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  • Several Years Ago Now There Was A Television Show ...

    Contributed by Joe La Rue on Mar 11, 2008
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    Several years ago now there was a television show called That Seventies Show. Perhaps some of you have seen it. While the credits ran each week as the show opened, the cast was shown sitting in the car that belonged to the main character on the show. And the entire cast sang a song about hanging ...read more

  • Down Through The Years We've Discovered That ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. David Hart on Mar 26, 2008
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    Down through the years we’ve discovered that many people try to keep you the way that you were. They would say that “A leopard cannot change it spots” and “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” And they believe that there is a slight chance for us changing. It reminds me a of my favorite comic ...read more

  • In His Alpha Talk "What About The Church," Nicky ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Mar 30, 2008
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    In his Alpha Talk “What About the Church,” Nicky Gumbel tells this story about John Wimber, the founding pastor of the Anaheim Vineyard Christian Fellowship and the Worldwide Vineyard Movement: “John Wimber was once approached by a member of his congregation who had met somebody in great need. ...read more

  • Around 10:30 Last Night, Our Home Phone Rang. I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    Around 10:30 last night, our home phone rang. I didn’t answer it, because when it’s the home phone ringing, it’s almost always for Gladys. A minute or so later, Gladys opened the door to my office and told me the person on the phone wanted to speak to chaplain Gregory. At that news, my heart ...read more

  • Prayer Skit Adapted From Something I Heard On ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jerry Smith on Apr 14, 2008
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    Prayer skit adapted from something I heard on Christian radio Jennifer says --- Ryan, I am going to spend some time in prayer. Please don’t disturb me. (goes across the room and kneels in prayer) “Oh Lord, I am your servant. I want to do your will no matter what it is.” (Ryan pokes his head in ...read more

  • Reasons We ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Reasons We Congregate Psalm 122:1, “I rejoiced with those who said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the LORD.’" We are told that this verse can be translated as, “I rejoice whenever they say to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord’”. (The Expositors Bible Commentary) Our key text ...read more

  • Why Fruit?  PRO

    Contributed by John Tung on Feb 12, 2009
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    WHY FRUIT? Why are these character traits called fruit of the spirit? Why not other food groups: like meat of the spirit or bread of the spirit or dairy of the spirit? There are four reasons why it’s called fruit of the spirit: because fruit is healthy, sweet, living and whole. Fruit is healthy ...read more

  • Loyalty To God Or Ourselves?

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Feb 19, 2009
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    LOYALTY TO GOD OR OURSELVES? When I was in seminary, I had some conversations with some fellow students, with a good mentor and friend Ron Mabry, with a Dr. Stafford and the credentialing team in Indiana. Through these interactions God was speaking to me and asking me where my loyalties to lie? Is ...read more

  • Our Room Steward, Denny, Was So Nice And Seemed ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 17, 2009
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    Our room steward, Denny, was so nice and seemed to genuinely show concern and respect to our family. It was amazing. So as I thought about this issue of respect, which we are going to talk about today, I also began to wonder if respect can be bought. How many of you have been on a cruise? This ...read more

  • Population Control Stats

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Mar 30, 2009
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    POPULATION CONTROL STATS The God of Israel stood apart in the ancient world as the One and Only God who cares about even the most helpless little infant. Exodus 1:20 says that God rewarded these brave midwives by giving them families of their own. You see, our God sees babies as blessings! ...read more

  • Here Is A Conjecture About A Historical Event, ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 8, 2009
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    Here is a conjecture about a historical event, but it could have happened just this way. A man named Barabbas had been involved in open revolt against Roman rule, and was guilty of murder. He was in prison awaiting crucifixion – death by extended, painful, torturous suffering. Possibly the prison ...read more

  • Stay Busy Until The Master's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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    STAY BUSY UNTIL THE MASTER’S RETURN "The disciple is not called to eliminate his ignorance of the timing of the end, he is called to cope with it and respond to it appropriately." "How can a doorkeeper fulfill his duties if he spends his time calculating how long the delay will be?" In the ...read more

  • Forgotten How To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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    FORGOTTEN HOW TO FISH? I read an interesting story about a group of pelicans in California. If you’ve ever seen pelicans in action, you know they’re great fishermen, or fisher-birds. These pelicans were hanging out near a fleet of fishing boats. The fishermen on the boats would pull into the ...read more

  • Converted By Dreams And Visions

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009
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    CONVERTED BY DREAMS AND VISIONS Do you know that many Muslims are recently becoming Christians because of dreams and visions? According to Wendell Evans of the Billy Graham Center’s Institute for Muslim Studies, "More and more stories are coming out of closed countries, of God supernaturally ...read more

  • Check-Out Line Deception  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2009
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     | 4,293 views

    Check-Out Line Deception And in verse 7, Jeremiah is mad at God! He says "O LORD, you deceived me, and I was deceived; you overpowered me and prevailed. You tricked me!" (From a sermon by Marc Axelrod, When You Are Mad at God, 10/20/2009) This reminds me of the guy who was shopping at WalMart. ...read more

  • Losing A Child

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 4, 2009
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    When the parent loses a child they seek answers and beg to have things reversed, often rather than seeking God himself and his comfort. We are to try and look at things from His perspective, but most importantly we are to strengthen our faith in the fact that God uses all things for good, - for ...read more

  • The Blood Of Lambs

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2009
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    THE BLOOD OF LAMBS I just finished a very moving book called, "The Blood of Lambs" by Kamal Saleem (Howard Books, 2009). He describes his life as a terrorist and how he hated Israel and America. He also couldn't stand Christians--that is, until God brought some Christian men into his life after he ...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

  • The Life Of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2010
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    THE LIFE OF DIETRICH BONHOEFFER This week I want to look at the life of one of the most influential, conservative theologians of the 20th century. To say this man was brilliant would be an understatement. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Berlin in 1927 with a doctorate in ...read more

  • A Second Chance  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 8, 2011
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    A SECOND CHANCE Some years ago, two teenagers with a long history of crime and misbehavior robbed a YMCA on the lowest East Side of New York City. On the way out they saw a young man at the telephone switchboard. They were frightened and assumed that the man must be calling the police. They held ...read more