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  • François Fénelon Once ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    François Fénelon once wrote: "Lord, I know not what I ought to ask of Thee; Thou only knowest what I need; Thou lovest me better than I know how to love myself. O Father! give to Thy child that which he himself knows not how to ask. I dare not ask for crosses or consolations; I simply present ...read more

  • Marriage And Creation

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 30, 2009
     | 3,815 views

    Marriage and Creation Your life started as the joining of two cells, One from your mother and one from your father. That cell from your dad made in an incredible journey as one of thousands. Each cell carries 23 chromosomes. When the cell from your dad and the cell from your mom met, they formed ...read more

  • A Child's ...

    Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Jun 11, 2009
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    A CHILD’S PRAYER (a classic illustration by D. L. Moody) At the close of one of the afternoon meetings we had in the Berkeley street church a few weeks ago, a little child brought me a note. I put it in my pocket, and read it when I got home. It was this, "Won’t you pray that my mother may ...read more

  • Other Gods  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,914 views

    OTHER GODS J.I. Packer described the propensity to Other Gods: "What other gods could we have besides the Lord? Plenty. For Israel there were the Canaanite Baals, those jolly nature gods whose worship was a rampage of gluttony, drunkenness, and ritual prostitution. For us there are still the ...read more

  • We Are Not Saved By Being A Good Samaritan.

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 2, 2022
    based on 1 rating
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    "Recall that the Jewish lawyer asked Jesus, "What shall I DO?. So, here Jesus tosses the "DO" back to him! Don't misunderstand -- Jesus is not teaching a works based way to inherit eternal life, but He is saying in essence if you do this perfectly, without ...read more

  • Adopted By Christ  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jul 9, 2001
    based on 110 ratings
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    Illus.: “Adopted by Christ” John was born into a family of 12 children. They were very poor. He was the youngest. He never remembered his father eating a meal with the rest of the family. He had to work long hours to feed his family. One day his father ran off with another woman, leaving his ...read more

  • Steward Of The Light  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Elmore on Jan 17, 2002
    based on 27 ratings
     | 7,033 views

    STEWARD OF THE LIGHT In the nineteenth century, lighthouses on the U.S. coasts were tended by lighthouse keepers and their families. If a man who tended the light took ill or became disabled, often the work was picked up by his wife or children. Such was the case of Hosea Lewis. Having become, ...read more

  • Ambassador To The King—communion Meditation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 24, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
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    AMBASSADOR TO THE KING-- Communion Meditation "I served on the board of a Christian college for several years. During that time, the government of Swaziland wanted to recruit Christian school teachers to come to their country and help them set up a Christian school system. Swaziland is a ...read more

  • Have You Ever Seen The Walt Disney Movie, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Feb 25, 2003
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    Have you ever seen the Walt Disney movie, Hercules? It’s a great movie. Zeus was the father of all the gods. That is god with a small “g.” Zeus had a son named Hercules. Hades who was the ruler of the underworld was angry with Zeus so he devised a plan to overthrow the gods and take over Mt. ...read more

  • Our Comfort, Our Hope—communion Meditation  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Mar 30, 2003
    based on 58 ratings
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    OUR COMFORT, OUR HOPE-- COMMUNION MEDITATION Recently I came across a true story that happened during the Holocaust of the Second World War. Solomon Rosenberg, his wife and their 2 sons were arrested, together with Rosenburg's mother and father for the crime of being Jews. They were placed in a ...read more

  • Patsy Clairmont In Her Book "Under His Wings" ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Hamby on Aug 11, 2003
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    Patsy Clairmont in her book “Under His Wings” tells a moving story of the reality of dealing with grief. “We buried my friend’s 26 year old son last week. An accidental gunshot took Jeff’s life. We have more questions than answers. We are offended at people who have all the answers and no ...read more

  • This Morning, As You Sit Where You Are, Imagine ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 4, 2007
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    This morning, as you sit where you are, imagine with me that this platform is the front of the courtroom. Imagine with me that you sit in the seat of the defendant. To your right in this courtroom, sits Satan, the Devil. His job is to get a guilty verdict and keep you from experiencing ...read more

  • This Morning, As You Sit Where You Are, Imagine ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 4, 2007
     | 878 views

    This morning, as you sit where you are, imagine with me that this platform is the front of the courtroom. Imagine with me that you sit in the seat of the defendant. To your right in this courtroom, sits Satan, the Devil. His job is to get a guilty verdict and keep you from experiencing ...read more

  • What We Can Learn From The "Lesser Knowns"

    Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Jan 21, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,146 views

    What We Can Learn From the "Lesser Knowns" The media makes note of the well-known celebrities who die, and this year there is quite a long, sad list: John Ritter. Fred Rogers. Johnny Cash. June Carter Cash. Bob Hope. David Brinkley. Gregory Peck. Katharine Hepburn. Buddy Hackett. Buddy Ebsen. But ...read more

  • A One Way Street With No Turns!" Luke 9: 49-50 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 8, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
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    “A One Way Street With No Turns!” Luke 9: 49-50 Key verse(s): 49: “‘Master,’ said John, ‘we say a man driving out demons in your name and we tried to stop him, because his is not one of us.’” “For many years Sir Walter Scott was the leading literary figure in the British Empire. No one ...read more

  • Gordon Was A Skinny, Underweight Lad Of 17 When ...

    Contributed by Mack Armstrong on Jun 14, 2007
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    Gordon was a skinny, underweight lad of 17 when he talked his mother into signing him up so he could join the Marines. The week he left for "Boot Camp" he was in my office and told me the following. He said he wished for one thing only in this life. And, if he could get his wish, he would never ask ...read more

  • I Have To Close This By Telling You Earl's Story: ...

    Contributed by Scott Bradford on Jun 2, 2008
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    I have to close this by telling you Earl’s story: He was sixty-eight years old and had moved to Junction, TX from Michigan to be near his wife’s family. Many people thought of him as being obnoxious, or a curmudgeon, or a host of other words I cannot repeat this morning. I had breakfast with him ...read more

  • Public Opinion

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    PUBLIC OPINION Some of you may have seen the joke that circulated this week on e-mail that tries to explain why Moses and the Israelites wandered in the wilderness for forty years. The punch line of the e-mail read, "Even then, men would not stop for directions." While this may not really explain ...read more

  • Pastor John R Ramsey Once Wrote, "For Some Time I ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 1, 2008
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    Pastor John R Ramsey once wrote, “For some time I have had a person provide me with a rose boutonniere to pin on the lapel of my suit every Sunday. Because I always got a flower on Sunday morning, I really did not think much of it. It was a nice gesture that I appreciated, but it became routine. ...read more

  • In The Nineteenth ...

    Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 26, 2008
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    In the nineteenth century, lighthouses on the U.S. coasts were tended by lighthouse keepers and their families. If a man who tended the light became disabled, often the work was picked up by his wife or children. Such was the case of Hosea Lewis. In 1853 he became the keeper of the light on ...read more