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  • Whirpool Galaxy

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 12, 2009
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    WHIRPOOL GALAXY God breathed out our sun. His word put the earth in its orbit around the sun. But this is really nothing. Our sun is one of between 200 and 400 billion other suns in our galaxy. What is our galaxy called? Milky way. Now I want to show you a picture. [This picture can be found ...read more

  • Don't Fear Your Capture

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jan 26, 2009
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    DON'T FEAR YOUR CAPTURE We may not see it clearly, but we are ultimately safe. Following Jesus may not always seem like the wisest thing to do, but the trap is the best place to be. Think of yourself as a precious, endangered species. There are few of you left, but you are ill, and the ...read more

  • Goldfish Dies From Soap Used To Clean Its ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2009
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    Goldfish Dies From Soap Used To Clean Its Tank [KILLER SOAP] Sometimes we consider it our responsibility to correct a brother or sister in Christ. We may notice an action or attitude that is contrary to the teachings of the Bible. So we decide it’s up to us to correct the wrong. We need to be sure, ...read more

  • Chuck Smith Meets A New Brother In Christ—a ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 23, 2009
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    Chuck Smith Meets a New Brother in Christ—A Tribal Chief in New Guinea Chuck Smith: I was over in New Guinea and I had this native chieftain come up to me. He had to speak to me through an interpreter. And he had these spears in his hand. He said, "I used these to kill men. But," he said, "now ...read more

  • Blackaby In His Book

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 26, 2010
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    Blackaby in his book "Power of the Call" shares on pages 14-17 what the qualifications of a spiritual leader are: i. A leader has an absolute sense of urgency (Matt. 9:35-37) ii. A leader has an absolute priority and commitment to prayer (Matt. 9:38). iii. A leader is unconditionally related to ...read more

  • Size Of Congregation Doesn't Guarantee ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2010
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    Size of Congregation Doesn’t Guarantee Fruitfulness It is important to note that large crowds do not necessarily mean that a teacher has a fruitful ministry. He may have a “successful” ministry, in the sense that the world measures success: by buildings, budgets, and bodies. But a “successful” ...read more

  • Memorizing Vs. Applying Scripture

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    MEMORIZING VS. APPLYING SCRIPTURE Dave Veerman, Campus Life, Wheaton, IL, related this story: A while ago our family began to memorize Scripture, one verse a week. Because my daughters were ages ten and six, I thought this was about the right speed. We keep the verses on cards in the middle of ...read more

  • Gladstone: Risk For The Greater Victory  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2010
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    GLADSTONE: RISK FOR THE GREATER VICTORY WILLIAM GLADSTONE, a prime minister of England in the nineteenth century, one night was working late on an important speech he was to give to the House of Commons the next day. At about two o'clock in the morning a woman knocked on his door, asking the ...read more

  • At War With Our Vices

    Contributed by Michael Walther on Jul 4, 2011
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    AT WAR WITH OUR VICES On July 4, 1776 fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence. Citing numerous abuses of the law and the oppressive and unjust rule of the king of England, these men pledged their honor, their lives and their livelihood to the cause of justice and freedom. We have ...read more

  • What Is Religious Syncretism?

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 13, 2011
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    WHAT IS RELIGIOUS SYNCRETISM? Syncretism, as defined by the American Heritage Dictionary, is "the reconciliation or fusion of differing systems of belief." This is most evident in the areas of philosophy and religion, and usually results in a new teaching or belief system. Obviously, this cannot ...read more

  • Someone Who Understands

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Nov 6, 2011
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    SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS He painted a sign advertising the pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down into the eyes of a little boy. "Can I have a puppy?" "Sure," said the farmer. ...read more

  • 1 Peter 4:12 "Dear Friends, Do Not Be Surprised ...

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Nov 11, 2011
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    1 Peter 4:12 “Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you.” I have a doctor’s appointment this morning to see what is going on. I am tried all the time, can hardly move with pain and a host of other ailments. OK so I ...read more

  • Spiritual "Glory Hole"

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Dec 8, 2011
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    SPIRITUAL "GLORY HOLE" On a wall in our home hangs a picture of the GHOST-TOWN of Bodie, Nevada. While out west visiting family my wife stopped by and became intrigued with the place. It became an abandoned town after the gold rush gave out. In its hey-day, it was all anyone could have ...read more

  • Coping With Complaining

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 21, 2012
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    COPING WITH COMPLAINING How do you cope with complaining, nagging, whine-baby people? Internet discussion board posted this: Why do people complain so much? I know it's a natural thing but it has to be unhealthy. At my job people never stop complaining. Every day it's either too hot or too cold. ...read more

  • If You Want To Walk On Water…  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 2, 2012
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    John Ortberg states: "The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life. And that’s sobering news to most of us, because we’re into comfort...but water walkers master ...read more

  • False Messiah—rev. Sun Myung Moon

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2012
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    FALSE MESSIAH—REV. SUN MYUNG MOON It amazes me how many religions are in stark opposition to Christianity; and they do not even have God as their leader. In fact, they are just empty philosophies being advanced by empty followers. While members of Congress looked on, Rev. Sun Myung Moon declared ...read more

  • Just Didn't Work Right  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Aug 13, 2012
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    JUST DIDN'T WORK RIGHT My parents bought my 16 year old daughter her first car, a 1970 VW Beetle. While it was cute and a collector car, it wouldn’t run right. Even though it had been a gift from her grandparents, it cost as much in repairs as a new car would have cost in payments. While it had ...read more

  • Whitney Houston ...

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Dec 10, 2012
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    Whitney Houston sang "Because the greatest love of all is happening to me I found the greatest love of all inside of me The greatest love of all Is easy to achieve learning to love yourself, it is the greatest love of all" Learning to love yourself, it is the greatest love of all. I’ll admit I’m ...read more

  • The Evangelistic Meaning Of Your Birthday Celebration

    Contributed by Joel Israel Shashikumar on Jan 26, 2015
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    I went to bed with a heavy heart one day. All those news and reports of death for the past few weeks. Only to wake up with a thought of birthday cake and celebration. Now why do we celebrate birthdays, blowing candles and cutting cake. I admit, I do not know the meaning that has been tagged with ...read more

  • Mike Mack- When I Was About 10 Years Old, I M...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 8, 2016
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    Mike Mack- When I was about 10 years old, I made friends with two brothers in my neighborhood, Tim and Jeff Ward. Perhaps because I did not have a brother living at home, or just for fun, I told them I had a twin brother named Mark. We would be playing Wiffle ball, and I’d go home, change ...read more