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  • Fact: The Jewish Talmud Mentions Jesus Christ ...

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Dec 27, 2008
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    Fact: The Jewish Talmud mentions Jesus Christ many times, but not once does it make the claim that the fulfilled prophecies ...read more

  • Where The Fire Has Been

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008
     | 3,563 views

    WHERE THE FIRE HAS BEEN H. A. Ironside told the story of pioneers who were making their way across one of the central states to a distant place that had been opened up for homesteading. They traveled in covered wagons drawn by oxen, and progress was necessarily slow. One day they were horrified to ...read more

  • More Than Enough

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008
     | 3,659 views

    MORE THAN ENOUGH A reality check on how we sabotage ourselves: Do you at times, long for days gone by where you did certain activities that do now do not do? This is our unredeemed flesh working on a mind that is not renewed by the word of God. We need to immediately cast out these unhelpful ...read more

  • George W. Truett Said: "To Know The Will Of God ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008
     | 1,323 views

    George W. Truett said: "To know the will of God is the greatest knowledge! To do the will of God is the greatest achievement!" (quoted in "Toolkit," Cell Church, Winter, 1996, p. ...read more

  • In The Ultimate Obedience Depicted In 1 Peter ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008
     | 1,715 views

    In the ultimate obedience depicted in 1 Peter 4:1, believers who have died have ceased from sin will have entered into an eternal condition of holy perfection, free from all sin's influences and effects (cf. 1 Cor. 15:42-43; 2 Cor. 5:1; Rev. 21:4; 22:14-15). Poem: Safely Home I am home in Heaven, ...read more

  • Head Of A Dead Snake

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    HEAD OF A DEAD SNAKE When 53-year-old Danny Anderson was feeding his horses Monday night, a 5-foot rattlesnake slithered onto his central Washington property. Anderson and his 27-year-old son, Benjamin, pinned the snake with an irrigation pipe and cut off its head with a shovel. A few more ...read more

  • Blessed Are The Persecuted

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
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    BLESSED ARE THE PERSECUTED Matt 5.10-12 "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." On June 17, 2004, when Sister Jiang Zongxiu went to the market in Guizhou Province, China, she thought it would be just another day. Along with her ...read more

  • Trudge

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 8, 2009
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    "TRUDGE" The word "trudge" gives us a definite picture. We trudge through snow. It is laborious walk. It is tiring. It takes work. It seems to me to be rather unmotivated. Sometimes doing what is right seems like trudging. Sometimes doing what we need to do is not glamorous and exciting. Sometimes ...read more

  • My Daughter Had $380 Of Work Done To Her Car. ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jan 31, 2009
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    My daughter had $380 of work done to her car. Later, she called me and said the engine was rattling. I thought the worst and that the mechanic had messed up her car. I drove it around and heard the noise. I lifted the hood and found the hood stand had not been put into ...read more

  • The Prince Of Peace And The Pauper

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Feb 2, 2009
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    THE PRINCE OF PEACE AND THE PAUPER It may be a poor example, but I draw from Mark Twain's classic "The Prince and The Pauper." Ten-year-old Prince Edward, spoiled and bored, finds a pauper boy, Tom Conti, who is his precise double in appearance. The two trade places on a lark, but the Prince ...read more

  • Americans In Pain

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
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    AMERICANS IN PAIN Americans in households making less than $30,000 a year spend nearly 20% of their lives in moderate to severe pain vs. less than 8% of those in households earning above $100,000, finds a study by Princeton economist Alan Krueger and Stony Brook Univ. professor Arthur Stone. The ...read more

  • Crisis: Danger + Opportunity

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
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    CRISIS: DANGER + OPPORTUNITY Once an eagle reaches maturity, it molts each year. It’s beak keeps growing, so even if damaged soon it is as good as new. I was reading that you cannot tell the age of an eagle once it has reached an adult stage. It seems their strength does not diminish. Their color ...read more

  • Bears, Caps And Bags

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
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    BEARS, CAPS AND BAGS Two hunters came across a bear so big that they dropped their rifles and ran for cover. One man climbed a tree while the other hid in a nearby cave. The bear was in no hurry to eat, so he sat down between the tree and the cave to reflect upon his good fortune. Suddenly, and ...read more

  • Accepting Or Complaining

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 16, 2009
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    ACCEPTING OR COMPLAINING In 2002, Lisa Beamer was interviewed by a writer for Today’s Christian Woman. She was asked "What happened to you on 9-11?" Lisa gave some details of the early part of that day and then says, "As soon as I heard that (it had been her husband’s flight), I cried out 'No!' ...read more

  • Resurrection Proof

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Mar 29, 2024
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     | 663 views

    Why is His resurrection so important? Think about what they call cold cases. Sometimes a man is accused of a crime he didn’t commit and put in jail. They found blood at the scene, but they didn’t have the DNA technology that they do today. But now, years later, they can use that same blood and ...read more

  • Encountering Angels

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Dec 8, 2014
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    Some years ago, I had occasion to read Madeleine L’Engle’s book, A Wind in the Door. It’s about a young girl named Meg and her brother Charles Wallace. One day, Charles Wallace tells Meg that he has seen a drive of dragons in the broccoli patch. Meg goes with her brother to check it out, but all ...read more

  • 63 Year-Old Man Went To School His Whole Life But ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
     | 4,473 views

    63 year-old Man Went to School His Whole Life but Never Worked Richard DeHaan shares this illustration: "I read about a man in New York City who died at the age of 63 without ever having had a job. He spent his entire adult life in college. He had acquired so many academic degrees that they looked ...read more

  • John Foster In One Of His Books Tells How He Came ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 14, 2003
    based on 44 ratings
     | 793 views

    John Foster in one of his books tells how he came into his home in this country one day in the thirties to find his daughter in tears before the radio set. He asked her why and found that the news bulletin had contained the sentence – “Japanese tanks entered Canton today.” Most people would hear ...read more

  • In C. S. Lewis' Book Till We Have Faces One Of ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 19, 2003
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    In C. S. Lewis’ book Till We Have Faces one of the characters is struggling with the ugliness she sees within her and says, “I would set out boldly each morning to be just and calm and wise in all my thoughts and acts; but before they had finished dressing me I would find that I was back in some ...read more

  • Brennan Manning (2003,p.8) Who Said In His Book ...

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Mar 5, 2004
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    Brennan Manning (2003,p.8) who said in his book The Rabbi’s Heartbeat, “No thought can contain Him, no word can express Him; He is ...read more

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