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  • Have You Ever Lost Something? Not Just Misplaced ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Have you ever lost something? Not just misplaced something – have you ever really lost something? I know most of the time when I lose something – I can’t find my wallet, can’t find my keys – I usually yell for my wife. She’s the best at looking and finding stuff. I lose things she finds them – it ...read more

  • Billy Graham Used To Tell A Story Of A Professing ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 9, 2007
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    Billy Graham used to tell a story of a professing Christian who got a job in a lumber camp that had the reputation of being very ungodly. When a friend heard that he had been hired, he said to him, “If those lumberjacks ever find out you’re a Christian, your going to be in for a very hard time!” ...read more

  • What Has Caused People To Not Have A Biblical ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
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    What has caused people to not have a Biblical worldview and to edit the Ten Commandments to please one’s self? Maybe it’s not just the preacher you listen to. A study of 104 leading television writers and executives conducted by the center for media and public affairs found that Hollywood’s ...read more

  • Sadhu Sundar Singh And A Companion Were ...

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Oct 13, 2007
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    Sadhu Sundar Singh and a companion were travelling through a pass high in the Himalayan Mountains. At one point they came across a body lying in the snow. Sundar Singh wished to stop and help the unfortunate man, but his companion refused, saying, “We shall lose our lives if we burden ourselves ...read more

  • What If We Had Entered This Sanctuary This ...

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Nov 5, 2007
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    What if we had entered this sanctuary this morning to find it filled with cigarette smoke? Yet we fill God’s house with it! What if you found a spittoon ate the end of each pew? Yet God’s house is filled with tobacco juice every time we put just pinch between the teeth and gum. What if every ...read more

  • How Far Along

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 29, 2008
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    There were two men traveling in the WAY The first man said to the other man: “How long have we been traveling in the “Way?” The other man answered: “Not long enough to get to where we are going but far too long to only be as far as we are. Have you ever looked back on your Christian walk and ...read more

  • A.d. 110. Ignatius, Overseer Of The Church In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
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    A.D. 110. Ignatius, overseer of the church in Antioch, was arrested and sent to Rome for preaching Christ. Facing martyrdom, he wrote this to the church at Rome. “Now I begin to be a disciple. I care for nothing of visible or invisible things so that I may but win Christ. Let fire and the cross, ...read more

  • If She Can, I Can Too

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Apr 20, 2008
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    IF SHE CAN, I CAN TOO My Meme Granberry was a great soul winner for the Lord. If you would be around her, within a few minutes she would be telling you about the Lord and asking you if you know Jesus as your Lord and Savior. There was a reason why. • Meme & Papaw lived a rough life. • Papaw owned ...read more

  • I Was Reading Outdoor Life The Other Day While ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on May 9, 2008
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    I was reading Outdoor Life the other day while waiting to get my allergy shot and came across an interesting story. It was in a section entitled, "This Happened to Me." A turkey hunter had successfully called in a big gobbler within shooting range and shot the turkey. He picked up his trophy ...read more

  • Imperial ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 16, 2008
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    ILLUSTRATION: Imperial Hotel Years ago, Frank Lloyd Wright was given the impossible task of building the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. No comparable construction job ever before had been undertaken. With patience he laid plans for the immense building in this land of earthquakes and terrible ...read more

  • George Foreman: "The Truth Is, My Relationship ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 27, 2008
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    George Foreman: "The truth is, my relationship with God is the reason I have such a positive outlook on life. Before I found Christ I was blind...but when Jesus came into my life, He opened my eyes and started showing me all the good things that I couldn't see previously. God changed my heart and ...read more

  • Being Completely Set Apart For God's Use And ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 10, 2008
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    Being completely set apart for God’s use and being a holistic community means able to define who God is calling us to be both individually and corporately. We may need to say “no” to some good things in order to become what we need to be to reach who God wants us to reach. I believe these seven ...read more

  • Topography, Basketball And The Gospel

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Sep 16, 2008
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    Topography, Basketball and the Gospel Jack went to an Ivy League School and was a star on the basketball team and graduated with a degree in topography – that is, the study of mapping. What do basketball and topography have to do with the Gospel? Nothing. Except that years later Jack found himself ...read more

  • M ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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    Marriage? Through a scheduling mix-up, a man and a woman who had never met before found themselves in the same sleeping-carriage of a train. It’s late, the train is full, and everyone else is already asleep. After the initial embarrassment, they both manage to get to sleep; the woman on the top ...read more

  • When We Studied This In Our Small Group, We ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 14, 2008
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    When we studied this in our small group, we looked at the story of a man who was possessed by a bunch of demons. He was wild. He tortured. Casting Crowns has written a song telling this story. And I found a video that has dramatized the story and song. Let’s take a ...read more

  • Luther's Dream

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
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    Luther's Dream The Good News: We are freed from all things; from which we could not be freed. In a dream, Martin Luther found himself being attacked by Satan. The devil unrolled a long scroll containing a list of Luther's sins, and held it before him. On reaching the end of the scroll Luther ...read more

  • Spelling A Word

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 27, 2008
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    SPELLING A WORD A woman died and went to heaven but when she arrived at the "Pearly Gates," she found Peter. "Before you can come in, you have to spell a word," he said. "What word?" she asked. "Any word?" "L-O-V-E. Love," she said. "Come on in. But I was wondering if you'd do me a quick ...read more

  • Manna To A Teen's Soul

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Nov 16, 2008
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    MANNA TO A TEEN'S SOUL Mr. Redden was a part of the church of my childhood; he’s now with the Lord. One time he was a chaperone for our youth group. He was very much on the edge of a great spiritual defeat. I was only about 12 or 13, but Mr. Redden found himself sharing his tough time with me. I ...read more

  • One Life

    Contributed by Bledar Valca on Dec 29, 2008
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    ONE LIFE One single life has value and is important to God. Think of how God saved the world (or His people) through one person: Noah found favor in the eyes of God when the whole world thought evil all the time. God raised Joseph from the prison to save the world from famine. God used Moses to ...read more

  • A Message Delivered But Not Received

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 25, 2009
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    A MESSAGE DELIVERED BUT NOT RECEIVED Back in April of 1865, a telegraph office was thrown into consternation by hearing the paperboys outside the office crying out the news that President Lincoln had been shot. After a few angry words, the telegraphers realized that the only way news could have ...read more