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  • Jesus Displays For Us In Person The Compassion Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 12, 2006
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    Jesus displays for us in person the compassion of God for his suffering saints. God in the flesh is able to demonstrate for us what God in heaven feels when we cry out to him in moments of grief or sorrow. There are certain theological systems of belief that hold to the idea that God is unmoved ...read more

  • There Are Even New Words That Have Replaced Old ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Sep 24, 2006
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    There are even new words that have replaced old ones to better reflect this culture of diversity. I did a little research this last week and found lists of politically correct words to help us better understand what is happening in our world. John Leo says in, "Double Trouble Speak," U.S. News ...read more

  • One Course I Had In College Was In Adolescent ...

    Contributed by David Henderson on Jan 3, 2007
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    One course I had in college was in adolescent psychology. Difficult class but the professor would let us bring a note card with as much information as we could get on it. That was a great help. Steve Winger writes about a final exam he took in a logic class at the university he attended. The ...read more

  • What's On The Other Side  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
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    WHAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE A sick man turned to his doctor, as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said, "Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other side." Very quietly the doctor said, "I don’t know." "You don’t know? You, a Christian man, does not know what is on ...read more

  • The Key To Happiness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 17, 2002
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    THE KEY TO HAPPINESS Gratitude is nothing less than the key to happiness. For this penetrating insight into gratefulness, I am grateful to Dennis Prager, author of the shrewd and perceptive "Happiness is a Serious Problem." "There is a 'secret to happiness,'" Prager writes, "and it is ...read more

  • The Definition Of Barbecuing  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2003
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    THE DEFINITION OF BARBECUING It’s the only type of cooking a "real man" will do. When a man volunteers to do the ’BBQ’ the following chain of events is put into motion: 1) The woman goes to the store. 2) The woman fixes the salad, vegetables, and dessert. 3) The woman prepares the ...read more

  • The Statue Of Liberty Was Concieved By Frederic ...

    Contributed by Chris Hughes on Aug 13, 2004
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    The Statue of Liberty was concieved by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi to ommemorate America’s 100th birthday It was a Joint effort between France & US France – Statue; The United States had the responsibility for raising the money to build the base and France raised the money for the actual ...read more

  • Funeral Home Visiting Hours  PRO

    Contributed by Erick Riddle on Sep 3, 2004
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    2 Corinthians 1:1-11 One of the ways to share the comfort you have received from God is to go to the visiting hours and the funeral. In the late ‘80’s I was preaching full time for a small church in Michigan and worked part time in the local funeral home. I frequently saw people from the church ...read more

  • Check Out The People You Listen To On The Radio, ...

    Contributed by Art Good on Jun 7, 2007
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    Check out the people you listen to on the radio, CD’s, the shows you watch, the people we cheer for on the football fields, and the basketball courts, how many of them are anti-Christian in their life, in their lyrics? Yet we put up posters of them, and pay for their CD’s and their DVD’s and watch ...read more

  • Tom Mcdawley, A Correspondent For The Christian ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Tom McDawley, a correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor reported on a poll conducted in January 2006 by the Terror Free Tomorrow organization. The poll suggested that humanitarian aid delivered by real human beings is a very effective way to improve how Muslim countries view the United ...read more

  • Rebellion In China

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Illustration from Tai Ping Rebellion in China We don’t learn much world history anymore in school. Back in the 1860s, a man arose in China who claimed to be a Messiah. [11] His name was Hong Xiuquan. Hong was this disturbed young salesman who read a bunch of heretical Christian literature, ...read more

  • God Wants You To Win

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 4, 2007
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    In addition, God wants you to win. > Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you”—[this is] the Lord’s declaration—“plans for [your] welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. Listen, God is pulling for you. He wants you to win as a believer, as a Christ follower. He ...read more

  • Peter Johnson Related This Story In The April 14, ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Mar 5, 2008
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    Peter Johnson related this story in the April 14, 1988, issue of USA TODAY. “Have you ever noticed that sometimes we get angry and remain bitter with people and actually forget why we’re so upset? Take, for example, the notorious Hatfield-McCoy feud. “It hit newspaper front pages in the 1880’s, ...read more

  • Bernard Ebbers, Head Of Worldcom, Was Known As ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 7, 2008
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    Bernard Ebbers, head of WorldCom, was known as one of the most religious CEO’s in the high-tech sector of American business. Every board meeting began with a prayer. Ebbers served as a deacon in his Mississippi Baptist church, and led a bible study very competently. He was elected to the ...read more

  • Staring At The Gates Of Hell

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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    STARING AT THE GATES OF HELL Auguste Rodin was a French impressionist sculptor. He created The Thinker. The Thinker was originally meant to sit on top of Rodin’s greatest masterpiece, the Gates of Hell. The Thinker is contemplating an eternity of judgment separated from God. Author Neil Cole ...read more

  • The Devil Is A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 16, 2009
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    The Devil Is A Liar A well-paid, recently-promoted young executive dreamed he died and stood at the Pearly Gates. Peter asks: "Do you want to go to heaven or to hell?" "Let me know my options," he says. "Show me hell." Up pops a giant screen with a video playing. Girls in bikinis and well-built ...read more

  • Nicolaitan Compromise With Idolatry In Church Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 2, 2009
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    Nicolaitan Compromise with Idolatry in Church of Pergamum Bruce Longenecker's book, "The Lost Letters of Pergamum" (pp. 165-166) illustrates their teaching in a story about a Nicolaitan (Kalandion) that attended the Pergamum church. Kalandion is visiting a Christian who has been imprisoned for ...read more

  • Community Stores Refuse Kind Acts Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 9, 2009
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    Community Stores Refuse Kind Acts of Service The story is told of a minister who was organizing opportunities for people in his church to do small acts of kindness as a demonstration of Christ’s love in the community. 1. He phoned several neighborhood grocery stores and Laundromats and asked for ...read more

  • Max Lucado's Story About A Scottish Fisherman's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2009
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    Max Lucado’s Story about a Scottish Fisherman’s Stain on Wall that is Transformed by Famous Wildlife Painter into a Masterpiece Max Lucado tells this story: “Over a hundred years ago, a group of fishermen were relaxing in a Scottish seaside inn. One of the men gestured widely and his arm struck the ...read more

  • An Old Preacher Wants To Die Between Two Greedy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2009
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    An Old Preacher Wants To Die Between Two Greedy Men from His Congregation An old preacher was dying. He sent a message for his banker and his lawyer, both church members, to come to his home. When they arrived, they were ushered up to his bedroom. As they entered the room, the preacher held out his ...read more