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  • Every Believer Is Impacting The Spiritual Vigor ...

    Contributed by Curtis Rowe on Aug 4, 2008
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    Every believer is impacting the spiritual vigor of those around him! Gordon McDonald gave the following list... • Igniter- The Holy Spirit is the Creator of authentic spiritual energy! Do you provoke others? “I’ll paddle!” • Sharer- “… that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith ...read more

  • The Church Can Still Strike ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    THE CHURCH CAN STILL STRIKE FEAR In 1988, Wally Magdangal was pastoring an underground church in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He was a Filipino lay pastor of Christian foreign workers wishing to gather for worship. In 1992, soon after the conclusion of the Gulf War, the house church had grown to over ...read more

  • A. How Many Of You Have Ever Built A ...

    Contributed by Duane Smith on Sep 29, 2008
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    A. How many of you have ever built a model? 1. There are all kinds: a. Cars & Trucks b. Military vehicles & Trains c. Planes & boats 2. At present I am working on a ship, the HMS Bounty. a. There are many reasons a ship can become famous, usually because of a great battle or ...read more

  • Extraordinary Gift Ideas

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Dec 8, 2008
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    EXTRAORDINARY GIFT IDEAS A while back, on "Good Morning, America," a co-host featured some gift ideas that might be called indescribable. They were extraordinary gifts that some of you might want to include on your Christmas gift list. One of them was a Jaguar automobile, the Jaguar 220. If you ...read more

  • The Best News No One Heard

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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    THE BEST NEWS NO ONE HEARD Take the year 1809. The international scene was tumultuous. Napoleon was sweeping through Austria; blood was flowing freely. Nobody then cared about babies. But the world was overlooking some terribly significant births. For example, William Gladstone was born that ...read more

  • Temple Of Greed

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Mar 12, 2009
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    TEMPLE OF GREED Stanford Kurland ran Countrywide Mortgage through 2006. Then after the mortgage crisis began (for which Kurland may be partially responsible) he opened up PennyMac, a company that says they will help bail out the mortgage industry by buying the troubled mortgages at a reduced rate ...read more

  • The Importance Of Preaching

    Contributed by David Parks on Aug 27, 2020
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    March 4, 1881 was a beautiful spring day in Washington D.C. James Garfield stood on the Capitol steps, placed a hand on the Bible, another on his heart, faced a crowd of thousands, and was sworn in as the 20th President of the United States. Like every Inauguration, it was a day ripe with ...read more

  • Orders Remain Unchanged!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 10, 2023
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    There is a tomb of unknown soldiers in America which has a guard 24 hours a day. Every hour on the hour, 365 days a year, a new soldier reports for duty. When the new guard arrives, he receives his orders from the one who is leaving. The words are always the same: “Orders Remain Unchanged.” The ...read more

  • John Harper's Last Convert

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 22, 2024
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    A man stood up in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada four years after the sinking of the Titanic in a testimony meeting and this is what he said. He said, “I am a survivor of the Titanic. When I was drifting alone on that awful night, the tide brought a man toward me in the sea and his name was John ...read more

  • Saint Arnold Janssen

    Contributed by Dr John Singarayar Svd on Jan 10, 2025
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    Saint Arnold Janssen: A Prophetic Vision of Divine Encounter in a Transformative Century Intro: In a world often fragmented by ideological, cultural, and religious divisions, Janssen's vision offers a hopeful alternative—a spirituality of connection, respect, and mutual ...read more

  • The Heaven Of Service  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
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    THE HEAVEN OF SERVICE Dr. Laura Schlessinger writes: "I was out at my mother and father’s house, a seventy mile round-trip from my own, because my mother needed a little help. She needed a little help because my father, who has full-blown Alzheimer’s, had taped duct tape all over the three long ...read more

  • Wesley: God's Will For Marriage

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2011
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    WESLEY: GOD'S WILL FOR MARRIAGE When John Wesley was thirty-two years old, he was a bachelor missionary in the colony of Georgia. While he was serving a church in Savannah, he met a young woman named Sophia Christian Hopkey. She was pretty and intelligent, and Wesley fell head over heels in love ...read more

  • La Campana Al Gato? — The Bell On The Cat?

    Contributed by Fernando Ocampo on Jun 3, 2008
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    (ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS) Había una vez una colonia de ratones que vivía en una cómoda casa. Cierto día apareció un gato viviendo en el mismo lugar que los ratones. Lo cual les causo un gran problema, pues el gato los perseguía a toda hora de día y de noche. Así que los ratones vivían siempre ...read more

  • When It Comes To Life's Circumstances And What ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Burkey on May 25, 2005
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    When it comes to life’s circumstances and what goes on each day, how do you respond with gratitude, grit, or grouch? And is your response determined by your circumstance or by your character? I have come up with a quiz to assess your response. Let’s start with question 1: You are in the 10 item, ...read more

  • True ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    TRUE WORSHIP I want to read to you an excerpt from James Montgomery Boice’s book, "Whatever Happened to the Gospel of Grace?" to preface my opening statements. This is from his chapter entitled, "Reforming Our Worship". In it he cites two sources from which he got his information. I cite my ...read more

  • Debt Out Of Control

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
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    DEBT OUT OF CONTROL Nearly - 80 percent of all divorced couples between the ages of 20 and 30 list financial difficulties as the primary cause of their separation and divorce. From Money-zine.com the following statistics paint the picture of America’s improper handling of their finances: The ...read more

  • First Step To ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    First Step to Spiritual Revival The need for turning to God has never been more urgent than today. The latest fads of social Christianity and religious programs have been unable to deliver Americans from their economic concerns, fear of terrorist attacks and moral decline. Many in America have ...read more

  • 3. Lets Remember His ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 6, 2009
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    3. Lets remember His sacrifice: a. The world drew the first blood. They cried “Crucify Him!”, “Crucify Him!”. They craved, desired, and sought to make him bleed. Why, because he healed them? Why, because he gave them hope and a future? Why, because he gave them the words of life and not death? Why, ...read more

  • I Read A Book Some Time Ago Entitled Wisdom ...  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on May 8, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
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    I read a book some time ago entitled Wisdom Hunter. Randal Arthur, a missionary, wrote it. It told of a pastor who was involved in a denomination that controlled its people with traditions and their interpretations of God’s Word. He became disgusted with that and even turned away from God. Finally, ...read more

  • Remembering A Death Warrant  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,836 views

    REMEMBERING A DEATH WARRANT Benjamin Rush to John Adams, July 20, 1811. Dear Old Friend, The 4th of July has been celebrated in Philadelphia in the manner I expected. The military men, and particularly one of them, ran away with all the glory of the day. Scarcely a word was said of the ...read more