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  • Children Have A Way Of Controlling Our Life Do ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Children have a way of controlling our life do they not – I heard about a young boy who received a harmonica for Christmas from his uncle. After the first of the year he saw his uncle for the first time since receiving the harmonica. With a large smile he said, “Thanks for the harmonica you gave me ...read more

  • In His Book Mere Christianity, C.s. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Illustration:In his book Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis wrote, "Do not waste your time bothering whether you ’love’ your neighbor act as if you did. As soon as we do this, we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him. If you ...read more

  • C.s. Lewis Observed, "If You Read History, You ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    C.S. Lewis observed, “If you read history, you will find that the Christians who did the most for the present world were just those who thought most of the next. The apostles themselves, who set on foot the conversion of the Roman Empire, the great men who built up the Middle Ages, the English ...read more

  • In 1838 And 1839, As Part Of President Andrew ...

    Contributed by Charles Holt on Jul 7, 2007
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    In 1838 and 1839, as part of President Andrew Jackson’s Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. They were driven from their homes, herded into internment camps, and moved by force to ...read more

  • We Allow Our Daily Concerns To Turn Into Anxiety ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 24, 2007
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    We allow our daily concerns to turn into anxiety and therefore sin when our thoughts become focused on changing the future instead of doing our best to handle our present circumstances. Such thoughts are unproductive. They end up controlling us—though it should be the other way around—and cause us ...read more

  • Sulfur Caves

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Dec 11, 2007
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    Sulfur Caves In Southern Mexico lies the Cueva de Villa Luz, or Cave of the Lighted House. As you make your way to the cave you walk through a veritable paradise of tropical birds and lush rain forest. Underwater the cave is fed by 20 underground springs, beautiful watercourses which teem with tiny ...read more

  • The Problem In Today's Church Is That We Have ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Dec 29, 2007
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    The problem in today’s church is that we have developed a low concept of God and are guilty of wanting to make Him into our image. Let me repeat, I am talking about the church, not the unchurched and unsaved. When I hear them talk of God for the most part their ideas are so silly and so ...read more

  • Thom Rainer Tells Us In His Book Giant ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    Thom Rainer tells us in his book Giant Awakenings that "71% of breakout churches report an increased emphasis on prayer over the past several years as compared to only 40% of churches which continued on the plateau." Rainer also tells us that "Earle Cairns notes with profound simplicity that ...read more

  • Hezekiah Exalted Himself Instead Of Exalting ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Oct 14, 2008
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    Hezekiah exalted himself instead of exalting God. These seekers of truth came to see God’s healthy healed prophet and instead he showed them his gold and his silver and his treasures and his defenses. He showed gold to the Babylonians superpower! Is like I got Bill Gates for Bible study and instead ...read more

  • Kolkata, India (Reuters) - An Indian Man Who ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
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    KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - An Indian man who took an impersonator to court to get a divorce faces legal action after his real wife found out, lawyers said Friday. Sanjib Saha presented a woman as his wife in a lower court in the eastern city of Kolkata this month. Both said they sought a mutual ...read more

  • No Faith, No Power

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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    NO FAITH, NO POWER One night at dinner a man, who had spent many summers in Maine, fascinated his companions by telling of his experiences in a little town named Flagstaff. The town was to be flooded as part of a large lake for which a dam was being built. In the months before it was to be ...read more

  • Moving Day

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Mar 7, 2009
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    MOVING DAY Shortly before his death, Dr. M. R. De Haan, founder of Radio Bible Class, took great comfort from an article written by J. E. Campbell. The article spoke of death in a unique way: "Moving day is coming. Just when the van will stop at our home we do not know—-but for everyone it is ...read more

  • Why Cain Refused To Bring A Blood Offering

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jun 26, 2023
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    God's having made for man coats of skin presupposes the slaying of animals; and doubtless implies that Abel's sacrifice of an animal life was an act of faith which rested on God's command (though not expressly recorded) that such were the sacrifices He required. If it had not been ...read more

  • Views On The Nephilim

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Oct 13, 2024
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    Who Are the Nephilim? 4 Different Theories For centuries, scholars from Judaism and Christianity have presented different views on who the Nephilim were. 1: The first view is that fallen angels had relations with the "daughters of men," which resulted in a part human, part supernatural ...read more

  • He Is Our Strength

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Oct 12, 2021
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    My beautiful mama was always so strong, a tower of strength, courage and faith that stood like a beacon for our family. Psalm 46:1 says God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. As I meditated on this, I remembered a time when I was about 3 years old or so. I saw myself ...read more

  • The Thessalonian Error  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 22, 2012
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    THE THESSALONIAN ERROR The Thessalonian error was misunderstanding the purpose of end-time prophecy. The purpose is not to identify the anti-Christ or to inform us of events. Others have misunderstood the purpose of second-coming prophecy. Many people have been identified as the anti-Christ. ...read more

  • In His Book "The Weight Of Your Words" Author ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Sep 27, 2004
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    In his book “The Weight of Your Words” author Joseph Stowell tells the following story: My junior high school had scheduled its annual operatic production. Talented students were quick to try out for the various parts. I was not so certain of my abilities and had decided that singing in an ...read more

  • World Class Failures  PRO

    Contributed by Kay Kurtz on Oct 26, 2006
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    World class failures: * There was a guy, a general, who lost two-thirds of all the battles he fought in the American Revolution. George Washington. He won the war. * There was another guy who graduated 42nd out of a class of 43. Then he went out and conquered Europe. Napoleon. * There’s a guy ...read more

  • Einstein And The Driver  PRO

    Contributed by Reylourd Reyes on Mar 26, 2009
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    EINSTEIN AND THE DRIVER Let me end this message with a short story. Who among you knows Albert Einstein? I guess you graduating seniors know him. The one who formulated the E=MC2, which led to the discovery of the atomic bomb. When he discovered the formula, a lot of institutions invited him to ...read more

  • Are You A Big-Godder Or A Little ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 29, 2009
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    Are You a Big-Godder or a Little Godder? Many years ago, there was a learned Hebrew professor at Princeton Seminary named Robert Dick Wilson. He could read more than 30 Semitic languages! One time about twelve years after Donald Grey Barnhouse had graduated; he went back to the seminary to preach ...read more