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  • God Is Absolute

    Contributed by Tim White on Apr 4, 2013
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    GOD IS ABSOLUTE If we bought a new piano or a new organ and moved it into the sanctuary, we would need to tune it, or everything else, typically. The impression is that there are differences in how the instruments are tuned. If the new piano is tuned a little higher than the old equipment, then ...read more

  • Wesley's Peace  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    WESLEY'S PEACE Although Charles Wesley had been engaged in preaching the gospel with much diligence and earnestness, he did not know what it was to enjoy peace with God until he was in his thirtieth year. Being laid low by an alarming illness, and seeming as if he were going to die, a young ...read more

  • Hugh Latimer Lived In The Late 15th-Early 16th ...

    Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Apr 26, 2009
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    Hugh Latimer lived in the late 15th-early 16th centuries and he said, "We must first be made good before we can do good; we must first be made just, before our works can please God. ...read more

  • Have You Ever Gone Outside And Worked In Your ...

    Contributed by Steve Gulbronson on May 20, 2010
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    Have you ever gone outside and worked in your yard all day? You come inside,look in the mirror, and see how filthy you are. You can’t wait to get in the shower and wash yourself off with soap and water. God’s Word is a mirror, revealing to us just how dirty we are. ...read more

  • God Exists

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2011
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    "GOD EXISTS" One of my favorite stories is about this theologian named MacLeod. Now this man lived in Ireland back in the 1600s in a monastery. He worked part of his time as wood carver. MacLeod writes that very often he would awaken in the morning and wonder if God really existed. Finally one day ...read more

  • No Good Christians

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Jul 26, 2011
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    NO GOOD CHRISTIANS Have you ever been on a vacation and then felt like you need another vacation because you were so tired? That is this life. A lot of times we do things that we think will bring us peace and contentment but in the end they just make us more worn out. The more you TRY to be a ...read more

  • The God Squad

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 26, 2009
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    THE GOD SQUAD This week, we finished remodeling our old house and started moving into our new house. But last Monday I threw my back out while working on the house. I was frustrated and hurting. But the pain was not as bad as the feeling of not being able to finish my tasks which what I wanted to ...read more

  • The Best Comment On Faith Is Action  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
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    THE BEST COMMENT ON FAITH IS ACTION The Apostle Paul spoke of "faith working through love" (Gal. 5:6). The apostle John wrote "If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear Children, let us not love with words or ...read more

  • God Is God. Because He Is God, He Is Worthy Of My ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
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    God is God. Because He is God, He is worthy of my trust and obedience. I will find rest nowhere but in His holy will, a will that is unspeakably beyond my largest notions of what He is up to. -Elisabeth Elliot Source: ...read more

  • Questions For God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
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    QUESTIONS FOR GOD I came across some post-it notes that contain brief notes that kids wrote to God. Here are a few funny ones… Dear God, I went to this wedding and they kissed in church. Is that OK? Dear God, I think about you sometimes even when I’m not praying. God, thank you for the baby ...read more

  • A Dream For God

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 10, 2008
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    "A Dream for God" Many years ago a young man had a dream of telling the story of Jesus everywhere in the world. When he suggested taking that good news to people, an older man said, "Sit down, young man. If God wants to save the heathen, he will do it without your help or mine." This young ...read more

  • Is God Speaking?  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Beaird on Nov 2, 2000
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    IS GOD SPEAKING? James Hamilton writes: Before refrigerators, people used ice houses to preserve their food. Ice houses had thick walls, no windows, and a tightly fitted door. In winter, when streams and lakes were frozen, large blocks of ice were cut, hauled to the ice houses, and covered ...read more

  • Sola Fide: Faith Alone

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2012
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    SOLA FIDE: FAITH ALONE Sola fide isn’t a license to sin; it’s the motivation to follow your Savior Now, there was a time in the history of the church, when this doctrine was all but lost. By the fifteenth century the church had become a massive institution of power, and the gospel was polluted. ...read more

  • Hearing God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2002
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    HEARING GOD The New York Times reports that during the attacks of September 11, the communication between rescue workers and their commanding officers was not good. Instead of reaching the workers by radio to warn of the imminent collapse of the Trade Center Towers, a messenger had to be sent ...read more

  • Humble Confidence

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Aug 11, 2014
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    At the outset, I desire to bring to the fore, a ‘juicy’ tale adorning Science history. When, the invention-coal miner’s lamp- of Sir Humphrey Davy began to pale relatively before the astounding discoveries of his far more illustrious pupil Michael Faraday (in the field of electro-magnetism and ...read more

  • Is God Good?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
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    IS GOD GOOD? Randy Alcorn talks about what happened to his friend, Ethel Herr in his new book, What Good is God. She had had a double mastectomy. Then two months later, doctors discovered that the cancer had spread. One of Herr's friends in shock asked her, "And how do you feel about God now?" ...read more

  • Writing In His Book, A Work Of Heart, Dr. Reggie ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
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    Writing in his book, A Work of Heart, Dr. Reggie McNeal, director of the leadership development for the Southern Baptist Convention says, "Common wisdom maintains that children are given to parents so parents can instruct them. The truth is, God gives children to parents to teach parents things ...read more

  • Soft-Iron Magnets

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    SOFT-IRON MAGNETS There are two kinds of magnets, steel magnets and soft iron magnets. The steel magnet receives its magnetism from the load stone, and has it permanently; it can get along very well alone in a small way; it can pick up needles and do many other little things to amuse children. ...read more

  • Several Years Ago I Was Walking To Work From The ...

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 4, 2009
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    Several years ago I was walking to work from the train back in BC. I pretty much set my own schedule so it didn’t matter if I was a little late. I was walking across a quiet intersection where there were a few broken bottles, with the really jagged pieces that would shred a tire. A middle aged ...read more

  • When The First Ice Cream Cone Was Born

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Aug 12, 2019
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    A lot gets accomplished when people work together. In the summer of 1904, at the World’s Fair in St. Louis, it was hot and people were searching for something to help cool them off. A vendor named Arnold had just what they were looking for……something called ice cream. People lined up for what ...read more