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  • The Papoose

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2007
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    The Papoose I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now…John 16:12.” Those precious words of our Lord Jesus Christ in John 16:12 bring back a memory from my past. When our middle son was very young, he fell and cut a rather deep gash in the area between his lip and chin. ...read more

  • Do We Know The Pessimist's Creed?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 9, 2007
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    DO WE KNOW THE PESSIMIST’S CREED? THINK, IF THE PESSIMIST HAD A CREED WHAT WOULD IT BE? ALL BUT ME AND THEE! THE PESSIMIST CREED! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Why rejoice in sunshine? It will just turn to dark clouds and much rain! Besides that, the sunshine can hurt your eyes, More than that it ...read more

  • Many Years Ago A Painter By The Name Of Stenburg ...

    Contributed by W F on Apr 6, 2007
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    Many years ago a painter by the name of Stenburg lived in Dusseldorf Germany. He was searching for a model to portrait. He chose a gypsy girl from the street, her name was Pepita. It was the first time for her to be invited to an artist’s studio. Her amazed eyes rounded here and there and suddenly ...read more

  • Salvation And Reprobation

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    SALVATION AND REPROBATION Someone may ask, "Of what use then is the doctrine of reprobation?" I am glad you asked! Let me suggest (from Dr. Boice) some useful aspects of the doctrine of reprobation. First, reprobation assures us that God’s purpose has not failed. God has determined the outcome ...read more

  • I Love The Tragedy, King Lear. In What I Think Is ...

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Mar 19, 2009
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    I love the tragedy, King Lear. In what I think is Shakespeare’s greatest play, the king divides his kingdom in thirds and decides to give the daughter that loves him most the best portion. When he makes his purpose known, the older two begin flattering him shamelessly. His oldest says, Sir, I ...read more

  • Stop For The Boat People

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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    STOP FOR THE BOAT PEOPLE On Aug. 8, 2004, the Vietnamese community of Westminster, California, celebrated one of the kindest and bravest acts performed by a stranger on them. On Nov. 13, 1985, ninety-six Vietnamese refugees despaired for their lives and their families’ lives when the engine of the ...read more

  • Financial Wow Miracle

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 10, 2009
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    FINANCIAL WOW MIRACLE Lake City Church - Madison -- God does a financial wow miracle. They were four days away from having to make their quarterly payment of $140,000 for their mortgage. Pastor John Ruck meets with all the finance wizards - bankers, Cpa's, business men. They asked him "How are you ...read more

  • There's Always Hope  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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    THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE Ever felt like your life was the most unlucky of all? No matter what, the human spirit can be an amazing thing. Take for example the case of Larry Hanratty, who was named by the Los Angeles Times in 2007 the most unlucky man in California. This poor man was nearly executed to ...read more

  • Dwight L. Moody Talked About The Greatest Reg...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 31, 2009
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    Dwight L. Moody talked about the greatest regret of his life. 22 years after the event in 1871, he recounted what had happened. "I was preaching on the life of Christ. I had spent 4 Sunday nights on the subject and had followed Christ from the manger along through his life to his arrest and ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago I Had The Opportunity To Travel ...

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Sep 22, 2009
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    A few years ago I had the opportunity to travel to Italy on a Mission trip to work with some local missionaries and help them get their church developed. It was a great trip we got to go to Rome which I was really excited about. On our way back we had an 18 hour layover in Munich. So rather than ...read more

  • Dependent On God

    Contributed by Sidney Sumida on Oct 6, 2009
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    DEPENDENT ON GOD In the past few decades, there were some huge storms that hit our nation of which were Hurricane Pamela, and Hurricane Katrina, to name a few... (and, yes, not to bias about gender, there was big bad Hurricane Andrew, too). Here in the islands, we have had our share of storms as ...read more

  • Mark 8:35 For Whoever Wants To Save His Life A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2009
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    Mark 8:35 For whoever wants to save his life a will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. (NIV) Now, Jesus is not talking about the cost of our salvation here, because that is free! Romans 6:23 says, “The FREE gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our ...read more

  • Soldier Lies To Napoleon About Heroism, Israeli ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 8, 2009
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    Soldier Lies to Napoleon About Heroism, Israeli Woman Lies About Age Napoleon often told this story: Once, while visiting a province he came on an old soldier with one arm severed, dressed in full uniform. On his uniform the proud fighter displayed the coveted Legion of Honor. “Where did you lose ...read more

  • A Child's Fascination With The Refrigerator ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 20, 2009
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    A Child’s Fascination with the Refrigerator Light As a child I was fascinated one day by’ the fact that when you open the refrigerator, there is always a light burning. I was fascinated by it because I wanted to know whether that light was on when the door was closed as well as when it was open. ...read more

  • Lt. Col. Brian Birdwell Injured During 9/11 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 1, 2009
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    Lt. Col. Brian Birdwell Injured during 9/11 Attack on Pentagon On September 11, Lt. Col. Brian Birdwell watched the television in his boss’ office as a second hijacked airplane slammed into the World Trade Center. The Army officer had no idea that minutes later madmen would ram a Boeing 757 into ...read more

  • What Is The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2009
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    What is the Church? They tell me the story that long ago there was a small church, in a small town, in a small county, where a small congregation had tried for years to get the biggest “sinner” in town, Sam, to come to church. Sam the sinner would have nothing to do with the church. He wouldn’t ...read more

  • Spiderman Pajamas Don't Attract Attention, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 30, 2009
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    Spiderman Pajamas Don’t Attract Attention, Disappointing a Little Boy Last January, Kristy and I took the boys up to Big Bear on a little vacation to play in the snow. We had lots of nice snow cloths for the boys, but no thermal underwear. So, we figured their pajamas resemble thermal underwear, ...read more

  • Object Lesson: Energy Drinks

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 12, 2010
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    OBJECT LESSON: ENERGY DRINKS (Show the energy drink.)This drink has energy in it, and when you drink, it is released into your body. (Take a drink of the energy drink!) Energy drinks are soft drinks advertised as providing energy to improve physical activity of the drinker, as compared to a ...read more

  • Former Convict And Judge Together At ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2010
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    Former Convict and Judge Together at Communion A large prosperous city church had three mission churches under its care that it had started. On the first Sunday of the New Year all the members of the mission churches came to the city church for a combined Communion service. In those mission ...read more

  • Reason Why Helicopter Pilot Stopped A Massacre In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2010
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    Reason Why Helicopter Pilot Stopped a Massacre in Vietnam I would like to close with another quote from Thomas Long, who relates an illustration that many of us hear this morning can recall. Long writes, and I quote: “The school where I teach gave an honorary degree several years ago to a man named ...read more