On day 6 of ill-fated Apollo 13 mission the astronauts needed to make a critical course correction. If they failed they might never return to earth. To conserve power, the onboard computer that steered the craft had been shut down. yet the astronauts needed to conduct a 39 second burst of the main
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 17, 2008
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When I was about six years old, I heard the pastor preach a message about the "Second Coming" of Christ. He emphasized the initial part of Christ’s return, what we like to call the "Rapture of the Church". He explained in great details the events that would transpire: people disappearing, worldwide
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 20, 2008
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A few years ago there was a TV show called Early Edition. The main character in this program would receive a paper every day that showed what was going to happen the next day. He would then set out to correct the bad things before they happened. Through a series of events in which he often put
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 25, 2008
For example, did you know that according to a recent Barna survey of those who become Christians, 43% do so before the age of 13? Almost half do so before they become teenagers. This has huge implications on who we should focus upon and evangelize. Not only that but out of those who became
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Church Of God
Contributed by Gregg Rustulka on Mar 29, 2008
Ill: One day John Wesley was walking with a troubled man who expressed his doubt as to the goodness of God. He said, "I do not know what I shall do with all this worry and trouble." At the same moment Wesley saw a cow looking over a stone wall. "Do you know," asked Wesley, "why that cow is
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Nazarene
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
To have a church full of good order, requires a church full of disciples.
Many Christians are only "Christaholics" and not disciples at all. Disciples are cross-bearers; they seek Christ. Christaholics seek happiness. Disciples dare to discipline themselves, and the demands they place on
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 9, 2008
The physics professor had just finished his lecture about the pendulum, wherein he had shown the mathematical proof that an untouched pendulum will always swing in ever-decreasing arcs.
He then asked for a volunteer to demonstrate this fact by standing against a wall with a pendulum bob against
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 20, 2008
Rosanna P. Smith said, After picking up our three-year-old on her first day of nursery school, my husband left the following message on my voice mail at work:
"Hi, honey. The good news is that Amanda got through her first day at school. The bad news is the teacher wants to meet with us.
"The good
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jun 4, 2008
BOATING ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
One family was filled with skilled boaters and water-skiers. They often skied not on nice, glassy lakes but on the huge, choppy Chesapeake Bay.
To one preschool nephew, however, the experience was absolutely horrifying. It seemed to him that everyone would be thrown
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 26, 2008
GIVE YOURSELF RIGHT NOW
Those in recovery groups talk about seeing what he or she can “pack into the stream of life.” Many addicts and alcoholics initially think of themselves as pretty good people who just need to cut back drinking. If they have problems, they happen because of other people.
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Church Of God
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jul 13, 2008
Airport terminals are entertaining venues to hang out if you cannot afford the movies! The most interesting storylines involve watching people arriving or leaving. The couple huddled – more like a locked embrace – as she struggles to let him go through security. My recent trip to British Columbia
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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Unforgiveness has been framed as a stress reaction (Worthington & Scherer,2004). The negative health consequences of chronic stress and the physiological wear and tear of a hyper-aroused stress response have been observed in traumatized populations and in people who have endured extreme and/or
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 8, 2009
Miracles are beyond our ability...
"In the early 1980’s, Carol Cymbala decided to “make a little tape for the church,” and when she had trouble finding enough appropriate songs, she began writing them. Although she cannot read or write music, the Lord has given her a special gift to direct and
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Dec 11, 2023
From Stable to Table
Down from the splendors of Heaven to the lowliness of a stable,
Wrapped in swaddling clothes, God’s Lamb lay in a manger cradle.
His destiny ordained, Heaven’s loss, mankind to save, through a cross.
From the lowly stable, to sitting with his disciples around the table:
Do
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Baptist
Contributed by Tim Zingale on Dec 19, 2000
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A Jewish banker gives this witness of the power of God through Christ to change lives. He says, "A few years ago I was sent to a place in Puerto Rico to make some studies for the bank. It was the worst, the dirties city imaginable Two years later I returned and it was completely changed.
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Lutheran