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  • We Get A Whole Bunch

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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    We Get a Whole Bunch Pastor John R Ramsey once wrote, "For some time I have had a person provide me with a rose boutonniere to pin on the lapel of my suit every Sunday. Because I always got a flower on Sunday morning, I really did not think much of it. It was a nice gesture that I appreciated, but ...read more

  • On Sheep

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Oct 12, 2008
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    On Sheep Jesus Christ is called The Great Shepherd; He calls us His sheep. On one of my shelves in my study is a little book bearing the title, "A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23." The author, Phillip Keller, was a sheep rancher and has many insights to share about sheep. One that he shares is ...read more

  • Satan's Best Strategy

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 14, 2008
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    Satan's Best Strategy Satan called in some of his lieutenants to help him develop a strategy for keeping God’s people living in defeat. One strategy after another was suggested. To keep God’s people living in defeat, it was decided that they could try to keep them from prayer, the Bible, and ...read more

  • Hanging On For Money ----- I Once Was In A Church ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 16, 2008
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    HANGING ON FOR MONEY ----- I once was in a church that had quite a few people who were very wealthy. Many of the members were older ladies who were widows who had outlived most of their peers and for one reason or another had in their possession a vast amount of wealth. Now, when you have a ...read more

  • The Phrase "He Brought Me Up Also Out Of An ...

    Contributed by Charles Jones on Oct 21, 2008
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    The phrase "He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay…" indicates that God did not just see what David was going through and He did not just listen as David talked; He did ...read more

  • Hardly Safe: The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 28, 2008
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    HARDLY SAFE: THE LION THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE If you have ever been through a tornado. ... One personal encounter with a power that before was only theoretical can make all the difference. You live differently after that. You respect the power. You live in awe of its presence and tremble ...read more

  • A Man In My Hometown Worked In The Coal Mine, ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 28, 2008
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    A man in my hometown worked in the coal mine, and boasted the top rock couldn't fall fast enough to catch him. He boasted when the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there (pointing down). The rock did fall, and ...read more

  • An Example From Montana. Seniors Saying That ...

    Contributed by Todd Brock on Nov 13, 2008
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    An example from Montana. Seniors saying that they want to reach families – so they were willing to bend so that our style of worship and our way of doing things would attract those we were trying to reach. And God blessed that group abundantly. Our Sr. Adult group grew faster than the rest of ...read more

  • We Were Just One

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 24, 2008
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    WE WERE JUST ONE During World War II, Hitler commanded all religious groups to unite so that he could control them. Among the Brethren assemblies, half complied and half refused. Those who went along with the order had a much easier time. Those who did not, faced harsh persecution. In almost every ...read more

  • Rev. Billy Graham Stated, "In Times Like This, We ...

    Contributed by Clarence Clough on Dec 4, 2008
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    Rev. Billy Graham stated, "In times like this, we realize how weak and inadequate we are, and our greatest need is to turn in repentance and faith to the God of all mercy and the Father of all Comfort. If ever there ...read more

  • And His Word Is This: My Love For You Is So ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 6, 2008
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    And His word is this: My love for you is so intense that I will do economically stupid things to bring you to myself. For just one soul God will give, has given, everything, even His ...read more

  • In Africa And The Greek World, There Are So Many ...

    Contributed by Abiodun Adeniyi on Dec 8, 2008
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    In Africa and the Greek world, there are so many gods believed to be playing special role in men's affairs. Sango is believed to be the god of thunder invoked for vengeance. As it is in Africa and the Greek world, so it was, and is in every other ...read more

  • John Vianney, 18th Century Pastor, Is Quoted As ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2008
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    John Vianney, 18th Century Pastor, is quoted as saying, “Love for our neighbor consists of three things: to desire the greater good of everyone; to do what good we can when we can; to bear, excuse, and hide other’s faults. The kind of love that Jesus is talking about here is the sacrificial love of ...read more

  • John Vianney, 18th Century Pastor, Is Quoted As ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
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    John Vianney, 18th Century Pastor, is quoted as saying, “Love for our neighbor consists of three things: to desire the greater good of everyone; to do what good we can when we can; to bear, excuse, and hide other’s faults. The kind of love that Jesus is talking about here is the sacrificial ...read more

  • I Recently Read Of A Sign Which Hangs On The Wall ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
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    I recently read of a sign which hangs on the wall of Shishu Bhavan, a children’s home in Calcutta, which reads; People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered, love them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish ulterior motives, be kind anyway. If you are successful, you ...read more

  • He Comes To Us

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 22, 2008
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    He Comes to Us During a Christmas program, the children's choir sang. A girl had a solo part and a pretty red dress that she could not wait to wear. When her time to sing came, she forgot the words and fell apart in tears. She walked back to the choir sobbing. Soon, the other children were ...read more

  • Forgiveness Sets Me Free.

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    "FORGIVENESS SETS ME FREE." Kenneth Hart, a psychology professor at the University of Windsor (Ontario, Canada), studied sixty-six recovering alcoholics. The individuals had one thing in common: They were all angry with someone. Teaching forgiveness, Hart found, is one way to break the cycle that ...read more

  • Unforgiveness Has Been Framed As A Stress ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    Unforgiveness has been framed as a stress reaction (Worthington & Scherer,2004). The negative health consequences of chronic stress and the physiological wear and tear of a hyper-aroused stress response have been observed in traumatized populations and in people who have endured extreme and/or ...read more

  • What Riches Of Grace

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    Charles Spurgeon said: "What riches of grace does free forgiveness exhibit! To forgive at all, to forgive fully, to forgive freely, to forgive ever! Here is a constellation of wonders, and when I think of how great my sins were, how dear were the precious drops which cleansed me from them, I am ...read more

  • I Like Me Best When I'm With You

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    I LIKE ME BEST WHEN I'M WITH YOU As a part of an assignment for a doctoral thesis, a college student spent a year with a group of Navajo Indians on a reservation in the Southwest. As he did his research, he lived with one family, sleeping in their hut, eating their food, working with them and ...read more