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  • When We Truly Are The Church

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 6, 2011
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    WHEN WE TRULY ARE THE CHURCH Chuck Colson tells this story: "My mind goes back to a Christmas 20 years ago in Romania, when the country was still in the grip of communist tyranny. The story begins with Laszlo Tokes, pastor of a fast-growing reformed church in the city of Timisoara. His ...read more

  • The Stress Of Uncertainty

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 10, 2012
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    THE STRESS OF UNCERTAINTY Daniel Gilbert (a psychologist at Harvard), citing a recent Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, said "that Americans are smiling less and worrying more than they were a year ago, that happiness is down and sadness is up, that we are getting less sleep and smoking more ...read more

  • As A Large Crowd Of Iboga Christians Of Western ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 27, 2008
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    As a large crowd of Iboga Christians of Western Tanzania gathered to worship one Easter Sunday, a crazed mother lion was stalking their village. The crowd froze in fear. The village preacher encouraged them to pray to God, who locked the lion’s jaws for Daniel. Suddenly, a lightening bolt struck ...read more

  • Bill And Gloria Gaither Were Honored By Indiana ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
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    Bill and Gloria Gaither were honored by Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels with the 2008 Sachem, the state’s highest honor. The Gaithers have collaborated on more than 700 gospel songs, winning 8 GRAMMY Awards and more than 24 Dove Awards. They were named “Songwriters of the Century” in ...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

  • Animals And Colors In The Bible

    Contributed by Pastor Cosmos on Jan 13, 2011
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    ANIMALS AND COLORS IN THE BIBLE The Bible to teach us to interperet the Bible by using the the Bible to interperet itself Isaiah 28:9-10 "9Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 10For precept ...read more

  • John Quincy Adams, The Sixth President Of Our ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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    John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of our country, once stated: "So great is my veneration for the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it, the more confident will be my hope that they will prove useful citizens of their country and respectable members of society. I have for many ...read more

  • Prayer For Those In ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    “Prayer for Those In Authority” 1 Timothy 2:1-4, “I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone -- for kings and all those in authority… This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of ...read more

  • Prophecy In The Bible

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 15, 2010
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    PROPHECY IN THE BIBLE Hundreds of Bible prophecies have been fulfilled, specifically and meticulously, often long after the prophetic writer had passed away. For example, Daniel the prophet predicted in about 538 BC (Daniel 9:24-27) that Christ would come as Israel's promised Savior and Prince 483 ...read more

  • Zig Ziglar Said, "A Study Of Three Hundred ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2011
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    Zig Ziglar said, "A study of three hundred world-class leaders, including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Sir Winston Churchill, Helen Keller, Mother Teresa, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, and Martin Luther King, Jr., revealed that 25 percent of them had serious physical disabilities and an additional 50 percent ...read more

  • Humility?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
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    HUMILITY? Dr. Harry Ironside was once convicted about his lack of humility. A friend recommended as a remedy, that he march through the streets of Chicago wearing a sandwich board, shouting the scripture verses on the board for all to hear. Dr. Ironside agreed to this venture and when he returned ...read more

  • Protected From The Puck

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Feb 11, 2011
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    PROTECTED FROM THE PUCK When Daniel was a little boy, his favorite movie was The Mighty Ducks, which was the story of a pee wee hockey team. Their goalie, whose name was Goldberg, was afraid of the puck and anytime it would come at him he would run away. So the coach duct taped him to the goal and ...read more

  • Sleepless Nights

    Contributed by Samuel M on Feb 22, 2025
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    When the time came to bring Joseph out of jail into fulfilment of God's plan, God gave sleepless nights to King Pharoah. When the time came to exalt and elevate Daniel in the Babylon kingdom, God gave sleepless nights to King Nebuchadnezzar. Similarly, when God wants to fulfil his plan in your ...read more

  • The Magi -- Who Were They?

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 25, 2019
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    Lambert Dolphin writes: “The ancient Magi were a hereditary priesthood of the Medes (known today as the Kurds) credited with profound and extraordinary religious knowledge. After some Magi, who had been attached to the Median court, proved to be expert in the interpretation of dreams, Darius the ...read more

  • Dr. Harry Ironside, A Renowned Preacher Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 19, 2005
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    Dr. Harry Ironside, a renowned preacher of the Gospel, was once convicted about his lack of humility. A friend recommended as a remedy, that he march through the streets of Chicago wearing a sandwich board, shouting the scripture verses on the board for all to hear. Dr. Ironside agreed to this ...read more

  • In 1846 Former President John Quincy Adams ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
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    In 1846 former president John Quincy Adams suffered a stroke. Although he returned to Congress the following year, his health was clearly failing. Daniel Webster described his last meeting with Adams: “Someone, a friend of his, came in and made particular inquiry of his health. Adams answered, ‘I ...read more

  • The Talmud From Babylonian Talmud, Tractate ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 4, 2007
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    "The Talmud from Babylonian Talmud, tractate Sanhedrin page 96b which is the beginning of the major section in the Talmud that deals with the teachings of the Rabbis about the Messiah. The first section deals with Bar Nafle, the Son of the Clouds, which is a name that is given to the Messiah. This ...read more

  • Sanny States, "The Infinite, Personal God In ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 6, 2007
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    Sanny states, "The infinite, personal God in heaven is sovereign in His universe. He has the right-the authority-to do whatever he wants. And He not only has this right, but he also has the power to do what he wants. This is the truth King Nebuchadnezzar recognized about God in Daniel 4:35, "He ...read more

  • On Self-Control

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 14, 2011
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    ON SELF-CONTROL Daniel Akst in a secular article called, "Whose in Charge Here?" wrote: "Life in modern Western cultures is like living at a giant all-you-can-eat buffet offering more calories, credit, sex, intoxicants, and just about anything else one could take to excess than our forebears ...read more

  • He'll Keep His Word

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 7, 2014
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    Daniel Overdorf: I visited a friend in the hospital. He had neared the end of an extended battle with cancer. The chemotherapy had taken most of his ability to think. I read some Scripture passages to him about God's promises, unsure if he even heard me, then I prayed. As I turned to leave the ...read more