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  • The Great Anglican Bishop, J. C. Ryle, Said Of ...

    Contributed by Robert Walter on Dec 24, 2004
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    The great Anglican Bishop, J. C. Ryle, said of these first seekers of truth (the Magi), “We read of no greater faith than this in all the Bible. It is a faith that deserves to be placed side by side with that of the penitent thief. The thief saw one dying the death of a malefactor and yet prayed to ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • The Blessed Future

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jun 11, 2009
     | 4,281 views

    The Blessed Future The doctor did not think the dying daughter would hear when he said to the mother, "Poor child; she has seen her best days." But she heard him and said, "No, Doctor, I haven’t seen my best days; my best days are still to come when ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Dunant Was Born In 1828 In Switzerland. He Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Aug 1, 2002
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    Dunant was born in 1828 in Switzerland. He was born of wealthy parents, born with a silver spoon in his mouth, so to speak. He could have lived a life of lazy luxury. Yet, Dunant was a caring, compassionate young man who visited the sick & poor. As a young man he established an organization in ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • The Daughter Of A Preacher Picked Up A Paper ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 1, 2007
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    The daughter of a preacher picked up a paper packet of straight pins from her mother’s sewing basket. As it fell open dramatically, the little girl gave one astonished look, then dashed to the study, saying, “Look, daddy, look! Here’s your congregation; see? Pew after pew of them, sitting in ...read more

    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • I Want To Share A Story About A Man By The Name ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I want to share a story about a man by the name of Karl Marx. (Has anyone here ever heard of him?) He is known as the father of Communism. He had one agenda and one agenda only and that was for communism to replace capitalism. Let me explain. Today, in USA, we live in a capitalistic society where ...read more

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  • Edison: A Lovesick ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
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    EDISON: A LOVESICK FOOL When Thomas Edison was 38 years old, his wife died leaving him a very lonely man. Six months after her death, Edison began looking for a new mate. He would leave no stone unturned in a systematic search reflecting his scientific nature. Although he liked to be portrayed in ...read more

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  • Servanthood & Father Damien

    Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Aug 4, 2022
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    When visiting the Hawaiian Island many tourists will visit the island of Molokai. It has quiet charm, gentle breezes and a soft surf. Father Damien came to the island for a different reason. He came to help people die. He came there because leprosy came there first. No one knows how ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Obesity Is A Condition Which Proves That The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    Obesity is a condition which proves that the Lord does not help those who help themselves and ...read more

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  • 8 In 10 Americans Earning More Than $1 Million A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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    8 in 10 Americans earning more than $1 million a year leave nothing to charity in their wills. "Philanthropy is part of the unspoken contract that underpins the American dream. If that contract is broken, a backlash is likely. Every American, rich and poor, would lose." This same issue lists ...read more

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  • Traditions  PRO

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Nov 29, 2006
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    Traditions J.I. Packer wrote, “All Christians are at once beneficiaries and victims of tradition—beneficiaries, who receive nurturing truth and wisdom from God’s faithfulness in past generations; victims, who now take for granted things that need to be questioned, thus treating as divine absolutes ...read more

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Listen To What Shakespeare Has Macbeth Saying: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on May 6, 2002
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    Listen to what Shakespeare has Macbeth saying: “Tomorrow, and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, Out, brief candle Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Charles Haddon Spurgeon: ‘that The King Should ...

    Contributed by Peter Bines on Jan 22, 2008
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    Charles Haddon Spurgeon: ‘That the king should say to the petitioner, “Bring your case before me, and I will grant your desire,” is kindness. But for Him to say, “I will be your secretary. I will write out your petition for you. I will put it into proper words so that your petition shall be framed ...read more

    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Jesus Warns Us About Holding To Material Things ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 5, 2009
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    Jesus warns us about holding to material things so that they cause us worry. One source instructs, "Jesus' words strike at the core of human selfishness, challenging both the well-to-do who have possessions to guard and the poor who wish they could acquire them." Citing theologian Minear, "Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • One Of The Men Who Most Influenced D. L. Moody ...

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 29, 2005
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    One of the men who most influenced D. L. Moody was a young preacher named Henry Moorehouse. He once preached for Moody for an entire week using the same text every night—John 3:16. The preaching of Moorehouse, according to Moody, was much different from his own. Instead of preaching that God was ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • The Cold Within

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 11, 2004
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    The Cold Within (unknown) Six humans trapped by happenstance in black and bitter cold. Each one possessed a stick of wood (or so the story’s told). Their dying fire, in need of logs, the first woman held hers back, For on the faces around the fire, she noticed one was black. The second, looking ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Pauline Just Returned To The States After Being ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Pauline just returned to the States after being in Portugal for 4 months. She told my wife the other day that while she was there she felt like God wanted her to teach a ladies’ bible study on Wednesday mornings. So she did but after a while she felt God was telling her that on Wednesday mornings ...read more

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  • Once You Are A Christian, God Intends To Use You ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    Once you are a Christian, God intends to use you for His goals. God has a MINISTRY for you in His Church and a MISSION for you in the world! Regardless of your job of career, you are called by God to FULL-TIME CHRISTIAN SERVICE! If you are not involved in any service or ministry, what excuse are ...read more

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  • Beware Of Drifting

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 17, 2008
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    BEWARE OF DRIFTING Leonardo da Vinci, when painting "The Last Supper," went looking for models to sit for the various disciples and for Jesus. He found a handsome and innocent looking man in a choir in one of the churches in Italy. He painted him as Jesus in the great painting. The man's name was ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • You Think He Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
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    "YOU THINK HE WAS MAD?..." An important business executive boarded the New-Orleans-to-Washington train. He was a heavy sleeper, and he needed to be awakened in order to get off the train in Atlanta about five o’clock in the morning. He found a porter and told him, "I want you to awaken me in order ...read more

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  • Suburban Outreach

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2010
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    SUBURBAN OUTREACH Calvin Miller teaches in Birmingham, Alabama, at the Beeson Divinity School. He recently wrote a provocative article entitled, "Rethinking Suburban Evangelism," on the challenge taking the gospel to people who sense no need: "Suburbia: the push-button Zion of those who have made ...read more

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