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  • Fearfighter, A Kind Of Psychiatric Computer, Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
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    Fearfighter, a kind of psychiatric computer, is one of two programs endorsed by Britain’s health advisory watchdog for people with panic attacks, mild depression, or phobias. People uncomfortable with getting advice from a computer can still choose to see therapists, but the option of logging on ...read more

  • How God Treats Repentant Sinners

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 12, 2009
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    HOW GOD TREATS REPENTANT SINNERS When Billy Graham was driving through a small southern town, he was stopped by a policeman and charged with speeding. Graham admitted his quilt, but was told by the officer that he would have to appear in court. The judge asked, "Guilty, or not guilty?" When Graham ...read more

  • A Scottish Lawyer Was A Wicked Man. Once He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A Scottish lawyer was a wicked man. Once he hired a horse and, either through accident or ill-usage, killed the animal. Naturally the owner insisted on being paid its value, together with some compensation for the loss of its use. The man of law acknowledged his liability, and said he was perfectly ...read more

  • Formula For Going To Heaven

    Contributed by John Bright on May 27, 2023
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    That’s right – heaven or hell is the final destination for every human being. I want to crystal clear about this! All humans have been born into a state of Sin (with a big S). We commit sin (with a little s) because we are Sinners – not vice versa. At the instant of salvation, our Sin nature is ...read more

  • Ordinary People Talking. And That's How It Should ...

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Apr 8, 2010
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    Ordinary people talking. And that’s how it should be. Look at our reading. Jesus invested a lot of time in his 12 disciples. He invested even more in the four key disciples; Peter, Andrew,James and John. Yet it wasn’t the four who first asked to tell the people the good news of the resurection It ...read more

  • Jesus Was, Yet Is

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jun 4, 2010
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    JESUS WAS, YET IS Back in the 4th century A.D., a man named Gregory of Nazianzus wrote these words that capture the identity of Jesus as one who is fully human, yet fully God: He began His ministry by being hungry, yet He is the Bread of Life. Jesus ended His earthly ministry by being thirsty, ...read more

  • Integrity On A Bus

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jul 19, 2010
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    INTEGRITY ON A BUS One Sunday a pastor preached a sermon on honesty. Monday morning he took the bus took get to his office. He paid the fare, and the bus driver gave him back too much change. During the rest of the journey, the pastor was rationalizing how God had provided him with some extra ...read more

  • Abolishing Slavery: Wilberforce And Moses

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Mar 21, 2011
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    ABOLISHING SLAVERY: WILBERFORCE AND MOSES I found myself reading William Wilberforce’s speeches to the British Parliament the other day, particularly his speeches to abolish the slave trade. I was struck by the tenacity, patience, and confidence that he showed. He was convinced that this evil ...read more

  • What Is Sixty Years

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on May 15, 2011
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    WHAT IS SIXTY YEARS What is sixty years worth? The last sixty years have paid tribute to the election of ten U.S. Presidents. Yuri Gagarin, sixty years ago in April, rocketed into history as the first human to travel beyond the clouds, and to orbit around the earth for nearly two hours. Sixty ...read more

  • The Ramblings Of An Old Woman  PRO

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 21, 2011
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    THE RAMBLINGS OF AN OLD WOMAN I often worked for a lady doing yard work in her over-sized yard. She not only paid me, but also fed me, washed my clothes, and befriended me. One day, we were eating a meal together she had cooked. The TV was on, and I was focused on the program. She talked to me, ...read more

  • The Access Of A Son

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 25, 2011
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    THE ACCESS OF A SON Dale was one of my childhood friends. His dad ran the projectors in one of the local movie theatres. If I went to that theatre without Dale I paid full admission and had to sit on the main floor with everyone else. If I went with Dale, I got in free and got to sit up in the ...read more

  • Garlands Of Heaven

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 29, 2011
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    GARLANDS OF HEAVEN In India, whenever I preached I would get a garland made of carnations or roses or some other kind of flower. (This was done as a gesture of honor.) They smelled nice at first, but they were bulky and awkward (most of them would hang down almost to your knees), and after your ...read more

  • When A Believer Considers How Much God Has ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 30, 2004
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    When a believer considers how much God has forgiven him, he is able to extend pardon to others no matter what they have done. A Christian husband found this to be true when his wife, who had become an alcoholic, told him of an affair she had had with his best friend 10 years earlier. She said she ...read more

  • Beholden To Money

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 13, 2011
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    BEHOLDEN TO MONEY In his book How Much Is Enough? Hungering For God In An Affluent Culture author and Founder of Bread for the World: Arthur Simon writes about Bryce and Ellen, "a couple in their mid-thirties. They have two sons and a daughter, and on Sundays the family attends church more often ...read more

  • I Served A Church That Had A Wonderful Young ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2004
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    I served a Church that had a wonderful young married couple. He was 30, she was 26 and they had two beautiful children. The oldest would come up and set with me while I was preaching. The husband worked for the State and had a good job that he enjoyed. She worked for a large nationwide company ...read more

  • A Lesson From A Short Story

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Jan 27, 2023
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    Text, Matthew 16:26, KJV: For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Thoughts: In my last year or so of high school, I took a couple of literature classes. For one thing, I liked the teacher, and for ...read more

  • Together Communication And Attitude Have ...

    Contributed by Ricki Lee Brooks on May 5, 2010
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    Together communication and attitude have potential... either for good or for evil. Here’s what we mean… It was attitude that took out yet another marriage. They were in their twenties. They were the parents of two beautiful children. He, however, had a miserable problem. She endured it. The ...read more

  • The Good Old ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2010
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    The Good Old Days A girl who went to college, but she just hated it. She told herself, “If I can ever get out of college, get married and have children, I know I’ll finally be able to enjoy life.” So she stuck with it. She went to classes every day and finally graduated from college. Then she got ...read more

  • Every Last One—crucified!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2001
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    EVERY LAST ONE-- CRUCIFIED! At one point early in Julius Caesar’s political career, feelings ran so high against him that he thought it best to leave Rome. He sailed for the Aegean island of Rhodes, but en route the ship was attacked by pirates and Caesar was captured. The pirates demanded a ...read more

  • Next Time, Try Faxing It  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
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    NEXT TIME, TRY FAXING IT "When Russell Sealy was fired from his job after five years with Consignia, Britain’s postal service, he resolved to appeal on grounds that he had been treated unfairly. That was in in the fall of 2000. Now, it appears, he may lose because of a court’s ruling against ...read more