Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Today I want to conclude by sort of turning the tables and say that now we’ve got this great stuff of how we can be set free for ourselves, how can we now turn around and help other people find freedom through Christ.
I’m particularly thinking about this because of a story from a Major who is part
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 4, 2025
[185]. POEM MESSAGE – MOUTHS THAT SHAM REJOICING
When I was young we generally could trust what people said to us. There was a great deal of honesty back then (1950s) but that has evaporated. People tell us barefaced lies and that is now the way of the world. That makes the Christian life
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Dec 21, 2025
[241]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – SOME THOUGHTS FROM EPHESIANS 1
Ephesians is the most doctrinal book in the New Testament along with Romans. There is so much in Ephesians that it is a gold mine with more and more veins the further down you go. In this poem I took some of the marvellous teaching
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Contributed by Michael King on Jul 20, 2003
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Sometime when you’re in an airport, observe the difference between passengers who
hold confirmed tickets and those who are on standby. The ones with confirmed
tickets read newspapers, chat with their friends or sleep. The ones on standby hang
around the ticket counter, pace and smoke, smoke and
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Contributed by Jeff Simms on May 23, 2004
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A lot of people think that being saved is a matter of works. But, here it says that you are God’s workmanship. It says you were created (kitzo) for good works. The word created means that refers to the work of God in creating you for a purpose. Think of it this way, if you have a apple tree in
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Contributed by Robert Garrett on Apr 11, 2005
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A fifth grade boy who had heard a sermon on persistence in prayer was praying by himself in his room one night. As his dad passed his door, he heard the boy praying over and over again, "Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo." The next day, the dad asked his son what we was doing. The boy replied that he had
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Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Dec 16, 2004
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When a man and a woman are married, there is a part in the ceremony where they each agree to take the other. After this, the minister pronounces them "husband and wife." And from that day forward, the bride takes on a new name.
God the Father spoke to Jesus, the bridegroom, concerning me one day,
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Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jan 27, 2006
What is an altar? A place where you “arrange hard things before the Lord.” Build one today. Turn over those hard things to God. As you do, you’ll realize that God is interested in your personal comfort as you surrender to him. How do you know that? What from the text gives that kind of impression?
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Contributed by Kent Kessler on Dec 9, 2006
G. Campbell Morgan speaks of it like this, “Luke thus gives us a graphic suggestive picture of the time and conditions, as he introduces His forerunner. The king is there, degenerate. The Temple is there, desecrated. The priesthood is there, degraded. The people are there, debased. Nevertheless,
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Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jul 7, 2009
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ADOPTION EXPLAINED
During the time that the New Testament was written, when a family adopted a child, there was no immediate big celebration of that adoption. But, when that child reached the proper age, there was a celebration, and at that time, the child was given every single legal standing as
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Contributed by Richard White on Jan 9, 2010
Lambing: A shepherd tells of how they get an orphaned lamb to be adopted. Two ewes gave birth, one ewe died giving birth while the other gave birth to a stillborn lamb. The ewe that survived would not accept the surving orphaned lamb. The shepherds would take the wool off the dead lamb and
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If you went to work everyday and did the job that was required of you, you could demand a paycheck. You can go to your supervisor, and payroll to find out what is going on because you earned the pay that you worked so hard for. We can never work so hard to demand that God save us from sin. It was
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The great British Baptist pastor Alexander McClaren reminds us, “Only he who can say, ‘The Lord is the strength of my life,’ can say, ‘Of whom shall I be afraid?’” [--Alexander McClaren, Christian Reader, Vol. 32, no. 3. Thomas a Kempis, the 14th century German Catholic monk, wrote in The
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