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  • John Elderidge Wrote In His Book The Journey Of ...

    Contributed by Ted Mulder on Mar 24, 2007
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    John Elderidge wrote in his book The Journey of Desire “Nearly every Christian I have spoken with has some idea that eternity is an unending church service… He goes on to write – We have settled on an image of the never-ending sing-along in the sky, one great hymn after another, forever and ever, ...read more

  • There Were 13 Treasuries In The Courtyard...each ...

    Contributed by David Henderson on May 7, 2007
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    There were 13 treasuries in the courtyard...each one bearing a letter that signified the purpose of that particular treasury. Each one was shaped like a tall box with a trumpet...a large cone coming out of it... When someone would toss their money into it, it was possible to make the coins roll ...read more

  • Recently I Read A Fable About A Dog Who Loved To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Recently I read a fable about a dog who loved to chase other animals. He bragged about his great running skill and said he could catch anything. Well, it wasn’t long until his boastful claims were put to the test by a certain rabbit. With ease the little creature outran his barking pursuer. The ...read more

  • Who Came To Worship

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Henry Ward Beecher knew he was going to be absent from the pulpit of Plymouth Church one Sunday, so he asked his brother to preach for him. When the worship service began, and it became apparent that the great preacher would not be speaking that particular morning, some people got up and started to ...read more

  • Looks Can Be Deceiving  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Aug 20, 2007
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    Looks can be deceiving - David was small but became a great King - Most of the Apostles were simple men with little education Years ago a tall truck approached a low railroad overpass. The driver paid no attention to the warning signs and found himself wedged under the bridge. No one on the ...read more

  • Spiritual Leadership

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 9, 2007
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    Spiritual Leadership Samuel Logan Brengle said: Spiritual leadership is not won by promotion, but by prayers and tears. It is attained by much heart-searching and humbling before God; by self-surrender, a courageous sacrifice of every idol, a bold, uncompromising, and uncomplaining embracing of ...read more

  • While In Seminary, I Pastored A Small Church ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 24, 2007
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    While in seminary, I pastored a small church near Bunn,NC. Within four weeks I conducted funeral services for five of our oldest church members. The experience of dealing with so much death in such a brief period of time caused me a great deal of emotional stress. Following a morning service, one ...read more

  • Did You Hear About The Middle School In New ...

    Contributed by Jeffery Russell on Dec 17, 2007
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    Did you hear about the middle school in New Jersey that canceled a field trip to a performance of “A Christmas Carol” because some might be offended by the play’s Christian themes? As columnist Cal Thomas points out, this is not really even a Christian story, though it does contain elements of ...read more

  • Two Men Were Once Discussing Why It Is That You ...

    Contributed by John Cuddeford on Feb 22, 2008
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    Two men were once discussing why it is that you cannot see the stars by day. The stars are still there. One man maintained that they could be seen if one went far enough down in a well. The other denied the proposition but permitted himself to be lowered into the well. After he had been lowered a ...read more

  • Listen To This Article Found In Today In The ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Feb 29, 2008
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    • Listen to this article found in Today in the Word, June 3, 1989. He made free use of Christian vocabulary. He talked about the blessing of the Almighty and the Christian confessions which would become the pillars of the new government. He assumed the earnestness of a man weighed down by historic ...read more

  • I Love Bumper Sticker Theology. It May Not Always ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
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    I love bumper sticker theology. It may not always be the most sound theological statements, but they generally at least have the ability to make you think. The one in particular that I am thinking about said, "God is my Co-pilot." Do you remember the sticker? It took a great deal of heat. Perhaps ...read more

  • It's Frustrating Because We Often Don't Know ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 25, 2008
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    It’s frustrating because we often don’t know what to do. It’s almost like the rule are constantly changing. Anybody remember the comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes? It was about a kid and how in his imagination his stuffed tiger, Hobbes, comes to life and they have great fun together. One of their ...read more

  • Linus On The Hope In The Truth

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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    Linus on the Hope in the Truth A Peanuts cartoon pictured Lucy and Linus looking out the window at a steady downpour of rain. "Boy," said Lucy, "look at it rain. What if it floods the whole world?" "It will never do that," Linus replied confidently. "In the ninth chapter of Genesis, God promised ...read more

  • Thus The Whole Book From Beginning To End ...

    Contributed by C Jordan on Oct 29, 2008
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    “Thus the whole book from beginning to end teaches the great truths – Christ shall triumph! Christ’s enemies shall be overcome! They who hate him shall be destroyed; they who love him shall be blessed unspeakably. The doom alike of Jew and of Gentile is already imminent. On Judea and Jerusalem, ...read more

  • I Love Bumper Sticker Theology. It May Not Always ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
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    I love bumper sticker theology. It may not always be the most sound theological statements, but they generally at least have the ability to make you think. The one in particular that I am thinking about said, "God is my Co-pilot." Do you remember the sticker? It took a great deal of heat. Perhaps ...read more

  • What Good Are You?

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jan 12, 2009
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    "WHAT GOOD ARE YOU?" Hideyoshi, a Japanese warlord who ruled over Japan in the late 1500s, commissioned a colossal statue of Buddha for a shrine in Kyoto. It took 50,000 men five years to build, but the work had scarcely been completed when the earthquake of 1596 brought the roof of the shrine ...read more

  • Read The Instructions

    Contributed by Steve Smith on Jan 25, 2009
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    READ THE INSTRUCTIONS Debbie's laptop broke several months ago, causing some frustration. We couldn't afford right now to put it in the shop, so we decided to attempt repair. We found a hard drive for really a great price, so we purchased and installed it into the drive bay. Suppose I failed to ...read more

  • H.b. London Jr., Of Focus On The Family, Writes ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
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    H.B. London Jr., of Focus on the Family, writes about his relationship with his father, who was a pastor: "My father was a great preacher. I only wish I had known him better. He was an absentee dad. I searched for a relationship with him until the time of his death, but I never found it. To give ...read more

  • In 2002, The Gallup Index Of Leading Religious ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    In 2002, the Gallup Index of Leading Religious Indicators reached its lowest level, demonstrating the public’s most negative overall rating for organized religion since the index began in 1940. The poll found that confidence in organized religion had declined. In 2002, only 45 percent of Americans ...read more

  • Escaped ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    ESCAPED CONFLICTS In the 1980’s a retired couple was alarmed by the threat of nuclear war so they undertook a serious study of all the inhabited places on the globe. Their goal was to determine where in the world would be the least likely place affected by a nuclear war -- a place of ultimate ...read more