DEMOLITION DERBY AND THE SURRENDER STICK Lydia and I went to the Demolition Derby at the 4-H Fair this past week and had a blast. I loved watching drivers take aim at each other with the attempt to demolish or disable one another. We saw some great smash ups and did a lot of laughing. I don't know ...read more

  • Receiving A Wonderful Gift

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 16, 2011
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    RECEIVING A WONDERFUL GIFT The only son of a very wealthy man had his 21st birthday on Christmas Day. His mother gave him some gold cufflinks and engraved gold pens. His uncle and aunt bought him a set of TaylorMade R9 golf clubs that combined Flight Control Technology and Moveable Weight ...read more

  • Hezekiah's Story

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Dec 22, 2011
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    HEZEKIAH'S STORY Laos 2001. Hezekiah's life had been so transformed that he had to tell someone. When he returned to the village he grew up in, he told the 35 relatives and villagers who met him and demanded to know why he had converted to Christianity, "Jesus is the only way I can be saved from ...read more

  • There Is Good In All

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
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    THERE IS GOOD IN ALL Norman Vincent Peale tells the story of one Christmas when he was 15 and his father, a physician turned minister, received a call from a brothel in the red light district. The madam had a girl who was dying and was calling for a minister. Quietly, his father explained to his ...read more

  • The Basis Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2012
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    THE BASIS OF ACCEPTANCE Oprah Winfrey said, “I discovered I didn’t feel worthy of love unless I was accomplishing something. I suddenly realized I have never felt I could be loved for just being.” Madonna said, “My drive in life is from this horrible fear of being mediocre. That’s always been ...read more

  • Jesus Freak: Hezekiah

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Oct 31, 2012
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    JESUS FREAK: HEZEKIAH Laos 2001. Hezekiah’s life had been so transformed that he had to tell someone. When he returned to the village he grew up in, he told the 35 relatives and villagers who met him and demanded to know why he had converted to Christianity, "Jesus is the only way I can be saved ...read more

  • What Does "All" Mean?

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 14, 2013
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    WHAT DOES "ALL" MEAN? I know people who are carrying around a load of guilt over the past and they're loaded down with this extra weight God doesn't want them to have. I remember a lady in my church in Wiesbaden I'll call Jill. Jill had rebelled against her parents, had been on drugs, had had ...read more

  • Not Easy Being ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2008
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    NOT EASY BEING MOM A University of Minnesota study on Motherhood released this week said moms should get $131,000 a year for what they do! When you add together all the different jobs they do it becomes obvious how valuable mothers are in our lives. Some reports say mothers do 17 different jobs ...read more

  • I Recently Heard Robert Fergusson A Minister At ...

    Contributed by Richard Francis on Aug 19, 2008
     | 1,855 views

    I recently heard Robert Fergusson a minister at the Hillsong Church in Sydney define four types of people with a heart for people, people who are inspiring, not comfortable to be around, go out into communities to help the sick, wounded, bleeding, dying ones into a deep pool of blessing, these ...read more

  • Vesuvius: Check The Map

    Contributed by Rob O'neal on Jul 7, 2009
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    VESUVIUS: CHECK THE MAP The people of the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum lived at the bottom of a mountain. They loved the mountain, because they believed it was a place where gods dwelt. The land was fertile, and the harbor was good, so the city prospered and grew. Then in 62 and 63 AD, ...read more

  • Different Views Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 2, 2009
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    Different Views of Time You may not realize it, but your appreciation of time this morning goes well beyond the challenges of adjusting to daylight-savings time. There was a time when time was a relatively simple thing. People were born, grew up, grew old and died. Days, seasons and years past. ...read more

  • Commitment Or Surrender What's The Difference

    Contributed by Raymond Petzholt on Jun 26, 2023
    based on 1 rating
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    Adrian Rogers tells the story of his meeting with Josef T’son who had suffered greatly under communism. Adrian said: “Josef, tell me about American Christianity.” Josef responded: “Adrian, I had rather not.” “No, I want to know.” “Well, Adrian, since you have asked me, I’ll tell you. The key ...read more

  • What Have They Done For You Lately

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Oct 4, 2023
     | 1,100 views

    I heard an illustration from Pastor Tony Evans that I altered some to fit us here in Arkansas • We love our Razorbacks, we make time for our Razorbacks • Especially Razorback football • Me and my wife love football • But, have you ever thought about how much time we devote to football? • The ...read more

  • John Balca Was One Of The Early Apostolic ...  PRO

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 8, 2006
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    -John Balca was one of the early Apostolic pioneer missionaries in Eastern Europe. He was particularly focused in the country of Yugoslavia in the 1930-1950’s. In his autobiography, he writes of the many difficulties that God helped him to overcome in the establishing of an Apostolic church in ...read more

  • I Was Introduced To "Different" The Summer I Took ...

    Contributed by Todd Stiles on Mar 27, 2007
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    I was introduced to “different” the summer I took about 30+ Jr. Highers to Mexico. What an experience! Yes, our own Mike Hain was with me (and what a trip he had). The things I saw on that trip changed my life -- forever! I can’t begin to tell you the broadening I experienced during that two week ...read more

  • Bitter And Resentful

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 27, 2014
     | 6,770 views

    "Bitterness is like taking poison, and waiting for the other person to die." - Malachy McCourt I once knew a woman whose heart had been broken by disappointing relationships. She became very sarcastic towards the opposite sex and could often be overheard making disparaging remarks about ...read more