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  • The Persuasion Of A Changed Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 18, 2011
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    THE PERSUASION OF A CHANGED LIFE The power of your changed life can be very persuasive even to those who refuse to be persuaded by the word itself. Just a few years ago, Decision magazine told the story of Rick and Shawna Pilat, a Winnipeg couple who had recently come to faith in Christ. For ...read more

  • 9/11: The Last One Rescued

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 19, 2011
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    9/11: THE LAST ONE RESCUED Genelle Guzman McMillan wanted a change from her home in Trinidad, so she moved to New York in 1998. In order to stay in New York, McMillan knew she needed to get a good, steady job. She couldn't believe it when she was hired at one of the World Trade Towers and was ...read more

  • Sending The Very Best  PRO

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Nov 18, 2011
    based on 7 ratings
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    SENDING THE VERY BEST Someone has composed the following list of "Cards You'll Never See at Hallmark": "Looking back over the years that we've been together, I can't help but wonder.... What was I thinking?!" "I've always wanted to have someone to hold, someone to love.... After having ...read more

  • Simple Solutions

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 1, 2011
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    SIMPLE SOLUTIONS A toothpaste factory had a problem: they sometimes shipped empty boxes, without the tube inside. This was due to the way the production line was set up, and people with experience in designing production lines will tell you how difficult it is to have everything happen with ...read more

  • I Didn't Save You. God Did.

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
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    "I DIDN'T SAVE YOU. GOD DID." Fireman Edward Cushing tells the story of an old frame house burning on the southside of Chicago. He ordered the hoses to start fighting the fire and then dashed inside and pulled three people out. When the blaze was over, the Chief came over and told him he did a ...read more

  • Story: Some Years Ago, I Attended Called A ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Feb 23, 2013
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    Story: Some years ago, I attended called a conference called “Spring Harvest at Work” in Sheffield (in November 1998). And what was memorable for me was that the conference organisers sprang a surprise interviewee on us – Jim Bakker- a pariah in the Evangelical community. Indeed he was such an ...read more

  • God Is My Corner

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 13, 2008
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     | 1,268 views

    From George Foremans book -God is my corner “Ultimately your belief in God will meet resistance, which forces you to either shut up or speak up.” After giving his testimony at Robert Schuller’s church, the Crystal Cathedral, he panicked when he discovered it would be broadcast nationwide. ...read more

  • Historical Background On The Book Of Jonah: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 11, 2008
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    Historical Background on the Book of Jonah: Following information from THE MINOR PROPHETS Jonah by Al Maxey Jonah is the only "minor prophet" ever to be mentioned by Jesus Christ. He is also the only OT figure that Jesus Himself likens unto Himself (Matthew 12:39-41; 16:4; Luke 11:29-32). Although ...read more

  • Complaining Is Remedied By Thankfulness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
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    COMPLAINING IS REMEDIED BY THANKFULNESS Turn back again to the book of Exodus—Exodus chapter 34. The cure for complaining is not found in changing our circumstances, but rather gaining a proper view of God. · Do you really believe that God has your best interests at heart? · Do you really ...read more

  • This Is One That Jesus Originally Told And Phil ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    This is one that Jesus originally told and Phil Yancey writes about it in his book, What’s So Amazing About Grace? It’s a picture of what our church is, can be, will be, should be. One of the pictures Jesus often uses of grace is of a wedding banquet. So this is what Yancey writes: Accompanied ...read more

  • No Greater ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 16, 2008
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    No Greater Love During the beginning of World War II, a large British military force on the European continent, as well as English citizens and diplomats, retreated to a French coastal port of Dunkirk. With it’s back against the English Channel, the British army faced a German army that threatened ...read more

  • Earlier This Week, I Was Talking To Our Music ...

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on May 28, 2008
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    Earlier this week, I was talking to our music director, Jim Turk, about this sermon. I told him that I was going to challenge you to live out your faith. I told him a story about myself that makes me very self-conscious. It is a story I had never told anyone else. I explained to Jim that it was ...read more

  • I Want You To Be Challenged By This Story About ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 9, 2008
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    I want you to be challenged by this story about Jackie, a fairly new Christian who walked into a major discount store in Portland. In the prescription area she noticed a woman leaning on the counter obviously very sick. Jackie felt an impulse to pray with the woman but, as 90% of us would do, she ...read more

  • Between You And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    BETWEEN YOU AND GOD I conclude with a story that I heard Pastor Larry Booker tell in a sermon he preached on August 4, 2007 at the First Pentecostal Church of North Little Rock, Arkansas. The title of the message was "Three Attitudes of Jewish Babylon." I understand just as you do that holiness ...read more

  • Stewarship As ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    STEWARSHIP AS CHARACTER Enter stage right: Ed McMahon and Evander Holyfield. Ed said, "When you spend more than you make, you know what happens." Yes, and a 85-year-old man should know better! He said it was "poor planning." NO, I THINK IT WAS HIGH LIVING! He was living high in a multi-million ...read more

  • Good Soldiers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2008
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    GOOD SOLDIERS I am told as a young man Winston Churchhill was in a heated battle. The war planes were dropping bombs all around the soldiers assignments. Several died, but many were running away and hiding and not following commands. One soldier ran past Winston Churchhill. The soldier asked if ...read more

  • Attitude Can Be Changed Simply By Humbly Coming ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Oct 24, 2008
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    Attitude can be changed simply by humbly coming to God, ready to receive what He offers, even if it's not the answer we expected. The story is told of an old man who lived on a farm in the mountains of eastern Kentucky with his young grandson. Each morning, Grandpa was up early sitting at the ...read more

  • Living The Full Christian Life

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Oct 24, 2008
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    Living the Full Christian Life As believers, we have received a great inheritance and legacy. In Acts 17:11, Luke writes, "Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what ...read more

  • M ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2008
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    Materialism Matthew Sleeth is a medical doctor who wrote a provocative book called "Serve God Save the Planet." Dr. Sleeth was a former emergency room doctor and chief of medical staff at a prominent hospital in the northeast. He writes about a colleague named Todd. I think Todd represents the ...read more

  • On Martin Luther  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 7, 2009
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     | 3,306 views

    ON MARTIN LUTHER Church history illustrates that if a church quits being renewed and refreshed every day then they slide into apathy -- this leads toward man made religion and deadness. In essence the people of God lose their anointing and their transformational power to see lives changed. The ...read more