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  • Life Examples: Jacob: Wrestling With God (Gen. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Nathan Parker on Mar 10, 2007
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    Life Examples: Jacob: Wrestling with God (Gen. 32:24-32) The story of Jacob alternately comforts and confounds. For while we could look upon many of his decisions with contempt-and even wonder why God would so favor such a man-it equally reassures us to realize that the God who extended grace to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • The Nail-- As The Story Goes, They Built A New ...

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Apr 9, 2007
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    THE NAIL-- As the story goes, they built a new church building and people came from everywhere to see it. They admired its beauty! Up on the roof, a little nail heard the people praising everything about the lovely structure except the nail! No one even knew he was there, and he became angry and ...read more

    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Myth Makers And Fabricators?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2005
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    MYTH MAKERS AND FABRICATORS? Intervarsity Christian Fellowship had an interesting article written by Curtis Chang, refuting some of the claims made by Anada Gupta that the Bible, in regards to the resurrection of Jesus, was bad history and that the men who wrote it were just myth makers. Chang ...read more

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  • A Couple Of Years Ago, Newsweek Magazine Ran An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 6, 2005
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    A couple of years ago, Newsweek magazine ran an article on “Faith and Healing.” The article began with this unsettling story: “On a quiet Saturday afternoon, Ming He, a fourth-year medical student in Dallas, came across a man dying in the VA Hospital. Suffering from a rare cancer and hooked up ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • We Speak And We View Only In Part Because The ...

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jun 13, 2005
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    We speak and we view only in part because the afterlife is a place we have never been. Talking about heaven and hell is sort of like a person taking a vacation to a place he/she has never been before. Take Hawaii, for instance. I’ve never been there. I would love to go, and perhaps one day will ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • George Barna Leads A Christian Research Group And ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Jun 28, 2007
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    George Barna leads a Christian research group and discovered some things about Christian beliefs. In his research during 1996 and 1997, Barna discovered that many professing Christians believe that people are inherently good, that our primary purpose is to enjoy life, and that our most important ...read more

    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

  • Finding Peace Of Mind

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 12, 2007
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    Finding Peace Of Mind Duke University did a study on “peace of mind.” Factors found to contribute greatly to emotional and mental stability are: · The absence of suspicion and resentment. Nursing a grudge was a major factor in unhappiness. · Not living in the past. An unwholesome preoccupation ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • My Family Is Different Than Many Of Yours. My ...

    Contributed by Brien Sims on Dec 13, 2007
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    My family is different than many of yours. My parents hate my work and hate my relationship with Christ. As long as I never say anything, they will tolerate it but I can’t keep quiet about Christ. Since I became a Christian back around 2000, I have had to live with the fact that I was no longer ...read more

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Star Over Christ's Birthplace

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 29, 2007
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    Illustration 4300 Star Over Christ’s Birthplace A Silver Star hanging over the birthplace of Jesus in Bethlehem was the cause of a war which involved five world powers, lasted three long years, and caused a million casualties as well as a billion and a half dollars. This was known as the Crimean ...read more

    Denomination: Other

  • Evil Rasputin

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 2, 2008
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    Evil Rasputin Gregory Rasputin, the “Mad Monk of Russia” managed to get a strong hold on the royal family of his day. Some believe the corrupting power he exerted was a contributing factor in the takeover of communism. By currying the favor of the court he was able to influence many decisions ...read more

    Denomination: Other

  • When I Think Of The Idea Of Antichrist, I Think ...

    Contributed by Benjamin Karner on Mar 7, 2008
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    When I think of the idea of antichrist, I think of the Pillsbury Doughboy, no not really, I think of Judas. Judas was named as one of Jesus’ disciples, but yet he was really never one of them because he did not stay true to Jesus’ teachings. There is one occasion recorded in John 12 where Jesus ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • When The Now-Famous Poet Elizabeth Barrett Became ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
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    When the now-famous poet Elizabeth Barrett became the wife of Robert Browning, her parents disowned her because they disapproved of the marriage. Their daughter Elizabeth, however, wrote almost every week, telling them that she loved them and longed for a reconciliation. After 10 years, she ...read more

  • Story: The Other Day I Had Someone Complaining ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    Story: The other day I had someone complaining about the church of today. She said the church should be the one taking care of the widows and the people in need!” She went on to say that the church does not give enough to help people out who are financially hurting or in crisis. She went on to say ...read more

  • Crowded Loneliness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    CROWDED LONELINESS At a recent small groups conference at Saddleback Church Randy Frazee spoke on the "call to community." He reported the average American family manages 35 separate relationships on a day-to-day basis--children, extended family, neighbors, government, school, friends, work, ...read more

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  • What Is The Largest Ancestry In The World? How ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on May 25, 2008
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    WHAT IS THE LARGEST ANCESTRY IN THE WORLD? HOW FAR CAN WE GO BACK? WELL, WIKIPEDIA THE ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA STATES: THE LONGEST FAMILY TREE IN THE WORLD IS THAT OF THE CHINESE PHILOSOPHER AND EDUCATOR CONFUCIUS (551-479 BC). THE TREE SPANS MORE THAN 80 GENERATIONS, AND INCLUDES MORE THAN 2 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jesus Didn't Come To Burden Us With A List Of ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 27, 2008
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    Jesus didn't come to burden us with a list of rules and regulations and things that holy people do and don't do. Oh, he still calls us to be holy but not according to some manmade list: don't drink, don't ever go into a bar or a pub, don't go to movies, don't play cards, don't wear this clothing, ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • You Remember The Story. Paul Was Riding Along The ...

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Jun 28, 2008
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    You remember the story. Paul was riding along the road to Damascus, where he had papers that would allow him to lock up and possibly kill any Christians when he got there. When all of the sudden, a bright light shone down on Paul and Jesus spoke to him in a disembodied voice, "Saul, Saul, why do ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • If There Is One Thing God Wants Of Us Very ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jul 13, 2008
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    If there is one thing God wants of us very desperately in these days, that one thing is RELATIONSHIP. I sincerely believe God wants to renew our relationship with him and is looking to bridge the distance between us. For some, the first step of bridging the distance is having a relationship with ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • Finishing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    FINISHING WELL In his book, "The Mantle of a Mentor", Dr. Robert Clinton tells us that the Bible mentions over 1,000 leaders. In a 13 year study, he developed case studies on over 900 of these. Later, he reduced that number to 100 and called these "prominent leaders." Digging further, he realized ...read more

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  • Wherever We Go Into The Dark, We Bear The Light ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 21, 2008
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    wherever we go into the dark, we bear the light of Christ’s love. Millions of Christians are doing just that. ANNIE HOWARD is a case in point. In 1991 she was awarded one of President Bush’s “Thousand Points of Light” awards for her Prison Fellowship volunteer work in the Kentucky Correctional ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan