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  • Sowing The Seed: A Comparison  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 11, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 7,500 views

    SOWING THE SEED: A COMPARISON In the 13th Century, Nicolo Polo (father of Marco Polo) was visiting the court of the grandson of Ghengis Khan - Kublai Khan. Kublai Khan was the Emperor of China and he had never met Europeans before. He was delighted to meet this visitor from Venice AND he was ...read more

  • Scientists Also Tell Us That Light Will Not ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 1, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 1,664 views

    Scientists also tell us that light will not reduce – You cannot dismantle the parts of light and have light. It will not work if you try to reduce it or dismantle any of lights parts it will not work. Light is non reduce-able but you can use light as a source of energy because you can compress a ...read more

  • This Past Week Our Bishop Wrote In Article In The ...

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on Dec 20, 2004
    based on 1 rating
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    This past week our Bishop wrote in article in the Michigan Christian Advocate. In it, he talked about his trip to Bethlehem and the effect it had...hear his words... "Nothing before or since prepared this bishop for the surprising emotion I felt upon arrival in the little town of Bethlehem, five ...read more

  • Preparing Kids For Life: A New Barna Study Finds ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
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    Preparing Kids For Life: A new Barna study finds 50% or more of all adults contend that children are “not being prepared well enough” or are “poorly prepared” for the emotional, physical, spiritual, intellectual or moral dimensions of life. Intellectual preparation ranked highest with a mere 18% of ...read more

  • What Chain Letters, Many Multi-Level Marketers ...

    Contributed by Michael Gardner on Mar 2, 2006
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    What chain letters, many multi-level marketers and pyramid schemes have in common is this. They appeal to greed. It is the theology of Wall Street. In that film, Michael Douglas’ character, Gordon Gecko delivers this speech, “…greed -- for lack of a better word -- is good. Greed is right. ...read more

  • Dallas Willard In His Wonderful New Book The ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 10, 2006
     | 1,075 views

    Dallas Willard in his wonderful new book The Great Omission, surprised me by making a candid confession. He says, “Some time ago I came to realize that I did not love the people next door. They were, by any standards, dangerous and unpleasant people — ex-bikers who made their living selling ...read more

  • When French Soccer Star Zinedine Zidane ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Oct 5, 2006
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    When French soccer star Zinedine Zidane head-butted Italian defender Marco Materazzi in the chest during the final 10 minutes of the 2006 World Cup he sealed his own fate and the fate of his team. When Zidane was sent off with a red card France lost its best scorer. And this, just as the match ...read more

  • Finally Christmas

    Contributed by Steve Smith on Dec 4, 2006
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    ILL: FINALLY CHRISTMAS Senator John McCain of Arizona was a prisoner of war during the Vietnam conflict. He was shot down and held as a prisoner of war in Hanoi for 5 ½ years, 1967-1973, spending much of it in solitary confinement. John McCain said this, “When I was being mistreated by the North ...read more

  • As I Have Been Reading About The Influence Of The ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 25, 2007
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    As I have been reading about the influence of the Gospel in the history of the United States I am amazed at the price many Christians paid for your and my freedom. Many people paid with their lives and with great sacrifice so that I could believe in Jesus today and enjoy the freedoms that you and I ...read more

  • In 2002 At Because Of The Times, One Of The ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 8, 2007
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    In 2002 at Because of the Times, one of the concluding times of one of the services, Bro. Anthony Mangun asked for Sis. Kilgore to come and pray over the ministers that were there. Little did anyone realize that in just 3 ½ months, in the month of May, that Sis. Kilgore would be promoted to a ...read more

  • Here Is A Poem That Was Given To Me By A Member ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Here is a poem that was given to me by a member of my creative worship team that expresses what I am trying to tell you. I Am Thankful For The Wife Who Says It’s Hot Dogs Tonight, Because She Is Home With Me, And Not Out With Someone Else. For The Husband Who Is On The Sofa Being A Couch ...read more

  • Sometimes You And I Might Think, "When I Get More ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Sep 30, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
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    Sometimes you and I might think, “when I get more money I’ll start tithing.” But most people whom we know who are identified as millionaires or billionaires started out small. And many built what they have done on the tithe. I often think of the example of billionaire John D. Rockefeller, ...read more

  • On An Icy Winter's Night Two Weeks Before ...

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Dec 20, 2007
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    On an ICY winter’s night two weeks before Christmas, 1987, a PREACHER was impatiently waiting at the O’Hare Airport in Chicago. All FLIGHTS has been CANCELED due to FOG and FREEZING RAIN. The TERMINAL was in BEDLAM. Thousands of people were CLUSTERED at the TICKET COUNTERS demanding projected ...read more

  • This Past Week I Watched Part Of An Interview ...

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 3, 2008
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    -This past week I watched part of an interview with a medical expert about this bird flu that is spreading around our world. The govt. has already suggested that people should stock a couple of month’s supply of such things as canned tuna and powdered milk. This is not to throw anybody into a ...read more

  • Someone Might Say, "Well, God Does Not Raise ...

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 10, 2008
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    -Someone might say, “Well, God does not raise dead people anymore.” I would agree that it is not very common, but the Lord still does it. I have told some of you about my own experience with death. When I was between 1 & 2 years old, I got a hold of a piece of wood from an old orchard sprayer tank. ...read more

  • Sometime Immediate Responses Are The Best Way To ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Mar 29, 2008
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    Sometime immediate responses are the best way to deal with a situation. I remember being a young Marine at Infantry training school in the coastal mountains of San Diego – I know it sounds like such tough duty just a few miles from the beaches of San Diego, California! Trust me, it was more ...read more

  • Voices From The ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Voices from the Past “It is the duty of nations, as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God, and to recognize the sublime truth announced in the Holy Scriptures, and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord.” --Abraham ...read more

  • A Vigilant ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    A Vigilant Nation The Foundation of a Nation That Truly Says “In God We Trust” * * * * * * * * Vigilance has never come easy, and America has always had her share of enemies. Many today still remember the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and every day in some way we are reminded of ...read more

  • The Week Before Last I Made A Trip To Lincoln, ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Aug 20, 2008
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    The week before last I made a trip to Lincoln, Illinois. I drove Dallas and Alpha’s car up there and left it off for them. (It was an 18-hour road trip, but I actually enjoyed most of it. The reason I enjoyed it was not JUST that I was driving a red SAAB with lots of pickup --- that got 35 miles ...read more

  • Fight For Joy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
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    Fight for Joy John Piper offers 15 Biblical things we must do to fight for joy. (I can only list them today, and commend to you his book, "When I Don’t Desire God.") This list reminds me that faith does not produce inactivity, but God-centered activity: 1) Realize that authentic joy in God is a ...read more