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  • Few People Have The Privilege Of A Private ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 11, 2008
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    Few people have the privilege of a private audience with Pope John Paul II. One who did was journalist Tim Russert, NBC News Washington Bureau chief, Meet The Press moderator, and former altar boy. This was his experience: I’ll never forget it. I was there to convince His Holiness it was in his ...read more

  • Our Commitment In The Service Of Lord In Very ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
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    Our commitment in the service of Lord in very important in building the body of Christ. And I challenge you to commit your life in the ministry: Confidently, wholeheartedly and absolutely for the glory of God. Illustrations. In Yorkshire, England, during the early 1800s, two sons were born to a ...read more

  • Missing The Big Story  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,665 views

    Missing the Big Story On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made their first flight of an airplane at Kitty Hawk NC. The flight lasted 59 seconds and travelled 850 ft. Wilbur rushed to the local telegraph office and sent the following message home -- WE HAVE FLOWN FOR 59 SECONDS - WE ...read more

  • A Vision Changes Everything  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    A VISION CHANGES EVERYTHING Donald S. Whitney in his book, "Spiritual Disciplines For The Christian Life" has said: "Discipline without direction is drudgery." He gives an example of a six-year-old boy named Kevin sitting one afternoon at guitar lessons. Outside are the other boys laughing and ...read more

  • Inspect Versus Expect

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Feb 13, 2023
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    There was a young boy who was notorious for cleaning according to what his parents would inspect, but not necessarily what they would expect. In other words, he would do things like fold and put away the dirty laundry, and put away the dirty dishes thinking they were clean. Things looked tidy on ...read more

  • The Devil Never Takes A Day Off

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Aug 7, 2023
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    Not long ago, ... a minister shared... a conversation ...he had ... with one of his ...parishioners. He said that one day ... a church member ... called him up on the telephone, ... and angrily said ... I phoned you Saturday, ... but I could not get you. The pastor explained that it was his day ...read more

  • Be Faithful

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 1, 2026
     | 143 views

    DO WE UNDERSTAND FAITHFULNESS? Have you heard RHONDA VINCENT’S STORY OF FAITHFULNESS? Rhonda and her family were under contract at SILVER DOLLAR CITY TO DO 5—ONE HOUR MUSIC PROGRAMS A DAY. One day it was raining real hard. No one was in the crowd. No one, but the contract was for 5 shows. Rhonda ...read more

  • Almost Ten Years Ago, I Taught A Life Science ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Apr 15, 2002
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    Almost ten years ago, I taught a Life Science class at Mission High School in San Francisco. The class was made up of students who didn’t want to take Biology and failed Life Science at least once before, some more than once. Many days, I would have students who came to class from the police ...read more

  • Seeing In The Glory Of God

    Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Aug 23, 2009
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    SEEING IN THE GLORY OF GOD Tom Long, professor of Homiletics at Candler School of Theology, tells the story of striking up a conversation with a man on a plane. He said they shared the normal kind of nice chit chat, sharing what they each did for a living and sharing pictures of their families. ...read more

  • Listening To The Master's Voice  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    LISTENING TO THE MASTER'S VOICE One of the first exposes of the beliefs of our future ministers was made by Redbook magazine in August of 1961. The publishers hired one of the top pollsters in the nation to survey a full representation of our seminaries which are supposedly preparing men for ...read more

  • Leave Room For God To Work

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 20, 2011
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    LEAVE ROOM FOR GOD TO WORK There was an amazing story recently that took place during the riots in Egypt. As a backdrop remember that on New Year’s Day of this year there was a suicide bombing of a Christian church in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, which killed 23 Christians and wounded 97 ...read more

  • America's Spiritual Bankruptcy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2011
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    AMERICA'S SPIRITUAL BANKRUPTCY America is incrementally and systematically rejecting God. America’s moral bankruptcy is symptomatic of its spiritual bankruptcy. For example: • In 1962 the Supreme Court ruled against prayer in our schools. In 1963, they outlawed Bible Readings. • In Alaska public ...read more

  • The Idol Of Sexual ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 27, 2012
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    THE IDOL OF SEXUAL IMMORALITY -The next idol hasn’t just slipped in the door, it has kicked in the door. It is the Eros problem, our society has overdosed on immoral sexual behavior. Kids in my generation had to seek out things that had sexual overtones and it was usually pretty difficult to find ...read more

  • Dealing With People Is So Very Difficult, This ...

    Contributed by John Quigley on May 29, 2007
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    Dealing with people is so very difficult, this week on Thursday as I was working on my sermon for today, my computer system went down. I was no longer able to connect to the internet, I was studying for the sermon and I was no longer able to do so. I called the folks at Wild Blue and told them what ...read more

  • In The Town Of Port Hope In Ontario, There Is A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In the town of Port Hope in Ontario, there is a monument erected, not for a politician or a war hero, but for a poor, unselfish working man who gave most of his life and energy to help those who could not repay him. Joseph Scriven was born in Dublin 1820. In his younger days, he had the potential ...read more

  • Trust In The Lord With All Your Heart And He Will ...

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Sep 3, 2007
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    Trust in the LORD with all your heart and HE will acknowledge and HE will light your way. This prayer has been sent to you for good luck. The original copy is from the Netherlands. It has been around the world nine times. The luck has now been brought to you. You will receive good luck within ...read more

  • Making History—communion Meditation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 1, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
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    MAKING HISTORY--COMMUNION MEDITATION The author Circian writes: “Nathan Hale was a young man who had every prospect for a happy and fulfilling life. He was very well educated for his day—a Yale graduate in an era when very few went to college. Although there are many contemporary accounts ...read more

  • Islam  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
    based on 37 ratings
     | 2,603 views

    ISLAM What’s the main idea? On his many caravan rides along the trading route between Syria and Arabia, a merchant named Muhammad observed people of all kinds of faiths. He became increasingly concerned that people were straying from ethical and moral responsibility. In A.D. 610, ...read more

  • In "The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe," By ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 15, 2005
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    In "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," by C.S. Lewis we have a story of the power of resurrection. When Aslan the Lion came back to life, it meant hope for those who were enslaved by the White Witch. Resurrection introduced new life--the hallmark of Christianity. Some time ago Time Magazine ...read more

  • Running The Race

    Contributed by Sylvester Fergusson on Aug 22, 2009
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    James was excited as he turned the two hundred mark heading towards home. Two and three –quarter laps had gone and he was still in the lead. His one and only goal was to win this race and he was full of confidence that he could do it. His thoughts race ahead to the podium, the applause, the glory, ...read more