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  • Theologians Tell A Story To Illustrate How ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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    Theologians tell a story to illustrate how Christ’s triumph presently benefits our lives: Imagine a city under siege. The enemy that surrounds they city will not let anyone or anything leave. Supplies are running low, and the citizens are fearful. But in the dark of the night, a spy sneaks through ...read more

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  • It Is Reported That In The Late 1860s, President ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
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    It is reported that in the late 1860s, President Ulysses S. Grant gave a cigar to Horace Norton, philanthropist and founder of Norton College. Because of his respect for the President, Norton chose to keep the cigar rather than smoke it. Upon Norton’s death, the cigar passed to his son, and later ...read more

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  • Theologians Tell A Story To Illustrate How ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    Theologians tell a story to illustrate how Christ’s triumph presently benefits our lives: Imagine a city under siege. The enemy that surrounds they city will not let anyone or anything leave. Supplies are running low, and the citizens are fearful. But in the dark of the night, a spy sneaks through ...read more

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  • Em Griffin Writes, In Making Friends, About Three ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    Em Griffin writes, in Making Friends, about three kinds of London maps: The street map, the map depicting throughways, and the underground map of the subway. "Each map is accurate and correct," he writes, "but each map does not give the complete picture. To see the whole, the three maps must be ...read more

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  • Theologians Tell A Story To Illustrate How ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    Theologians tell a story to illustrate how Christ’s triumph presently benefits our lives: Imagine a city under siege. The enemy that surrounds they city will not let anyone or anything leave. Supplies are running low, and the citizens are fearful. But in the dark of the night, a spy sneaks through ...read more

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  • In April 1997 39 Devotees To A Ufo Cult Called ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
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    In April 1997 39 devotees to a UFO cult called Heaven’s Gate cult led by Marshall Applewhite, killed themselves believing after their deaths they would join an alien space they said was riding piggy-back on a comet. This event brought to the forefront again just how many people actually believe ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Sam Jones Went Home One Day And His Wife Said To ...

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Oct 27, 2006
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    Sam Jones went home one day and his wife said to him, “Sam, I want you to go see the old sheriff who is dying.” Sam answered his wife, “Honey, you know he has never believed in God. He is an infidel.” Stirred on by his wife’s persistence, Sam went to see the sheriff. After visiting with the ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Reported In The Sun Sentinel) Arthur Levon Davis ...

    Contributed by Joseph Barraclough on Jan 5, 2007
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    (reported in the Sun Sentinel) Arthur Levon Davis Jr., age 56, died on Sept 27, 2004, two days after Hurricane Jeanne swept through South Florida. The man was repairing the roof of Dixie Shoes when he fell two stories. An experienced roofer, he failed to realize the danger while working on the ...read more

    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Top 10 Family Issues 1. Anti-Christian Culture: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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    Top 10 Family Issues 1. Anti-Christian Culture: Stripping away of Christian heritage and traditional values. 2. Divorce: Ongoing wave of broken marriages and families—inside and outside the church. 3. Busyness: Participation in numerous activities crowding out quality family fellowship. 4. Lack of ...read more

  • As You Can See, Mark Anthony Was A Man With ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    As you can see, Mark Anthony was a man with “chiseled features.” He was known as the “silver-throated orator of Rome.” He was a brilliant political leader as well as a military leader. He was known for his courage and strength. Plus, he had a great deal of charisma. In fact, he had all the ...read more

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  • George Mueller Kept Praying Too. When George ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    George Mueller kept praying too. When George Mueller was a young convert he began praying daily for five friends to come to know Christ as Savior. Two friends became Christians within two years of his own conversion. But it seemed as if his prayers for the remaining three friends would never be ...read more

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  • Listen To What Ann Graham Lotz Says In Her Book, ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Apr 3, 2007
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    Listen to what Ann Graham Lotz says in her book, “I saw the Lord.” She writes: “Hurricane Katrina was a resounding wake-up call, not just to New Orleans and the Gulf coast, but to this entire nation. Wake up, America! Disaster can strike at any moment! Your unprecedented prosperity, your advanced ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • A Middle Aged Woman Had A Heart Attack And Was ...

    Contributed by David Rumley on Apr 16, 2009
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    A middle aged woman had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital. While on the operating table she had a near death experience. Seeing God, she asked "Is my time up?" God said, "No, you have another 43 years, 2 months and 8 days to live." Upon recovery, the woman decided to stay in the hospital ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • I. Earthly Wisdom-Those Who Study Bees Tell Us ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 11, 2009
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    Earthly Wisdom-Those who study bees tell us when a honeybee drives its barbed stinger into flesh, it becomes so firmly imbedded that the only way the bee can escape is to leave the stinger behind. This, however, is sure to cause the death of the bee. It receives such a wound that it cannot possibly ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • A.w. Tozer And Andrew Murray On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 22, 2009
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    A.W. Tozer and Andrew Murray on Humility Humility and dying to myself are inseparable. A.W. Tozer nailed the nail on the head, saying, “In every Christians heart there is a cross and a throne and the Christian is on the throne till he puts himself on the cross; if he refuses the cross he remains on ...read more

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  • In An Effort To Attract The Unchurched, Some ...

    Contributed by John Dobbs on Jan 9, 2010
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    In an effort to attract the unchurched, some churches have considered translating their unfamiliar terminology into familiar football phrases: *Blocking: Talking endlessly to the preacher at the church door and keeping everyone else from exiting. *Extra Point: What you receive when you tell the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Crushed For Our Iniquities

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 22, 2010
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    CRUSHED FOR OUR INIQUITIES Think about the Lord's instructions for worship in the Old Testament tabernacle. Some of the ingredients of the holy anointing oil had to be crushed before they were used, because until they were crushed their fragrance could not be released. The crushing of the incense ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • In The Last 5,500 Years Our World Has Only Seen ...

    Contributed by Patrick Nix on Jul 9, 2010
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    In the last 5,500 years our world has only seen 292 years of peace. Over 14,000 wars have caused nearly 4 billion deaths. According to recent reports, stress-related claims rose 700% since the 80′s; in fact, 3 out of 5 doctor visits are stress-related. All kinds of factors today contribute ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • The Battle Is Really Over

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
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    THE BATTLE IS REALLY OVER Theologians tell a story to illustrate how Christ’s triumph presently benefits our lives: Imagine a city under siege. The enemy that surrounds they city will not let anyone or anything leave. Supplies are running low, and the citizens are fearful. But in the dark of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • Bless You, Prison

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 16, 2011
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    BLESS YOU, PRISON Alexander Solzhenitsyn was a Russian and Soviet novelist, dramatist, and historian. His writings helped to make the world aware of the Gulag, the Soviet Union's forced labour camp system. One night while he was in prison in Siberia, his cell mate Boris Kornfeld, a Jewish doctor, ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren