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  • Ravi Zacharias Tells Of Visiting A Used ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 15, 2007
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    Ravi Zacharias tells of visiting a used bookstore. While he was there, wistfully searching through the classics, suddenly a man burst in and demanded in a loud voice, "How much for 128 feet of books?" The owner, having never sold scholarship by the foot, didn’t know exactly how to reply. The ...read more

  • Some Suggest That Tv Is Just Giving The Public ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Some suggest that TV is just giving the public what it demands. There is some truth to that, but don’t be misled, there is also a gay agenda that many in Hollywood push. Will & Grace star Eric McCormick said, "When little old women say, ’I hope he finds a nice man," the show will be successful." In ...read more

  • A Girl Named Angie Smith Wrote: While Working In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A girl named Angie Smith wrote: WHILE WORKING in a new pizzeria, I was surprised to find that many people had never eaten pizza. One customer admitted this when she came in for a takeout order. I explained our menu and took great care in helping her make her decision. After baking her pie to a nice ...read more

  • The Military Has A Trauma System For Mass ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Nov 9, 2007
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    The military has a trauma system for mass casualties. The lightly injured are called “minimal” because they don’t need immediate treatment. The next level is “Delayed” – they need treatment but they can wait. Then there is “Immediate” that have serious injuries but should survive if they get ...read more

  • F.e. Marsh Has Spoken Of Some Of God's ...

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Feb 25, 2008
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    F.E. Marsh has spoken of some of God’s blessings: An acceptance that can never be questioned. (Eph.1:6). An inheritance that can never be lost (I Peter 1:3-5). A deliverance that can never be excelled (2 Cor. l:10). A grace that can never be limited (2 Cor. 12:9). A hope that can never be ...read more

  • I'd Like A Little More Audience Participation In ...

    Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Feb 26, 2008
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    I’d like a little more audience participation in the next few moments. Here’s what I’d like you to do. If you’re 34 years of age or younger---I’d like for you to stand up….some on, go ahead it’ll just take a couple of moments. Okay you can be seated. And I hope you count yourselves as some of ...read more

  • Alan Peters ...

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jan 29, 2009
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    Alan Peters explains: Whenever Christian believers gather together to worship, they create the opportunity for a miracle to occur. Worshippers who have experienced this miracle describe it in a number of ways: • “We all seemed to be thinking and feeling the same things.” • “There was such ...read more

  • Hanukkah Vs. Christmas  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 11, 2009
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    HANUKKAH VS. CHRISTMAS In his book The Jesus I Never Knew, Philip Yancey recounts an episode of the TV show Thirtysomething in which Hope, a Christian, argues with her husband Michael, a Jew, about the holidays. "Why do you even bother with Hanukkah?" she asks. "Do you really believe a handful of ...read more

  • Article From Paper On The Pastor And His Wife Who ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 28, 2009
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    Article from paper on the pastor and his wife who collect nativity scenes from all over the world. 1. The message of the nativity according to the article is this: “An Enduring symbol. Christ’s birth has been a powerful story through-out the ages. The Nativity is a three dimensional depiction of ...read more

  • Unlikely Predictions

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Dec 29, 2009
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    UNLIKELY PREDICTIONS Toronto Maple Leafs – rough start to their Season. First eight games were loses. Then hope was born... we got Phil Kessel of the Boston Bruins! Haven’t won the cup since 1967 – yes, I was only 5 years old. People laugh. Leaf jokes are now hotter than Newfie jokes! Things are ...read more

  • A Father's Wisdom

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
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    A FATHER'S WISDOM A father and his small son were out walking one day when the lad asked him a question. "Dad, how does electricity could go through the wires stretched between the telephone poles? "I don't know," said his father. "I never knew much about electricity." A few roads farther on, ...read more

  • Buy Less, Love More

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
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    BUY LESS, LOVE MORE Shane Claiborne writes: I am incredibly hopeful this Advent, because there are so many signs of Christians who are longing for new ways to celebrate our Savior that are not cluttered with the noise of shopping and infected with the myth that happiness must be purchased. On the ...read more

  • Preach The Whole Gospel

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
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    PREACH THE WHOLE GOSPEL John Nelson preaching about the influence of John Wesley’s preaching and its effects upon him, said: "This man can tell the secrets of my heart, but he hath not left me there, he hath showed me the remedy, even the blood of Christ. Then was my soul filled with ...read more

  • Sure You Want To Win The Lottery?

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 1, 2012
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    SURE YOU WANT TO WIN THE LOTTERY? When William "Bud" Post won $16.2 million in a 1988 lottery, one of the first things he did was try to please his family. Unfortunately, his kin was of the unfriendly sort. Post's brother hired a hit man to kill him, hoping to inherit some money. Other family ...read more

  • Get Acquainted With Heaven

    Contributed by Francis Balla on Sep 24, 2012
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    GET ACQUAINTED WITH HEAVEN "The man who is about to sail for Australia or New Zealand as a settler, is naturally anxious to know something about his future home, its climate, its employments, its inhabitants, its ways, its customs. All these are subjects of deep interest to him. You are leaving ...read more

  • 8 Reasons You Should Not Expect An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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    8 REASONS YOU SHOULD NOT EXPECT AN INHERITANCE I read an article in the New York Times recently that should sober anyone who is planning on receiving an inheritance. It was titled, “8 Reasons You Should Not Expect an Inheritance.” 1. People live longer and people who live longer spend more of ...read more

  • In Order For Our Social Security System To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "In order for our Social Security System to work, we need large numbers of young people to pay into the system. We also need people on retirement to not live very long after they retire. But the reality is our birth ...read more

  • Two Firemen Died In A Fire In California,but ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Sep 3, 2009
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    Two firemen died in a fire in California,but they saved many people before they died. Their lives were cut short, but they were not wasted. Success is not based on how long we live or how ...read more

  • E. M. Bounds -- Our Religion Breaks Down ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 15, 2007
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    E. M. Bounds -- Our religion breaks down oftenest and most sadly in our conduct. Beautiful theories are marred by ugly lives. The most difficult as well as the most impressive point in piety is to live it. Our praying suffers as much as our religion from bad living. Preachers were charged in ...read more

  • When One Receives Christ,it Is Said That He Has ...

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 4, 2010
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    When one receives Christ,it is said that he has "eternal life." We must understand that this is far more than just living forever. It is to have living within you the divine life of God Himself. The truth is, the born again child of God will live as long as God lives for God lives within him. That ...read more