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  • There's A Story About A Man, A Writer, Who Used ...

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Aug 10, 2008
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    There’s a story about a man, a writer, who used to go to the beach to do his writing. He had the habit of walking along the beach before he began his work. One day he was walking along the shore; as he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself to think ...read more

  • A New ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
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    A New Song? The preface to this radically contemporary version of the Bible included this plea from the translators for patience and acceptance: a new translation, “deserveth much respect and esteem, but yet findeth cold entertainment in the world. It is welcomed with suspicion instead of love…. ...read more

  • Don't Let Me Go Back To Hell.

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    "DON’T LET ME GO BACK TO HELL." Dr. Maurice Rawlings is a cardiologist and professor of medicine at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Chattanooga, and his colleagues are constantly treating emergency patients, many of whom have had near-death experiences. A study of these cases by ...read more

  • Please Notice That Paul Did Not Pray For These ...

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Nov 28, 2009
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    Please notice that Paul did not pray for these Christians to get the Lord’s resurrection power. They already had it! And Christian, so do you. So, how well do you know the power of His resurrection? Paul prayed for them to spiritually know and see the power they already had. *It actually reminds ...read more

  • Elementary School Student Doubts President's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 1, 2009
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    Elementary School Student Doubts President’s Identity On March 11, 1991, eight-year-old Anthony Henderson upset the distinguished leader of our nation, President George Bush. President Bush was visiting Anthony’s school and had sat down beside Anthony to read him a book. Suddenly in the midst of ...read more

  • Spiderman Pajamas Don't Attract Attention, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 30, 2009
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    Spiderman Pajamas Don’t Attract Attention, Disappointing a Little Boy Last January, Kristy and I took the boys up to Big Bear on a little vacation to play in the snow. We had lots of nice snow cloths for the boys, but no thermal underwear. So, we figured their pajamas resemble thermal underwear, ...read more

  • Boat Builder Learns About ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 12, 2010
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    Boat Builder Learns about Humility Skip looked at the group of suspicious stockholders and wondered what he could do to convince them to follow his leadership. He was 35, looked 13 and was third generation rich. He could tell they thought they were headed for a disaster. He told them a story. His ...read more

  • Fan Or Follower?

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
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    FAN OR FOLLOWER? Kyle Idelman writes: It was a Thursday afternoon, and I was sitting in our sanctuary where 30,000 people would soon be coming to one of our Easter services. I had no idea what I was going to say to them. I could feel the pressure mounting. I sat there hoping that a sermon would ...read more

  • A Peacemaking Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
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    A PEACEMAKING CHURCH I can tell this story because one neighbor has died and the other neighbor no longer lives across the street from our church. Our neighbors endured the disruption of their lives as we built on to our church. I'm sure that contributed to their lack of patience with us. We put ...read more

  • At The University Of Southern California The List ...

    Contributed by Ricki Lee Brooks on Feb 18, 2012
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    At the University of Southern California the list of great running backs for the Trojan football team is legendary: John Arnett, Frank Gifford, Mike Garret, OJ Simpson, Anthony Davis, Ricky Bell, Charles White, Marcus Allen, Sam Cunningham, LenDale White, Reggie Bush. No other college comes close ...read more

  • If ...

    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Aug 1, 2012
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    IF ONLY There was a great Scotch writer and historian in the nineteenth century named Thomas Carlyle. He married a woman, who’d worked as his secretary named Jane Welsh. But Carlyle was dedicated to his writing so he didn’t spend much time with her. He just mostly wrote. At one point she became ...read more

  • Here Is The Message Solomon Is Seeking To ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 27, 2007
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    Here is the message Solomon is seeking to communicate to us today from Ecc. 6:10-12 1. God knows everything we do not! 2. God has already named all the events in our life and it’s up to us to invite God into our life-time. 3. It is useless to try to argue with God He is always right. 4. It is ...read more

  • The First Russian Cosmonauts Went Into Space And ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 30, 2008
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    The first Russian Cosmonauts went into space and returned. One of them said when he returned from his journey in outer space, "Some people say there is a God out there, but in my travels around earth all day long I looked around and I didn’t see him. I saw no God, nor angels, I don’t believe in ...read more

  • Job's Repentance

    Contributed by C Jordan on Apr 27, 2008
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    JOB'S REPENTANCE "Job repented, not of any past sins that might have caused his (trouble), but of his mistrust of God in the midst of it. Ultimately, God never answered Job’s questions. Job never actually found out why all of this loss and horror had occurred. It was as if the answer to Job’s ...read more

  • Amy Carmichael, Missionary To India's Children, ...

    Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Apr 14, 2010
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    Amy Carmichael, missionary to India's children, said her ability to trust God began with her confidence in God's character. She believed that God is, first and always, a loving Father. She believed God was in control, and everything He allowed into her life was ultimately for her good. And as she ...read more

  • Obedience Is What ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010
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    OBEDIENCE IS WHAT MATTERS "… If two angels in heaven were given assignments by God at the same time, one of them to go and rule over the greatest nation on earth and the other to go sweep the streets of the dirtiest village, each angel would be completely indifferent as to which one got which ...read more

  • Paul J. Meyer Reminds Us, "Everyone Leaves A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Nov 13, 2002
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    Paul J. Meyer reminds us, "Everyone leaves a legacy, whether you have children or not." We all influence the people we encounter. If we want to leave a godly legacy, we will need ...read more

  • A Medieval Monk Name Brother Lawrence Wrote A ...

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jan 29, 2007
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    A medieval monk name Brother Lawrence wrote a series of letters to a friend. Those letters were compiled into a book entitled Practicing The Presence of God. And in it, Lawrence encourages us to practice the presence of God—to ...read more

  • Quote From Discipleship Journal Russ Johnston ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 15, 2006
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    1. Quote from Discipleship Journal Russ Johnston “Faith That Works” May 1981, “Most of us believe God can move mountains. But how many of us believe he will? There’s a world of difference. We believe God can work mightily on our behalf, but we really aren’t sure he will. In Hebrews 11:6 we learn ...read more

  • When Adam Sinned He Ran And Hid Himself From The ...

    Contributed by Michael Fritz on Nov 12, 2006
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    When Adam sinned he ran and hid himself from the presence of God. I heard a Jewish rabbi talking the other night on the radio, and he said that once a very godly Jewish rabbi was in jail. The jailer was interested in the old man. He went to the rabbi and said, “Rabbi, I’ve got a theological ...read more