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  • Impersonal America

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 14, 2011
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    IMPERSONAL AMERICA Here is how Max Lucado rates us as a society: "Call us a fast society, an efficient society, but don’t call us a personal society. Our society is set up for isolation. We wear ear buds when we exercise. We communicate via e-mail and text messages. We enter and exit our house ...read more

  • Forgiveness: Like A Bell Tolling

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 18, 2011
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    FORGIVENESS: LIKE A BELL TOLLING Corrie ten Boom once told of being able to forget a wrong that had been done to her. She had forgiven the person, but she kept rehashing the incident and so couldn’t sleep. Finally, she cried out to God for help in putting the problem to rest. She wrote this about ...read more

  • Hope You Never Sin

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 18, 2011
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    HOPE YOU NEVER SIN When John Wesley served as a missionary to the American colonies, he had a difficult time with General James Oglethorpe. The general was known for his pride and harshness. One time Oglethorpe declared, "I never forgive." Wesley replied, "Then, ...read more

  • During World War Ii A Marine Was Serving In The ...

    Contributed by Jonathan Campbell on Jun 23, 2011
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    During World War II a Marine was serving in the South Pacific. His platoon was under fire and they were trying to signal their comrades that they had taken a certain hill. Their sergeant issued an order for a man to take the American flag and raise it up on a pole to let other units know they had ...read more

  • Separation From Your Love

    Contributed by Michael Buckingham on Jun 24, 2011
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    SEPARATION FROM YOUR LOVE I remember once there was girl I loved so much in my youth, I thought that we would be together forever, and I thought that I could never live without her! But now I hardly ever think about her... the truth is that I really can live without her. So what changed between ...read more

  • Everyone Needs A Savior

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jun 25, 2011
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    EVERYONE NEEDS A SAVIOR Billy Sunday was a famous baseball player in the early part of the last century. He was dramatically converted to Christ, and became then even more famous as an evangelist. In preparation for a city wide mission in a large American city, Billy Sunday wrote a letter to the ...read more

  • Ignorance And Apathy

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jun 28, 2011
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    IGNORANCE AND APATHY One fellow was talking to his next-door neighbor about a speaker he heard the night before. He told the neighbor, "That guy said something that has really stuck in my mind. He said that all of the worlds problems could be summed up in two words: ignorance and ...read more

  • Callous On His Knees

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 2, 2011
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    CALLOUS ON HIS KNEES The historian Eusebius tells us that St. James, first bishop of Jerusalem, "had a kind of callous on his knees, because he was always on his knees ...read more

  • I Wish You Had Helped Me

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 4, 2011
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    I WISH YOU HAD HELPED ME Two soldiers, traveling together, were set upon by a robber. The one fled away; the other stood his ground, and defended himself with his stout right hand. The robber being slain, the timid companion runs up and draws his sword, and then, throwing back his traveling ...read more

  • Standing In Worship

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 9, 2011
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    STANDING IN WORSHIP Jesus stands in God’s presence--he stands, because he has trodden death and the power of the Evil One underfoot. At the end of this struggle, he is the one who stands upright, the one who remains standing. This standing is also an expression of readiness: Christ is standing ...read more

  • After The Decision

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 11, 2011
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    AFTER THE DECISION John Wesley, talking of the conversion process, said that the new believer will often rest for days or months in the peace which follows the initial decision, but after a while they begin to become aware of "the ground of their heart, which God before would not disclose unto ...read more

  • Prayer Is A Gauge

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 23, 2011
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    PRAYER IS A GAUGE Spurgeon: The condition of the church may be very accurately gauged by its prayer meetings. So is the prayer meeting a grace-ometer, and from it we may judge of the amount of divine working among a people. If God be near a church, it must pray. And if He be not there, one of the ...read more

  • Journaling Experiment

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Jul 26, 2011
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    JOURNALING EXPERIMENT Please try this experiment. Take out a piece of paper and on the left side of the paper write down all the things that you are burdened with. On the right side of the paper write down all the things that God has either protected you from or trials that He has gotten you ...read more

  • Monogamy Trade-Offs?

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 28, 2011
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    MONOGAMY TRADE-OFFS? The Utah Chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) is promoting polygamy as a solution to the problems of working mothers. Elizabeth Joseph said, "I've maximized my ...read more

  • Humorist Dave Barry Wrote, "Crabgrass Can Grow ...

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Jul 31, 2011
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    Humorist Dave Barry wrote, "Crabgrass can grow on bowling balls in airless rooms, and there is no known way to kill ...read more

  • Every Gardener Knows The Difficulty Of Keeping ...

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Jul 31, 2011
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    Every gardener knows the difficulty of keeping weeds out of their garden. One gardener wisely said, "When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it ...read more

  • Tying Off The Tap Root  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
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    TYING OFF THE TAP ROOT The Japanese introduced a tree to the world that is called a Bonsai tree. It is measured in inches instead of feet as other trees are measured. It is not allowed to reach anywhere near its full growth potential but instead grows in a stunted miniature form. The reason for ...read more

  • The Impact Of Optimism

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2011
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    THE IMPACT OF OPTIMISM Just a few years ago (2004), Fox News reported on a study that came from the Archives of General Psychiatry. Researchers studied 1,000 people aged 65-85 trying to determine the importance of a positive attitude in dealing with life. After almost 10 years of follow-up, these ...read more

  • David Trueblood On Discipline

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2011
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    DAVID TRUEBLOOD ON DISCIPLINE David Trueblood: "The one who wants to be an accomplished athlete must discipline his body by regular exercise and a strict diet. Otherwise, he or she will not be free to excel on the playing field or the tracks. The athlete who fails to train rigorously denies ...read more

  • It Is Not Good...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2011
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    IT IS NOT GOOD... God made a woman to keep him company and to be his companion. The fact is we men don't do too well without such a companion. Researchers from the Universities of Utah and South Carolina recently collected data from 148 different studies, conducted over three decades, involving ...read more