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  • An Asbury Student On Holiness

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Apr 1, 2009
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    AN ASBURY STUDENT ON HOLINESS page 64 Hermiz, Asbury College Student A student came to Dr Hermiz after a revival at Asbury and said, "I didn’t believe in Holiness, so I went to the library with my bible to prove you wrong. But I couldn’t, so back in my room I prayed to God. 'If this is real ...read more

  • Take Time To By Holy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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    TAKE TIME TO BY HOLY Let me begin with what little I could glean concerning this hymn and its author: For many years, the only information known about this gospel song was what Ira D. Sankey wrote in his autobiography. Sankey (1840-1908) was the well-known gospel singer and hymn writer who ...read more

  • Holiness Is Developed In Community

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    HOLINESS IS DEVELOPED IN COMMUNITY In the 3rd and 4th Centuries, and even to some extent today, the popular image of holiness was solitude, silence and severity. The really (quote) "holy people" back then were those who lived like hermits, wandering in the desert alone -- fasting, praying and ...read more

  • Holiness And Red Buttons  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Aug 6, 2011
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    HOLINESS AND RED BUTTONS In studying holiness as a prayer key, I got bogged down with trying to understand it. I had an even harder time trying to explain it. I felt like the Red Buttons character in the movie, "Hatari." In that movie, John Wayne led a team of hunters in Africa capturing wild ...read more

  • The Holy War By John ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 27, 2012
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    THE HOLY WAR BY JOHN BUNYAN John Bunyan wrote another classic besides Pilgrim’s Progress. It was a book called The Holy War. The focus of the story was the capture of a city called Mansoul. In it Diabolus (the devil) has taken it and the battle rages as the Prince Emmanuel works to recapture it. ...read more

  • Power In Holy Communion

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Apr 18, 2023
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    I've been thinking about holy moments, how Christ has surprised me by his presence. One of those moments came when I visited and had Communion with a member who was dying of cancer. Near the end of the visit I asked her how I could pray or for what she would like me to pray for. She expressed ...read more

  • The Fruit Of The Spirit Is Not The Work Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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    The fruit of the Spirit is not the work of the believer. It is the work of Christ in his soul... That is being done in him and through him by the Lord Himself. It may be noted that the apple grows on the apple tree; the orchard owner does not ...read more

  • The Spirit Within Us  PRO

    Contributed by Wayne Major on Oct 14, 2001
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    THE SPIRIT WITHIN US I was driving one day when I saw a hitchhiker by the side of the road, loaded down with a couple of large carrying bags. Now, I make it a practice normally not to pick up hitchhikers, which may in itself be a refusal to hear the cry of those needy of transportation. But in ...read more

  • A Genuine Free Spirit  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
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    A Genuine Free Spirit It took just a few hours for budget carrier Spirit Airlines to give away 13,400 free tickets on 90 flights to 14 cities - every seat for an entire day. The catch? That day is Sept. 11. Like most airlines, Miramar, Fla.-based Spirit had found few willing to fly on the first ...read more

  • A New Spirit And Opportunity  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Stewart on Apr 6, 2004
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    A NEW SPIRIT AND OPPORTUNITY A few years ago a young girl by the name of Sofi was born in Siberia, a bitterly cold and desolate area of Russia. A difficult place to be a child but Sofi’s life was going to be even rougher than most. She was an orphan. Then suddenly at the age of 2 she was adopted, ...read more

  • A Bitter Spirit Of Rivalry

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Many years ago Michelangelo, the sculptor, and Raphael, the painter, were commissioned to execute works of art for the beautification of the Vatican. Although each had a different job to do and both were highly respected, there arose such a bitter spirit of rivalry between them that at last they ...read more

  • Busyness Is An Illness Of Spirit…

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jan 28, 2009
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    "Busyness is an illness of spirit…" -- Eugene ...read more

  • It Is Not Enough To Fight. It Is The Spirit ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    It is not enough to fight. It is the spirit which we bring to the fight that decides the issue. ...read more

  • Walk In The Spirit Defined

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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    "WALK IN THE SPIRIT" DEFINED For example, the students of Aristotle were known as the Peripatetics because of their habit of following the philosopher around from place to place as he dispensed his teachings. In Paul’s vocabulary, to "walk in the Spirit" or be "led by the Spirit" means to go where ...read more

  • The Testimony Of Jesus Is The Spirit Of ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 11, 2009
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    “The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy”. This means that prophecy at its very heart is designed to unfold the beauty and loveliness of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In the present age, therefore, the Spirit of God is not only to glorify Christ but to show believers things to come ...read more

  • Foul Spirit To Freedom

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 25, 2010
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    FOUL SPIRIT TO FREEDOM Several years ago, I used to visit a nursing home near central El Paso. There was one ornery lady who would growl like a tiger. She was mean! It was clear that she was sick in her mind. Along with others, I would constantly pray for her deliverance. But she would push our ...read more

  • Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 9, 2012
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    BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT "Those poor in spirit are called "blessed" by Jesus, not because they are in a meritorious condition, but because, precisely in spite of and in the midst of their ever so deplorable condition, the rule of the heavens has moved redemptively upon and through them by ...read more

  • The Fruit Of The Spirit Is The Harvest, Marking ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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    "The fruit of the Spirit is the harvest, marking growth and maturity. It produces ethical character. It is the true measure of holiness of life and practice in ...read more

  • When I Was In Seminary I Was Taught That The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bishop Raymond Allan Johnson on Feb 10, 2005
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    When I was in seminary I was taught that the apostles and prophets were given only to get the Church started in the first century. After that time they were no longer needed. My professors presumed that when the New Testament was completed and accepted by the Church, the foundational role of ...read more

  • This Is A True Story That Has Come Back To Me On ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 1, 2005
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    This is a true story that has come back to me on several occasions as a joke. Wilma had been a member of our church for many,many years. In her later years she needed the assistance of a cane to help in walking. As she was talking with me, she would make points by lightly tapping me on the chest ...read more