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  • Just To Be Noticed  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2003
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    JUST TO BE NOTICED Every spring, hundreds of Hollywood “stars” gather for the Academy Awards. Very few “slip in the back door:” instead, they make an entrance. They walk down the long red carpet, smiling at the cameras and waving to the people in the stands (who, by the way, all had to apply and ...read more

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  • John Knox Constantly Carried The Burden For His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 25, 2003
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    John Knox constantly carried the burden for his land. Night after night he prayed on the wooden floor of his hideout refuge from Queen Mary. When his wife pleaded with him to get some sleep, he answered, “How can I sleep when my land is not saved?” Payne reports that often Knox would pray all ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Just In Case You Might Think That I'm Making This ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 24, 2004
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    Just in case you might think that I’m making this up, I want you to know that this really did happen to me and that it is a TRUE STORY..... I was recently browsing through the latest issue of Children’s Ministry magazine (back to front, an odd habit that I picked-up from my husband) and came ...read more

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  • History Of The Song, "The Love Of God"

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Apr 4, 2004
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    Could we with ink the oceans fill And were the skies of parchment made And every stalk on earth a quill And every man a scribe by trade, To write the love of God above Would drain the oceans dry, Nor could that scroll contain the whole Though stretched from sky to sky Frederick M. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • A Few Years Ago I Received An Excellent E-Mail ...

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 23, 2004
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    A few years ago I received an excellent e-mail that illustrates the very point the passage makes here. You can’t be right with God aside from accepting what Christ has done for you. In the story a man dies and goes to heaven. St. Peter meets him at he Pearly Gates and says, "Here’s how it works. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Clenched Fist Toward God  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 28, 2005
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    Clenched Fist Toward God A story I heard personally from Malcolm Muggeridge (that stirred me then and still does even yet) was his account of a conversation he had with Svetlana Stalin, the daughter of Josef Stalin. She spent some time with Muggeridge in his home in England while they were working ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Books Influence Pastors: A New Barna Survey Finds ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Books Influence Pastors: A new Barna survey finds Rick Warren’s The Purpose-Driven Life and The Purpose-Driven Church (Zondervan) are the most helpful books protestant pastors have read in the last 3 years. Other popular titles were What’s So Amazing About Grace? by Philip Yancey (Zondervan); Fresh ...read more

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  • Paul Considered Himself Christ's Ambassador. What ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    Paul considered himself Christ’s ambassador. What is an ambassador? He is an authorized representative of a sovereign. He speaks not in his own name but on behalf of the ruler whose deputy he is, and his whole duty and responsibility is to interpret that ruler’s mind faithfully to those to whom he ...read more

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  • Jim Cymbala (As Described In His Book Fresh Wind ...  PRO

    Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Oct 24, 2006
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    Jim Cymbala (as described in his book Fresh Wind Fresh Fire) looked around a saw a small rag tag group of church goers surrounded by a city of muggers, transvestites, drug addicts and more, and realized he was in trouble. He was overcome by his own inadequacy to lead the church, as well as his ...read more

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • It Was Christmas Eve, 1910. General William ...  PRO

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Nov 11, 2006
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    It was Christmas Eve, 1910. General William Booth, the founder of The Salvation Army in London, England was near the end of his life. His health was poor, and he was going to be unable to attend the Army’s annual convention. Booth had become an invalid, and his eyesight was failing him. No one knew ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Chapters 40 Through 66 Of Isaiah Were Revealed To ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Dec 17, 2006
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    Chapters 40 through 66 of Isaiah were revealed to him during the final years of his life. They provide us many details about the ministry of our Messiah and His Coming Kingdom. Isaiah 40:12 presents the Messiah as our Divine Creator: Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand And ...read more

    Denomination: Methodist

  • A Young Man Named Robert Robinson Had Been Saved ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Apr 1, 2007
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    A young man named Robert Robinson had been saved from a very sinful life in the mid 1700s through George Whitfield’s ministry in England. Soon afterward, the 23-year-old Robinson wrote the hymn, “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing.” You may recognize some of the lyrics: Come thou font of every ...read more

    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

  • Decision Without Procrastination  PRO

    Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Apr 2, 2007
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    “Decision Without Procrastination" "During the early days of the ministry of Dwight L. Moody, the great evangelist launched a series of meetings in Chicago with promise of the largest crowds that he had ever addressed up to that time. He was speaking of the life of Christ, and on the first Sunday ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Christopher Reeve

    Contributed by Walter Rogers on Apr 3, 2007
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    3. Christopher Reeve a. Superman brought fame b. Man of Steel – Hero #1 (A hero is someone who commits a courageous actions with ou considering the consequences, someone who is larger than life) c. Horse Accident, Memorial Day 1995, on 3rd of 15 jumps, horse stopped and he fell, breaking his neck. ...read more

    Denomination: Adventist

  • A Few Years Ago My Wife And I Spent A Few Days At ...

    Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Apr 20, 2007
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    A few years ago my wife and I spent a few days at Triple Creek Ranch near Galena, IL. It’s a retreat center for ministry couples. We enjoyed long walks through some parts of the ranch, and drove through some more remote areas. In one section there were a number of Llamas. It was interesting to ...read more

    Denomination: Mennonite

  • Salvation (S)  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Salvation (S) Warren Wiersbe explains to us how profound the use of this word was: The word tetelestai is unfamiliar to us, but it was used by various people in everyday life in those days. A servant would use it when reporting to his or her master, "I have completed the work assigned to me" (see ...read more

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  • While Taking A Break From Their Studies And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    While taking a break from their STUDIES and MISSION WORK, Ron and some of his classmates went SWIMMING in the SURF off the north end of Luzon Island in the Philippines when a SHARK ATTACKED. Ron’s leg was SEVERED below the KNEE. He was carried to SHORE by his friends. Emergency crews tried various ...read more

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  • 7000 Protestant Youth From Many Denominations ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 30, 2007
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    7000 Protestant youth from many denominations were asked whether they agreed with the following statements: “The way to be accepted by God is to try sincerely to live a good life.” More than 60% agreed. “God is satisfied if a person lives the best life he can.” Almost 70% agreed. “The main ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • The Faith Of Dwight L. Moody

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Aug 19, 2007
     | 1,740 views

    The Faith of Dwight L. Moody Dwight Lyman Moody lived toward the end of the 19th century. He was an American evangelist and publisher who founded the Moody Church, Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts (now the Northfield Mount Hermon School), the Moody Bible Institute and ...read more

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • The Senior Chaplain At The Marine Corps Base ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Oct 28, 2007
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    The senior chaplain at the Marine Corps Base where I work during the week lost his house and everything in it during the fires this week. When I spoke with him on Wednesday, he had just received the call telling him his house was on the list of addresses destroyed by the blaze. He didn’t mention ...read more

    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican