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  • We Can Overcome

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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    WE CAN OVERCOME Take for example Egyptian hieroglyphics. In seminary I had plenty of brilliant folks for classmates, just amazing people. One man, Kevin was with us on our trip to the Holy Land. Kevin finishing his M.Div at Princeton and was soon on his way to Harvard for a Ph.D. in biblical ...read more

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  • Depression Stats

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    DEPRESSION STATS The state of depression is a very real and common affliction among people of all ages, race and culture. In January of 2005, Bob Murray, PhD and Alicia Fortinberry, MS complied some staggering statistics on depression: - Depressive disorders affect approximately 18.8 million ...read more

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  • Transcending Tradition

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    TRANSCENDING TRADITION During these tough economic times, churches all across the country are seeing a sharp drop in their offerings. Thankfully, we haven’t seen that here, yet, but a lot of churches have, one of them being the Cross Timbers Community Church in Argyle, Texas. Their drop in income ...read more

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  • The Lord Is Your Shepherd, And That's Enough  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Moyer on Aug 5, 2009
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    THE LORD IS YOUR SHEPHERD, AND THAT’S ENOUGH One time there was a newspaper office in that always had a practice that if the pastors in that city would call in and give them texts and titles to their messages, they would print them in the paper so all the people in the city would know on what ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Ponder This Thought From Max Lucado, "If God Can ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 28, 2009
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    Ponder this thought from Max Lucado, "If God can make a billion galaxies, can’t he make good out of our bad and sense out of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Dream Big

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Jan 2, 2010
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    DREAM BIG "I believe God wants us to dream, and to dream big, because He’s a big God who wants to do big things, and He wants to do them ...read more

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  • From A Cave To A Castle  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2010
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    FROM A CAVE TO A CASTLE Flat broke and homeless, brothers Geza and Zslot Peladi literally lived in a cave near Budapest for years. They left their dank home only to scrape together whatever money they could through selling scrap metal and candy. Theirs was a hopeless situation. But then ...read more

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  • Rene' Gets Lost

    Contributed by Paul Kendall on Apr 23, 2010
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    RENE' GETS LOST In her freshman year of college, my daughter Rene’ agreed to take some friends to the Tampa airport as they returned home for Christmas break. They showed her the way there-—and to get back-—she would simply follow the same route backwards and then come on home to celebrate ...read more

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  • The Importance Of Perspective  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010
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    THE IMPORTANCE OF PERSPECTIVE When I think of perspective I am often reminded of a conversation between me and my son in the summer he turned four. That spring, Mark had asked for a spot in the family garden to call his own. He turned the soil, broke the clumps, and planted his favorite ...read more

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  • Middle C

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
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    MIDDLE C When Lloyd C. Douglas, author of The Robe and other novels, was a university student, he lived in a boarding house. Downstairs on the first floor was an elderly, retired music teacher who was infirm and unable to leave the apartment. Douglas said that every morning they had a ritual they ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • Bennie Demerchant: God In Our Desperate Places

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2011
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    BENNIE DEMERCHANT: GOD IN OUR DESPERATE PLACES Brother Bennie Demerchant tells the story of an incredibly desperate place in his book Full Throttle in the chapter called "Extinguished Candles." The work in Brazil had been very productive with churches being established and converts being won. But ...read more

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  • God Exists

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2011
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    "GOD EXISTS" One of my favorite stories is about this theologian named MacLeod. Now this man lived in Ireland back in the 1600s in a monastery. He worked part of his time as wood carver. MacLeod writes that very often he would awaken in the morning and wonder if God really existed. Finally one day ...read more

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  • No Faith, No Power

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 5, 2011
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    NO FAITH, NO POWER When I was growing up in Oklahoma, there was a lake my family and I frequented a lot called Keystone Lake. Keystone was not a natural lake; prior to its creation in 1962, there were towns located there, one of which gives the lake its name. The town was to be flooded to make a ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • God Will Lift Up Your Head

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 12, 2011
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    GOD WILL LIFT UP YOUR HEAD During the Thirty Years' War in the 17th century, German pastor Paul Gerhardt and his family were forced to flee from their home. One night as they stayed in a small village inn, homeless and afraid, his wife broke down and cried openly in despair. To comfort her, ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Miracle Story

    Contributed by Dr. Nicholas M. Muteti on Jun 20, 2011
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    MIRACLE STORY Many years ago in Kenya, a parent of one of my students came to me and told me what God did for their family. His daughter was born with serious physical problems. Doctors said that she will not be able to give birth her entire life. Her father and mother began to pray fervently for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Wanting To Give Up

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 1, 2011
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    WANTING TO GIVE UP "In 1965 a divorced mother of two found a classified ad offering a restaurant for sale. She mortgaged her house to purchase the restaurant, the original Chris's steakhouse. In 1976 a fire forced her to relocate. Under the original purchase agreement, the name 'Chris Steak House' ...read more

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  • Value From Brokenness

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Sep 18, 2011
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    VALUE FROM BROKENNESS "Going once, going twice, sold for $7,000.00!" The auctioneer said right before his gavel hit the table. Rita Coors was elated. She'd just purchased a porcelain mask, hand painted by John Denver. She couldn't wait to hold it in her hands. As the auctioneer at the 1997 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • When Everything Crumbles

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Sep 22, 2011
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    WHEN EVERYTHING CRUMBLES September 11th is one of those moments frozen in time. It is one of those moments that everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news. When the first plane struck the tower at 8:45am, it was a moment that would reshape the fabric of ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • My Life Is In His Hands

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Dec 12, 2011
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    MY LIFE IS IN HIS HANDS Chuck Colson tells about going to Salem, OR. & preaching to prisoners there. Kathy Trocoli went with him, sang the song, "My Life is in His Hands." After the service was over, one of the inmates came up to Kathy and said, "I really want to thank you for singing that song. ...read more

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  • The Difference Between Life And Death  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2012
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    THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH In his book Winning Life’s Toughest Battles, psychologist Julius Segal wrote about the 25,000 soldiers who were held by the Japanese in POW camps during World War II. "Forced to exist under inhumane conditions, many of them died. Others, however, survived and ...read more

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