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  • A Methodist Minister I Served With In Prison ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A Methodist minister I served with in prison ministry used to tell us that in our eagerness to embrace the risen Christ on Easter we need to remember that we ...read more

  • It Is Not Peter's Faith That Fails, But His ...

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 6, 2012
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    It is not Peter's faith that fails, but his courage. After his failure he weeps bitterly, because he really does love his Lord. --David ...read more

  • We Are Not Simply To Linger About The Shrine Of ...

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 3, 2012
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    We are not simply to linger about the shrine of the resurrection, but are to go declaring the fact of it! Mary was changed from a mourner to a missionary when she met the ...read more

  • Love Tore Down The ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 19, 2008
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    Love Tore Down The Wall Some years ago, a couple decided they could not live together anymore. They separated and started divorce proceedings. Dr. J. Mike Minnix, Editor, PastorLife.com. Through their lawyers, they agreed to meet at the home and divide the property. As they went through the home ...read more

  • List Of Weaknesses

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Apr 6, 2009
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    LIST OF WEAKNESSES In his book He Chose the Nails, Max Lucado wrote: "The list of our weaknesses. Would anyone like to see yours? Would you like to make them public? How would you feel if they were posted high so that everyone, including Christ himself, could see? Yes, there is a list of your ...read more

  • 'twas The Sunday Before Easter  PRO

    Contributed by Frank Carl on Mar 8, 2008
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    “’Twas the Sunday before Easter” ‘Twas The Sunday Before Easter, And all through Israel’s House There was planning and scheming by Herod the louse, While palm leaves were waving o’er Christ’s lovely head Just five days later, he’d be rejected and dead. The children were running and leaping for ...read more

  • Crucified With Christ

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Crucified With Christ "The Christian's Passion" Jesus said, "If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me" (Luke 9:23). We have just passed Easter--celebrating what Christ did for us on Calvary and the victory He won over sin and death. The Bible ...read more

  • I Was Reading This Week In The Little Devotional ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I was reading this week in the little devotional book “This Day with the Master” by Dennis Kinlaw and I read the devotional for April 27th. I would like to share this with you this morning. In Ephesians 5:1-2 we are told to “be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love.” “One day as I ...read more

  • The Arithmetic Of Heaven  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2004
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    THE ARITHMETIC OF HEAVEN Someone asked Daniel Webster, who happened to be a fervent Christian, "How can a man of your intellect believe in the Trinity?" "I do not pretend fully to understand the arithmetic of heaven now," he replied. SOURCE: "God in Three Persons: A Doctrine ...read more

  • C.s. Lewis Wrote, "In The Long Run The Answer To ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jun 10, 2006
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    C.S. Lewis wrote, “In the long run the answer to all those who object to the doctrine of hell is itself a question: ‘What are you asking God to do? To wipe out past sins and, at all costs, to give them a fresh start, smoothing every ...read more

  • I Find It Fascinating That There Is Universal ...  PRO

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 17, 2009
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    I find it fascinating that there is universal agreement among the ancients that the hill on which Abraham tried to sacrifice Isaac, Mt. Moriah, is identified with the area in which the Temple of Jerusalem, and Calvary, were positioned. So in the very spot where God vowed to Abraham to bless him ...read more

  • Decision Without Procrastination  PRO

    Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Apr 2, 2007
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    “Decision Without Procrastination" "During the early days of the ministry of Dwight L. Moody, the great evangelist launched a series of meetings in Chicago with promise of the largest crowds that he had ever addressed up to that time. He was speaking of the life of Christ, and on the first Sunday ...read more

  • The Seamless Garment  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 10, 2003
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    [Illustration] At Calvary, the Roman soldiers divided the earthly belongings of Jesus, but they gambled for His seamless robe rather than tear it. These were hardened men, but they saw the beauty of that robe and refused to tear it. I have heard that the early church used this seamless garment as ...read more

  • I Like The Way One Person Summarized Our Hope Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Dec 1, 2003
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    I like the way one person summarized our hope of heaven. There we will be: Worship without Distraction Serve without Exhaustion Fellowship without Fear Learn without Fatigue Rest without Boredom. Ray Pritchard, sermon entitled “What is Heaven Like?” preached ...read more

  • Modern-Day Pharisees

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Sep 6, 2011
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    MODERN-DAY PHARISEES These Pharisees were not true shepherds, but actually thieves and robbers. Killing the sheep, leading them to their destruction. How many so-called shepherds today are leading their flocks to destruction by giving them religion instead of relationship? By leading them in ...read more

  • Jesus Is A Special Delivery From Heaven A ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 12, 2007
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    Jesus is a special delivery from heaven a parcel of love being delivered to your home with your name upon it for salvation and nothing in the world could stop the arrival of His parcel of love - not the world - not Satan - not death - not hell because it was signed sealed and delivered ...read more

  • Mega Church Growth Slows: A New Study By Scott ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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    Mega Church Growth Slows: A new study by Scott Thumma, Hartford Seminary, indicates that after 20 years of rapid growth, churches of more than 2000 members, growth has markedly slowed. There are approximately 500 such mega churches in the U.S. and nearly all have a conservative theological ...read more

  • To Whoever Finds This...i Love You  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 19, 2012
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    TO WHOEVER FINDS THIS...I LOVE YOU Several years ago there was a girl in an orphanage. She was unattractive and had mannerisms that were not very attractive either, and so she was disliked and shunned by the other children and was not liked by her teachers. The head of the institution looked for ...read more

  • I've Heard A Tale That A Man Would Climb A ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Mar 25, 2006
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    I’ve heard a tale that a man would climb a mountain Just to be with the one he loves. How many times has he broken that promise? It has never been done Well I never climbed the highest mountain, but I walked the hill of Calvary Just to be with you I’ve done everything There’s no price I did not ...read more

  • Winners Or Losers?

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 7, 2008
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    Winners or Losers? Let's go just a few years forward from Calvary. Another man in the prime of his youth, arrested for heresy by the Jews, a witness to Jesus, Stephen, the first deacon, was dragged out of the gates of Jerusalem and stoned, even as he forgave his murderers. The persecution that ...read more