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  • How Can One Not Acknowledge The God Who Created ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 6, 2004
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    How can one not acknowledge the God who created the vastness of space and all of its marvelous wonders? Space is so vast that astronomers “…had to devise special units to keep their figures manageable. Their basic unit of distance is the light-year—the distance light travels in 1 year, or about ...read more

  • Ill>> Many Churches Years Ago Had Mourners ...

    Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Oct 27, 2004
     | 1,293 views

    ILL>> Many churches years ago had mourners benches. Charles Allen in his book God’s Psychiatry said “Today we want God’s blessing without the pain of God’s purging. we want sermons on how to win friends, how to have peace of mind, how to forget our fears. But we ...read more

  • Matthew, In Recording A Section Of The Lord's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Nov 26, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,873 views

    Matthew, in recording a section of the Lord’s Prayer, “Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors,” used the word ‘aphiemi’ for ‘forgive’. It means to “send away”. This is the same word used in Luke 4:39 when Jesus rebuked the fever in Peter’s mother-in-law. That is the kind of forgiveness ...read more

  • A Prayer Before The U.s. Senate. "Lord Jesus, ...

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Mar 28, 2005
    based on 1 rating
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    A prayer before the U.S. Senate. “Lord Jesus, thou who art the way, the truth, and the life; hear us as we pray for the truth that shall make all free. Teach us that liberty is not only to be loved but also to be lived. Liberty is too precious a thing to be buried in books. It costs too much to be ...read more

  • See How Good You Can Get At Learning To Speak The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jul 23, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,659 views

    See how good you can get at learning to speak the language that your spouse understands. See your differences as endearing rather than annoying. Sit down with your wife after dinner, look her in the eye, and say, “Let’s talk.” Sit down with your husband after dinner, look him in the eye, and say, ...read more

  • Prayer Helps: A Recent Survey By Aarp And The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    Prayer Helps: A recent survey by AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving finds that 75% of U.S. caregivers cope with the demands of Caregiving through prayer. 61% talk with friends and relatives, 44% read books on Caregiving, 41% exercise to work off stress and 33% cope by going on line for ...read more

  • Christian Merchandise Finds Alternative Market: ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
     | 1,668 views

    Christian Merchandise Finds Alternative Market: Sales of Christian-oriented card games, comic books and video games is on the rise as one market researcher says the current generation of teens appear to be more religious than Gen X. To promote their products as adventurous and exciting, some ...read more

  • Educated Believers: Born-Again Christians Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Educated Believers: Born-again Christians are highly educated and intelligent. According to Barna, 29% of evangelical Christians have a college degree vs. the national average of 26%. Naomi Schaefer Riley reports in her latest book, God on the Quad , that enrollment at the 100 schools of the ...read more

  • Wal-Mart Moulds Popular Culture: Wal-Mart And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Wal-Mart Moulds Popular Culture: Wal-Mart and other big discount chains—now often account for more than 50% of the sales of a best-selling album, more than 40% for a best-selling book, and more than 60% for a best-selling DVD. Critics claim this has bent American popular culture toward the tastes ...read more

  • But The Most Important Question We Can Ask About ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on May 27, 2006
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    But the most important question we can ask about the Bible is what does all that matter? Even if the Bible is God’s love letter what difference does that make to me? {Video Clip: Walk The Line - Start: Chp. 2:2:36 - Chp. 2:4:43 - 2:07} Johnny Cash’s brother is right. If we are going ...read more

  • Follow The Money The National Geographic Society ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
     | 2,387 views

    Follow The Money The National Geographic Society (NGS) garnered front-page coverage when they recently unveiled a restored version of The Gospel of Judas--which asserts that Judas was Jesus’ closest friend rather than a traitor, and that he only did what Jesus asked of him: NGS has invested over $1 ...read more

  • Follow The Money The National Geographic Society ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2007
     | 1,564 views

    Follow The Money The National Geographic Society (NGS) garnered front-page coverage when they recently unveiled a restored version of The Gospel of Judas--which asserts that Judas was Jesus’ closest friend rather than a traitor, and that he only did what Jesus asked of him: NGS has invested over $1 ...read more

  • Quote: - Charles Spurgeon Once Said, "I Would ...

    Contributed by Tom Osterkamp on Mar 19, 2007
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    QUOTE: - Charles Spurgeon once said, "I would recommend you either believe God up to the hilt, or else not believe at all. Believe this book of God, every letter of it, or else reject it. There is no logical standing place between the two. Be satisfied with nothing less than a faith that swims in ...read more

  • Statistics On Lying

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 4,390 views

    Our Daily Bread published an article on lying in the August 28, 1992 edition. In that devotional reading, it stated that lying seems to be a way of life for many people: “We lie at the drop of a hat. The book The Day American Told the Truth says that 91 percent of those surveyed lie routinely ...read more

  • Lois A. Cheney Wrote A Useful And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Lois A. Cheney wrote a useful and thought-provoking poem on the cross: I stand before the cross and wonder. I stand before the cross and fear. I kneel before the cross and weep. I pray before the cross and rejoice. To know the cross is to know Christ. To feel the cross is to feel Christ. To gaze at ...read more

  • A Christianity Today Poll (February 10, 1992), ...

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Aug 23, 2007
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     | 1,552 views

    A Christianity Today poll (February 10, 1992), found that half of all Americans believe in extrasensory perception. One of every four professing Christians believe in clairvoyance, and almost half in psychic healing. 25% believe the movement of the stars governs the affairs of men and women. You ...read more

  • Ten Basic Statements About Ministry

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 9, 2007
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    Ten Basic Statements about Ministry Warren and David Wiersbe, said in their book: Making Sense of the Ministry 1. The foundation of ministry is character. 2. The nature of ministry is service. 3. The motive for ministry is love. 4. The measure of ministry is sacrifice. 5. The authority of ministry ...read more

  • John Maxwell Is An Expert In The Area Of ...

    Contributed by Dale Harlow on Dec 17, 2007
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    John Maxwell is an expert in the area of leadership, especially Chistian leadership. In his book Today Matters he makes a statement that applies to growth. He says; The truth is, if we don’t take responsibility for our growth, it won’t happen. Growth is not automatic. If you believe it simply ...read more

  • The Bible Is A Universe Of Revelation Facts ...

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Feb 17, 2008
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    The Bible is a universe of revelation facts which have no meaning for us until we are born from above; when we are born again we see in it what we never saw before. We are lifted into the realm where Jesus lives and we begin to see what he sees. Oswald Chambers (1874-1917). Edythe Draper, Draper’s ...read more

  • If There Were No Final, Ultimate Judgment Day, ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 5, 2008
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     | 3,558 views

    "If there were no final, ultimate judgment day, then God's total knowledge of my life would not be so threatening. Or if He knew all things but were not all-powerful, I might be less intimated. Or even if He were omniscient and omnipotent but not altogether holy, I might have a chance to negotiate ...read more