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  • Risk Your Life To Save It

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 20, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,384 views

    RISK YOUR LIFE TO SAVE IT Tyrtaeus, an old Greek poet who lived before the time of Christ, wrote, "The man who risks his life in battle has the best chance in saving it; the one who flees to save it is most likely to lose it." (Walter Bauer, A Greek-English ...read more

  • The Scientific World Has Been Bamboozled Into ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
     | 764 views

    The scientific world has been bamboozled into believing that evolution has been proved. Nothing could be further from the truth … Every competent space mathematician would assure you that such a Darwinian idea had no chance of working … Every computer expert will in fact assure you that throwing ...read more

  • John Maxwell—in His Book "Be A People ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Gibney on Aug 7, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,951 views

    John Maxwell—in his book “Be a people person”-----states—“Until I am committed, there is a hesitancy, a chance to draw back. But the moment I definitely commit myself, then God moves also, and a whole steam of events erupt. All manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings, persons, and material ...read more

  • Near The End Of His Life, Jean-Paul Sartre Told ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
     | 1,933 views

    Near the end of his life, Jean-Paul Sartre told Pierre Victor: “I do not feel that I am the product of chance, a speck of dust in the universe, but someone who was expected, prepared, prefigured. In short, a being whom only a Creator could put here; and this idea of a creating hand refers to God. ...read more

  • Dr. Charles Ryrie Says That According To The Laws ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
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    Dr. Charles Ryrie says that according to the laws of chance, it would require two hundred billion earths, populated with four billion people each, to come up with one person whose life could fulfill one hundred accurate prophecies without any errors in sequence. Yet the Scriptures record not one ...read more

  • Men

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
    based on 1 rating
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    Men Of the estimated 94 million American males 18 or older, only 26 million currently attend church. An average man has 1 chance in 11 of going to prison. He has $3,100 in the bank and makes $27,418 a year. 1 in 4 will cheat on their wives versus 1 in 8 for wives. 1.9 million ...read more

  • Near The End Of His Life, Jean-Paul Sartre Told ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,147 views

    Near the end of his life, Jean-Paul Sartre told Pierre Victor: "I do not feel that I am the product of chance, a speck of dust in the universe, but someone who was expected, prepared, prefigured. In short, a being whom only a Creator could put here; and this idea of a creating hand refers to God. ...read more

  • For Me The Scariest Verse In The Bible Is: Once ...

    Contributed by Richard Francis on May 19, 2007
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    For me the scariest verse in the Bible is: Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ’Sir, open the door for us.‘ To die and be told by Jesus I don’t know you that is a reality to awful to contemplate, I know it will not happen to me, ...read more

  • Issur Danielovitch Densky Did Not Like The Image ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Issur Danielovitch Densky did not like the image he thought his name projected, so he changed his name and became Kirk Douglas. In the same way, Frances Gum transfigured herself and her image into Judy Garland. Archibald Leach became Cary Grant. Aaron Schwalt became Red Buttons. And would you ...read more

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

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 5, 2008
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    "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

  • This Christmas Has Set Me Off. It Has Given Me ...

    Contributed by Neal Gracey on Sep 1, 2008
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    This Christmas has set me off. It has given me new fire. It is a wakeup call to men, women and children around the world that 200? could be the beginning of new dark ages. There is a possibility that our children's children could be jailed or killed for speaking about Christ. Want to know what's ...read more

  • High Cost Is Expected

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 12, 2009
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    HIGH COST IS EXPECTED In the past missionaries boarded ship not expecting to ever see their homeland again. Some even sold themselves into slavery because that was the only way other slaves could have a chance to hear the gospel. High cost and sacrifice was something expected of the body of ...read more

  • I Believe All Of Us Subconsciously Want To Be ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 990 views

    I believe all of us subconsciously want to be creative. This is a very human trait and probably what makes the difference between us and the animals. The trouble is that for most of us imagination has been suppressed to the point where we have stopped using it. We need to stop and daydream once in ...read more

  • 60 For 60

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 16, 2009
     | 1,805 views

    60 FOR 60 I have a suggestion: Try 60 for 60. Say that with me, "60 for 60." For sixty days, set your watch or whatever device to softly chime at the top of the hour, and let that be a reminder to say a quick prayer. It might even give you the chance to tell others what you are doing. Every sixty ...read more

  • The Risk Of Evolutionary Determinism

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 27, 2010
     | 1,668 views

    THE RISK OF EVOLUTIONARY DETERMINISM When nature, including the human being, is viewed as the result of mere chance or evolutionary determinism, our sense of responsibility wanes. In nature, the believer recognizes the wonderful result of God's creative activity, which we may use responsibly to ...read more

  • Starting Over

    Contributed by Paul Steen on Dec 11, 2017
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     | 3,611 views

    The term “Sunk costs” is an accounting term. It refers to historical costs that no longer have relevance to decisions being made today. Ali Saam (Garcia) and his stock market losses. He had over $140,000 in stocks. Then, two weeks later his portfolio was down to $77,000. He felt he couldn’t sell ...read more

  • Mulligan

    Contributed by Grant Van Boeschoten on Feb 1, 2008
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    "Mulligan" There are a lot of golfers out there who have convinced themselves that it is OK to cheat, they even came up with a name for it so that it didn’t sound so bad. It’s called a Mulligan, a do over, a second chance. Here is how it goes. You step up to the tee box to hit the ball and ...read more

  • Love Of God

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 16, 2010
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    LOVE OF GOD Let’s say you had a child who kept getting in trouble, you kept bailing him out as a child, and eventually as he grew up even you couldn’t bail him out anymore, you had to let him go live his life the way he was choosing because nothing you or anyone else did could stop ...read more

  • A Story Is Told Of A Turtle That Wanted To Spend ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 24, 2001
    based on 131 ratings
     | 1,677 views

    A story is told of a turtle that wanted to spend the winter in Florida, but he knew he could never walk that far. He convinced a couple of geese to help him, each taking one end of a piece of rope, while he clamped his vise-like jaws in the center. The flight went fine until someone on the ground ...read more

  • Many Of You Have Probably Never Heard Of Daniel ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Nov 6, 2001
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    Many of you have probably never heard of Daniel Rohrbough--but he is a modern day hero. Daniel Rohrbough attended Columbine High School and was there on that horrible day when two students went on a rampage of violence and terror. Daniel Rohrbough stopped his escape from the building to hold a door ...read more

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