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  • God Did Not Walk Away

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    GOD DID NOT WALK AWAY Simon Wiesenthal wrote The Sunflower in 1969. It speaks of the pain he experienced at the hands of the Nazis during WWII. He describes being taken from a Nazi death-camp to a makeshift hospital. He was ushered by a nurse to the side of a Nazi soldier, who asked to have a ...read more

  • How Great Is Our God

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 12, 2009
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    HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD If this doesn't inspire you worship God with every millimeter of your being, if thinking about this ginormous God does not compel you to shout for joy and sing His praises with all of your being, then I don't know what will. Probably nothing. Chris Tomlin wrote these words ...read more

  • Our Star-Breathing God

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 12, 2009
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    OUR STAR-BREATHING GOD Here is one for our Browns fans. The biggest star that we have seen--Canis Major or The Big Dog. If you take our golf ball earth, then this star would be in comparison the size of Mt. Everest. Seven quadrillion earths would fit into it...that is enough golf balls to cover ...read more

  • God Forgives Without Conditions

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jan 26, 2009
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    GOD FORGIVES WITHOUT CONDITIONS I once heard a story about Camelot when King Arthur was away. Guinevere, his wife, was unfaithful with Sir Lancelot. When King Arthur returned, he found out about the affair and had his wife placed in a convent for life. Towards the end of the story in a beautiful ...read more

  • God Restores Banged-Up ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    GOD RESTORES BANGED-UP PEOPLE Gary Inrig’s story in his book, Quality Friendships: Years ago, one family had a son who was in the Korean War. They had not heard from him for 10 months and were very concerned. Time went on and the war ended. Finally their son called home. The mother was excited. ...read more

  • Power Comes From God

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 10, 2009
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    POWER COMES FROM GOD There is an interesting account about Thomas Aquinas visiting Pope Innocent II in the 12th century. The great theologian and philosopher came upon the pope auditing some of the Vatican's treasure. The pope stated, "No more must the church say with Peter that of silver and gold ...read more

  • South Park: God's Authority

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 15, 2009
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    SOUTH PARK: GOD'S AUTHORITY The hostile atheists do not want to admit that God is Creator because such an admission would give God authority over their lives. They would rather serve chance so that all experience is relative and so that there are no absolutes-—except perhaps, their certainty that ...read more

  • Confession: Sin Hurts God

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Mar 7, 2009
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    CONFESSION: SIN HURTS GOD If you’re part of a big family, you probably remember those times when a little nephew would come up and slug his older uncles. The nephew’s mother probably chided him, but I can almost hear the uncle say, "No! That’s all right. The kid’s got to flex his muscles once in a ...read more

  • Max Lucado And God's Grace

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 12, 2009
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    MAX LUCADO AND GOD'S GRACE Max Lucado - Despite having sold 15 million books, a one-minute radio show in 900 markets, and a church of over 3,000 in weekly attendance, Lucado has not always been so "angelic." From his sophomore to senior year in high school, in his words, he "walked the path of the ...read more

  • To Know God's Will, Follow The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
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    To Know God’s Will, Follow the Guide In A Slow and Certain Light, Elizabeth Elliot tells of 2 adventurers who stopped by to see her, all loaded with equipment for the rainforest East of the Andes. It was the first time they are trekking the forest but they sought no advice, just a few phrases to ...read more

  • Here Be Dragons. Here Is God.

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2009
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    "HERE BE DRAGONS. HERE IS GOD." 2 Timothy 3:1-7 Matt. 8:23-26; 16:24-26 John 16:33 Psalm 107:23-30 We all remember Hurricane Katrina and the damage it inflicted on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. It’s only a memory now, but it left terrible devastation and painful memories that still remain. The ...read more

  • God Settles His Accounts  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2009
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    GOD SETTLES HIS ACCOUNTS An atheist farmer often ridiculed people who believed in God. He wrote the following letter to the editor of a local newspaper: "I plowed on Sunday, planted on Sunday, cultivated on Sunday, and hauled in my crops on Sunday; but I never went to church on Sunday. Yet I ...read more

  • The Best Evidence Of God's Presence Is The ...

    Contributed by Rick George on Oct 29, 2009
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    "The best evidence of God’s presence is the Devil’s ...read more

  • God's Provision: The Holy Spirit  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 7, 2009
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    GOD'S PROVISION: THE HOLY SPIRIT Without the Holy Spirit the church could not exist. It is He who inspired the writers of Scripture, and He who dwells in every Christian, giving us life in Christ. All our efforts are dust and ashes apart from Him. A young man asked an old rich man how he made his ...read more

  • God Has Spoken...listen!

    Contributed by C Jordan on Dec 27, 2009
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    GOD HAS SPOKEN...LISTEN! "If God has spoken, listen! If God has recorded his words in a Book, search its pages with a believing heart. If you do not accept it as God’s inspired word, I cannot invite you to pay any particular attention to it; but if you regard it as the Book of God, I charge you, ...read more

  • Precious Metals, Precious God

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Jan 1, 2010
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    PRECIOUS METALS, PRECIOUS GOD When the priest walked into the tabernacle there in the courtyard there was bronze around him, you can imagine him looking at the bronze work as he made his way. And as he walked into the holy place silver, the wooden pillars covered in silver, the hooks and curtain ...read more

  • Praise Be To The Lord, The God Of Israel, ...

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jan 3, 2010
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    "Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come and has redeemed his people" (Luke 1:68 NIV). A little child plays innocently in a park. Suddenly a man grabs her from behind and drags her into a van. She’s gagged. A bag’s pulled over her head. Dust stings her eyes. The smell of sweat ...read more

  • There Is A Choice Involved In Obeying God, And ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 12, 2010
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    "There is a choice involved in obeying God, and building an Ark. And there is a choice involved in worshiping God and building an altar. No ark, no altar. You won’t know what it’s like to worship, until you appreciate what it’s like to be saved, and then your worship will never be ...read more

  • A Church That Does Not Listen For God In The ...

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Jan 13, 2010
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    "A church that does not listen for God in the Bible and treat the Bible as the unique touchstone of truth about God and about us is losing its identity, it’s raison ...read more

  • Power Of The Translated Word Of God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    POWER OF THE TRANSLATED WORD OF GOD This is a strategy still used today, because it works and this is how it is still used today: A friend of mine, Bill, was a bible translator for Wycliff Bible Translators in some very remote mountains in Bolivia. Bill was on the second Wycliff team. The first ...read more