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  • Although The Disciples Themselves Didn't Try To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Although the Disciples themselves didn’t try to guess when Jesus would return they all expected him to return during their lifetime. At the turn of the first Millenium so many people were predicting that Christ would return that many farmers didn’t even plant their crops. In the 1500’s Martin ...read more

  • Several Centuries Ago, A Learned German ...

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Jun 23, 2007
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    Several centuries ago, a learned German philosopher began investigating a new philosophy coming out of Japan. This philosophy was called, “Zen.” The philosopher poured through every piece of written material he cold find on this Zen philosophy, but there was scarce information available. Then one ...read more

  • Nietzsche Said "A Man Can Undergo Torture If He ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Sep 25, 2007
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    Nietzsche said “A man can undergo torture if he knows the way of life,” but Christian Reger said, "here at Dachu, I learned something far greater. I learned to know the who of my life. He was enough to sustain me then, and is enough to sustain me still.” Christian Reger was a minister with the ...read more

  • When I Was About Nine Years Old There Was A ...

    Contributed by Daniel Austin on Jan 14, 2008
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    When I was about nine years old there was a wedding held at the church of Christ for the eldest daughter of one of the congregation families who was marrying the son of another long standing family. The family of the daughter was close friends with my family, their youngest son was about my age and ...read more

  • They Will Give You Up  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Mar 31, 2008
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    THEY WILL GIVE YOU UP Donald Grey Barnhouse led the son of a prominent American family to the Lord. He was in the service, but he showed the reality of his conversion by immediately professing Christ before the soldiers of his military company. The war ended. The day came when one of the ...read more

  • Titles

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jun 2, 2008
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    TITLES I have been a pastor at Shiloh Bible Church for eleven years. But my association with the church began long before that. My in-laws, Harold and Dorothy Wills, retired to the Bloomsburg area back in the 1980's and they started coming to Shiloh. And so when our family would come up from ...read more

  • He Dropped The ...

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jun 22, 2008
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    “He dropped the ball!” I’m sure you’ve heard that expression before. We use it to describe someone who has failed to follow through on an assignment or to reach a certain goal. Some people trace the origin of that phrase to the 4th game of the 1941 Baseball World Series. The series was dubbed ...read more

  • Dr's Les And Leslie Parrot Say We Need To Fire Up ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 4, 2008
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    Dr’s Les and Leslie Parrot say we need to fire up the passion in the Bed room: They state in their book , “The Love List” this: “Fire Up Passion In The Bedroom” (Once a Month), Sarah was in grade school when she heard a number of new words at school from other students. She asked her mother about ...read more

  • We Refuse To Let ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    WE REFUSE TO LET GO Max Lucado tells about taking his two daughters to a park. They went into a plastic ball pit to play. One of those 3-foot-deep pits filled with thousands and thousands of lightweight, plastic balls. Max’s older daughter did just fine, but the younger one was only three, and she ...read more

  • Freedom Isn't ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Freedom Isn’t Free “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.” Galatians 5: 1 No, freedom isn’t free. It comes at great cost for those “buying it.” The United States found out just how high the price could be in the final days of World War II when trying to capture a Pacific Island from ...read more

  • The Christian's Passion  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    The Christian's Passion "Denying Oneself" There is a tale of the great English actor Macready. Macready was once asked by a preacher; "What is the difference between you and me?" You see the actor appeared before crowds night after night proclaiming fiction and people listened with delight. The ...read more

  • The Head Vs. The Heart

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    The Head VS. the Heart Be strong and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord. Ps. 31: 24 It is with the heart that we must wait upon God. As a man's heart is, so is he before God. We can advance no further or deeper into the holy place of God's presence to ...read more

  • Have You Discovered Christmas?  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Have You Discovered Christmas? "But the angel said unto them, 'Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; He is Christ the Lord.'" (Luke 2: 10 -11) One of the most beloved ...read more

  • Blessed Are Those Who Mourn  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Blessed Are Those Who Mourn One of the greatest messages ever proclaimed was delivered by Jesus Christ and is referred to as the "Sermon on the Mount." His message is as relevant today as it was when it was first spoken. Our Lord opens this message not with a joke, but with the Beatitudes. The ...read more

  • Blessed Are The Peacemakers

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Blessed Are The Peacemakers "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God." (Matthew 5:9) There is a commission from God that is available to every obedient Christian today and that is to be a peacemaker. Argument and discord is a great waste of energies better spent on ...read more

  • What Is ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    WHAT IS TRUTH? There was a man nearly two millennia ago who asked this lofty philosophical question. His name was Pontius Pilate. God’s Word records this dramatic interchange in the book of John, Chapters 18 and 19. Jesus, speaking to Pilate, said “For this I have come into the world, to bear ...read more

  • Spiritual Manna

    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Sep 20, 2008
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    Spiritual Manna How many can remember the story of the children of Israel gathering Manna every morning accept on the Sabbath to find the sustenance needed to make their spiritual journey from Egypt to the Land of Promise? We are told that they first of all began to murmur among themselves about ...read more

  • Count Your Blessings—no, Really!

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 22, 2008
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    Count Your Blessings--No, Really! It was a typical Indiana spring day. Outside the house, it was raining. Inside the house...it was raining. Water slowly dripped from the ceiling, reminding me that when you replace your own roof, there's nobody to get mad at when it leaks. I should be a pretty ...read more

  • Wesley's Conversion  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jan 10, 2009
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    WESLEY’S CONVERSION John Wesley become a priest in the Church of England before he had become a Christian. His conversion story is very interesting: Not long after the first Moravian missionaries came from Germany, Wesley had left for the West Indies, Wesley found himself on board a ship with a ...read more

  • On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    ON PRAYER Dr. Lewis Sperry Chafer told a story on the subject of prayer. A certain minister was in the habit of profound prayers, oftentimes resorting to words beyond the understanding of his simple flock. This went on week after week, to the dismay and frustration of the congregation. At last, a ...read more