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  • As We Talked About My Research For This Sermon, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Oct 10, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,462 views

    As we talked about my research for this sermon, my wife said it seemed to her that the message of the New Testament on discipline in the church was that we should use the minimum action, or the minimum amount of force necessary to accomplish the desired result. In the comedy move “Police Academy” ...read more

  • The Most Often Visited Internet Site In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Nov 3, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,864 views

    The most often visited internet site in the summer of 2001 was reported to be an interview with God. Some of you have sent me a copy of this. It’s an imaginary question-and-answer session with God. In June alone it had 2.4 million visitors log on, and all of this without advertising! Human ...read more

  • Church Is A Hospital For Sinners  PRO

    Contributed by James Vilgos on Nov 18, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,668 views

    Church is a Hospital for sinners: A Some are content with placebos, fake medicines that you think are healing you so you feel good. Things that get you excited like music, a joke in the sermon, an emotional speaker things that they receive as entertainment and you think that is the Holy ...read more

  • Gordon Macdonald,in An Article Called, "When ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bud Rose on Nov 26, 2005
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     | 1,864 views

    Gordon MacDonald,in an article called, “When Religion Becomes Serious Business said, “Yesterday morning I was on the phone with our daughter who lives with her husband in North Carolina. We were having a great conversation. I was using a wireless phone, and suddenly the phone went dead, and her ...read more

  • An Englishman By The Name Of Ebenezer Wooten Had ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 9, 2005
     | 3,851 views

    An Englishman by the name of Ebenezer Wooten had just concluded a preaching service in the village square. The crowd had dispersed, and he was busily engaged in loading the equipment. A young man approached him and asked, “Mr. Wooten, what must I do to be saved?” Sensing that the fellow was ...read more

  • Teens: Two Of The Most Common Life-Changing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,706 views

    Teens: Two of the most common life-changing situations reported among Christian teens are stress (64%) and sin (59%). 64% of Christian teens chose to remain sexually abstinent until marriage while 54% chose not to use alcohol or drugs (51%) in ‘02. Those who struggle with abuse or parental conflict ...read more

  • When God Was About To Create Man, According To A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Eatock on Jan 23, 2006
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     | 2,506 views

    When God was about to create man, according to a Jewish legend, He took into His counsel the angels that stood about his throne. “Create him not,” said the angel of Justice, “for if Thou dost he will commit all kinds of wickedness against his fellow men; he will be hard and cruel and dishonest and ...read more

  • Erwin Mcmanus Asked A Highly Educated Ucla ...  PRO

    Contributed by Douglas Vincent on Mar 17, 2006
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    Erwin Mcmanus asked a highly educated UCLA graduate what he was planning to do with his life. Looking for clarification he asked, “you mean to pay the bills?” Erwin answered with no small amount of passion, “No, not to pay the Bills” He went on to explain to him that if his only goal was to pay ...read more

  • I Want To Close With This Poem By Lois Reynolds ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Oct 30, 2006
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    I want to close with this poem by Lois Reynolds Carpenter, entitled “Second Birth”. I never loved the pleasant earth So much as since my second birth. The shy forget-me-not’s soft blue Seems bits of Heaven shining through. The golden buttercup’s bright face Proclaims the glory of His grace. His ...read more

  • Noel Coward, A Well Known British Playwright And ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Nov 16, 2006
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    Noel Coward, a well known British playwright and comedian in the 20th century, once played a prank on ten famous men in London. He sent each of these distinguished men the same note which read: “We know what you have done. If you don’t want to be exposed, leave town.” Within six months all ten ...read more

  • Several Years Ago, Missionaries Had Difficulty In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Dec 9, 2006
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    Several years ago, missionaries had difficulty in communicating the good news of Jesus Christ to the Chinese people. But one day, there was a breakthrough. A missionary was studying a particular Chinese ideograph, the one which means "righteous." He noticed that it contained an upper and lower ...read more

  • One Of The Wisest Statements I Ever Read Said ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,594 views

    One of the wisest statements I ever read said that feelings must be owned before they can be disowned. People who make the psychological approach of “stuffing their feelings” do themselves a disservice. They avoid hard reality instead of working through it. Joseph Scriven, whose fiancée was ...read more

  • A Methodist Pastor Named Walter Everett ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,953 views

    A Methodist Pastor named Walter Everett understood the importance of forgiving those who sin against you. When Michael Carlucci was convicted of manslaughter for shooting Everett’s son, the bereaved father set an example that challenges all of us who claim to be Christians. Walter stood up in court ...read more

  • Some Years Ago The Minnesota Crime Commission ...  PRO

    Contributed by Glenn Hickey on Jan 25, 2008
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     | 2,467 views

    Some years ago the Minnesota Crime Commission released a statement which said: ‘‘Every baby starts life as a little savage. He is completely selfish, and self-centered. He wants what he wants when he wants it –– his bottle, his mother’’s attention, his playmate’s toys, his uncle’s watch. Deny him ...read more

  • The Great Problem With Trying To Earn Salvation ...  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Hill on Feb 10, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,356 views

    The great problem with trying to earn salvation is that no-one has ever done it! It is not that there was anything wrong with the Law. The problem is with human beings. In the movie the ‘Sound of Music’ a young woman by the name of Maria is sent from a convent to become governess to the five ...read more

  • And Jesus Loved Them All

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Mar 4, 2008
     | 2,321 views

    And Jesus Loved Them All------ I saw a sea of faces in a dream I had one day and millions stood before a throne whose sins were washed away from every tribe and every land they all had heard the call the rich, the poor, the black, the white and Jesus loved them all. He loved them with their many ...read more

  • Not Long Ago The Epic Poem "Beowulf" Was Made ...

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,068 views

    Not long ago the epic poem “Beowulf” was made into the first all-CGI movie. Hollywood succeeded where our schools have often failed in etching this tragic tale and it’s monster Grendel in the minds of a new generation. I mention this because I want us to understand that each of us also have our ...read more

  • Not Long Ago The Epic Poem "Beowulf" Was Made ...

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on Apr 10, 2008
     | 895 views

    Not long ago the epic poem “Beowulf” was made into the first all-CGI movie. Hollywood succeeded where our schools have often failed in etching this tragic tale and it’s monster Grendel in the minds of a new generation. I mention this because I want us to understand that each of us also have our ...read more

  • Who Wrote The Bible?

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 9, 2008
     | 1,857 views

    WHO WROTE THE BIBLE? There are only five beings who could have written the Bible. These beings are good men, bad men, devils, angels, or God. It stands to reason that bad men and devils would not have written the Bible because through out its pages they are condemned for their sinfulness to ...read more

  • Hindrances  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 25, 2008
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     | 3,369 views

    HINDRANCES Hindrances: These are those things that the Bible doesn’t necessarily call sin, but that can get in the way. Let me give you an example: It’s not illegal to run the 100-yard dash wearing snow-mobile suit and snow boots. But you’re not going to win. In fact, you’ll probably pass out ...read more