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  • We Believe In One God-Father, Son And Holy ...

    Contributed by Peter Lobmiller on Apr 28, 2008
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    • We believe in one God-Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Creator of all things. • We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, was crucified, died, was buried, was resurrected, ascended into ...read more

  • I Heard About An 83 Year Old Man The Other Day ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tom Dooley on May 14, 2001
    based on 111 ratings
     | 3,846 views

    I heard about an 83 year old man the other day who had lived his entire life as a bachelor. One day this man gathered his four nephews and announced that he was planning to be married. His nephews were in shock. One spoke up and said, "Uncle are you getting married because this woman is ...read more

  • Some Years Ago Before The Death Of Mother ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,817 views

    Some years ago before the death of Mother Theresa, a television special depicted the grim human conditions that were a part of her daily life. It showed all the horror of the slums of Calcutta and her love for these destitute people. The producer interviewed her as she made her rounds in that ...read more

  • Ted Turner On Hell  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 6, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 6,498 views

    TED TURNER ON HELL Ted Turner, founder of Turner Broadcasting (TBS,TNT,CNN) blasted the Christian faith at a speech to the National Press Club. "Remember, heaven is going to be perfect. And I don’t really want to be there... Those of us that go to hell, which will be most of us in this room, most ...read more

  • Charlie Brown And Lucy And Linus Are Lying On The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 6, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,922 views

    Charlie Brown and Lucy and Linus are lying on the ground, looking up into the sky. Lucy says, "If you use your imagination, you can see lots of things in the cloud formations. What do you think you see, Linus?" Linus responds, "Well, those clouds up there look like the map of the British Honduras ...read more

  • But When We Discuss The Subject Of Hell In ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 3, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    But when we discuss the subject of Hell in seriousness, we realize that it is a subject in which opinions abound: From an article on Judaism found at Wikipedia: "Daniel 12:2 proclaims "And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and ...read more

  • Though Batttle Scarred She Kept The Faith And ...

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Feb 6, 2008
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    though batttle scarred she kept the faith and never would give in a teacher and a preacher a great soldier to the end a thousand lives were touched by her, a spirit always strong today she walks in glory another saint has now moved on there is no doubt that she was called her gifts came shining ...read more

  • Finney Coined The Following Thoughts About ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 2, 2008
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    Finney coined the following thoughts about revival from his lectures and book called "Revivals of Religion" (1835): “A revival always includes the conviction of sin on the part of the church…In a true revival, Christians are always brought under such convictions, they see their sins in such light ...read more

  • Nizhizaka Hill Is The Place In Nagasaki, Japan ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    Nizhizaka Hill is the place in Nagasaki, Japan where the 26 martyrs were executed on 15 February 1597, 400 years ago. They went to their deaths singing Psalm 113. Paul Miki was preaching. Contrary to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the ruler of Japan’s expectation the Christians’ faith was strengthened. ...read more

  • Not Even The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,674 views

    Not Even the Queen Alexandra Flynn of Fremont, Nebraska, was looking forward to the 2002 homecoming dance. She left home in high spirits, but she did not have her high school ID with her. When the man at the door refused her admission without her ID, she went home to get it. Unable to find it, her ...read more

  • David Guzik Comments On Why There Are 12 Tribes, ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 26, 2009
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    David Guzik comments on why there are 12 tribes, although defined with variation: "12 is a number often associated with government or administration in God’s eyes. There are 12 tribes, 12 apostles, 12 princes of Ishmael, 12 pillars on Moses’ altar, 12 stones on the high priest’s breastplate, 12 ...read more

  • Temptation Doesn't Always End In Failure

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 7, 2011
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    TEMPTATION DOESN'T ALWAYS END IN FAILURE The same Spirit that came down from heaven like a dove now led Jesus into the desert so He could be tempted by Satan. Why? Have you ever felt that you have been unjustly persecuted? Have you ever felt passed over, left behind, cast away or just can't seem ...read more

  • D.l. Moody On Grace

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,997 views

    D.L. MOODY ON GRACE D.L. Moody was an American evangelist (February 5, 1837 - December 22, 1899 - 62 years). Moody said: "Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live. The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out." He also said: ...read more

  • English Deist, Anthony Collins' Question To A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
     | 2,929 views

    English Deist, Anthony Collins’ Question to a Commoner, "Is your God a great or a little God?" A well-known English deist, Anthony Collins of the seventeenth century, was walking one day when he crossed paths with a commoner. “Where are you going?” asked Collins. “To church, sir.” “What are you ...read more

  • A Young Minister, In The First Days Of His New ...  PRO

    Contributed by Noah Kaye on Apr 21, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
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    A young minister, in the first days of his new church, was asked to conduct a funeral for a man who had just died. Standing before the open casket and consoling the widow, he said, "I know this must be a very hard thing, Mrs. Vernon. But we must ...read more

  • A Father Was At The Beach With His Children When ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2007
     | 1,200 views

    A father was at the beach with his children when the four-year-old son ran up to him, grabbed his hand, and led him to the shore where a seagull lay dead in the sand. "Daddy, what happened to him?" the son asked. "He died and went to Heaven," the ...read more

  • My Fear Of Making A Mistake Seems To Be Based ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,466 views

    "My fear of making a mistake seems to be based on the hidden assumption that I am potentially perfect and that if I can just be very careful I will not fall from heaven. But a mistake is a declaration of the way I am, a jolt to the way I intend, a reminder ...read more

  • Fickle People Are Marked By Erratic Change In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    Fickle people are marked by erratic change in attraction and affection. Fickly people love you or hate you depending on if you are performing satisfactorily and meeting their expectations… in which case you remain the next great hope. But heaven help you if you blow it The crowd that welcomed ...read more

  • In A Way, As Pastor Rod Parsley Observed In ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 20, 2009
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    In a way, as Pastor Rod Parsley observed in Culturally Incorrect: How Clashing Worldviews Affect Your Future, today’s worldview isn’t that different from the Sadducees of Jesus’ day. Parsley engages in a bit of word play that goes like this (The Sadducees did not ...read more

  • Confessing ...

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 10, 2010
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    Confessing Christ. Some would say that this is too simple. Nothing could be finalized on word of mouth! Yet that is exactly what happens in a wedding. The simple confession “I do” seals the union, bonds two into one, causes the children to leave father and mother and to cleave to one another. ...read more