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  • Commitment Or Convenient?

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Oct 14, 2009
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    COMMITMENT OR CONVENIENT? Deacon Wives author Diana Davis writes about Angie and her commitment. Let’s take a look at Angie. She loves her church and is committed to its ministry. She considers herself to be a faithful worshipper. If you take a careful look, however, you’ll find a few gaps in ...read more

  • Courage: Breaking The Barrier

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
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    COURAGE: BREAKING THE BARRIER Seek courage and strength to move out of your comfort zone. You will need it. Even the smallest of changes even if they are for the best disrupts our relational systems. Without courage, without trusted companions, and with strength, growth and maturity will never ...read more

  • Researchers Discover The Benefits Of Music And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2009
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    Researchers Discover The Benefits of Music and Singing But there’s another reason why we should sing. Music changes us. It transforms us. Singing isn’t just a declaration of our joy… it has the power to MAKE us joyful. ILLUS: Back in 1998, researchers found that music stimulates the auditory ...read more

  • Focusing On Danger Yields A Missed ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2009
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    Focusing on Danger Yields A Missed Opportunity August 12, 1944 - the allies nearly surrounded the German 7th and 5th Panser armies during operation Cobra. General Omar Bradley described the situation stating, “This is an opportunity that comes to a commander not more than once in a century. We’re ...read more

  • I Was Reading A Book Called

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 21, 2009
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    I was reading a book called "Scared" the other day by Ken Davis. It is the story about a journalist in Africa and his encounter with an orphan girl who is starving. Although it is a novel, as I sat in the loungeroom reading, I felt a deep sorrow for the tragedy of her situation, and I could not ...read more

  • We Were Standing In Line To Go Into Church. It ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 11, 2010
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    We were standing in line to go into Church. It was a long line and we had to wait for some time for the doors to be opened. Although the auditorium seated 1,500 people, some people would have to come to the next service or sit in a "bad seat". You had to get to Church early to get a "good seat" (3 ...read more

  • The Tomb Is Empty

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 14, 2010
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    THE TOMB IS EMPTY Little Philip, born with Down Syndrome, attended a third-grade Sunday School class with several eight-year-old boys and girls. Typical of that age, the children did not readily accept Philip with his differences, according to an article in Leadership Magazine. But because of a ...read more

  • In A Remote Swiss Village Stands A Beautiful ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jun 28, 2010
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    In a remote Swiss village stands a beautiful church - Mountain Valley Cathedral. It has high pillars and magnificent stained glass windows, but what makes it special is the most beautiful pipe organ in the whole region. People would come from far off lands just to hear the lovely tunes of this ...read more

  • Grace Is God Drawing Sinners Closer And Closer To ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 7, 2010
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    Grace is God drawing sinners closer and closer to him. How does God in grace prosecute this purpose? Not by shielding us from assault by the world, the flesh, and the devil, nor by protecting us from burdensome and frustrating circumstance, not yet by shielding us from troubles created by our own ...read more

  • Post-It Notes—success From Failure  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2010
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    Post-it® Notes--Success from Failure Everyone knows what Post-it® Notes are. They're those great little self-stick notepapers. Most people have Post-it® Notes. Most people use them. Most people love them. But Post-it® Notes were not a planned product. No one got the idea and then stayed up nights ...read more

  • Fallen Human Nature  PRO

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Feb 20, 2011
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    FALLEN HUMAN NATURE The fate of the women from Judges 19 touches the most troubling question of our modern time. Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel describe the most traumatic memory of his life, a scene from the year 1945, when he and his family were sent to the concentration camp by the German ...read more

  • What We Watch Affects Our Behavior

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2011
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    WHAT WE WATCH AFFECTS OUR BEHAVIOR Studies are even showing how we are affected by what we watch on television, hear on our radios, or read in books and the paper. A study recorded in American Psychologist reported that “Psychologists have studied the effect of violent media on aggression for ...read more

  • Anger On The Golf Course

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2011
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    ANGER ON THE GOLF COURSE There were times when golf course etiquette was completely traded in for the ever popular "lose control and act like a madman" routine. There's something intriguing about watching a full grown man crumble to pieces over a tiny ball that's 1½ inches in diameter. I've seen ...read more

  • The Richest Man On The Island

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 4, 2011
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    THE RICHEST MAN ON THE ISLAND In his autobiography Just As I Am, Billy Graham recalls a story demonstrating that apart from God, we will not gain anything from living wisely. He said: Some years ago Ruth and I had a vivid illustration of this on an island in the Caribbean. One of the wealthiest ...read more

  • Shoot The Moon

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Jul 17, 2011
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    SHOOT THE MOON The other day I needed to take my mind off things, so I opened my computer and played a game of hearts. Now, like all card games, no matter how diligent you play, there's time when the unexpected happens, and you're hand turns to disaster. One sneaky move from an opponent and it's ...read more

  • The Hard Work Of Farming

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2011
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    THE HARD WORK OF FARMING I was raised in town and not on a farm. However, in 1969 I moved to a small farming town in Iowa called Bayard. It’s about 65 miles northeast of Des Moines, IA. And that’s where I began to learn a little about farming and harder work than I was used to! I had some grain ...read more

  • Margin Or Messiah?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 24, 2011
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    MARGIN OR MESSIAH? Richard Swenson wrote a book in the 1990's titled, "Margin" in which he describes modern society as so overcommitted and over scheduled that we have no space left for rest. A reviewer writes: Overload is not having time to finish the book you're reading on stress. Margin is ...read more

  • Having Compassion

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Sep 12, 2011
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    HAVING COMPASSION Let’s suppose for a moment that it was Friday night and you wanted to go to a movie. You’re running late for the movie because you got home late, and then once you put down the keys, you forgot where you placed them. It was frustrating but you did find them. You finally jump ...read more

  • Hold Fast

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2012
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    HOLD FAST A ships crew can be suddenly obligated to ABANDON SHIP and take to the life boats. Such was the case of an American whaling ship in the South Seas. A huge leviathan of the deep, wounded by his pursuits, ran out the mile long line then returned again and struck the ship with incredible ...read more

  • Obstacles To Worship

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jul 1, 2012
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    OBSTACLES TO WORSHIP Don Chapman writes, "Recently I visited a church where I had to jump over a few unnecessary hurdles before I finally took my seat in their worship service. There was no sign out front. I drove to the church's location and was surprised not to see a sign. Was I in the right ...read more