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  • On A Wall Near The Main Entrance To The Alamo In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    On a wall near the main entrance to the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, is a portrait with the following inscription: "James Butler Bonham--no picture of him exists. This portrait is of his nephew, Major James Bonham, deceased, who greatly resembled his uncle. It is placed here by the family that ...read more

  • You Might Wonder Why I Believe In Heaven In An ...

    Contributed by George Rhodes on Apr 19, 2006
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    You might wonder why I believe in heaven in an age like this. One of the Russian cosmonauts came back and said, "Some people say God lives out there. I looked around, and I didn’t see any God out there." Billy Graham’s wife, Ruth, says he looked in the wrong place. If he’d stepped ...read more

  • Martin Luther Put It, ‘the Sure Mark By Which The ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jun 27, 2006
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    Martin Luther put it, ‘The sure mark by which the Christian congregation can be recognized is that the pure gospel is preached there. For just as the banner of an army is the sure sign by which one can know what kind of lord and army has taken to the field, so to the gospel is the sure sign by ...read more

  • So When The Devil Comes And Says Look At Your ...

    Contributed by Richard Francis on Sep 5, 2006
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    So when the devil comes and says look at your thoughts, look at your actions and ways we can still respond and say “I look to Christ, I stand in his promises, it is his rightness that covers me, first find fault in Jesus before you drive me to despair my hope is in his blood and victory” The devil ...read more

  • A Little Boy Was Helping His Father Clear A Lot. ...

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Nov 3, 2006
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    A little boy was helping his father clear a lot. He was trying very hard but failing to lift a big stone. “Are you using all your strength?” asked the father. “Yes, sir,” answered the boy. “No,” said the father, “you are not. You have not asked me to help you.” None us us all our strength, live ...read more

  • When I Was Growing Up I Had Many Role Models. ...

    Contributed by Robert Coats on Nov 23, 2006
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    When I was growing up I had many role models. There was my dad, grandparents, television personalities, and when I started playing football there was different football players I looked up to as role models. I remember watching O. J. Simpson when he played for the Buffalo Bills…He was known as “The ...read more

  • I Once Read A Quote By Martin Luther Which I ...

    Contributed by Dan Mahan on Jan 7, 2007
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    I once read a quote by Martin Luther which I love: ”Faith is a living, busy, active, mighty thing, so that it is impossible for it not to be constantly doing what is good. Likewise, faith does not ask if good works are to be done, but before one can ask, faith has already done them and is ...read more

  • You See These Guys Don't You Driving The Delivery ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 12, 2007
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    You see these guys don’t you driving the delivery trucks with the sticker on the back which says How’s my driving telephone 0800 0999. – report if going too fast, driving too reckless – too slow etc . The driver is representing that particular company – it looks bad on them. The application is ...read more

  • Let Me Ask You Something, Is The Moon Ever In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kent Lenard on Feb 13, 2005
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    Let me ask you something, is the moon ever in darkness? No its not! There are times that the sun shines so bright that the moon is not seen but it is never in darkness. But when our part of the world is dark and the moon is positioned in such a way that it reflects the light of the sun, light is ...read more

  • Love For God And Ones Neighbour Constitutes The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    ‘Love for God and ones neighbour constitutes the sum of Gods requirements for the Christian. The man who loves needs no counselling. Love cements relationships between God and man and man and man. While love attracts, fear repels. When love gives, lust grabs. What love builds, hatred destroys. With ...read more

  • Dallas Willard, In His Book The Spirit Of The ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 4, 2007
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    Dallas Willard, in his book The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives, writes, “Spirituality in human beings is not an extra or ‘superior’ mode of existence. It’s not a hidden stream of separate reality, a separate life running parallel to our bodily existence. It does ...read more

  • Dallas Willard, In His Book The Spirit Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Dallas Willard, in his book The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives, writes, “Spirituality in human beings is not an extra or ‘superior’ mode of existence. It’s not a hidden stream of separate reality, a separate life running parallel to our bodily existence. It does not ...read more

  • During The Us Civil War Abraham Lincoln Met With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    During the US civil war Abraham Lincoln met with a group of ministers for a prayer breakfast. Lincoln was a man of deep, if at times unorthodox, faith. At one point one of the ministers said, "Mr. President, let us pray that God is on our side". Lincoln’s response showed far greater insight, "No, ...read more

  • The Process Of Sanctification Can Be Compared To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The process of sanctification can be compared to an iceberg, which is almost 90% under water. As the sun shines on the iceberg, the exposed part melts, moving the lower part upward. In the same way, we are usually aware of only a small part of our sinfulness and need, which is all we can deal with ...read more

  • In The Days Of The Roman Emperor Nero, There ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In the days of the Roman Emperor Nero, there lived and served him a band of soldiers known as the "Emperor’s Wrestlers." Fine, stalwart men they were, picked from the best and the bravest of the land, recruited from the great athletes of the Roman amphitheater. In the great amphitheater they ...read more

  • How Many Of You Know That Life Brings Many ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    How many of you know that life brings many challenges? One person said, “Life is hard, and then you die.” In daily life we need a constant source of supply. Otherwise, we live in a fearful state with anxiety. Are you familiar with “Frank and Ernest”? One cartoon strip shows Frank sound asleep. ...read more

  • Annie Armstrong Was Called Indefatigable. She ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Annie Armstrong was called indefatigable. She never tired of serving God and serving People. In 1893 because of her belief in the powerful hand of God to change lives and our world she wrote over 18,000 letters many by hand. She was the driving force in founding the lottie Moon Christmas offering, ...read more

  • Known By The Likeness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    ((Bill Morgan?)) says that On a wall near the main entrance to the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, is a portrait with the following inscription: "James Butler Bonham--no picture of him exists. This portrait is of his nephew, Major James Bonham, deceased, who greatly resembled his uncle. It is placed ...read more

  • A Degree And A Half Routing Error

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Jun 22, 2007
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    *ILLUSTRATION* On October 31, 1983, a Korean airliner departed on a flight from Anchorage, Alaska to Seoul, South Korea. Unknown to the flight crew, the flight navigation system computer contained a degree-and-a-half routing error. At the point of takeoff it was unnoticeable, but as the 747 flew ...read more

  • I Was Watching A Biography Recently About Andre ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jul 1, 2007
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    I was watching a biography recently about Andre the Giant, a professional wrestler whose glory days were lived out in the WWF (World Wrestling Federation). The biographer spoke of significant challenges that Andre faced in life, being rejected because of his enormous size. He was well over 7 feet ...read more