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  • We Find Ourselves In An Interesting Time In Our ...

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Jan 15, 2007
     | 1,178 views

    We find ourselves in an interesting time in our churches history again. We are losing for a season Sherrie, Becky and the kids, this after just losing David, Juliann and Wyatt, boy it would be easy to lose heart. Yet God keeps giving me great expectation for this upcoming year, something that ...read more

  • Some Timber Producers Have To Wait Up To 180 ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Sep 29, 2004
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     | 2,257 views

    Some timber producers have to wait up to 180 years to produce a harvest! That means the planter will never know the great grandchild who reaps the harvest, and the harvester will never know the forefather who planted the seed. The future depends on the foresight and patience of each ...read more

  • As You Wait To Build The Relationships With Those ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 13, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,746 views

    As you wait to build the relationships with those neighbors let me share with you something we learned a couple of years ago in our 50-Day Spiritual Adventure and that was how to pray for our neighbors using the acronym BLESS. BODY—we pray for their health, protection and strength. LABOR—for their ...read more

  • When Orville And Wilbur Wright Finally Succeeded ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,525 views

    When Orville and Wilbur Wright finally succeeded in flying the first airplane for fifty-nine seconds on December 17, 1903, they rushed a telegram to their sister in Dayton, Ohio, telling of their amazing accomplishment. The telegram read, "First sustained flight today fifty-nine seconds. Hope to be ...read more

  • The Concern May Be For An Individual. One Night ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,851 views

    The concern may be for an individual. One night in 1962 in a hotel in Seattle, Billy Graham was sound asleep. Suddenly he awoke with what he later described as "a burden to pray for Marilyn Monroe," the movie actress. When the feeling continued the next day, one of Graham’s associates tries to ...read more

  • Monastery

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,011 views

    Monastery The story is told of a monastery in Portugal, perched high on a 3,000 foot cliff and accessible only by a terrifying ride in a swaying basket. The basket is pulled with a single rope by several strong men, perspiring under the strain of the fully loaded basket. One American tourist who ...read more

  • Despair

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,433 views

    . DESPAIR A. No Hope On Sea Or Land. The 2,037-ton Portuguese coastal steamer, Save, with 53 crewmen, 300 Portuguese troops, and 200 Mozambique Africans aboard, grounded on a sandbar of East Africa during a storm. While rescue efforts were being made from the shore, fire broke out on the ship. ...read more

  • As A Young Boy, I Can Remember Am Radio, And How ...

    Contributed by Jason Duhon on Nov 5, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,884 views

    As a young boy, I can remember AM radio, and how few stations we could receive back then. Tuning in usually required a good antenna, a good radio, and a steady hand. Our ears were anticipating the music, as we carefully turn the knob in hopes of a good reception. When we await the voice of ...read more

  • The Basics  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Lobmiller on Apr 28, 2008
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     | 2,484 views

    THE BASICS * We believe in sanctification through the Word of God and by the Holy Spirit, and we believe in personal holiness, purity of heart and life. * We believe in divine healing, through faith in the Name of Jesus Christ, and that healing is included in the Redemption. * We believe in ...read more

  • The Resurrection Is Crucial

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 9, 2008
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     | 7,044 views

    THE RESURRECTION IS CRUCIAL So significant is this event that the whole of the Christian faith would fall if the resurrection of Jesus Christ were not true. William Lane Craig suggests that, “Without the belief in the resurrection, the Christian faith could not have come into being. The disciples ...read more

  • Christmas Preaches A Faith

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,362 views

    CHRISTMAS PREACHES A FAITH A 2001 newspaper article explained that the president celebrated many faiths during the holidays – not only Christmas, but also presiding over a Jewish Hanukkah celebration and commemorating the end of Ramadan in a Washington mosque. Ari Fleischer, presidential ...read more

  • God's Strange Answers

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 9, 2010
     | 2,288 views

    GOD'S STRANGE ANSWERS He was a Christian, and he prayed. He asked for strength to do greater things, but he was given infirmity that he might do better things. He asked for riches that he might be happy; he was given poverty that he might be wise. He asked for power that he might have the ...read more

  • Will You Pray For The Taliban?

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jul 16, 2010
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     | 2,073 views

    WILL YOU PRAY FOR THE TALIBAN? I am all too ready to say that the TALIBAN deserve God's judgment without really thinking twice. I tend to think of them in the same way that I think about SODOM AND GOMORRAH. But did Sodom and Gomorrah really deserve to be judged? Does the Taliban? If I knew that a ...read more

  • Jesus Had A Rose

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
     | 4,283 views

    JESUS HAD A ROSE Judy Packard of Lake Leelanau, Michigan, talks about the time her neighbor, visiting the Holy Land, sent a letter describing the beautiful gardens. Her 6-year-old mused, "I wonder if he saw the rose." "What rose?" Judy asked. "You know," said her child, "like the Bible women ...read more

  • Just Like Marriage

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 9, 2013
     | 1,650 views

    JUST LIKE MARRIAGE My 7-year-old daughter wanted to take violin lessons, so I took her to a music store to rent an instrument. Hoping she would understand the importance of practicing, I explained that violin lessons were expensive so she would have to work hard. "There may be times when you ...read more

  • Jesus, Buddha And Mohammed

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on May 19, 2016
     | 5,653 views

    JESUS, BUDDHA AND MOHAMMED "Buddha never claimed to be God. Moses never claimed to be Jehovah. Mohammed never claimed to be Allah. Yet Jesus Christ claimed to be the true and living God. Buddha simply said, ’I am a teacher in search of the truth.’ Jesus said, ’I am the Truth.’ Confucius said, ’I ...read more

  • Creche And The Second Coming

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017
     | 4,690 views

    Marques Silva writes, “In college I was surprised when a close friend explained her family crèche. It wasn’t the style or the model that caused me to pause. It was the addition of a figurine that I had neither seen nor considered before. This particular set included not only the baby Jesus but an ...read more

  • Being Busy Is One Thing, Being Overbusy Is ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Dec 3, 2008
     | 1,121 views

    Being busy is one thing, being overbusy is another. Life, reality has limits. Right now our nation, I believe is having to learn (I truly hope) that there are limits. We have to come to grips with the truth that we can only do so much in a day and in a month and in a year and in a lifetime. We are ...read more

  • A Young Soldier Was Going Off To Fight In World ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
     | 1,555 views

    A young soldier was going off to fight in World War II against the Japanese. As his father put him on the train and waved good-bye, he turned with bitter tears and said, "If my son is killed, I hope every Japanese in the world is killed!" A year later the son was killed. Soon $10,000 in life ...read more

  • Fan Or Follower?

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
     | 3,232 views

    FAN OR FOLLOWER? Kyle Idelman writes: It was a Thursday afternoon, and I was sitting in our sanctuary where 30,000 people would soon be coming to one of our Easter services. I had no idea what I was going to say to them. I could feel the pressure mounting. I sat there hoping that a sermon would ...read more

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