Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"I thank God I live in a country where dreams can come true, where failure is the first step to success and where success is only another form of
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Contributed by Nathan Eyland on Mar 10, 2005
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If two people want to be married, they go through a number of rites or ceremonies as part of a larger ceremony of marriage. They might exchange rings, they take a vow, the sign papers, and they publicly kiss. Depending on the faith tradition in which they get married, they do all things to be
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 11, 2007
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Illustration: Jesus, as an example
D. M. Stearns was preaching in Philadelphia. At the close of the service a stranger came up to him and said, “I don’t like the way you spoke about the cross. I think that instead of emphasizing the death of Christ, it would be far better to preach Jesus, the
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 25, 2008
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My friend Agnes is an accomplished harpist who frequently plays for weddings, receptions, parties and other such events. She is also blond and has an appropriately cherubic face. She was on her way to an engagement at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, and stepped into an elevator with her large golden
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Paul Newell on Dec 4, 2006
Several months ago I read Jim Collins’ book, Good to Great , in it he describes what he calls the flywheel principle (pg.165). I’ve modified his illustration a little and I call mine “the merry-go-round effect”. Here’s the point.
As a kid I used to love to go to the playground with my friends.
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Contributed by David Thrower on Jan 19, 2005
We are told in several areas of Scripture that our bodies are a temple of the Holy Spirit, and in Syriac spirituality we take this a step further with a concept called ihidaya, or literally
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Nov 10, 2005
Power, and all the perks that goes with it, comes and goes. I am reminded of this in a humorous way in the autobiography of Colin Powell who related an incident that takes place the day after he retires from active duty as Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
‘I woke up the next morning without
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Church Of God
GOD GAVE ME THE LIGHT
I remember back when I graduated from college and was beginning to interview for ministry positions. I was being looked at by three churches, but I wanted God to be able to guide in where I would go, so I agreed to go to the first church that would give me the official call.
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 11, 2026
[307]. A POEM MESSAGE - THIS POOR, SINFUL WORLD – WITH GOD IN CONTROL
God is in control. God always has the control and the whole of the universe one day will come together in the new heavens and the new earth and sin is gone forever.
The poem begins with what I see as a fact. If there was
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 13, 2010
IMAGINE A VERY DANGEROUS ROPE JUNGLE BRIDGE (AS THE LAW) WE MUST CROSS IT – BUT WE COULD NEVER DO IT OURSELVES BECAUSE ITS SO DANGEROUS TO CROSS ONE FALSE STEP AND WE WILL PERISH INTO THE CHASEM – BUT WE HAVE A GUIDE WHO GOES BEFORE US (CHRIST) HE HAS CROSSED THE BRIDGE BEFORE AND HAS ALWAYS
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Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Oct 26, 2002
I was talking to a pastor friend on the phone recently and he said listen to this – ‘who is this denomination? See if you can guess.
I am a newly formed denomination that has been in existence for a few decades. We came out of the mainstream church because we didn’t believe there was enough
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Christian Missionary Alliance
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Finney coined the following thoughts about revival from his lectures and book called "Revivals of Religion" (1835):
“A revival always includes the conviction of sin on the part of the church…In a true revival, Christians are always brought under such convictions, they see their sins in such light
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