Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Submission That word has received such a bad reputation that we rarely use it. It is the willful act of yielding to the power, control or authority of another. Submission is a voluntary act. It is a critical part of the learning process. Submission is a
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Imagine writing an intricate story and mapping out a complete timeline of everything major that will happen in the plotline . God is the ultimate playwright. We see in verse 3 of this chapter, as well, that God fulfilled His plan in His
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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What happens when we learn about a really bad guy repenting? It happens all the time in prison ministry, yet many of us think those people aren’t worth saving. They had more chances than most of us are willing to give them, yet God hasn’t given up on them.
Jeffrey Dahmer was a convicted murderer
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Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Feb 23, 2024
Hello, My Name is ...
“The witness of Lazarus.”
We are not sure that Lazarus ever spoke, I am sure he did, but the Bible doesn’t record it.
I certainly would have loved to have heard him share his testimony, maybe something like this.
“Hello, my name is Lazarus, and I am truly honored to speak to
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Contributed by Peter Amerman on May 25, 2005
If I wanted to communicate and influence people into consider the philosophy of atheism, I could do that by teaching in the classrooms of our colleges and universities; but, I doubt it would have much effect. But, if I wanted to introduce it and market it for the culture in general, I would enlist
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Momma growing up would get angry with her children. She would refuse us some requests that we made from her. With feigned tears in our eyes, we would ask, how come we couldn’t go outside? How come we had to do our homework after we got home? How come we couldn’t do like the other kids do – and
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Contributed by Don Jones on Sep 24, 2006
There are even new words that have replaced old ones to better reflect this culture of diversity. I did a little research this last week and found lists of politically correct words to help us better understand what is happening in our world. John Leo says in, "Double Trouble Speak," U.S. News
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2001
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88% of Americans gamble in some form. 95% lose more than they bet. Winners get back less than half of what they bet. No one in his or her right mind would invest in anything with such a loss record. Statisticians have shown that a person is more likely to survive 88 rounds of Russian roulette than
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2002
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THE MARK OF SUFFERING
In the real world of pain, how could one worship a God who was immune to it? I have entered many Buddhist temples in different Asian countries and stood respectfully before the statue of the Buddha, his legs crossed, arms folded, eyes closed, the ghost of a smile playing
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Contributed by Dana Chau on Mar 22, 2002
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Probably no foreigner exerted greater leadership over the people of Shaohsing, China, in the early twentieth century than Dr. Claude H. Barlow. This self-effacing medical missionary was the personification of a God-influenced life.
A strange disease for which he knew no remedy was killing the
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Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Jul 28, 2002
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“As soon as children are old enough to speak, one of the first questions parents ask is, “How big are you?” Children seem to always give the same answer, “I’m soooo big!” They generally raise their hands to get additional stature, as if to say, “I’m huge. I’m enormous. There’s no telling how big I
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
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Peter
Among many other saints, the blessed apostle Peter was condemned to death, and crucified, as some do write, at Rome; albeit some others, and not without cause, do doubt thereof. Hegesippus saith that Nero sought matter against Peter to put him to death; which, when the people perceived, they
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 22, 2002
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Few men of this century have understood better the inevitability of suffering than Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He seems never to have wavered in his Christian antagonism to the Nazi regime, although it meant for him imprisonment, the threat of torture, danger to his own family and finally death. He was
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Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jun 27, 2007
A little camel asks mummy camel, “Mummy, why have I got such big flat feet?” She replies, “Well darling, in the desert you need big flat feet because the sand is soft and they help us to keep stable.”
The little camel goes away but then comes back. “Mummy, why have I got such big eyelashes?”
“Well
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 31, 2009
THE NOAHIDE COMMANDS
A Pagan could become > An Alien Believer > A God-fearer > A Jew (proselyte)
A pagan would be an idolater or worship many gods, or one not serving the true God.
An alien believer would be a gentile who wanted to be saved, repented from his sins and turned to the God of
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