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  • Fifty-Six Men Signed The Declaration Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence. Their conviction resulted in untold sufferings for themselves and their families. Of the 56 men, five were captured by the British and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the ...read more

  • Fifty-Six Men Signed The Declaration Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence. Their conviction resulted in untold sufferings for themselves and their families. Of the 56 men, five were captured by the British and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the ...read more

  • James Bryant Conant: "Behold The Turtle; He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    James Bryant Conant: “Behold the turtle; he makes progress only when ...read more

  • Eugene Kennedy: "The Real Test Of Friendship Is: ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Eugene Kennedy: "The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those ...read more

  • Clarence Darrow, A Famous Attorney In The Early ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Clarence Darrow, a famous attorney in the early 1900’s – said on the saddest statements I have ever heard: “I wish I could believe in the Bible, like you people—I just can’t. And I ...read more

  • There's A Story About A Local Fitness Center, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There’s a story about a local fitness center, which was offering $1,000 to anyone who could demonstrate that they were stronger than the owner of the place. Here’s how it worked. This muscle man would squeeze a lemon until all the juice ran into a glass, and then hand the lemon to the next ...read more

  • A Tired Hunter Out In The Wilderness Stumbled ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A tired hunter out in the wilderness stumbled into a camp. “Am I glad to see you,” he said. “I’ve been lost for three days.” “Don’t get too excited, friend,” the other hunter replied. “I’ve been lost for three weeks.” "Cash, check or charge?" A clerk asked, after folding items the woman wished to ...read more

  • Menelik Was The King Of Ethiopia From 1899 To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Menelik was the king of Ethiopia from 1899 to 1913. He heard about a new device that could be used for dealing with hardened criminals, so he ordered one. When his new electric chair arrived he was severely disappointed that it wouldn’t work. It seems that Ethiopia would not have electricity for ...read more

  • Total Sacrifice For Wife

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Total Sacrifice for wife It is said that Cyrus, the founder of the Persian Empire, once had captured a prince and his family. When they came before him, the monarch asked the prisoner, “What will you give me if I release you?” “The half of my wealth,” was his reply. “And if I release your ...read more

  • Suffering

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Suffering One of the most powerful prayers in the midst of suffering was uncovered from the horrors of Ravensbruck concentration camp. Ravensbruck was a concentration camp built in 1939 for women. Over 90,000 women and children perished in Ravensbruck, murdered by the Nazis. Corrie Ten Boom, who ...read more

  • He Wasn't Cured But He Was Healed

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    He wasn’t cured but he was healed Can sickness, even sickness unto death, be such a blessing for a Christian? On the surface it would seem not. How can a Christian do God’s will if he is lying in bed, flat on his back? How can pain, discomfort, medical treatment and surgery as well as the ...read more

  • Molokai

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Molokai You have probably never heard of the island of Molokai. Well, it’s located in the state of Hawaii. And it has quite a history. You have to go way back to the late 1800’s to understand its significance. You see, back then, there was no cure for the highly contagious and deadly disease called ...read more

  • It Is Said That 16th C. Theologian Martin Luther ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    It is said that 16th c. theologian Martin Luther once sat in his study for hours to meditate on this passage. For hours he sat oblivious to the world around him. Finally, someone heard him say, “God forsaking God . . . no one can understand that” and he went on about his business. The great 19th ...read more

  • Jesus Was Thirsty

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Jesus said, "I am thirsty." No wonder he was thirsty. Loss of blood. Exposure. Heat. Exhaustion. Dehydration. He’s been on the cross now for 6 hours. The sweat rolls off him like buckets. It’s hot. And the flies are buzzing around him. The crowds taunting him. The blood mixes with the sweat as it ...read more

  • All Have Sinned And Fallen Short Of The Glory ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    … All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23 NIV) Somerset Maugham, the writer, once said, “If I wrote down every thought I have ever thought and every deed I have ever done, men would call me a monster of ...read more

  • Kagawa Is A Famous Japanese Christian. He Said ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Kagawa is a famous Japanese Christian. He said that in the cross he found Christianity’s greatest uniqueness. He said, “I am grateful for Shinto, for Confucianism and for Buddhism. I owe much to these faiths. Yet these three faiths utterly failed to minister to my heart’s deepest needs. I was a ...read more

  • This Was Not The Despairing Cry Of A Helpless ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    “This was not the despairing cry of a helpless martyr. It was not an expression of satisfaction that the end of His sufferings was now reached. It was not the last gasp of a worn-out life. No, it was the declaration on the part of the Divine Redeemer that all for which He came from heaven to earth ...read more

  • The Simplicity Of The Gospel

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Jan 31, 2022
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    How does the thief on the cross fit into your theology? I think many times we complicate the issue of getting into heaven. What is required? Let's think about the the thief on the cross. No baptism, no communion, no confirmation, no speaking in tongues, no mission trip, no volunteerism, and ...read more

  • Dr. Earl Radmacher Said In His Book, ...

    Contributed by Jesse Roncales on Mar 30, 2010
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    Dr. Earl Radmacher said in his book, SALVATION, ‘The Law of Moses was not a means of deliverance from the penalty of sin. The Law was given that mankind might have a vivid ...read more

  • I Thirst

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Apr 2, 2010
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    I THIRST "The sea is his, and he made it," and all fountains and springs are of his digging. He poureth out the streams that run among the hills, the torrents which rush adown the mountains, and the flowing rivers which enrich the plains. One would have said, If he were thirsty he would not tell ...read more