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  • If You Need Anything...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    "IF YOU NEED ANYTHING..." A wealthy man was moving into a new house, and his next door neighbor just happened to be a Quaker. The Quakers, as you know, believe in simplicity and plainness of life. The Quaker neighbor watched as the movers carted in numerous pieces of furniture, a great deal of ...read more

  • Too Close To Where I Got In  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Apr 9, 2009
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    TOO CLOSE TO WHERE I GOT IN A little boy fell out of the bed in his sleep. His father picked him up and put him back in bed. He asked him, "Son, what happened?" The little boy responded, "I fell asleep too close to where I got in." I believe that describes too many Christians today...they have ...read more

  • Many Years Ago A Group Of Small Farmers, Being ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jun 7, 2009
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    Many years ago a group of small farmers, being particularly superstitious, kept a corner of their fields uncultivated in order to pacify certain evil spirits. They believed that by sacrificing this one corner to the spirits, the remainder of the field would be left undisturbed and fertile. What ...read more

  • Hope Stands Up To Its Knees In The Past And ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Aug 11, 2009
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    Hope stands up to its knees in the past and keeps its eyes on the future. There has never been a time past when God wasn’t with us as the strength beyond our strength, the wisdom beyond our wisdom, as whatever it is in our hearts--whether we believe in God or not--that keeps us human enough at ...read more

  • Jehovah-Shammah

    Contributed by Darryl Womack on Oct 30, 2009
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    JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH I love to play peek-a-boo. My grandson Cayden loves to watch as I cover my face and then move my hands and say peek-a-boo. He’ll laugh and laugh. Ever wonder why that works so well at entertaining babies. It’s because they haven’t figured out yet that you really haven’t gone ...read more

  • Voice Of Authority

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on May 12, 2011
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    VOICE OF AUTHORITY When I was serving with YWAM in the summer of 1982, we played a concert at a school in Amsterdam. As the concert ended, the students began to come up to us and talking with us, and believe it or not, some even asked for our autographs. At that moment a tall, thin, man with a ...read more

  • Baptism Is A Label  PRO

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jul 7, 2011
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    BAPTISM IS A LABEL Some believed that because they were circumcised they were saved. But God never intended circumcision/baptism to do anything. Consider, for example, labels. They name the products, but they do not bring them into being. So with circumcision: BAPTISM LABELS YOU A CHRISTIAN, BUT ...read more

  • Muller: Scriptures Make Me Happy

    Contributed by Mark Tonkery on Jan 27, 2012
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    MULLER: SCRIPTURES MAKE ME HAPPY George Muller, who established many orphanages throughout England in the 1800’s, once said... "I believe that the one chief reason that I have been kept in happy useful service is that I have been a lover of Holy Scripture. It has been my habit to read the Bible ...read more

  • 3000 Miles Wide And 3 Inches Deep

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 13, 2012
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    3000 MILES WIDE AND 3 INCHES DEEP According to a 2008 Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, 57 percent of evangelical church attendees said they believe many religions can lead to eternal life. In fact, 70 percent of Americans with at least some religious affiliation shared that idea. The ...read more

  • It Costs Something To Be Christian

    Contributed by C Jordan on Feb 21, 2012
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    IT COSTS SOMETHING TO BE CHRISTIAN "It costs something to be a true Christian. Let that never be forgotten. To be a (lukewarm) Christian, and go to church, is cheap and easy work. But to hear Christ’s voice, follow Christ, believe in Christ, and confess Christ, requires much self-denial. It will ...read more

  • Community: "A Part Of Me Loved War"

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 2, 2013
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    "A part of me loved war. Now, please understand, I am a peaceful man, fond of children and animals. And I believe that war should have no place in the affairs of men. But, the comradeship our platoon experienced in that war provides a moving and enduring memory in me. A comrade in war is ...read more

  • I Will Give You Two Apples  PRO

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 29, 2014
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    I WILL GIVE YOU TWO APPLES An atheist and a little boy in his neighborhood were talking one day about God, church and faith. Finally, the old neighbor said to the little boy, "Son, I don’t see how there could be a God in this world with all of the problems we have. I will give you an apple if you ...read more

  • Sailors In The Northern Oceans Have Frequently ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 2,180 views

    Sailors in the northern oceans have frequently observed icebergs traveling in one direction in spite of strong winds blowing in the opposite direction. The icebergs were moving against the winds, but how? The explanation is that the icebergs, with eight-ninths of their bulk under the water ...read more

  • Were It Not For The Cross

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    John Stott, said, "I could never myself believe in God if it were not for the cross. In the real world of pain, how could one worship a God who was immune to it? I turn to that lonely, twisted, tortured figure on the cross, nails through hands and feet, back lacerated, limbs wrenched, brow ...read more

  • A Pastor Shared His Experience Of Witnessing To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A pastor shared his experience of witnessing to a Jewish man. When the minister attempted to share about the death of Jesus on a cross, the man rebuffed him with these words: “Why do I want to believe in someone who is cursed by hanging on a tree?” The suffering at the cross was a long and lonely ...read more

  • During The Early 1980's, A Retired British ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 10, 2007
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    During the early 1980’s, a retired British couple feared that a nuclear holocaust was imminent. They determined they would find the most reasonable place to live on earth, one with a high standard of living, freedom, and unlikely to be a nuclear target. After they found their secluded nest, they ...read more

  • I Was Once Invited To Lay Hands On Some People ...

    Contributed by Samson Musyoki on Sep 22, 2007
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    I was once invited to lay hands on some people who had obeyed to an altar call during an open air meeting. I asked one sick old man whether he believed in Jesus Christ as Lord and saviour and he told me, no. I again asked him if he was ready to receive the Lord Jesus into his life and be saved, and ...read more

  • First, Realize For Us, "The Lord's Coming Is ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Oct 14, 2007
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    First, realize for us, "The Lord’s coming is near". For us, the believer, it is temporary while we wait for the reward. We have such a great reward coming even the streets are described as streets of gold. The kingdom of God where there will be perfect love, perfect peace, where every tear wiped ...read more

  • Did You Know That In June 2006 Israeli Doctors ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 26, 2008
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    Did you know that in June 2006 Israeli doctors and scientists successfully germinated a 2000 year old date palm, found at the Herodian fortress of Masada on the West Bank of the Dead Sea the seed was tagged the Methuselah. Friends there is coming a time when another seed is going to be ...read more

  • I Remember When I Was Fishing With My Dad Sailing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    I remember when I was fishing with my dad sailing into Yarmouth in the fog, I can’t remember sailing into Yarmouth without fog but that’s a different story. And we’d use our radar as much as we could but we would put a man out on the bow to keep a look out for the light from the buoys. The ...read more