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  • "Encouraging" The New Members

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 25, 2007
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     | 3,139 views

    “Encouraging” The New Members “Bill and Sue” had recently moved into the city, and had been visiting our church for several weeks. They made friends quickly, and possessed a variety of gifts and talents that would enhance the ministries of our church. Within a short time they decided that God would ...read more

  • Christmas Changed In A Hurry For Mike And Tiffany ...

    Contributed by Jeffery Russell on Dec 24, 2007
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    Christmas changed in a hurry for Mike and Tiffany Bailey from one year to the next. In 2001, their neat house with the white picket fence was fairly quiet. Like all of their past Christmas seasons, Mike and Tiffany had gone to parties, exchanged gifts, attended family get-togethers, and prayed for ...read more

  • Remember Me ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,937 views

    REMEMBER ME NOT... Marilyn Anderes tells the story of a devoted Christian named Cheryl Stephens. Cheryl was a young mother who struggled with cancer, but was determined to keep ministering to others. She went home to Jesus on Nov. 19, 2003 at age 44. Cheryl’s friends say she lived out Phil 1:21 ...read more

  • Servanthood: The Soloist

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Jun 27, 2009
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    SERVANTHOOD: THE SOLOIST There was an interesting movie recently. It bombed at the box office, but it was a very interesting film. "The Soloist" was a true story about a Los Angeles Times columnist named Steve Lopez who discovered a homeless person on the street who, in turn, was a Julliard School ...read more

  • Elisha Hoffman: A Burden Too Big To Bear  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
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     | 4,613 views

    ELISHA HOFFMAN: A BURDEN TOO BIG TO BEAR Many New Testament promises have corresponding verses in the Old Testament that reinforce their power. When Peter, for example, said, ". . . casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you" (1 Peter 5:7), he was but restating David’s words in Psalm ...read more

  • Stowell: How People Go Astray  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
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    STOWELL: HOW PEOPLE GO ASTRAY Dr. Joseph M. Stowell, in his book, Following Christ, asks the question: HOW DO PEOPLE GO SO FAR ASTRAY SPIRITUALLY? The question was prompted when Dr. Stowell read an article given to him from the local paper the about Tom Wilson who died, gunned down as a member ...read more

  • The Obedience Of Gladys Aylward

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 23, 2013
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    THE OBEDIENCE OF GLADYS AYLWARD Gladys Aylward, missionary to China, during the 1930s as a young woman she left her home in England and sailed to China. Here she opened a home for orphaned children who'd been left to starve or wander the streets. When the Japanese invaded China, Gladys was forced ...read more

  • Those Cookies Are For Your Funeral!!!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 12, 2024
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    As an elderly man lay dying in his bed, death’s agony was suddenly pushed aside as he smelled the aroma of his favorite homemade chocolate chip cookies drifting up the stairs. Gathering his remaining strength, he lifted himself from the bed. Leaning against the wall, he slowly made his way out of ...read more

  • Gifted Does Not Equal "Successful"

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
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    "GIFTED" DOES NOT EQUAL "SUCCESSFUL" This week, I’ve begun reading a new book by one of my favorite authors, Malcolm Gladwell, titled "Outliers: The Story of Success." The premise of the book is simple: no successful person is a self-made man; everyone who gets to the top had a lot advantages, ...read more

  • This Year Will Have A Notoriety Among Its ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 26, 2001
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     | 1,737 views

    "This year will have a notoriety among its fellows as the year of calamities. Just as that season when man goes forth to reap the fruit of his labors, when the harvest of the earth is ripe, and the barns are beginning to burst with the new wheat, Death too, the mighty reaper, has come forth to ...read more

  • The Spirit Within Us  PRO

    Contributed by Wayne Major on Oct 14, 2001
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     | 4,137 views

    THE SPIRIT WITHIN US I was driving one day when I saw a hitchhiker by the side of the road, loaded down with a couple of large carrying bags. Now, I make it a practice normally not to pick up hitchhikers, which may in itself be a refusal to hear the cry of those needy of transportation. But in ...read more

  • The Good Samaritan  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 8,849 views

    Luke 10:30-37 John Darley and Daniel Batson are two Princeton University psychologists. Some years ago they decided to conduct a study, inspired by the story of the Good Samaritan. They conducted the study at Princeton Theological Seminary. They met with a group of seminarians and asked each one ...read more

  • This Is The Beginning Of Lent. Most People Are ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 24, 2004
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     | 5,310 views

    This is the beginning of Lent. Most people are looking for things to give up for Lent. It you haven’t made up your mind maybe these will help. GIVE UP grumbling! Instead, "In everything give thanks." Constructive criticism is OK, but "moaning, groaning, and complaining" are not ...read more

  • We Must Understand That God's Idea Of "Good" ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Sep 10, 2006
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    We must understand that God’s idea of “good” means that the events as a whole are constructive. “A woman fell and broke her arm. Is that good? In and of itself it is not, but she went to the hospital, and the doctors found she also had cancer. Because it was found early enough she lived.” ...read more

  • President Abraham Lincoln Called For A Day Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 3,023 views

    President Abraham Lincoln called for a day of fasting and prayer. His declaration for a day of national humiliation, fasting and prayer begins with this thought. And in so much as we know that, by his divine law, nations, like individuals, are subject to the punishments and chastisements in this ...read more

  • Questions For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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     | 3,315 views

    QUESTIONS FOR SELF-EXAMINATION Andrew Murray, whose devotional books are still popular nearly a century after his death, said this: "It is when we face ourselves and face Christ, that we are lost in wonder, love and praise. We need to rediscover the almost lost discipline of self-examination; and ...read more

  • Don't Save It For The Funeral  PRO

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 19, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 11,504 views

    Don't Save It For The Funeral An elderly man lay dying in his bed. In death's agony, he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favorite chocolate chip cookies wafting up the stairs. He gathered his remaining strength, and lifted himself from the bed. Leaning against the wall, he slowly made his way ...read more

  • Live What You Believe  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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     | 3,460 views

    LIVE WHAT YOU BELIEVE After the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989, no person in all of East Germany was more despised than the former Communist dictator Erich Honniker. He had been stripped of all his offices. Even the Communist Party rejected him. Kicked out of his villa, the new government ...read more

  • How Clara Mcbride Hale Founded Hale House In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2010
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    How Clara McBride Hale Founded Hale House in Harlem Do you know the story of Clara McBride Hale, also known as “Mother Hale”? She founded the Hale House in Harlem; it was a home for unwanted children and children who were born addicted to drugs. She originally opened her house as a day-care to ...read more

  • William Borden: No Reserves, Retreats, Regrets

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jan 23, 2012
     | 5,092 views

    WILLIAM BORDEN: NO RESERVES, RETREATS, REGRETS In 1903, a young, bright man named William Borden graduated from high school – a millionaire. He was the heir to the Borden Dairy fortune. Following graduation, William traveled around the world. Everywhere he went he was touched by the needs of ...read more

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