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  • It Is Not Enough For The Believer To Begin To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
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    "It is not enough for the believer to begin to pray, nor to pray correctly; nor is it enough to continue for a time to pray. We must patiently, believingly continue in prayer until we obtain an answer. Further, we have not only to continue in prayer until the end, but we have also to believe that ...read more

  • Brown Is Right About One Thing (And Not Much ...

    Contributed by Scott Weber on Mar 14, 2006
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    Brown is right about one thing (and not much more). In the course of Christian history, few events loom larger than the Council of Nicea in 325. When the newly converted Roman Emperor Constantine called bishops from around the world to present-day Turkey, the church had reached a theological ...read more

  • Long Ago In A Deep Mountain Valley Verdant With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Mar 23, 2006
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    Long ago in a deep mountain valley verdant with growth and watered by a crystalline river there lived a tribe. They prospered and grew until the grass was grazed away, the game hunted to extinction, and the river ran dry. A group of young pioneer heroes rose up to say, “We have heard of a wider ...read more

  • Babe Ruth Had Hit 714 Home Runs During His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    Babe Ruth had hit 714 home runs during his baseball career and was playing one of his last full major league games. It was the Braves versus the Reds in Cincinnati. But the great Ruth was no longer as agile as he had once been. He fumbled the ball and threw badly, and in one inning alone his errors ...read more

  • The U.s. Standard Railroad Gauge (Distance ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    The U.S. standard railroad gauge (distance between rails) is four feet, eight-and-one-half inches. Why such an odd number? Because that’s the way they built them in England, and American railroads were built by British expatriates. Why did the English adopt that particular gauge? Because the ...read more

  • Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command: ...

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Apr 26, 2006
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    ILLUSTRATION... Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins [may need Buzz L toy to explain] I was watching a cartoon with my kids the other day and a great example of unity piped into my home through the TV. The cartoon was Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (one of Nate and Ian’s favorite ...read more

  • Serving Daily In The Monotonous Details Of Life ...

    Contributed by John Harvey on Oct 13, 2006
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    “Serving daily in the monotonous details of life uncovers the deep roots of selfishness in my soul. Feeding, sheltering and clothing my family translates into cooking, cleaning, and laundry EVERY day for years with no end in sight. This is no short term mission trip. The constant demands of two ...read more

  • Sometimes People Try To Explain The Miracles In ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 30, 2006
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    Sometimes people try to explain the miracles in the Bible as mere natural occurrences: "It may never rain cats and dogs, but fish, shells, and frogs have indeed fallen from the sky on rare occasions. In 1984, live six-inch [15 centimeters] flounders (fish) fell on a London neighborhood. It is ...read more

  • C. Quote: From Our Daily Bread - December 2, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 6, 2007
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    c. Quote: From Our Daily Bread - December 2, 2006 “Not Fair” - READ: Psalm 19:7-14: So many situations in life shout, “Not fair!” I observe Christian couples who struggle to have babies while others are blessed with children and then abuse them. I look at families whose children are all alive and ...read more

  • In October 1947, There Was A Geologist By The ...

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Mar 19, 2007
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    In October 1947, there was a geologist by the name of Dr. John Williamson who was doing some work in the country of Tanzania. One day, he found himself driving in a deserted area, slipping and sliding along a rain-soaked road. Suddenly his four-wheel drive vehicle sank up to its axles in the mud ...read more

  • There Is A Story About A Old Village In Spain. ...

    Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Mar 28, 2007
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    There is a story about a old village in Spain. The people heard the king planned to visit there. No king had ever done that. They became excited and wanted to offer a great celebration that would show their adoration and that would honor the king. But what could a village of such poor people ...read more

  • There Is Always A Thrill In Belonging To A Noble ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 5, 2007
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    There is always a thrill in belonging to a noble company. Eric Linklater in his autobiography tells of his experience in the disastrous March retreat in the First World War. He was with the Black Watch. They had come out of the battle with one officer, thirty men, and a piper left of the ...read more

  • Peter Marshall's Calling

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    PETER MARSHALL’S CALLING In her book, A Man Called Peter, Catherine Marshall tells how her late preacher-husband felt a sense of destiny a sense of call in his life. One dark night, Peter, then a young man, decided to take a shortcut across the Scottish moors. He knew there was a deep deserted ...read more

  • O Let Him ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Mar 19, 2009
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    “O Let Him In!” A picture of the Lord Jesus knocking at the door of a heart was taken one day by a parish visitor to a house where a father and mother lived with their small son. Some impulse made the mother pin the picture up in their little kitchen and when the small boy came in from school, he ...read more

  • Sin: Acts, Words, Thoughts, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
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    SIN: ACTS, WORDS, THOUGHTS, HEART A man once dreamed of passing into the world beyond. An angel met him and showed him a great golden book. "What is that?" he inquired. "It is the book of your life," was the reply. Looking closer he saw that there were some writing on the first page. "What is ...read more

  • You Can Trust ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    YOU CAN TRUST GOD A Canadian pastor, in a period of great turmoil, received the faithful help of God he needed from reading about the following true incident. In his town the local parks commission had been ordered to remove the trees from a street they were going to widen. As they were about to ...read more

  • Parents, You Are Accountable For Disciplining ...

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on May 19, 2009
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    Parents, you are accountable for disciplining and teaching your children about God, salvation, and how to live and make godly decisions · How important is it? · A Spiritual Clinic, J. Oswald Sanders recorded observations about two Revolutionary War era families from New England, and the differing ...read more

  • Soil And Spiritual Seasons  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 19, 2009
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    SOIL AND SPIRITUAL SEASONS Jesus says these people resemble the soil next to the path which in Palestine could look like decent soil but only an inch deep. Because the soil has settled there maybe blown by the wind or pushed there by the run off from the rain, it can be very fertile. People are ...read more

  • Don't Get Tangled ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    DON’T GET TANGLED UP A few years ago, at the 2002 Winter Olympics, there were five finalists for the Men’s 1000 Meter Speed Skating Race. During the final lap, the American and Chinese were out front with the Canadian and Korean skaters hot on their heels. Australia trailed behind obviously ...read more

  • Don't Waste The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009
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    DON’T WASTE THE WISDOM Pastor Warren Weirsbe told of a time when an associate of his, a gifted secretary, was going through great trials. She had had a stroke, her husband had gone blind, and then he had to be taken to the hospital where (we were sure) he would die. He saw her in church one Sunday ...read more