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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

  • 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

  • When I Bought My Wife's Engagement Ring At ...

    Contributed by Gene Edwards on Jan 12, 2007
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    WHEN I BOUGHT MY WIFE’S ENGAGEMENT RING AT TYRELL’S JEWELER’S, IN SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA. THE JEWELER ASKED ME IF I WANTED A DIAMOND WITH A SLIGHT BREAK, A VERY SLIGHT BREAK, OR WHAT HE CALLED A THREE-V DIAMOND, ONE WITH A VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY SLIGHT BREAK. I SAID, I WANT ONE WITH NO BREAK AT ALL ...read more

  • 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

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

    Contributed by Nathan Parker on Mar 10, 2007
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     | 4,707 views

    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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • An Asbury Student On Holiness

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Apr 1, 2009
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    AN ASBURY STUDENT ON HOLINESS page 64 Hermiz, Asbury College Student A student came to Dr Hermiz after a revival at Asbury and said, "I didn’t believe in Holiness, so I went to the library with my bible to prove you wrong. But I couldn’t, so back in my room I prayed to God. 'If this is real ...read more

  • John Wesley Grew Up In A Poor Pastors House... So ...

    Contributed by Josh Cougle on Apr 22, 2009
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    John Wesley grew up in a poor pastors house... so he didn’t expect any different... but because of his writings... he became one of the richest men in England. He knew that as people were coming to Jesus that they would stop wasting their money at bars… gambling… with drugs… with prostitutes... and ...read more

  • You Are A Full-Time ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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    YOU ARE A FULL-TIME MINISTER In his book, Doing Church as a Team, Pastor Wayne Cordeiro, wrote the following: "Every member is a minister. God calls us to be full-time ministers! Full-time? Yes! Not just on Sundays, not just at Bible studies, but full-time. Do we love God just part-time? Do we ...read more

  • In 1990, There Were Only Three Known Christia...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 3, 2009
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    In 1990, there were only three known Christians in Kazakhstan and no Christians in Uzbekistan, but now more than 15,000 in Kazakhstan and 30, 000 in Uzbekistan. There were only 500 Christians in Iran in 1979, but more than one million Iranians believing Jesus Christ today, most of whom meet in ...read more

  • Did You Know That Every Second People Take 591 ...

    Contributed by Rodney Fry on Oct 22, 2009
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    Did you know that every second people take 591 photographs? That’s 51.1 million every day. Why do we do that? We take 3 billion photographs just during the November December holiday season. That’s a lot of photos.! They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, so that would be a big book, ...read more

  • My Grandmother Lived Until She Was 108. Now That ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 15, 2009
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    My grandmother lived until she was 108. Now that is a long life! At 90 I remember her going on expeditions with a lapidary club. She loved collecting rocks and climbing mountains and walking for incredible distances. She would talk about the old people in the nursing home in which she lived. They ...read more

  • Samson Confused With ...

    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 28, 2009
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    Samson confused with He-man http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snufwP5SO-Y&NR=1 He-Man is a heroic fictional character in the Masters of the Universe franchise. He is the alter ego of Prince Adam and also the twin brother of She-Ra. He-Man and his friends defend Eternia and the secrets of Castle ...read more

  • Getting The Fruit For Yourself  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    Getting the Fruit for Yourself A family was driving to Tampa, Florida. As far as the eye could see, orange trees were loaded with fruit. When we stopped for breakfast, I ordered orange juice with my eggs. "I’m sorry," the waitress said. "I can’t bring you orange juice. Our machine is broken." We ...read more

  • Not Raising Grass But Kids

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
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    NOT RAISING GRASS BUT KIDS Dr. Tony Evans talks about a major league baseball superstar's recollection of his boyhood home. He, his friends, and his father played baseball quite often in their backyard. As a result, the grass had really taken a beating. It didn't look good anymore, unless you were ...read more

  • No Need To Mention The ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Oct 22, 2010
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    “No Need to Mention the Name!” One day, crossing a New York City street, a woman became confused, and stepped directly in front of an approaching streetcar. People on both curbs were sick with horror at her sure fate, when a powerful man rushed forward and not only rescued her from the streetcar, ...read more

  • The Beautiful Country: Predestination

    Contributed by Michael Walther on Jun 6, 2011
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    THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY: PREDESTINATION A few years ago, a movie came out about a boy in Vietnam who’s father had been an American GI (The Beautiful Country). His life was miserable because no one in Vietnam accepted him. He was a half-breed. His mother wanted him to try to escape to America to ...read more

  • The Impact Of A Mother's Prayer

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2011
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    THE IMPACT OF A MOTHER’S PRAYER Picture an old woman with a halo of silvered hair--the hot tears flowing down her furrowed cheeks--her worn hands busy over a washboard in a room of poverty--praying--for her son John--John who ran away from home in his teens to become a sailor--John of whom it was ...read more