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  • Tomorrow Is Memorial Day, A Time For Remembering ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Tomorrow is Memorial Day, a time for remembering people who were important in our lives. Since 1971 Memorial Day has been observed annually on the last Monday in May. The purpose is to honor the nation’s military personnel killed in wartime. The holiday was called Decoration Day at first, because ...read more

  • By The Power Of His Holy Spirit Filling And ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Jul 2, 2007
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    By the power of His Holy Spirit filling and empowering us, let us fulfill the fervor of Dorothea Day’s poem “My Captain”: Out of the night that dazzles me, Bright as the sun from pole to pole, I thank the God I know to be For Christ the conqueror of my soul. Since His the sway of ...read more

  • A Father's Influence To The World  PRO

    Contributed by Dr. Thomas Norton on Jul 17, 2007
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    A father’s influence to the world Many years ago a small Jewish boy asked his father, "Why must we surrender our Jewish faith and start to attend Lutheran services here in Germany’ The father replied, "Son, we must abandon our faith so that people will accept us and support our business ...read more

  • Sleepless  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jul 28, 2007
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    Sleepless There once was a man named Randy Lo – his friends just called him Lo. Lo lived a hard life ignoring the many attempts of friends to introduce him to Jesus Christ. Eventually, though, Lo did become a Christian, giving his life over to our Lord Jesus. After some time, his walk with the Lord ...read more

  • There Was A Story Once Told While I Attended ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccosker on Sep 20, 2007
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    There was a story once told while I attended Zion Bible Institute by a preacher in which I have no remembrance of, only his story. There was once an operator of a train draw bridge who had the duties of raising and lowering the bridge. Generally the bridge would remain up due to the heavy traffic ...read more

  • Jack  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 14, 2007
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    Jack A young man of age 22 was diagnosed with testicular cancer. It was serious. Jack was given a very low chance of making it. But a year later he was healthy and cancer free. A few weeks later it was discovered that Jack had a tumor the size of a football in his belly. It was intertwined around ...read more

  • Several Years Ago My Wife And I Bought Our 2 ...

    Contributed by Virgil Gibson on Oct 17, 2007
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    Several years ago my wife and I bought our 2 small grandsons new bicycles for their birthdays. We did not have a truck available at the time, so we bought the bikes unassembled. My son and I realized that it would not be a big task to assemble the bikes. We began the process without reading the ...read more

  • The Deepest Demonstration Of Love Is To Willingly ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Nov 3, 2007
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    The deepest demonstration of love is to willingly sacrifice oneself for the benefit of another. In our last church one of our members was Pat Thorne. He was a sniper who, atop a tree, saw a platoon of Canadian soldiers walking on a road in the direction of a German contingent. Wanting to warn them ...read more

  • Randy Travis Came Out With A Country Song A While ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 5, 2007
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    Randy Travis came out with a country song a while back called “Why I Cheat.” Here are some of the lyrics: A workin’ day too long, when everything goes wrong And a boss who don’t know I’m alive. I once had a notion I’d get that promotion, But now I barely survive. My children keep growin’ ...read more

  • If You Really Want To Discern What Direction God ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Feb 19, 2008
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    If you really want to discern what direction God is leading you then get better acquainted with God. Connect with Him on a consistent basis. Forty years ago a Philadelphia congregation watched as three 9-year-old boys were baptized and joined the church. Not long after, unable to continue with its ...read more

  • Let Me Share An Example From My Own Experience. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Feb 25, 2008
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    Let me share an example from my own experience. I was privileged to be on the mission field of East Africa in 1963. While in Tanzania (then called Tanganyika) I was blessed to work alongside Bill Lewis, our Southern Baptist missionary to the Rungwe district near Mbeyu. Bill was one of the ...read more

  • Prayer Is The Strongest Form Of Abiding That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    Prayer is the strongest form of abiding that there is. A retired teacher was giving her little nephew some help with his schoolwork. He was normally a good, attentive child, but on this occasion he could not fix his mind on his work. Suddenly he said, "Aunt Sally, may I kneel down and ask God to ...read more

  • Despised At His Birth

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    DESPISED AT HIS BIRTH (cf. V. 3) He was born a favored son when he was born to Rachel. It also was not Joseph's fault that he was being despised because of who he was born to, and also when he was born. PRACTICAL APPLICATION: We are only born once, physically and all have the opportunity to be ...read more

  • Many Of You Heard Or Read About 27-Year-Old Aron ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    Many of you heard or read about 27-year-old Aron Ralston who had his right arm pinned by an 800-pound boulder in a climbing accident. He had gone hiking in Bluejohn Canyon. He was an experienced climber, for he had already climbed over 49 other peaks in Colorado which were over 14,000 feet. He ...read more

  • In His Book, Forbidden Fruit: Sex & Religion In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
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    In his book, Forbidden Fruit: Sex & Religion in the Lives of American Teenagers, sociology professor Mark Regnerus says evangelical teens are slightly more sexually active than their non-evangelical peers. Non-evangelical teens have sex for the first time at age 16.7 vs.16.3 for evangelicals. ...read more

  • I Watched Another Movie Where A ...

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on May 20, 2008
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    Illustration: I watched another movie where a teenage delinquent let his life spiral out of control because of drugs and bad friends. It tore his family apart. His parents were on the verge of divorce, his younger brother was experimenting with drugs, his sister had gone from honor role to ...read more

  • I Was About Six Years Old, First Grade Student… ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Jul 29, 2008
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    I was about six years old, first grade student… And half of the school facilities were under construction, remodeling the classrooms. So they put all the grades, from 1 to 8 on a condensed schedule. Grades 5- 8 in the morning, from 7:00 to 1:00 PM, and grades 1 to 4, afternoon, from 2:00 to 6:00 ...read more

  • God Knows His Own

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    GOD KNOWS HIS OWN The guillemot is a small arctic sea bird that lives on the rocky cliffs of northern coastal regions. These birds flock together by the thousands in comparatively small areas. Because of the crowded conditions, hundreds of females lay their pear-shaped eggs side by side on a ...read more

  • He Took The Lashes

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    HE TOOK THE LASHES Cliff Barrows tells of the time his two young children did something wrong. Although they were gently warned, they repeated the offense and needed to be disciplined. Cliff's tender heart was pained at the thought of having to punish the ones he loved. So he called Bobby and ...read more

  • One Time Many Years Ago, The King Of Hungary ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Sep 11, 2008
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    One time many years ago, the king of Hungary found himself depressed and unhappy. He sent for his brother, a good-natured but rather indifferent prince. The king said to him, "I am a great sinner; I fear to meet God." But the prince only laughed at him. This didn’t help the king’s disposition any. ...read more