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  • The Last Words Of A Dying Person Are Normally ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    The last words of a dying person are normally never forgotten. A person’s closing comments often reveal their pain and agony. Some enter eternity without saying anything, while others utter sentiments that disclose their values, priorities, and innermost thoughts. The great Baptist preacher, ...read more

  • As A Part Of An Assignment For A Doctoral Thesis, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 20, 2007
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    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 generally living the life of a 20th ...read more

  • This Syndrome Also Reminds Me Of When We Had Our ...

    Contributed by Todd Stiles on Mar 27, 2007
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    This syndrome also reminds me of when we had our first child. We’re in the delivery room in Northside Hospital in Atlanta, while my parents and her parents are in the waiting room getting minute-by-minute updates form me! In fact, I recall running out there telling everyone it was a girl because as ...read more

  • The City Told Us They Were Going To Bury The ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Apr 9, 2007
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    The city told us they were going to bury the lines in the front of the first church I pastored. But, they said they would redo anything they damaged in front. They tore up most of the landscaping in front. Finally came the time to replace what had been destroyed. Trucks filled with granite ...read more

  • The Power Of Shame

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    THE POWER OF SHAME I remember how troubled I was after attending the funeral of an old lady who used to be my visitation partner for many years in a two-person team at a former church. Her brother and sister-in-law were deacons at the church. When I heard she had cancer some years after I left, I ...read more

  • Girls Growing Up Too Fast

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    GIRLS GROWING UP TOO FAST A study by Girlguiding reveals 3 leading potential "triggers" for serious mental health problems in girls: premature sexualization, commercialization and alcohol misuse. The report reveals a loss of childhood innocence and says girls today experience high levels of ...read more

  • The Bible Says,

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Apr 16, 2009
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    The Bible says, “…be joined with his wife.” (Genesis 2:24) “Joined” (dāḇaq) means to cling to and stay with. The application is something sticking together and when used in a marriage relationship it is a man clinging to his wife, no matter what life throws at them and she sticks with ...read more

  • I Will Die – Let My Baby ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on May 9, 2009
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    “I Will Die – Let My Baby Live!” I knew him as a brilliant young member of a noted family. He was studying in one of the great universities. His physical development was well-nigh perfect. Tall, broad-shouldered, brawny, graceful in bearing and quick in movement, he was soon well-known as an ...read more

  • Ninety-Nine Balloons

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on May 13, 2009
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    NINETY-NINE BALLOONS Eliot was born with an undeveloped lung, a heart with a hole in it and DNA that placed faulty information into each and every cell of his body. However, that could not stop the living God from proclaiming Himself through this boy who never uttered a word. Even though doctors ...read more

  • Your Grumbling Goes With You

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 15, 2009
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    YOUR GRUMBLING GOES WITH YOU There was a boy named Grumble Tone who ran away to sea, "I’m sick of things on land," he said, "as sick as I can be; A life upon the bounding wave will suit a lad like me!" The seething ocean billows failed to stimulate his mirth, For he did not like the vessel, nor ...read more

  • No More Rules

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jun 27, 2009
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    NO MORE RULES More than 28 years ago, before I married Sandy, I was a lousy cook. I could maybe cook hot dogs and beans (out of a can), and those didn’t always turn out so well. That’s because I was confined to a set of instructions called a "cookbook." It was a list of rules and regulations, a ...read more

  • You'll Never Know

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 8, 2009
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    YOU'LL NEVER KNOW You may be going through some troubles right now. But trust in the Lord, because He will surely take care of you. He has already blessed and cared for us in countless ways. This week I thought back to one example from my life. It was over at Emmanuel Baptist Church in the ...read more

  • Revival Is The Visitation Of God, Which Brings To ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 30, 2009
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    Revival is the visitation of God, which brings to life Christians who have been sleeping and restores a deep sense of God’s near presence and holiness. Thence springs a vivid sense of sin and a profound exercise of heart in repentance, praise, and love, with an evangelistic outflow. Each revival ...read more

  • Philosophical Arguments Can Be Very Confusing And ...

    Contributed by Nigel Heath on Aug 12, 2009
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    Philosophical arguments can be very confusing and also very convincing. ILLUSTR RC Sproul quotes some research that reveals: ‘Over 90% of students entering college in USA are convinced of, and committed to the relativity of truth’ = That there is no objective reality. What is actually being ...read more

  • How The Words Of Psalm 23 Echoed In Their Hearts! ...

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Sep 20, 2009
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    How the words of Psalm 23 echoed in their hearts! "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death" (Psalm 23:4 KJV). How dark that valley seemed as their tear-blurred eyes stared at the two caskets! It had been summer vacation. A family camping trip. The two girls laughing down ...read more

  • Disfigured War Veteran Helps Boy Regain Sight ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
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    Disfigured War Veteran Helps Boy Regain Sight Only to be Rejected Ps 33:18-19 “But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.” It is not that God does not exist; man who does not want to ...read more

  • A Simple Hose Clamp Causes Failure Of Balloon's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 9, 2009
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    A Simple Hose Clamp Causes Failure of Balloon’s Attempt to Circle the Earth Piccard and Richard Conniff writes in National Geographic that on January 12, 1997, two Swiss men, Bertrand Piccard and Wim Verstraeten, set out to be the first to CIRCLE THE EARTH in a balloon. Their aircraft was called ...read more

  • Paul's Thorn In The Flesh Like Catfish With ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2009
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    Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh Like Catfish with Codfish Years ago in the northeastern United States codfish was a big commercial business. There is a market for eastern cod all over, especially on the West Coast. The demand posed a problem to the shippers. At first they froze the cod, then shipped them ...read more

  • Martin Luther's Depression And The Hymn

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2009
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    Martin Luther’s Depression and the Hymn "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" The year 1527 was the most trying year of Martin Luther’s life. On April 22 he was preaching in Wittenberg when he became dizzy and fainted. Over the next several months he dealt with debilitating depression and sickness. It had ...read more

  • They Are Who We Thought They ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 11, 2009
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    “They are who we thought they were.” How many have heard the apparently new cliché: "They are who we thought they were" “Normally quiet Arizona Cardinals coach Dennis Green first uttered this trademarked phrase during a swear-filled, post-game tirade in 2006. When he was asked what he thought of ...read more