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  • The Gift Nobody Wants

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
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    The Gift Nobody Wants In 1999 Dr Paul Brand and Philip Yancey co-wrote a book called "Pain: the Gift Nobody Wants." Dr Brand was born in India to missionary parents, and has spent most of his life caring for people with leprosy. One of Dr Brand's greatest discoveries was that people with leprosy ...read more

  • Adhesive Oxymoron

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 3, 2010
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    ADHESIVE OXYMORON Why can’t we all just coexist? You believe what you believe, I believe what I believe. Whatever you believe is whatever you believe. Have you seen those "Coexist" bumper stickers? I always laugh when I see a "Coexist" bumper sticker. You know, the ones where a symbol from ...read more

  • Can You Imagine How Embarrassing It Would Be If ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
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    Can you imagine how embarrassing it would be if we had to stand up and say what we believe based on our game plan for life. I believe in God the Father, maker of heaven and earth who is not worthy of me making two hours of week in my schedule to pray or talk to and to attend church. I believe in ...read more

  • Graham's Flame In His Hand

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Nov 17, 2008
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    GRAHAM'S FLAME IN HIS HAND Billy Graham said this, "When I was a young biblical study major in college, I had questions that many young believers have. I struggled with what I thought were inconsistencies in the word of God, and therefore I had little power in my ministry. My anointing was ...read more

  • Life Examples: Elijah: Responding To Stress (1 ...

    Contributed by Nathan Parker on Mar 10, 2007
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    Life Examples: Elijah: Responding to Stress (1 Kings 19:3) Stressful situations can drive us to inappropriate responses. The prophet Elijah illustrates the importance of viewing circumstances from God’s perspective. God sent the prophet to rescue Israel from its moral and spiritual decline. ...read more

  • In The Winter Of 1976, John Jordan, Together With ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Aug 15, 2007
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    In the winter of 1976, John Jordan, together with three of his friends, decided to photograph Niagara Falls. They went to Goat Island to enjoy the icy beauty. While there Jordan and two others climbed the drifts that covered protective railings, then fell into the ice along the shore about 200 ...read more

  • What Do Savages Do For Christmas?  PRO

    Contributed by Jesse Bennett on Dec 6, 2008
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    WHAT DO SAVAGES DO FOR CHRISTMAS? I’m not talking about some 3rd world nation now. Jdimytai Damour, 34, had been hired by an employment agency as a temporary worker at the Wal-Mart store in Valley Stream and had been on the job about a week when he died. The 6-foot-5, 270-pound man died of ...read more

  • Thus When Paul Talks About Christ Washing The ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 12, 2008
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    Thus when Paul talks about Christ washing the church there is a definite connotation baptism through the pouring out of water and then another connection through the spirit of God that is poured out. Therefore men we are to be the source for the women in our lives. We are to be the source of life. ...read more

  • Dr. James Engel Gives Some Prophetic Advice On ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 22, 2009
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    Dr. James Engel gives some prophetic advice on building bridges from one generation to the next - the following insights are from the website (www.ChristianLeadershipAlliance.org): i. Don’t oppose this new generation! Don’t oppose each other’s generation. 1. They are not the enemy they are God’s ...read more

  • Jonathan Edwards' Wife, Sarah Edwards, Wrote To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donn Heinrich on Apr 9, 2002
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    Jonathan Edwards’ wife, Sarah Edwards, wrote to her daughter Esther shortly after his death. Her response to her loss was: “What shall I say? A holy and good God has covered us with a dark cloud. O that we may kiss the rod, and lay our hands on our mouths! The Lord has done it. He has made me ...read more

  • Even When A Remarriage Does Involve Adultery, The ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
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    Even when a remarriage does involve adultery, the adultery relates to the initiating act and not to the state. In some cases, remarriage does not involve adultery. God can, in fact, lead believers into second marriages which are totally free of that stigma. We see a parallel in the commandment, ...read more

  • A Gift Of The Word

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Oct 5, 2010
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    A GIFT OF THE WORD When I was a teenager, my pastor gave me a little pocket New Testament, bound in red leather. And inside, on the flyleaf, he had written a note. And with the note was a Scripture citation: Romans 12:1-2. I couldn’t wait to turn to that passage and read what it said. If you know ...read more

  • Fanny Crosby

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Dec 22, 2008
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    Fanny Crosby The great blind hymn-writer Fanny Crosby wrote over 8000 hymns. The doctor made a mistake while she was just 6 weeks old, and resulted in her blindness. But she came to put her trust in Christ and wrote the hymns we still sing: I Am Thine, O Lord; Jesus Is Tenderly Calling; To God ...read more

  • The Meaning Of Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    THE MEANING OF LIFE Atheist philosopher Bertrand Russell: "Unless you assume a God, the question of life's purpose is meaningless." (Quoted in Warren, The Purpose Driven Life, 17). Welsh scholar Rheinallt Williams: "There is nothing which arises more spontaneously from man's nature than the ...read more

  • Walking In The Spirit

    Contributed by John Bright on Jun 23, 2026
     | 53 views

    Their problem was this: if it hasn’t already happened, we don’t believe it is coming. Maybe they were all from Missouri – the “Show Me” state. Some folks have to see it to believe it. That’s not how faith in these promises works. Instead, we who believe are promised to see it. In these verses, ...read more

  • This Baby Is For You

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2011
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    THIS BABY IS FOR YOU Pastor and author Richard Foster writes about genuine, joyous giving. "Giving with a glad and generous heart has a way of rooting out the tough old miser within us. Just the very act of letting go of money or some other treasure does something great within us."1 Such genuine, ...read more

  • The Heart Of Mary: Submission To The Lord  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    The Heart of Mary: Submission to the Lord "I am the Lord's servant... May it be to me as you have said." (Luke 1:38) The first desire in the child of God who wants to enjoy the favor of God in his life is to die to self and surrender to the will of God in his life. The key word here "servant" ...read more

  • Easter: Freed By Grace

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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     | 5,777 views

    Easter: Freed By Grace A life connected to the "Ever-Flowing Life of Easter" is a meaningful life and it is a life "Freed by Grace." Romans 11:6 says, "And if by grace, then it is no longer by works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace." Ephesians 2:8-10 says, "For it is by grace you have ...read more

  • Doubt Is The Skeleton In The Closet Of Faith And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2002
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     | 5,957 views

    “Doubt is the skeleton in the closet of faith and I know no better way to treat a skeleton than to bring it into the open and expose it for what it is: not something to hide or fear, but a hard structure on which living tissue may grow.” Philip Yancey, Reaching for the ...read more

  • Jeremiah Made The Right Decision And As A Result ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jun 4, 2003
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    “Jeremiah made the right decision and as a result became one of the most unpopular prophets in Jewish history. Measured by human standards, his ministry was a failure, but measured by the will of God, he was a great success. It isn’t easy to stand alone, to resist the crowd, and to be out of step ...read more