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  • The Paradox Of Our Time In History  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 8, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,235 views

    The Paradox of Our Time in History The paradox of our time in history is that.... We have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less. We buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but ...read more

  • The Significance Of Nazareth  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,297 views

    The Significance of Nazareth "God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee." (Luke 1:26) Many Christian historians tell us that by the time of the birth of Christ, Nazareth had become an unimportant town. It was the home of Joseph and Mary (Luke 2:39) and Nazareth was where the ...read more

  • The Heart Of Mary: Circumcised Heart

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,297 views

    The Heart of Mary: Circumcised Heart "A man is not a Jew if he is only one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code..." (Romans ...read more

  • Stable Stabilizing

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Stable Stabilizing Luke 2:12 says, "Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; He is Christ the Lord... You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger." Just as Christ was humble enough to be born in a stinky stable and all stables have a bad smell, no matter how ...read more

  • The Heart Of Mary: Highly Favored

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    The Heart of Mary: Highly Favored "The angel went to her and said, 'Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.'" (Luke 1:28) This spoken blessing into her life did not come from abroad, but from the very throne of God and the term "highly favored" (kecharitomene) is an active ...read more

  • The Heart Of Mary: Submission To The Lord  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,960 views

    The Heart of Mary: Submission to the Lord "I am the Lord's servant... May it be to me as you have said." (Luke 1:38) The first desire in the child of God who wants to enjoy the favor of God in his life is to die to self and surrender to the will of God in his life. The key word here "servant" ...read more

  • A Brother Like That  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,254 views

    A BROTHER LIKE THAT A friend of mine named Paul received an automobile from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it. "Is this your car, Mister?" he asked. Paul nodded. "My brother gave ...read more

  • In One Of My Sources, I Read This About The ‘wise ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 27, 2008
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    In one of my sources, I read this about the ‘wise men’ and some of it was news to me! "Not much is known about these astrologers (traditionally called wise men). We don't know where they came from or how many there were. Tradition says they were men of high position from Parthia, near the site of ...read more

  • Extraordinary Gift Ideas

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Dec 8, 2008
     | 2,226 views

    EXTRAORDINARY GIFT IDEAS A while back, on "Good Morning, America," a co-host featured some gift ideas that might be called indescribable. They were extraordinary gifts that some of you might want to include on your Christmas gift list. One of them was a Jaguar automobile, the Jaguar 220. If you ...read more

  • The Visit

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on Dec 9, 2008
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    THE VISIT As Dr. Charles B. Hardwick points out (in his sermon “The Promise”, 2nd Presbyterian Church, 12/24/07): "On that Silent Night, God kept His promise: the God of the universe became flesh and blood and moved into the neighborhood – moved into a stable, moved into a feeding trough.. . God ...read more

  • One Giant Leap For Mankind  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Dec 10, 2008
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    ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND ONE OF THE GREAT EVENTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY took place on July 20th, 1969, at exactly 4:17 P.M., EDT, when the Lunar Module "Eagle" landed on the surface of the moon. The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on the moon. It was the 5th human spaceflight ...read more

  • Have You Heard The Humorus Story About A Young ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 11, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,596 views

    Have you heard the humorus story about a young boy who was disillusioned with Christmas he said to his father "Daddy does Santa really deliver the goods? After all He has to come back year after year and I'm still not satisfied." How right is that young boy! Let's face it, each year we ...read more

  • Jesus Is Better Than Santa!

    Contributed by Gregg Rustulka on Dec 20, 2008
     | 1,989 views

    Jesus is Better than Santa! Santa lives at the North Pole. JESUS is everywhere. Santa rides in a sleigh. JESUS rides on the wind and walks on the water. Santa comes but once a year. JESUS is an ever present help. Santa fills your stockings with goodies JESUS supplies all your needs. Santa ...read more

  • He's Alive!

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 21, 2008
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     | 3,697 views

    He's Alive! One church I read about put on a Christmas program that included a manger scene with their children. There was a little 5-year-old boy on the drama team, I think he was a shepherd that year. He was energetic to say the least! This little boy was a handful. During rehearsals he was all ...read more

  • A Gift For Nicolas Cage

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Dec 22, 2008
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     | 2,646 views

    A Gift for Nicolas Cage When the actor Nicolas Cage was a young boy, his father gave him a little Pinocchio for Christmas. Being a boy, he was a little rough with it, and broke its head off. So his father suggested they bury Pinocchio. The next morning, on the very place where they had buried ...read more

  • Silent Night

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 2,417 views

    SILENT NIGHT Europe in the early 1800s was a place of great war, turmoil and upheaval. Even after the Napoleonic Wars officially ended in 1815, it's effects continued to take their toll. The year 1816 was one in which national and municipal borders were divided, changed and reset. Areas, such as ...read more

  • Gives Us Sight

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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     | 2,444 views

    GIVES US SIGHT An obstetrician approached an anxious father in the waiting room of a New York City hospital and said, "I am sorry to inform you, but your baby lived but two hours after his birth. We did everything we could to save his life." As the sympathetic doctor was about to leave, the quick ...read more

  • Will He Find Any Faith?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,625 views

    WILL HE FIND ANY FAITH? Sherwood Eddy interviewed 25 young Communists in Moscow one day and asked each one how many hours he gave to the party each day. Not one of them gave less than three hours daily telling others about the virtues of communism. Some of them gave as much as nine hours each day ...read more

  • Born Identity

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 5,910 views

    BORN IDENTITY Jimmy Gupton tells of when he was 93 and ready to go on home to God. For the 1000th time, he had prayed for God to take him home. His wife had been gone for seven years, and it was getting harder and harder to go through the motions of the holiday. He had a big silver Christmas tree ...read more

  • Soren Kierkegaard, The Great Danish Theologian Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,238 views

    Soren Kierkegaard, the great Danish theologian of another century, tells the story of a prince who was running an errand for his father one day in the local village. As he did so, he passed through a very poor section of the town. Looking through the window of his carriage, he saw a beautiful young ...read more

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