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  • We Need Hope

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    WE NEED HOPE Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Dusk was falling on the Saturday before Christmas in 1927 the S-4 submarine (S-class submarines, were the first class of submarines built ...read more

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  • Identify With The Lost

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    IDENTIFY WITH THE LOST In her famous book and film, "The Hiding Place" Corrie ten Boom tells the story of a Dutch Christian family, her family, who had a heart for the Jewish people. Her grandfather Wilhelm started a weekly prayer group in 1844 in the city of Haarlem, near Amsterdam for the ...read more

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  • On May 18, 1992, Time Magazine Put Roger Keith ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    On May 18, 1992, Time magazine put Roger Keith Coleman on its cover with the caption: “This man might be innocent. This man is due to die.” Reporter Jill Smolowe began her story by asking, “Must this man die? . . . That could be a tragic mistake.” Two days later Mr. Coleman was executed for ...read more

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  • Mourner's Bench

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jun 26, 2006
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    MOURNER'S BENCH In the late 1700’s there was something called the “mourner’s bench.” An altar call would be given, and people who desired to become Christians would come down front to a bench at the front and pray until they “felt” saved. They would be seeking a “strange warming of the heart” as ...read more

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Nation Losing Protestant ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    NATION LOSING PROTESTANT MAJORITY The U.S. Religious Landscape Survey by the Pew Forum estimates the U.S. is 78% Christian and about to lose its status as a majority Protestant nation, at 51% and slipping. More than 25% of U.S. adults have left the faith of their childhood for another religion or ...read more

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  • David Guzik Comments On Why There Are 12 Tribes, ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 26, 2009
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    David Guzik comments on why there are 12 tribes, although defined with variation: "12 is a number often associated with government or administration in God’s eyes. There are 12 tribes, 12 apostles, 12 princes of Ishmael, 12 pillars on Moses’ altar, 12 stones on the high priest’s breastplate, 12 ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • You Know Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
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    YOU KNOW NOT WHEN The people of Martinique sent representatives to that smoldering volcano, Mount Pelee, to see what the condition was. They returned and gave false reports and the city slept on, in all its vice. Nature took warning and the reptiles commenced crawling down the mountainside, birds ...read more

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  • Africaner' Was The Nickname Given To A Local ...

    Contributed by Jaco Bester on Apr 2, 2009
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    ‘Africaner’ was the nickname given to a local desperado of Namaqualand in the 1800’s. He was such a hardened character that the governor at Cape Town offered five hundred pounds as a reward to anyone that could deliver him, dead or alive. He and his men were the terror of that part of South Africa, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Prayer Improves Health Care For Coronary ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    PRAYER IMPROVES HEALTH CARE FOR CORONARY PATIENTS Research at San Francisco General Hospital has revealed that victims of heart attack, heart failure and other cardiac problems who were remembered in prayers fared better than those who were not. Cardiologist Randy Byrd assigned 192 patients to the ...read more

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  • The Eternal Creator Has Ultimately Revealed ...

    Contributed by James Wallace on Nov 12, 2009
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    The Eternal Creator has ultimately revealed himself by becoming one incredible man, Jesus Christ, who demonstrated the truth about God---that He is gracious & willing to save us from our sins. Now that is incredibly great news for us. Of all possible core realities behind this vast universe in ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

  • Miraculous Protection Of Missionary John G. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 17, 2009
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    Miraculous Protection of Missionary John G. Paton John G. Paton was a missionary to the New Hebrides. He had aroused the enmity of the local native chief by his successes in the Gospel, the chief hired a man to kill the missionary. The man went to the missionary’s house, but instead of murdering ...read more

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  • One-And-A-Half Degrees Off

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 30, 2011
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    ONE-AND-A-HALF DEGREES OFF On October 31, 1983, Korean Airlines Flight 007 departed from Anchorage, Alaska, for a direct flight to Seoul, Korea. Unknown to the crew, however, the computer engaging the flight navigation system contained a 1 1/2 degree routing error. At the point of departure, the ...read more

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  • Bangedy Bang

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 4, 2011
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    BANGEDY BANG A soldier in the heat of battle had his gun jam on him. The enemy was charging straight for him and he was defenseless, desperate! For some unknown reason he pointed his finger at the man and said "Bangedy bang" and the guy fell down dead. He looked at his hand and thought, wow! ...read more

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  • Paul Tournier On Persisting In Prayer

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 13, 2011
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    PAUL TOURNIER ON PERSISTING IN PRAYER Paul Tournier, the great psychiatrist and Christian counselor, tells in one his essays about the first time he tried to pray for a solid hour. He says that he set his watch on the table and began to pray, and after what he thought was a good while, checked the ...read more

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  • God's Heartbeat In Us  PRO

    Contributed by John D Jones on Oct 26, 2011
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    GOD'S HEARTBEAT IN US For 72 years Gordon and Norma Yeager shared their lives together as husband and wife. On October 12, 2011, while on a morning drive Gordon came to a stop sign and failed to yield to oncoming traffic. The elderly couple was taken to the Marshalltown Hospital near Des Moines, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Stalin: Like Steel Toward God

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 6, 2011
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    STALIN: LIKE STEEL TOWARD GOD According to Svetlana Stalin, as her father, Joseph Stalin lay dying, he was plagued with terrifying hallucinations. He suddenly sat halfway up in bed, clenched his fist toward the heavens once more, fell back upon his pillow, and was dead. The incredible irony of ...read more

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  • Dedication Is Costly

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 4, 2012
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    DEDICATION IS COSTLY Bertoldo de Giovanni is a name even the most enthusiastic lover of art is unlikely to recognize. He was the pupil of Donatello, the greatest sculptor of his time, and he was the teacher of Michelangelo, the greatest sculptor of all time. Michelangelo was only 14 years old when ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • The Ring And The Carrot

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 9, 2012
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    THE RING AND THE CARROT "A Swedish woman who lost her wedding ring 16 years ago was flabbergasted when she found it again, around a carrot growing in her garden, media reported Saturday. Lena Paahlsson had taken off the white gold ring before a Christmas baking session with her daughters in 1995, ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Nathan Barlow--Missionary ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2012
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    NATHAN BARLOW--MISSIONARY DOCTOR Nathan Barlow was a missionary Doctor to Ethiopia. He served there for over 60 years primarily helping people with an affliction called Mossy Foot. This caused swelling and ulcers in the feet and lower legs and caused people to become social outcasts. When Nathan’s ...read more

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  • The Birth Of Jesus - An Ordinary Time But An Extraordinary Birth

    Contributed by David Simpson on Jan 15, 2013
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    The Romans dominated the country. The Jewish people were captive to Roman law and Roman ways. That is what compelled Joseph to travel with his pregnant wife Mary from Nazareth to Bethlehem (some 80 miles). To return to his ancestral home for the purpose of registering for the Roman census. Just ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church