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  • Out Of Tune

    Contributed by Daniel King, D. Min. on Aug 1, 2018
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    Main Idea: God is perfect and He cannot tolerate any sin in His presence. Verse: “As for God, His way is perfect” (Psalms 18:30 NKJV). Illustration: Once there was a famous conductor who was asked to direct a world class orchestra. He chose a famous piece of music and the orchestra gathered ...read more

  • Paul W. Powell, "Pride Is So Subtle That If We ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Paul W. Powell, “Pride is so subtle that if we aren’t careful we’ll be proud of our humility. When this happens our goodness becomes badness. Our virtues become vices. We can easily become like the Sunday School teacher who, having told the story of the Pharisee and ...read more

  • Blame And Self-Esteem

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Jul 24, 2011
     | 3,265 views

    BLAME AND SELF-ESTEEM When I was an Airline Pilot I was responsible for all flight operations, whether good or bad. If you are taxing into the gate and your wing clips a baggage cart, it is the Captain's fault. It doesn’t matter if the lineman steers you the wrong way or not. What the lineman ...read more

  • Loving Discipline

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 24, 2023
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    My middle godson has been having some serious discipline problems. While I was visiting his family, I read the file of his interviews with the school specialists in difficult children. The thing that struck me the hardest was when they were exploring whether or not he felt loved by ...read more

  • Recently I Read About A Pastor Who Had A Thorn. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    Recently I read about a Pastor who had a thorn. He had just started - getting involved in teaching and preaching and sensing that it might be some area of calling for him. It was on a Sunday morning at this church and five minutes into his message he started to get dizzy and woozy and the room ...read more

  • Works-Oriented Salvation Verses Saving Faith

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2009
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    Works-Oriented Salvation verses Saving Faith Muhammad Ali was once asked what his faith meant to him. Ali replied: "[it] means [a] ticket to heaven. One day we’re all going to die, and god is going to judge us, [our] good and bad deeds. [if the] bad outweighs the good, you go to hell; if the good ...read more

  • The Wrong Kind Of Faith

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Here’s an example of the wrong kind of faith. Are you familiar with the Broom Hilda comic strip? Anybody ever seen it? For an illustration of mindless faith I like the conversation that takes place between Irwin Troll and Gaylord Buzzard. Gaylord is reading the daily paper and observes, "First we ...read more

  • Forgiving My Enemy

    Contributed by Steve Smith on Aug 28, 2007
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    ILLUSTRATION: FORGIVING MY ENEMY Ronald Reagan’s attitude after the 1982 attempt on his life made an impression on his daughter, Patti Davis who shared this about that time: “The following day my father said he knew his physical healing was directly dependent on his ability to forgive John ...read more

  • A Fellow Once Made The Remark That If He Were ...

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 14, 2008
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    A fellow once made the remark that if he were God, he could certainly do things much better than God seemed to. For example, he said, if I were God I would not have caused the fruit of such a tremendous tree as the oak to be an acorn. Such a mighty tree needs to bear a much larger fruit, like a ...read more

  • The Essential Message Of The Scriptures

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jan 17, 2009
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    Dr. Walter Martin states with such clarity: "Into this whirlpool of stagnant human philosophy and perverted revelation came the Son of God who, through His teachings and example, revealed that there was such a thing as divine humanity, and through His miraculous powers, vicarious death and bodily ...read more

  • A ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 18, 2009
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    A SERMON I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day. I’d rather one should walk with me than merely show the way. The eye’s a better pupil, and more willing than the ear; Fine counsel is confusing, but example is always clear. So I’d rather get my lesson by observing what you do; It is not ...read more

  • Direction Signs

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Dec 15, 2009
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    DIRECTION SIGNS In my time with the children a few weeks ago I spoke with them about road signs. As I prepared this message, I thought about how we have become a nation of signs: Some of them are helpful and some are not. Some signs cause us to pause and ask, “What were they thinking?” Some ...read more

  • Signs Only Expose Reality

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 14, 2009
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    SIGNS ONLY EXPOSE REALITY Signs do not create a reality; they merely expose it. For example, a sign on a highway may read "Chicago: 160 miles". If we changed the sign to read "60 miles" instead, it wouldn't change the fact that Chicago is really 160 miles away. Truth doesn't change, no matter ...read more

  • Follow Me (Christ's Steps)

    Contributed by William Akehurst on May 5, 2009
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    FOLLOW ME. (Christ’s Steps) It is reported that St. Wenceslaus, King of Bohmia, one winters night, going to his devotions in the snow barefooted, his servant, who endeavoured to imitate his master’s piety, began to faint, through the inclemency of the weather, till the king commanded him to follow ...read more

  • Follow Me. (Christ's ...

    Contributed by William Akehurst on May 5, 2009
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    FOLLOW ME. (Christ’s Steps) It is reported that St. Wenceslaus, King of Bohmia, one winters night, going to his devotions in the snow barefooted, his servant, who endeavoured to imitate his master’s piety, began to faint, through the inclemency of the weather, till the king commanded him to follow ...read more

  • Wishing For Pascal's Brain  PRO

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Feb 17, 2013
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    WISHING FOR PASCAL'S BRAIN Biblical Education is the process by which Godly character is formed, strength of clear conscious and sound mind is amplified, and understanding is sharpened, as a result of which one can walk in divine wisdom. Someone once approached Blaise Pascal, the famous French ...read more

  • Cradles That Shaped The World  PRO

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Nov 29, 2006
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    Cradles The Shaped The World An example Charles Swindoll uses is the year 1809. The international scene was tumultuous and turbulent that year. Napoleon Bonaparte was sweeping through Austria on his quest to rule the world, and blood was flowing freely. Nobody cared much about babies being born in ...read more

  • The Law Was To Remind Us That We Were Guilty For ...

    Contributed by A. David Hart on Apr 13, 2008
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    the law was to remind us that we were guilty for violating that law, the down side of that was that the law did not provide a satisfactory pardon for anyone who broke the law. So the law has its limitations. I am reminded of something that recently happened to my older brother. He is a long ...read more

  • Counterfeit ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 27, 2012
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    COUNTERFEIT CHRISTIANITY Several years ago in Kentucky a man walked into a Dairy Queen, placed his order and then paid for it with a $200 bill. The cashier gave him $198 in change and he drove away. Some time later in the day I guess the manager noticed that something didn’t seem right about this ...read more

  • A Man Decided To Join A Monastery And One Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Aug 25, 2002
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    A man decided to join a monastery and one of the rules of the group was that you were only allowed to speak two words every ten years. At the end of ten years he said, "Bad food!" Ten more years went by and he said, "Hard bed!" Finally, on his 30th anniversary with the brothers, he ...read more