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  • The Authority Of The Believer  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2010
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    THE AUTHORITY OF THE BELIEVER In Santa Cruz there's a strip called Pacific Avenue, and there's a number of bars. And I remember walking down Pacific Avenue, and it was getting a little rowdy. And there was two or three very burly guys in kinda tight T-shirts that looked like they could kill you, ...read more

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  • Security And Peace Of Mind Come When We Recognize ...

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Dec 23, 2002
     | 2,704 views

    Security and peace of mind come when we recognize that even though we cannot control certain circumstances, God can. Annie Johnson Flint, almost an invalid, understood how confidence in God leads to peace of mind when she wrote a poem titled, "But God": I know not, but God knows; Oh, blessed ...read more

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  • Jean Nidetch, A 214-Pound Homemaker Desperate To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 14, 2004
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    Jean Nidetch, a 214-pound homemaker desperate to lose weight, went to the New York City Department of Health, where she was given a diet devised by Dr. Norman Jolliffe. Two months later, discouraged about the 50 plus pounds still to go, she invited six overweight friends home to share the diet and ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Jean Nidetch, A 214 Pound Homemaker Desperate To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jan 23, 2006
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     | 2,638 views

    Jean Nidetch, a 214 pound homemaker desperate to lose weight, went to the New York City Department of Health, where she was given a diet devised by Dr. Norman Jolliffe. Two months later, discouraged about the 50 plus pounds still to go, she invited six overweight friends home to share the diet and ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • The Captain Of An Ocean Steamer Tells That On One ...

    Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Jul 26, 2006
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    The captain of an ocean steamer tells that on one occasion his ship was engulfed in a dense fog off the coast of Newfoundland. It was Wednesday evening and the captain had been on the bridge for 24 hours when he was startled by someone tapping on his shoulder. He turned and saw one of his ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Picture A Coin Falling Toward The Ground Under ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Aug 19, 2006
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    “Picture a coin falling toward the ground under the influence of gravity. In itself, that coin is powerless to overcome the downward pull of this earth. It is in its very nature to fall. But before it has gone far, someone reaches out an arm, holds the coin firmly in his hand, and then lifts it ...read more

  • Stuart Holden Was In Egypt And Met A Sergeant In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Francis on Sep 5, 2006
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    Stuart Holden was in Egypt and met a sergeant in a Highland regiment. “How were you brought to Christ?” he asked this bright Christian. “There was a private in the same company as myself who had been converted in Malta , and I gave him a terrible time. I remember one night in particular when it was ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jean Nidetch, A 214 Pound Homemaker Desperate To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2001
    based on 112 ratings
     | 1,886 views

    Jean Nidetch, a 214 pound homemaker desperate to lose weight, went to the New York City Department of Health, where she was given a diet devised by Dr. Norman Jolliffe. Two months later, discouraged about the 50 plus pounds still to go, she invited six overweight friends home to share the diet and ...read more

  • On June 17, 2002 Federal Authorities Arrested A ...

    Contributed by Scott Maze on Feb 15, 2007
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    On June 17, 2002 Federal authorities arrested a United States Forest Service employee for starting the largest fire in Colorado’s history. Terry Barton was a 38-year-old woman and had worked every summer for the Forest Service for 18 or 19 years. She had ventured into the forest to burn a letter ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • 1) "M. Scott Peck Writes In His Book "The Road ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    (1) "M. Scott Peck writes in his book "The Road Less Traveled: "I spent much of my ninth summer on a bicycle. About a mile from our house the road went down a steep hill and turned sharply at the bottom. Coasting down the hill one morning, I felt my gathering speed to be ecstatic. To give up this ...read more

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  • A Young Banker Was Driving His Bmw, In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Art Good on Aug 14, 2007
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    A young banker was driving his BMW, in the mountains, during a snowstorm. As he rounded a turn the vehicle slid out of control and toward a cliff. At the last moment he unbuckled his seatbelt and jumped from the car. Though he escaped with his life, his left arm was caught near the hinge of the ...read more

    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • I Was Reminded Of Two Young Ministry Students ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Feb 26, 2008
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    I was reminded of two young ministry students down south who stopped at a rickety old shack to “share the gospel.” There must have been a dozen kids running around apparently doing whatever they wanted. It was chaos. The house was falling apart. A woman completely and totally disheveled answered ...read more

    Denomination: Church Of God

  • This Anchor

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 11, 2008
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    This anchor holds in day of adversity, When all else threatens to give way. This anchor keeps my vessel from drifting, Never letting my ship run astray. This anchor holds midst angry seas battering, When waves and winds battle for my soul. This anchor holds in the lonely night hours, When darkness ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A Young Soldier In The Army ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Aug 6, 2008
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    The story is told of a young soldier in the army of Alexander the Great who, during one violent battle, could not control the fear that gripped him. The young man turned from the battle and fled. In the course of his attempt to flee, an officer apprehended him and took in chains to stand before ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Macarthur Told About A Time That He And His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
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    MacArthur told about a time that he and his family came back from vacation to find a large giant sunflower plant growing right in the middle of their garden, but he said they never even had the thought, that it came from any other seed than a giant sunflower seed. "You sow a thought and you reap ...read more

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  • Sowing The Flesh

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    SOWING THE FLESH MacArthur told about a time that he and his family came back from vacation to find a large giant sunflower plant growing right in the middle of their garden, but he said they never even had the thought, that it came from any other seed than a giant sunflower seed, "You sow a ...read more

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  • Everything Is Wonderful

    Contributed by Hugh W. Davidson on Mar 13, 2009
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    EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL Charles Spurgeon said, "Everything is wonderful until you get used to it." I remember the first time I ever saw an automatic transmission in a car; I thought it was amazing but, unless we ordered it now, we’d never even see a standard on the lot. I remember the first ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Occasionally, I Read A Web Log By A Young Man Who ...

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 26, 2010
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    Occasionally, I read a web log by a young man who gives only his first name, which is Justin. In a recent post on his blog, which he calls “Uban Idealist,” he says this. He says, “For a long time my reaction to seeing [the broken] areas in my life has been to work hard on them. Try to act more ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Bill Hybels: Why People Are Lonely

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 14, 2011
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    BILL HYBELS: WHY PEOPLE ARE LONELY Why do we have a sense of loneliness today? Bill Hybels explains it this way: "It is a "me-first” mind-set. This mind-set says indulge yourself, fulfill your desires, satiate your appetites, pursue pleasure, take off all restraints. As much as we might want to ...read more

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  • Going Beyond Our Teachers  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 9, 2013
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     | 4,596 views

    A well-known Bible teacher gives this insight: "Someone on our staff informed me several months ago that a woman had called the ministry office to find out what my 'official position' was on a biblically gray area. When she was told that it's not my policy to make 'official' public statements ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ