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  • Why? Look At The Israelites, He Parted The Seas, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2008
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    Why? Look at the Israelites, he parted the seas, let them cross, while he blocked the Egyptians from attacking with pillars of fire, and when they were across, the Egyptians pursued them and he brought the walls of water down on them. Now think of it in another sense, think about it, he set our ...read more

  • George Foreman: "The Truth Is, My Relationship ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 27, 2008
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    George Foreman: "The truth is, my relationship with God is the reason I have such a positive outlook on life. Before I found Christ I was blind...but when Jesus came into my life, He opened my eyes and started showing me all the good things that I couldn't see previously. God changed my heart and ...read more

  • I Don't Know What Will Happen This Year. I Know ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 8, 2009
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    I don’t know what will happen this year. I know that a lot of us are struggling in many ways especially financially. Food prices are going up. A loaf of bread at Wal-mart used to be around 80 cents a couple of years ago. Now it is over a dollar. 10 pounds of potatoes used to be 2 dollars or less. ...read more

  • Miracles

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    MIRACLES I’m reminded of the poem by Clay Harrison entitled "Miracles:" "Miracles can be large or small according to God’s Plan. And they need no explanation for the unbelieving man. The heavens declare His Glory; the harvest proclaims His Love. With the faith of a mustard seed we’ve seen His ...read more

  • Sacred Cows

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Dec 17, 2020
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    Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is ...read more

  • The Goal Of Spiritual Gifts

    Contributed by John Bright on Sep 24, 2025
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    Spiritual Gifts were documented in Class Meetings within the Wesleyan tradition. It was there that members shared their lives – the successes and the struggles. They would search the Scriptures for answers, and they would pray for each other. Those prayers included listening for a Word from the ...read more

  • A Vacation Of Compassion  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2002
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     | 5,512 views

    A VACATION OF COMPASSION In 1958, 35 year old Englishwoman Anita Goulden went on holiday to Peru to visit her brother. Anita was a widowed, single mother who owned two haberdasheries in Manchester, England. She was about to go home by way of the United States when she saw an unbelievable ...read more

  • 2 Corinthians 7:1,

    Contributed by Tim Adams on Dec 1, 2009
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    2 Corinthians 7:1,“Let us cleanse ourselves” - that means we would do a good job if we were just as fond of straightening our own selves out as we are to find the faults of others. It is God’s Holy Spirit that will do the work but we must enter in to an active cooperation with God on this matter. ...read more

  • Make It Right

    Contributed by David Moore on Aug 5, 2010
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    MAKE IT RIGHT The great evangelist D.L. Moody told a story of a lady in the north of England who said that every time she got down before God to pray, five bottles of wine came up before her mind. She had taken them wrongfully one time when she was a housekeeper, and had not been able to pray ...read more

  • The Unending Wish

    Contributed by Tim White on Mar 5, 2012
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    THE UNENDING WISH When I was a boy, my dad asked me if I could have one wish be granted, what would it be? We played that game as a family, and every time my brother or one of my sisters thought of a better wish than I thought about, I would change my wish. Then my dad unplugged all the fun by ...read more

  • Here's How Several Elementary School Students ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    Here’s how several elementary school students answered the following questions about moms: Why did God make mothers? • She’s the only one who knows where the Scotch tape is. • Mostly to clean the house. • To help us out of there when we were getting born. How did God make mothers? • He used ...read more

  • Medicine For ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    “Medicine for America” “Knowledge of God’s Word” Proven in America’s History Psalms 22:28 says, “for dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.” The King James Bibles says, “…He is the governor among nations.” The University of Houston, Political Science Department ...read more

  • Recognition Of An Enemy  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Recognition of an Enemy Romans 8:12-14, "Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation--but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, because ...read more

  • A Graduate's Call  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    A Graduates Call (Lord, teach us to pray) Once Christian Graduates are continually feeding on the Word of God, the Holy Spirit will move them to be like the disciple who came to Jesus and said, "...Lord teach us to pray..." (Luke 11:1) A popular term used today is ...read more

  • Jesus Is...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    JESUS IS... In Genesis He is the Seed of the Woman. In Exodus He is the Passover Lamb. In Leviticus He is our High Priest. In Numbers He is the Pillar of Cloud by day and the Pillar of Fire by night. In Deuteronomy He is the Prophet like unto Moses. In Joshua He is the Captain of our Salvation. In ...read more

  • You've Probably Noticed; When Two People Get In A ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Oct 14, 2008
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    You’ve probably noticed; when two people get in a wreck, a drunk and a Christian, who lives? Who walks away from that wreck? It’s the drunk! And what happens to the Christian? Is he instantly killed or languishes in a nursing home for years? Whys is this? Among all other kids in my home town, my ...read more

  • I Am Reminded Of Herman Melville's Description Of ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 27, 2009
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    I am reminded of Herman Melville’s description of the pulpit in Moby Dick. It’s actually a description of a real pulpit in the Whaler’s Chapel that a Jewish friend went out of his way to show me in New Bedford, Massachusetts. It reads: Its paneled front was in the likeness of a ship’s bluff bows, ...read more

  • Misapplied Scriptures: Genesis 6:3

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Sep 14, 2023
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    Introduction: There is any number of Scriptures that have been used out of context or simply misapplied over the years. A Christian magazine listed about a dozen of these back in the early 1980’s and, I must say, some of the author’s insights were something I had never thought of before. Maybe I ...read more

  • Worship In Spirit And In Truth, By Leann Gabel ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 3, 2001
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    [Worship in Spirit and in Truth, by Leann Gabel of Amarillo, TX] In Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman, it didn’t take long before their conversation turned to worship. I would guess that was as hot a topic then as it is today. The woman’s question was sincere, "I know there are two ways to ...read more

  • The Gospel Came To Hawaii During The Period In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Bartosik on Oct 18, 2005
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    The Gospel came to Hawaii during the period in American history called "The Second Great Awakening" (1785-1820). Henry Opukaha’ia was the first Hawaiian Christian. In the late 1700s his entire family was killed during a tribal war on the shores of Kealakakua Bay on the Big Island. As he fled from ...read more