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  • Learn To Listen

    Contributed by John Bright on Feb 19, 2025
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    Learn to listen to others with the goal of understanding – NOT JUDGEMENT! Just ask this question, “What’s the story behind that tattoo?” Then, just listen. Try to learn about that person you just met. Then, tell them thanks for sharing. Until you are ready to share your story of becoming a ...read more

  • The Purpose Of The Sat

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Jun 26, 2007
     | 4,393 views

    *ILLUSTRATION* Before going to college, a student must first take an SAT. The purpose of the SAT is to assure they are proficient enough, or competent to take the classes at the level necessary to succeed. Holy Spirit power gives us Christ’s ...read more

  • Holiday And Holy Day, Christmas Is More Than A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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     | 2,184 views

    "Holiday and Holy Day, Christmas is more than a yule log, holly or tree. It is more than natural good cheer and the giving of gifts. Christmas is even more than the feast of the home and of children, the feast of love and friendship. It is more than all of these ...read more

  • Stable Stabilizing

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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     | 2,999 views

    Stable Stabilizing Luke 2:12 says, "Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; He is Christ the Lord... You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger." Just as Christ was humble enough to be born in a stinky stable and all stables have a bad smell, no matter how ...read more

  • Undefiled Ears  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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     | 2,770 views

    "Undefiled Ears" The church that prolongs the proclaiming of the gospel of Jesus Christ has Christians who long to have undefiled ears. Isaiah 50:4-5 says, "The Sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He awakens me morning by morning, wakens my ...read more

  • You Are Not Your ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 3,226 views

    You are Not Your Own Purchased at the Highest Price Corporate Worship The first step to enjoying public worship services is to understand that Christians are not their own. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 says, “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you ...read more

  • The N.t. Never Says That A Man Is Saved On ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 11, 2001
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     | 1,316 views

    The N.T. never says that a man is saved on account of his faith, but always that he is saved through his faith, or by means of his faith; faith is merely the means which the Holy Spirit uses to apply to the individual soul ...read more

  • Matteo Ricci, The Brilliant 16th Century Jesuit ...

    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 15, 2007
     | 1,331 views

    Matteo Ricci, the brilliant 16th century Jesuit priest, went to China to share Christ with the Chinese. He took the time to study the language and the culture to more effectively share the Gospel with those that had never heard of Christ. He was so ...read more

  • It Is Said That A Church Is Considered ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sullivan on Feb 18, 2008
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    It is said that a church is considered evangelistically effective if just 1 person in 20 in that church leads a person to Christ in a year. This would mean that a church of 100 people would see five people come to Christ in their ministry in a year’s ...read more

  • The Ungodly

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 18, 2009
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    THE UNGODLY "Who does God justify through faith? The ungodly! Who did Christ die for? The ungodly! That means those without God. Ungodly. Why does God justify the ungodly? Why did Christ die for the ...read more

  • In 1928 A Group Of The World's Most Successful ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Feb 15, 2003
    based on 42 ratings
     | 2,668 views

    In 1928 a group of the world’s most successful financiers met at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago. The following were present: The president of the largest utility company, The greatest wheat speculator, The president of the New York Stock Exchange, A member of the President’s Cabinet, The ...read more

  • I Was Watching The Abc Special "The Path To ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 17, 2006
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     | 2,540 views

    I was watching the ABC special “The Path to 9/11” the other evening as it showed two Arab men talking in a restaurant in the U.S. They were planning the plot on the World Trade Center. One of the terrorists was telling the other that he had been in Germany and began talking about spiritual ...read more

  • Here Are Some Of The More Humerous Tombstone ...

    Contributed by John Braland on Apr 3, 2007
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    Here are some of the more humerous tombstone enscriptions found around the globe. Harry Edsel Smith of Albany, New York: Born 1903-Died 1942 Looked up the elevator shaft to see if the car was on the way down. It was. • In a Thurmont, Maryland, cemetery: Here lies an Atheist All dressed up And ...read more

  • In Fact I Believe Traditional Values Have Been ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 1,859 views

    In fact I believe Traditional values have been under attack for the past 15-20 years. How many of you remember Dan Quayle? He served as Vice President under George Bush Senior and during the 1992 re-election campaign Quayle delivered a speech in which he made the following statement regarding the ...read more

  • So This Is For Those Of You Who Are Football ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,646 views

    So this is for those of you who are football fans. The following football terms that have been applied to the church: A Benchwarmer- is someone who does not sing, pray, work, or apparently do anything but sit in the pew. A Draw Play – is what many children do with the bulletin during ...read more

  • Father More Anxious To Find Boy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    FATHER MORE ANXIOUS TO FIND BOY One Sunday night D. L. Moody preached in a big circus tent near the Columbian Exposition in Chicago from the text, "The Son of man is come to seek and to save the lost." After he had finished, a little boy was brought to the platform by an officer who had found the ...read more

  • Railroads And Canal Boats

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Mar 20, 2008
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    RAILROADS AND CANAL BOATS In 1829, Martin Van Buren sent the following letter to then President Andrew Jackson: To: President Jackson The canal system of this country is being threatened by the spread of a new form of transportation known as "railroads." The federal government must preserve the ...read more

  • Father More Anxious To Find Boy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
     | 1,907 views

    Father More Anxious To Find Boy One Sunday night D. L. Moody preached in a big circus tent near the Columbian Exposition in Chicago from the text, "The Son of man is come to seek and to save the lost." After he had finished, a little boy was brought to the platform by an officer who had found the ...read more

  • Seeker

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 15, 2008
     | 2,375 views

    "SEEKER" In recent years, there has been a movement of calling people who are not Christians "seekers." It was a way to classify people who come into the church looking for God without labeling them offensively as "sinners." It was a way to try to keep church accessible to anyone and everyone. Has ...read more

  • Father More Anxious To Find Boy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008
     | 1,590 views

    Father More Anxious To Find Boy One Sunday night D. L. Moody preached in a big circus tent near the Columbian Exposition in Chicago from the text, "The Son of man is come to seek and to save the lost." After he had finished, a little boy was brought to the platform by an officer who had found the ...read more