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  • Anybody Who Is Walking With The Spirit Can't Help ...

    Contributed by Chris Edmondson on May 26, 2007
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    Anybody who is walking with the Spirit can’t help but to talk about Jesus. What is the Holy Spirit? The witness of Jesus. And Jesus says, “You will be My witness also…” If you can go a month, 2 months, and Jesus’ name doesn’t come up in the workplace, He doesn’t come up in School teenagers, He ...read more

  • If We Can Look Inside The Womb And See That The ...

    Contributed by Chris Edmondson on May 28, 2007
     | 1,725 views

    If we can look inside the womb and see that the baby has some birth defect, i.e., German Measles, and kill the baby, why should we not go one step further and look at the people who we’re not guessing about—people who we now are deformed and are handicapped. And trust me, that day is coming. The ...read more

  • Years Ago A Newly Constructed Bank Building In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 1,972 views

    Years ago a newly constructed bank building in Sao Paulo, Brazil, burned to the ground. Forty-six stories high, burned all the way to the ground. Several of the air-conditioners on the 12th floor had not been wired properly. 600 employees were in the building at the time. 188 died. One-third died ...read more

  • In The Year 135 Montanus, A Second Century ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In the year 135 Montanus, a second century Christian, proclaimed himself to be a prophet and prophesied that the New Jerusalem would descend from heaven to earth and take root in what is now Turkey. He was wrong. In 204 a Roman Christian named Hippolytus records that a bishop was convinced that ...read more

  • Pastor John Courson Told Of A Time When He Was A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Pastor John Courson told of a time when he was a young kid that he was on a boat on the Colorado River right near the Hoover Dam, when the motor on their boat sputtered out They could not get it started, And they found themselves drifting closer and closer to the dam, passing the signs that say, ...read more

  • John Bevere: The Bait Of Satan  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 24, 2007
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     | 3,102 views

    Quote John Bevere, "The Bait of Satan" He states, "In the New Testament it often describes an entrapment used by the enemy. Offense is a tool of the Devil to bring people into captivity. Paul instructed young Timothy: And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, ...read more

  • The Point: Living For God Is More Than A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,221 views

    [The Point: Living for God is more than a one-time, verbal declaration, it is an on-going, intentional lifestyle.] Once upon a time, in a country far, far away where Christianity was not allowed, there lived a very wise old man. One day, a woman in terrible distress came to him to ask ...read more

  • Several Years Ago When It Was Safer To Do This, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 11, 2007
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    Several years ago when it was safer to do this, a man picked up a hitchhiking serviceman in Florida. When the young sailor got in the car, he said, "Forgive me. I’m hungover. I’ve got a bad headache. I’ve been drinking all week." He began to brag about his sexual escapades over the weekend, and the ...read more

  • And What About Other Examples From Fictional ...

    Contributed by Mike Rexroat on Oct 27, 2007
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    And what about other examples from fictional stories: in Beauty and the Beast we find the Beauty having a preconceived notion of what the Beast is like…in the movie Shrek…which by the way is Anne’s nickname for me when I shave my head…. the princess in that movie…she had a preconceived notion of ...read more

  • How Many Christians Does It Take To Change A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Mitchell on Jan 31, 2008
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    How many Christians does it take to change a light bulb? Charismatics/Pentecostals: Ten. One to change the bulb, and nine to pray against the spirit of darkness. Presbyterians: None. Lights will go on and off at predestined times. Roman Catholic: None. Candles only. Baptists: At least 15. One ...read more

  • Wall Street Journal Banned From Church

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 4, 2008
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    Wall Street Journal Banned From Church Reviving an ancient practice, churches are exposing sinners and shunning those who won’t repent. By ALEXANDRA ALTER January 18, 2008; Page W1 On a quiet Sunday morning in June, as worshippers settled into the pews at Allen Baptist Church in southwestern ...read more

  • In 1969, Dr. Peter Stoner Published A Book Called ...

    Contributed by Joe La Rue on Feb 26, 2008
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    In 1969, Dr. Peter Stoner published a book called “Science Speaks.” Dr. Stoner was the Chairman of the Departments of Mathematics and Astronomy at Pasadena City College until 1953, when he became Chairman of the Science Division at Westmont College. In other words, he was a capable mathematician. ...read more

  • A Rainbow Is A Beautiful Picture Of Christ. Jesus ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 14, 2010
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    A RAINBOW IS A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF CHRIST. Jesus is called the light of the world. A rainbow has 3 primary colours, red, green and purple. RED SPEAKS OF THE BLOOD OF CHRIST - His sacrifice on the cross for me. Genesis 8:21 says "The intent of man's heart is evil from his youth;" Jesus paid the ...read more

  • Wilma Rudolph, Stricken As A Child With Polio, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    Wilma Rudolph, Stricken as a Child with Polio, Achieves Olympic Gold Wilma didn’t get much of a head start in life. A bout with polio left her left leg crooked and her foot twisted inward so she had to wear leg braces. After seven years of painful therapy, she could walk without her braces. At age ...read more

  • Leo Tolstoy Once Wrote A Story About A Successful ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Mar 9, 2010
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    Leo Tolstoy once wrote a story about a successful peasant farmer who was not satisfied with his lot. He wanted more of everything. One day he received a novel offer. For $1000, he could buy all the land he could walk around in a day. The only catch in the deal was that he had to be back at his ...read more

  • Pows In Vietnam Recall Memorized Scripture To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2010
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    POWs in Vietnam Recall Memorized Scripture to Help Themselves Survive In the prison camps which were opened up following the terrible years of the Vietnam war, a story came out about how men endured six, seven, eight years of prison under the most terrible of conditions: rotten food, isolation, ...read more

  • How Not To Achieve Virtue

    Contributed by Michael Walther on Jul 4, 2011
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    HOW NOT TO ACHIEVE VIRTUE How do we move from vice to virtue? Let me tell you first of all how not to... Even ancient pagans, those who never heard the Bible, recognized that living in vice was deadly and destructive. They were far ahead of our modern culture that is foolishly accepting vices ...read more

  • Statistics On Loneliness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 7, 2011
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    STATISTICS ON LONELINESS This week I read an article by Medical News Today about the health effects of loneliness. Quoting the article, it states that "there is evidence that the risk of developing and dying from heart disease can depend on the strength of one's social network of friends and ...read more

  • What Is Religious Syncretism?

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 13, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,690 views

    WHAT IS RELIGIOUS SYNCRETISM? Syncretism, as defined by the American Heritage Dictionary, is "the reconciliation or fusion of differing systems of belief." This is most evident in the areas of philosophy and religion, and usually results in a new teaching or belief system. Obviously, this cannot ...read more

  • God's Promises And Urban Legends  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Carson on Nov 20, 2011
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     | 3,404 views

    GOD'S PROMISES AND URBAN LEGENDS Do you really believe that being godly is great gain and not financial gain, but something that really matters and lasts? If you believed that, wouldn’t it change your life? Most people believe that if you smoke, you’ll get lung cancer. Many of you quit smoking ...read more