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  • Judging Others Isn't Easy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 12, 2005
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    Judging others isn’t easy. In his little book Illustrations of Bible Truth, H.A. Ironside pointed out the folly of judging others. He related an incident in the life of a man called Bishop Potter. "He was sailing for Europe on one of the great transatlantic ocean liners. When he went on board, he ...read more

  • A Christian Railroad Engineer Was Speaking To A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
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    A Christian railroad engineer was speaking to a group of fellow workers about heaven. He said, “I can’t begin to tell you what the Lord Jesus means to me. In Him I have a hope that is very precious. Let me explain. Many years ago as each night I neared the end of my run, I would always let out a ...read more

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  • What Adults Believe Some Of The Key Findings ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    What Adults Believe Some of the key findings tracked by The Barna Group for the last two decades: 87% claim their religious faith is very important in their life today. 75% strongly affirm this idea. 77% are with the Christian faith, 12% are atheist or agnostic, while 11% are with some other faith ...read more

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  • Dwight L. Moody Was A Poorly Educated, ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Jul 10, 2006
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    “Dwight L. Moody was a poorly educated, unordained, shoe salesman who felt God’s call to preach the gospel. Early one morning he and some friends gathered in a hay field for [prayer]. His friend Henry Varley said these words: ‘The world has yet to see what God can do with and for and through and ...read more

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  • When I Was A Preacher Student, I Went On An ...

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Feb 13, 2007
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    When I was a PREACHER STUDENT, I went on an EVANGELISTIC DOOR-KNOCKING CAMPAIGN in Wes Texas trying to set up BIBLE STUDIES and INVITING people to a REVIVAL MEETING being held at a local CHURCH. At one door I knocked on, a man answered with a CAN of BEER in his HAND. He had his SHIRT off and ...read more

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Life Examples: Moses: God's Pattern For Success ...  PRO

    Contributed by Nathan Parker on Mar 10, 2007
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    Life Examples: Moses: God’s Pattern for Success (Ex. 3:1-4) One of the greatest differences between the world’s message about success and God’s is this: The world seeks a single formula to produce one set of results for all people, while God’s plan is far more creative, far more individualized, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Life Examples: Isaiah: A Life-Changing Encounter ...  PRO

    Contributed by Nathan Parker on Mar 10, 2007
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    Life Examples: Isaiah: A Life-Changing Encounter (Isaiah 6:1-7) Isaiah’s whole life changed when he saw the majestic Lord seated on His heavenly throne. His awesome vision of God pierced him to cry out, "I am a man of unclean lips...For my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts" (Isaiah 6:5). ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Life Examples: Elijah: Responding To Stress (1 ...

    Contributed by Nathan Parker on Mar 10, 2007
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    Life Examples: Elijah: Responding to Stress (1 Kings 19:3) Stressful situations can drive us to inappropriate responses. The prophet Elijah illustrates the importance of viewing circumstances from God’s perspective. God sent the prophet to rescue Israel from its moral and spiritual decline. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • As We Faithfully Serve The Lord Through The Power ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 21, 2007
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    As we faithfully serve the Lord through the power of His Spirit, the devil’s hosts will begin to attack us with all their might. As a result, we may be called upon to suffer for Christ’s sake. The veteran missionary Russell Ebersole was once greatly encouraged by the beloved Bible teacher William ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Young William Wilberforce Was Discouraged One ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 2,965 views

    Young William Wilberforce was discouraged one night in the early 1790s after another defeat in his ten-year battle against the slave trade. Tired and frustrated, he opened his Bible and began to leaf through it. A small piece of paper fell out and fluttered to the floor. It was a letter written by ...read more

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  • Several Christian Men Who Had Been Touched By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Several Christian men who had been touched by the Lord decided to do something practical for their pastor: pray for him. What is so unusual about that, you might ask. Well, for one particular pastor, it was a brand new sensation. These few laymen had just returned from a Bible study that ...read more

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  • Observations Of A Father

    Contributed by Chuck Musselwhite on Jun 21, 2007
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    Observations of a Father • I am going to share with you all my wisdom of four years of parenting • Okay let’s look at what the Bible says • When I had my first child I lost half of my memory, when I had my second child I lost the other half, when I had my third I lost another half I didn’t know I ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • In Fact There Are 322 Specific Prophecies In The ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Oct 7, 2007
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    In fact there are 322 specific prophecies in the OT about Jesus Christ and many of these prophecies have already been fulfilled and documented in the NT of the Bible. This might not seem much too you, but I want you to get your head around this fact. If only 8 prophecies were fulfilled the ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Emptiness

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 23, 2007
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     | 3,427 views

    Emptiness One of the most common refrains we hear from those who have reached the pinnacle of success is that of the emptiness that still stalks their lives, all their successes notwithstanding. That sort of confession is at least one reason the question of meaning is so central in life’s pursuit. ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • But When We Discuss The Subject Of Hell In ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 3, 2007
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    But when we discuss the subject of Hell in seriousness, we realize that it is a subject in which opinions abound: From an article on Judaism found at Wikipedia: "Daniel 12:2 proclaims "And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and ...read more

    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • God Will Make Things Right, So Stay With It To ...

    Contributed by David Ward on Dec 30, 2007
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    God will make things right, so stay with it to the end ... 1. When it looks like Dorothy won’t get out of the witch’s castle, let alone home to Kansas, stay with it to the end. 2. When it looks like Charlton Heston won’t get those people out of Egypt, and certainly not across the Red Sea, stay ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Back In The Ninth Century, The Very Powerful ...

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Jan 7, 2008
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    Back in the ninth century, the very powerful Roman emperor Charlemagne made an unusual request with regard to his burial. He asked to be buried sitting upright on his throne with his crown on his head, his scepter in his hand, his royal cape draped around his shoulders and with an open book placed ...read more

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Demonstrate The Gospel  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 22, 2008
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    Demonstrate the Gospel R.W. Shambach told the story of a meeting he was in with T.L. Osborn. A young man who was a boxer and had been blinded by severe blows was also in the meeting. Shambach knew the man personally and knew that he was not a believer. Osborn called the man forward and prayed ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • A Friend Convinced Phil To Go Deep-Sea Fishing, ...

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 25, 2008
     | 1,812 views

    A friend convinced Phil to go deep-sea fishing, something he had never done before. Now that he was in the middle of the ocean, he felt sure this was the dumbest thing he had ever done. Who would have believed that seasickness could be so awful? With every pitch and roll, Phil wondered if he could ...read more

    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Joy Of Christ Forgiveness: A Member Of A Major ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
     | 2,828 views

    Joy of Christ Forgiveness: A member of a major non-Christian religion said to a missionary to India, "Tell me one thing your religion can offer the people of India that mine can’t." The missionary thought for a moment and replied, "Forgiveness! Forgiveness!" Unlike the followers of all other world ...read more

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