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  • What Holiness Is Not

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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     | 6,746 views

    WHAT HOLINESS IS NOT John Charles Ryle, Anglican bishop of Liverpool in the 19th century speaks of holiness. He says, "It is not knowledge...nor great profession...nor doing many things...nor zeal for certain matters in religion..." He continues that holiness is not "morality and outward ...read more

  • Gehenna

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 23, 2009
     | 1,302 views

    GEHENNA Ben-Hinnon is also known as Gehenna, a word Jesus used for hell. At the time of Jesus, it was a garbage dump, where a fire constantly burned, consuming the relentless supply of garbage from a large city like Jerusalem. Gehenna is a place on earth which communicates the nature of hell. ...read more

  • Hope And A Grateful Heart  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,981 views

    HOPE AND A GRATEFUL HEART There is an old legend of a man who found the barn where Satan kept his seeds ready to be sown in the human heart. On finding the seeds of discouragement more numerous than others, he learned that those seeds could be made to grow almost anywhere. When questioned, Satan ...read more

  • Flower ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
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    FLOWER MIX-UP A bank in Binghamton, New York, sent some flowers to a competitor who had recently moved into a new building. There was a mix up at the flower shop, and the card sent with the arrangement read, "With our deepest sympathy." The florist, very embarrassed, apologized. But it was worse, ...read more

  • Seasick Hope  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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    SEASICK HOPE A passenger on an ocean liner was enduring a rough Atlantic crossing. As he leaned over the rail, his face a shade of green, a steward came along and tried to encourage him: "Don’t be discouraged, sir! No one’s ever died of seasickness yet!" The nauseous passenger looked up at the ...read more

  • When A Worker At An At&t Building In San Jose, ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on May 19, 2009
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    When a worker at an AT&T building in San Jose, California, took it upon herself to clean out an office refrigerator during her lunch hour Tuesday, the smell from the moldy food was so noxious that it sent 28 of her co-workers to the hospital and prompted the evacuation of all 325 people in the ...read more

  • It's All His!

    Contributed by David Tack on Jul 6, 2009
     | 1,651 views

    IT'S ALL HIS! We’ve charted at least 100,000 light years (186,282 mps) from rim to rim of world! - 600 million billion miles of stars...all His! In the midst of the millions of galaxies, we have one galaxy called Milky Way. In the midst of which we have one star (we call sun), with its baby ...read more

  • Although There Were A Variety Of Beliefs Among ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 27, 2009
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    Although there were a variety of beliefs among the ancient Jews as to who was being spoken of in Isaiah 53, a Targum (paraphrase) and the Talmud evidences that many understood this to refer to the Messiah: “Behold, My Servant the Messiah shall prosper" from the Targum ("Targum Jonathan") to Isaiah ...read more

  • Speak And Spell God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2009
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    SPEAK AND SPELL GOD Mary Farwell of Green Castle, Missouri, told of the time she was listening to her 5-year-old son, Matthew, as he worked on his Speak and Spell™ computer. He was concentrating intensely, typing in words for the computer to say back to him. Matthew punched in the word "God." To ...read more

  • Prayer And Growth  PRO

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Sep 13, 2009
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    PRAYER AND GROWTH There is a type of bamboo in Asia which grows to amazing heights and at amazing speeds - sometimes as much as 20 metres in six weeks! However, before that growth spurt, the seed lies in the dark beneath the ground for up to 5 years. Those farmers who make a profitable living from ...read more

  • The Late Bishop Edwin Hughes Once Delivered A ...

    Contributed by Carl Kolb on Oct 24, 2009
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    The late Bishop Edwin Hughes once delivered a rousing sermon on "God’s Ownership" that put a rich parishioner’s nose out-of-joint. The wealthy man took the Bishop off for lunch, and then walked him through his elaborate gardens, woodlands, and farm. "Now are you going to tell me," he demanded when ...read more

  • Some People Think They Are A Wonder When They Are ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Nov 2, 2009
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    Some people think they are a wonder when they are not. I heard about a bachelor who was on an airplane. He saw a pretty stewardess and decided to get her attention. She passed by and said, “Sir, you do not have your seat belt fastened.” He replied, “Well, my dear, Superman doesn’t need a seat ...read more

  • William Temple's Definition Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
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    William Temple’s Definition of Worship In summing up how all this comes together in giving worship, William Temple said: The world can be saved by one thing and that is worship. For to worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the ...read more

  • A Paramedic Was Asked On A Local Dallas Tv ...

    Contributed by Tim Adams on Dec 1, 2009
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    A paramedic was asked on a local Dallas TV talk-show program: “What was your most unusual and challenging 911 call?” “Recently,” the paramedic began, “we got a call from that big white church on 11th and Walnut. A frantic usher was very concerned that during their worship service an elderly man ...read more

  • Heaven's Enough For A Martyr

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 10, 2009
     | 3,344 views

    HEAVEN'S ENOUGH FOR A MARTYR John Bradford (1510-1555), wrote the following words less than five months before he was burned at the stake for preaching the gospel: "I am assured that though I want here, I have riches there; though I hunger here, I shall have fullness there; though I faint here, I ...read more

  • Palm Sunday Funny

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 29, 2021
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     | 6,762 views

    It was Palm Sunday but because of a sore throat, 5 year old Sammy stayed home from church with a babysitter. When the family returned home, they were carrying several palm fronds. Sammy inquired as to what they were for. 'People held them over Jesus' head as he walked by,' his father ...read more

  • Stay Plugged In

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Jan 25, 2023
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     | 1,306 views

    A friend of mine emailed me something so true about staying connected ... When God made trees he spoke to the earth. When God made fish he spoke to the water. When God made man he said let us make man in our image. He breathed life from Him into us. These three things are alive. however they ...read more

  • Thoughts On The Submission Of The Christian Wife

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Aug 21, 2023
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    Means to follow your husband as he follows Christ. Intended to bless and protect the wife, not to enslave her. Does not mean that she is without voice in decision – making (Gethsemane). Never to be used by the man by force. Never to be used as an excuse for evil. Should always reflect the way ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A Jet Fighter Pilot Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Damien Spikereit on Nov 1, 2000
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    - The story is told of a jet fighter pilot who was on a mission during the Gulf War. As he was flying over the enemy territory, he was shot down from a ground to air weapon. He immediately ejected from his flaming plane. But, as he was descending to the ground below him, he noticed the ...read more

  • Steward Of The Light  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Elmore on Jan 17, 2002
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     | 6,389 views

    STEWARD OF THE LIGHT In the nineteenth century, lighthouses on the U.S. coasts were tended by lighthouse keepers and their families. If a man who tended the light took ill or became disabled, often the work was picked up by his wife or children. Such was the case of Hosea Lewis. Having become, ...read more

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