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  • On New Year's Eve, Chel And I Went To See The Now ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    On New Year’s Eve, Chel and I went to see the now Super Bowl Champions Indianapolis Colts play the Miami Dolphins. We parked a little ways away from the RCA Dome and as we were walking to the stadium, we passed all kinds of people who were tailgating before the game. They had their Colts tents up, ...read more

  • I Recently Read An Article That Told This Story, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 19, 2007
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    I recently read an article that told this story, “The most sacred symbol in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is a tree: a sprawling, shade-bearing, 80-year-old American Elm. Tourists drive from miles around to see her. People pose for pictures beneath her. Arborists carefully protect her. She adorns ...read more

  • This Is Just A Commercial Brake: I Remember The ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Apr 3, 2007
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    This is just a commercial brake: I remember the church where I was youth leader. None of the 12 members of the board but me were under 60. And I came before them with a proposal. "Give me the permission and several Bibles to go door to door around the tires factory where I worked for a while. I’ll ...read more

  • There Is An Old Chinese Tale About The Woman ...

    Contributed by Benjamin Stan on May 7, 2007
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    There is an old Chinese tale about the woman whose son died. In her grief, she went to the holy man and said, "What prayers, what magical incantations do you have to bring my son back to life?" Instead of sending her away or reasoning with her, he said to her, "Fetch me a mustard seed from a home ...read more

  • In 2005 I Went On My First Missions Trip. This ...

    Contributed by Deborah Guptill on Jun 11, 2007
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    In 2005 I went on my first missions trip. This trip was to New York City. We traveled down in two fifteen passenger vans and had a small moving van with all of our luggage in it. We followed in a line for the whole trip, talking back and forth on walkie talkies while on the busy interstates to make ...read more

  • I Recently Read An Article That Told This Story, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I recently read an article that told this story, “The most sacred symbol in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is a tree: a sprawling, shade-bearing, 80-year-old American Elm. Tourists drive from miles around to see her. People pose for pictures beneath her. Arborists carefully protect her. She adorns ...read more

  • I Remember The Church Where I Was Youth Leader. ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Aug 23, 2007
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    I remember the church where I was youth leader. None of the 12 members of the board but me were under 60. And I came before them with a proposal. "Give me the permission and several Bibles to go door to door around the tires factory where I worked for a while. I’ll go there with young people from ...read more

  • How About Michael Vick? He Confessed To Find ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 10, 2007
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    How about Michael Vick? He confessed to find Jesus. I think the loving approach is to pray for him. It is not my place to judge him and whether or not his confession was sincere. I don’t know. God does. I will leave that up to God. However, I can discern and even judge that his comment in the ...read more

  • How Would The Bible Read, I Wonder, If Faith Were ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Dec 31, 2007
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    How would the Bible read, I wonder, if faith were left out. Imagine Heb 11 w/o faith: ­ Without Faith, Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, didn’t even gather the materials to build an ark because a worldwide flood was such an impossibility. ­ Without faith, Abraham, didn’t leave his home ...read more

  • There Was Once A Man Who Was Born In A Little ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
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    There was once a man who was born in a little town back east. He grew up and took on the family business. The only earthly father he had ever known died sometime in his teen years and as the oldest son he took on the responsibility of caring for his mother. He had a good reputation among all the ...read more

  • Proper Attitude

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    PROPER ATTITUDE - Ephesians 5:18-20 >1 Corinthians 10:31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for God’s glory. Chuck Swindoll said: “The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude to me is more important than facts. It is more ...read more

  • Sometimes Even The Best Of Us Don't Get Along ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 12, 2008
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    Sometimes even the best of us don’t get along like we should. I read about an 8-year-old boy from Waterford, Connecticut who saved his sister’s life. Zachary saved his 6-year-old sister, Meghan, when she started choking on a piece of hard candy. Zachary noticed Meghan wasn’t breathing, and gave ...read more

  • Talk About Doing Good, Or Do Good

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 11, 2008
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    Talk About Doing Good, or Do Good In A Pretty Good Person, Lewis Smedes wrote: A federal judge had ordered New Orleans to open its public school to African-American children. The white parents decided that, if they had to let black children in, they would keep their children out. They let it ...read more

  • Christ's Return Is A Done ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 17, 2009
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    Christ’s return is a done deal! In the May 1984 National Geographic color photos and drawings showed the swift and terrible destruction that wiped out the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in A.D. 79. The explosion of Mount Vesuvius was so sudden; the residents were killed while in their ...read more

  • Saddam Hussein: A Story Of Judgment

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 17, 2009
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    SADDAM HUSSEIN: A STORY OF JUDGMENT It was in the desert area of Iraq. Saddam Hussein was found in a small hole in the ground, hiding like a rat, curled up hoping to elude capture by the American troops. He was found near a farmhouse outside the city of Tikrit, in a swift raid conducted without ...read more

  • Your Spirit Does Matter

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    YOUR SPIRIT DOES MATTER A preacher wrote: "Today we have people who claim to be Christians shouting ’God hates fags’ at the funerals of soldiers who have died in Iraq, because these ’Christians’ believe God is punishing America for its tolerance of homosexuals. A recent editorial in the paper ...read more

  • Invisible Christians

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    INVISIBLE CHRISTIANS More Americans are acquainted with a gay or lesbian person than an evangelical, according to a recent Ellison Research study. Only 24% of all Americans who say they are not evangelical know an evangelical person very well, and 40% have never known any evangelicals at all, even ...read more

  • Violinist Hoped To Pleases His Father With His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 20, 2009
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    Violinist Hoped To Pleases His Father With His Performance More Than the Audience Paul was not a man pleaser, but a bondservant of Christ. His message had not changed and would not change to accommodate men. As the servant of Christ, he preached the truth revealed to him by Christ. His objective in ...read more

  • It Wasn't Long Ago In Australia We Saw Race ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 25, 2009
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    It wasn’t long ago in Australia we saw race horses being put down because of a disease that spread through the racing industry, threatening the lives of people also. Whatever the plague was in Egypt, it was severe, contagious and fatal. The only animals under the Lord’s quarantine were those in the ...read more

  • What Happens Every 15 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    What Happens Every 15 Minutes Hands on Illustration: Set the timer for 15 minutes – I am setting this timer for 15 minutes and 15 minutes from now it will ring and at that point I will tell you how valuable 15 minutes are in this world. When the Timer goes off and rings this is what would have ...read more