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  • If God Is Omnipresent, He Must Needs Be ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 12, 2008
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    “If God is omnipresent, he must needs be omniscient; but he is omnipresent; this supposes the infinite and immensity of his being, from which follows the ubiquity of his presence; heaven and earth include the whole creation, and the Creator fills both (Jer. 23:24); he not only knows both, and ...read more

  • Get Recharged Often

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 29, 2008
     | 2,297 views

    GET RECHARGED OFTEN This is our first year with cell phones. Marylu was a counselor up at Camp Emmanuel this year for two weeks. Her cell phone kept needing to be recharged, because out at camp the towers are remote (it said, "extended service area") and cell phones keep looking for a better ...read more

  • My Wife Has Caused A Lot Of Stress In My Life; ...

    Contributed by Ronald Franklin on Aug 7, 2008
     | 1,475 views

    My wife has caused a lot of stress in my life; in fact, I am married to a stress agent! Now, before you start wondering about our relationship, you need to know that if you are married at all, you are married to a stress agent too! That’s part of God’s plan. She has introduced stress in my life by ...read more

  • Ohio State's Legendary Football Coach Woody Hayes ...

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008
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    Ohio State's legendary football coach Woody Hayes was asked by a Chicago writer how he continued to attract top players. "It's very simple," replied Woody. "We recruit and coach on a positive basis. We seek the quality, the best kids. I couldn't get along with any other kind. Then we set high ...read more

  • Satan's Best Strategy

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 14, 2008
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    Satan's Best Strategy Satan called in some of his lieutenants to help him develop a strategy for keeping God’s people living in defeat. One strategy after another was suggested. To keep God’s people living in defeat, it was decided that they could try to keep them from prayer, the Bible, and ...read more

  • The Bottom Line Is That Christianity Has Always ...

    Contributed by Danny Presswood on Jan 4, 2009
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    The bottom line is that Christianity has always been at odds with culture and the world system. But all too often the church today is trying to win a war without really knowing where the battle is actually being fought. The WAR is NOT about separation of Church and State. The WAR is NOT about ...read more

  • Binding Sticks  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 12, 2009
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     | 1,969 views

    BINDING STICKS One of Aesop’s fables is about a father who had seven sons. To each son he gave a stick. Each was asked to break his stick, which was easily done. Then the father took seven other sticks and bound them together. He than ask the seven sons to break the sticks. Not one of the sons ...read more

  • Wealth ...

    Contributed by Aaron Mishoe on Apr 2, 2009
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    Wealth Building Is getting rich wrong? The Bible says the love of money, not money itself is evil. What is your motivation in building wealth? John Wesley said, “Earn all you can, save all you can, give all you can.” Selfish reasons for wealth building will reveal pride and greed in our ...read more

  • Bigger Person

    Contributed by Floyd John-Keith on Apr 3, 2009
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    BIGGER PERSON One day, two men appeared before a judge to have settled a dispute. One argued that the other had moved the boundary marker by five feet and thereby has taken possession of his land. After listening to both arguments and going through some documents the judge could not determine ...read more

  • Self-Destruction

    Contributed by Akinsanya Adubi on Sep 28, 2009
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    SELF-DESTRUCTION The same way a lot of people have destroyed what the Lord rightly gave to them with their own hands. The case of a governor of one of the states in Nigeria is a very good example. He jumped bail in England and was removed on coming back home. There was also the case of one boy who ...read more

  • Let's Get Back To The Hot Topic Of Music: Gordon ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 22, 2009
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    Let’s get back to the hot topic of music: Gordon MacDonald stated, “…A piece of music can summon tears of sadness or feelings of incredible joy and well-being. Every culture (perhaps each generation) appears to have developed its own unique musical forms and expressions-the bundling together of ...read more

  • Albert Schweitzer On Serving And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 9, 2009
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    Albert Schweitzer on Serving and Happiness Albert Schweitzer said: “I do not know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know, the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” Resources: Building Up One Another, Gene A. Getz, Victor Books, ...read more

  • Matters Of Debate Between Rabbis Included How To ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 30, 2009
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    Matters of debate between rabbis included how to implement the commands. Contrast later Rabbis words, "How far should you go in admonishing people? Rav said: Until they beat you up for reprimanding them (Arachin 16b)…I might think that you should admonish him even if his face turned white for ...read more

  • History Books Report That Ww Ii Began On Sept 1, ...

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Dec 15, 2009
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    History books report that WW II began on Sept 1, 1939 when German armies invaded Poland. The original plan was to invade on August 26th. The order was sent out to stand down because of a last minute change in plans. All units but one received the news. That unit moved forward on the 26th, ...read more

  • No Money- No Learning – But ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2009
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    “No Money- No Learning – But Joy” A prayer meeting was being held at a mission chapel. A poor worker came and kneeled at the altar. He could not understand even the simple Gospel message. While others were rejoicing, he kept on saying, “Jesus! Jesus! Jesus” which was all the prayer he knew. Soon ...read more

  • My God, My God

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 13, 2010
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    MY GOD, MY GOD Jesus' lonely cry of, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me!" is a desperate cry of loneliness. I believe this was the worst and the most horrible part of the crucifixion for Jesus. I believe it was worst than the beatings, the betrayal of Judas, the desertion of the disciples, ...read more

  • Change

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 7, 2010
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    Bound by Tradition Warren Wiersbe tells us, “Over the years I have seen churches . . . flounder and almost destroy themselves in futile attempts to embalm the past and escape the future. Their theme song was, ‘As it was in the beginning, so shall it ever be, world without end, Amen.’ Often I’ve ...read more

  • Obedience Is What ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010
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    OBEDIENCE IS WHAT MATTERS "… If two angels in heaven were given assignments by God at the same time, one of them to go and rule over the greatest nation on earth and the other to go sweep the streets of the dirtiest village, each angel would be completely indifferent as to which one got which ...read more

  • Elizabeth Elliot: "If The Only Thing You Have To ...

    Contributed by Scott Spencer on Aug 1, 2011
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    Elizabeth Elliot: "If the only thing you have to offer is a broken heart, you offer a broken heart. Realizing that nothing I have, nothing I am will be refused on the part of Christ, I simply give it to Him as the little boy gave Jesus his five loaves and two small fishes--with the same feeling of ...read more

  • Too Much Like Hell

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 22, 2011
     | 4,198 views

    TOO MUCH LIKE HELL A young American lawyer boasted that he was going West to find some place where there were no churches, no Sunday schools, no Bibles. Before the year was over, he wrote to a classmate, a young minister, begging him to come out where he was and start a Sunday school and preach, ...read more