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  • Miraculous Protection Of Hutu ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
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    Miraculous Protection of Hutu Preacher Psalm 91:5 goes on to say, “You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day.” And vs. 11 says, “He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.” ILL. Tribal wars are nothing new in Central Africa. In fact, a ...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

  • One Of My Jobs Some Years Ago Was Working With ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 29, 2009
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    One of my jobs some years ago was working with disabled people. I remember working with a young Christian woman and my job was teaching her how to read. She would readily share her faith to others and I enjoyed the opportunity to encourage her in her faith. I chose the 23rd Psalm in our lessons and ...read more

  • Elvis Presley, He Is A Cultural Icon, Often Known ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
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    Elvis Presley, He is a cultural icon, often known as "The King of Rock 'n' Roll", or simply "The King". Presley began his career as one of the first performers of rockabilly, an uptempo fusion of country and rhythm and blues with a strong back beat. Presley "was an untrained musician who played ...read more

  • Horror Stories From ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    Horror Stories from Refugees Hushidah Bagam is 20. For two years now, she has lived in a squalid bamboo and corrugated iron hut in a Bangladesh refugee camp. But what she left behind in neighbouring Myanmar (formerly called Burma) was worse. “The soldiers came to our village In the middle of the ...read more

  • If I Had My Life To Live Over- By Erma ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 3, 2010
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    IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER- by Erma Bombeck (written after she found out she was dying from cancer). I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day. I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose ...read more

  • The Day You Enlisted

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jun 7, 2011
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    THE DAY YOU ENLISTED I remember when I enlisted in the U.S. Army. It was at the height of the Viet Nam War. The year was 1967. I had a draft number and was probably going to be drafted – so I went down to the army recruiter and enlisted for three years. I signed on the dotted line, and before ...read more

  • Adoniram Judson Returns To The Lord

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 13, 2011
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    ADONIRAM JUDSON RETURNS TO THE LORD Adoniram Judson graduated at the top of his class in college, then he headed to New York City to seek fame and fortune as an actor and/or writer. He had left the God of his father, thinking he was beyond such "primitive notions." But such a life was empty for ...read more

  • Losing The Boys

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 24, 2011
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    LOSING THE BOYS Dr. H Norman Wright tells this story: My wife and I had just arrived home from vacation, and the phone rang. It was our house painter. He said, "I remembered that your son died. My daughter just lost two of her little boys. Can you help her?" We agreed, so my wife and I made an ...read more

  • The Hypocrisy Of Robert Courtney  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2011
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    THE HYPOCRISY OF ROBERT COURTNEY Before his arrest, Robert Courtney served as a deacon at Northland Cathedral, an Assembly of God Church in Kansas City. In 1990, Courtney began purchasing pharmaceuticals on the gray market and using them to fill prescriptions at his pharmacy. In time, he began ...read more

  • Making Christmas Special  PRO

    Contributed by Sam Higgs on Dec 1, 2011
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    MAKING CHRISTMAS SPECIAL In the months leading up to the Christmas season, Dan had lost his job. Well, in the city he lived in, most of the workers had to relocate with the company or face unemployment. Dan was one of the unlucky ones who had not been with the company long enough to be asked ...read more

  • King Tut Vs. William Borden

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 31, 2012
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    KING TUT VS. WILLIAM BORDEN In 1922 Howard Carter discovered the burial chamber of King Tutankhamen. King Tut had died at around age 19 and his tomb had been untouched for over 3000 years. Buried with him were solid gold chariots and thousands of golden artifacts. His gold coffin was found within ...read more

  • Skeletons In Our Closets

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
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    SKELETONS IN OUR CLOSETS The Rockefeller family is considered to be one of the most philanthropic families in the world, helping humanity globally in issues like economics, religion, education and environmental affairs. Yet the Rockefeller family tree is filled with many skeletons. William Avery ...read more

  • Go Find Something To Do For God

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
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    GO FIND SOMETHING TO DO FOR GOD Ruth Rettig tells the story of having gone through unsuccessful cancer surgery and following up with chemo in Houston, which meant 500-mile roundtrips from their home in central Texas. The trips were exhausting enough but the chemo made her feel sick to death. She ...read more

  • Lottery's Biggest Losers

    Contributed by Aaron Mishoe on Apr 3, 2012
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    LOTTERY'S BIGGEST LOSERS Winning the lottery isn’t a guaranteed ticket to the good life, as these previous winners can attest: --Jack Whittaker: This West Virginia businessman won $315 million in the Powerball lottery in 2002, the largest jackpot ever from a single ticket in American history at ...read more

  • The Cost Of Trying To Fit In

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 19, 2012
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    THE COST OF TRYING TO FIT IN Kevin Miller of Wheaton, Illinois wrote the following: Right after I finished 6th grade, my family moved to a new town. As I started junior high that fall, I suddenly found myself in a school I didn’t know, in a town I didn’t know, with people I didn’t know. I felt ...read more

  • God, Please Save My Son

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 20, 2012
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    "GOD, PLEASE SAVE MY SON." Imagine what went through Moses’ mother’s heart when she turned her just weaned child over to Pharaoh’s daughter. Pharaoh’s daughter was a stranger, a foreigner, living in an anti-Semitic home, whose father was pursuing genocide, trying to wipe out the Hebrew race. ...read more

  • Making Christmas ...

    Contributed by Sam Higgs on Dec 6, 2012
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    Making Christmas Special In the months leading up to the Christmas season, Dan lost his job. Well, in the city he lived in, most of the workers had to relocate with the company or face unemployment. Dan was one of the unlucky ones who had not been with the company long enough to be asked to ...read more

  • Dr. R. G. Lee's Mother Told Of Happiest Day And Gave Taste Of Heaven

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Dec 23, 2012
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    *Dr. R.G. Lee was the much loved pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis from 1927-1960. One day when R.G was a little boy, he asked his mother what was the happiest day of her life. Her name was Elizabeth. And she thought back to the time of the Civil War when she was a little ...read more

  • Pastoral Ministry Crisis

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 30, 2015
     | 5,683 views

    2009 Statistics Of Why Pastors Leave the Ministry by Fuller Institute, George Barna and Pastoral Care Inc, Focus On The Family. 1,500 pastors leave the ministry permanently each month in America. 4,000 new churches start each year in America. 7,000 churches close each year in America. 25% of ...read more