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  • Video Clip: Dead Man Walking: From Videos That ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 18, 2000
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    Video Clip: Dead Man Walking: From Videos that Teach -- Fields and James page 52 Can anyone, no matter what they have done, become a child of God? The Movie: Drama R Sister Helen Prejan (Susan Sarandon) is a nun who receives a desperate letter from a death row inmate, Matthew Poncelet (Sean ...read more

  • Look At The Verse-By-Verse Progression In Psalm ...

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Feb 16, 2010
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    Look at the verse-by-verse progression in Psalm 103! Praise him because: A. He is a pardoner,verse 3. He forgives all my iniquities B. He is a physician, verse 3. He heals all my diseases C. He is a redeemer, verse 4. He redeems my life from destruction D. He is a benefactor, verse 5. He satisfies ...read more

  • Lamb Over Me

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
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    "LAMB OVER ME" In his book “Eternity in their Hearts”, Don Richardson a Missionary writes of cultural compasses in other cultures and their language that point to one and only one person, Jesus, preparing the way for the Gospel to be heard. He tells the story of Robert Morrison who landed in ...read more

  • Women And Proverbs

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 16, 2013
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    WOMEN AND PROVERBS From Chronological Life Application Bible: "Proverbs has a lot to say about women. How fitting that the book ends with a picture of a woman of strong character, great wisdom, many skills, and great compassion. Some people have the mistaken idea that the ideal woman in the ...read more

  • They Don't But You Do  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
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    THEY DON’T BUT YOU DO Consider the story of Oswald Golter. After ten years service as a missionary in China, Oswald Golter was on His way home. His ship stopped in India, and while waiting for the connecting boat home he found a group of refugees living in a warehouse on the pier. They were ...read more

  • How Can We Know That We Are Truly Saved

    Contributed by Hylton Davidson on Aug 13, 2025
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    Having assurance that one is saved is linked to the process called regeneration. Regeneration is not something a person initiates; it is a sovereign act of God. A person is born again when the Holy Spirit imparts spiritual life, enabling them to repent and believe in the gospel. This transformation ...read more

  • Ministering To ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Ministering to Christ In The Midst of Disaster “Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom… For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger and you invited Me in, ...read more

  • Prevailing Upon Mercy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
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    PREVAILING UPON MERCY R. C. Sproul tells the story of when he was a college professor. At the start of the semester, the class of about 150 students had three papers due, let’s say, at noon on October 1st, November 1st, and December 1st. The penalty for a late paper was a zero grade. At noon on ...read more

  • You, " Said The Doctor To His Patient, "Are In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on May 15, 2001
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    You, " said the doctor to his patient, "are in terrible shape you’ve got to do something about it. First, tell your wife to cook more nutritious meals. Stop working like a dog. Also inform your wife you’re going to make a budget , and she has to stick to it. And have her keep the kids off your ...read more

  • The Boston Globe Documented How The Lottery ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2001
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    The Boston Globe documented how the lottery saturates poor Massachusetts neighborhoods with outlets. For example, Chelsea, an economically struggling community, has one lottery retailer for every 363 residents. By comparison, the affluent suburb of Milton has one for every 3,657 residents. ...read more

  • The Latest Statistics Clearly Show That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chris Santasiere on Aug 29, 2001
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    The latest statistics clearly show that Christians in America are not doing a good job of resisting the devil. In fact, it appears that we are embracing the devil, or discounting that the devil even exists. The truly sad fact as we will see is that Christians in America think and behave no ...read more

  • This Past December (12/01), The "Leaning Tower Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on May 19, 2002
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    This past December (12/01), the “Leaning Tower of Pisa” was finally reopened to the public, after having been closed for almost a dozen years. During that time, engineers completed a 25 million dollar renovation project designed to stabilize the tower. They removed 110 tons of dirt, and reduced its ...read more

  • With All The Hustle And Bustle, I Thought We ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Tucker on Dec 16, 2003
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    With all the hustle and bustle, I thought we needed to be reminded why Christmas is a good idea. Without Christmas… • The candied fruit market would completely collapse! • Our boring, uneventful lives would have no stress at all! • Eggnog would just be a slimy, high cholesterol beverage. • ...read more

  • And Then There Is The Issue Of His Leaving The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Dec 1, 2006
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    And then there is the issue of His leaving the rich communion that He enjoyed with His Father. C.S. Lewis addressed this when he wrote, "Lying at your feet is your dog. Imagine, for the moment, that your dog and every dog is in deep distress. Some of us love dogs very much. If it would help all the ...read more

  • A Small Church In Virginia Needed To Have A New ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Aug 25, 2005
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    A small church in Virginia needed to have a new roof in the worst of ways, but there was no money in their account. Most of the congregation was very poor except for the local banker. He was an ornery old cuss, and he would be the first in church so he could always sit in the back pew by the ...read more

  • When I First Began Dating Marylu, She Was A ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 30, 2009
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    When I first began dating Marylu, she was a waitress. Fortunately, I was brought up with good etiquette, & knew to tip 15% for good service. Now the protocol is 20%, and I try to do that, if the service is good. If not, I leave less. This week, an interesting story broke out of ...read more

  • When I First Began Dating Marylu, She Was A ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 30, 2009
     | 1,078 views

    When I first began dating Marylu, she was a waitress. Fortunately, I was brought up with good etiquette, & knew to tip 15% for good service. Now the protocol is 20%, and I try to do that, if the service is good. If not, I leave less. This week, an interesting story broke out of ...read more

  • Lantern In A Porthole Saves Man Over ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 3, 2009
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    Lantern in a Porthole Saves Man Over Board There is a story of an Atlantic passenger lying in his bunk in a storm, deathly sick—seasick. A cry of “Man overboard!” was heard. The passenger thought, “God help the poor fellow. There is nothing I can do.” Then he thought at least he could put his ...read more

  • Gas ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 29, 2010
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    Gas Mileage According to a story in the Grand Rapids Press, the owner of a small foreign car had begun to irritate his friends by bragging incessantly about his gas mileage. So they decided on a way to get some humor out of his tireless boasting, as well as bring it to an end. Every day one of ...read more

  • The Harp String Of Hope

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2011
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    THE HARP STRING OF HOPE G.F. Watt has a famous painting entitled Hope. It pictures a poor woman against the world. Her eyes are bandaged so that she cannot see ahead. In her hands is a harp, but all the strings are broken save one. Those broken strings represent her shattered expectations, her ...read more