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  • 2. Cal And Rose Samra Share This Story From Holy ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 8, 2005
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    2. Cal and Rose Samra share this story from Holy Hilarity: From Rev. John L. Wallace. Christmas: It wasn’t long ago that a psychologists started telling us that the ‘holidays’ are not a source of joy for everyone. Like the drunk I encountered on the subway on Christmas Eve, they’ve been told the ...read more

  • On Predestination

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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     | 3,187 views

    ON PREDESTINATION During my basic training in the South African Air Force, we were out on a field trip for about a week. It was bitterly cold and raining during the entire period. Shortly after we arrived in the field, the corporal in charge had our unit line up outside. "You, you, and you," he ...read more

  • Converted By Dreams And Visions

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009
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    CONVERTED BY DREAMS AND VISIONS Do you know that many Muslims are recently becoming Christians because of dreams and visions? According to Wendell Evans of the Billy Graham Center’s Institute for Muslim Studies, "More and more stories are coming out of closed countries, of God supernaturally ...read more

  • Christ Maintains The Work

    Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 16, 2009
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    CHRIST MAINTAINS THE WORK This truth is pictured in the book Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan. There’s a scene in which Christian is taken into a room by the Interpreter, who is explaining various truths to him. Here is the scene. (I’ve smoothed out some of the King James English in a couple ...read more

  • Loneliness And Suicide, Products Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
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    Loneliness and Suicide, Products of Materialism Can you guess who said this? "I sit in my house in Buffalo and sometimes I get so lonely it’s unbelievable. Life has been so good to me. I’ve got a great wife, good kids, money, my own health--and I’m lonely and bored.... I often wondered why so many ...read more

  • H.a. Ironside's Comment On H. D. Thoreau's

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
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    H.A. Ironside’s Comment on H. D. Thoreau’s "A Different Drummer" One of the most famous lines of the 19th century naturalist Henry David Thoreau was, "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer." Commenting on Thoreau’s defense of his ...read more

  • Bible Printing Errors

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Dec 17, 2009
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    BIBLE PRINTING ERRORS While the Bible itself is infallible, fallible human beings have made notorious mistakes in trying to have the book printed. For example, * The "Judas Bible" (1611): Judas (rather than Jesus) came with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, even though the previous ...read more

  • Memorizing Vs. Applying Scripture

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    MEMORIZING VS. APPLYING SCRIPTURE Dave Veerman, Campus Life, Wheaton, IL, related this story: A while ago our family began to memorize Scripture, one verse a week. Because my daughters were ages ten and six, I thought this was about the right speed. We keep the verses on cards in the middle of ...read more

  • R.c. Chapman On Psalm 68:19

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
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    R.C. CHAPMAN ON PSALM 68:19 Robert Chapman is not too well known among Christians. He did not author any monumental books. His friends said he would never make a good preacher. Chapman was not a world-wide evangelist. He lead no great mission to foreign lands; instead he laboured for 70 years in a ...read more

  • The Conversion Of George Whitefield

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 29, 2011
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    THE CONVERSION OF GEORGE WHITEFIELD In the 1730's in England, a young man named George Whitefield desperately wanted to be right before God. As a student at Oxford, he was part of the Holy Club, along with John and Charles Wesley. The members of that club rose early every day for lengthy ...read more

  • You Come To Me

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2011
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    YOU COME TO ME Jimmy, and his son, Davey, were playing in the ocean down in Mexico, while his family -- his wife, daughters, parents, and a cousin -- were on the beach. Suddenly, a rogue riptide swept Davey out to the sea. Immediately Jimmy started to do whatever he could to help Davey get back to ...read more

  • Jesus Is The Amplifier

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 2, 2012
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    JESUS IS THE AMPLIFIER Jesus said: "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 So... without Jesus I can't do anything? Now, that doesn’t mean you and I can’t do things that might be impressive. ...read more

  • If You Want To Walk On Water…  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 2, 2012
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    John Ortberg states: "The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life. And that’s sobering news to most of us, because we’re into comfort...but water walkers master ...read more

  • Here Be God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 7, 2012
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    HERE BE GOD Before 1492 when Columbus sailed the ocean blue, the common belief was that if a ship from Europe sailed too far West, they would either fall off the edge of the world or face terrible danger. There was fear of the unknown. In England, there is an ancient nautical map dating back to ...read more

  • Missions ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 8, 2012
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    Missions quotes: "I have but one candle of life to burn, and I would rather burn it out in a land filled with darkness than in a land flooded with light" — John Keith Falconer "God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply" — Hudson Taylor [ video ] "God isn't looking for people of ...read more

  • On Fasting  PRO

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Apr 20, 2013
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    ON FASTING The Didache, is a first or second century document that relates to us outside the New Testament the teaching of the early church. This document "prescribed two fast days a week: Wednesday and Friday." For early Christians; this was seen as a regular part of daily discipleship. John ...read more

  • Genuine Repentance--The Case Of Genelle Guzman ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2013
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    GENUINE REPENTANCE--THE CASE OF GENELLE GUZMAN MCMILLAN Genelle Guzman McMillan was the last person to be rescued from the collapse of the twin towers of the World Trade Center. She had been trapped in the rubble for 27 hours when at last firefighters heard her calling and pulled her out. This ...read more

  • Feed Them

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Sep 12, 2016
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    The thing is that Jesus did perform the miracle, but he didn’t feed the five thousand. You may be thinking here; Andrew you’re just being a bit silly about this. But for Jesus disciples this was one of those great learning moments. The disciples rock up with a problem and Jesus says we'll solve it, ...read more

  • The Cookies

    Contributed by Daniel King, D. Min. on Jul 25, 2018
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    Main Idea: Everyone has sinned and done things that are wrong. Verse: “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us” (1 John 1:8 NKJV). Illustration: When I was a child, my mother baked some cookies. The house smelled so good and I wanted one of the cookies. I ...read more

  • Do All Roads Lead To God?

    Contributed by Daniel King, D. Min. on Jul 25, 2018
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    Main Idea: Jesus is the only one way to heaven. Verse: Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6 NKJV). Illustration: I once heard someone say, “All religions ultimately lead to God.” But, think about this question logically. ...read more