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  • How Seldom Is It That The Soul Keeps Itself ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    How seldom is it that the soul keeps itself silent ...read more

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  • If I Don't Love This One...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    "IF I DON’T LOVE THIS ONE..." There was a little girl who had a very large collection of dolls heaped on her bed. A guest in her room one day asked herd "Do you love dolls" Then, with tender loving care, she spread out the whole collection for the guest to inspect and admire. The guest asked her, ...read more

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  • Anyone Can Do That...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    "ANYONE CAN DO THAT..." There was a man named Doug Nichols who went to India to be a missionary. While he was just starting to study the language, he became infected with tuberculosis and had to be put in a sanitarium. It was not a very good place to be. It was not very clean and conditions were ...read more

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  • On Crowns

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    ON CROWNS Crowns have always been the sign of authority and Kingship. Charlemagne, whom historians say should deserve to be called "great" above all others, wore an octagonal crown. Each of the eight sides was a plaque of gold, and each plaque was studded with emeralds, sapphires, and pearls. The ...read more

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  • Salvation And Reprobation

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    SALVATION AND REPROBATION Someone may ask, "Of what use then is the doctrine of reprobation?" I am glad you asked! Let me suggest (from Dr. Boice) some useful aspects of the doctrine of reprobation. First, reprobation assures us that God’s purpose has not failed. God has determined the outcome ...read more

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  • God's Salvation ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    GOD’S SALVATION CHURCH In the 1990s, a cult from Taiwan relocated to San Dimas, California, and registered itself as God’s Salvation Church. In 1997, the Chen Tao cult, also known as the Flying Saucer cult, led by Hon-Ming Chen, headed to Garland (mistaken for "God Land"), Texas, where they expect ...read more

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  • What's Up With Jesus?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    WHAT’S UP WITH JESUS? Renowned theologian Karl Barth was lecturing to a group of students at Princeton when a student asked him, "Sir, don’t you think that God has revealed himself in other religions and not only in Christianity?" With a modest thunder he stunned the crowd, replying, "No, God has ...read more

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  • You Know Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
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    YOU KNOW NOT WHEN The people of Martinique sent representatives to that smoldering volcano, Mount Pelee, to see what the condition was. They returned and gave false reports and the city slept on, in all its vice. Nature took warning and the reptiles commenced crawling down the mountainside, birds ...read more

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  • At The Time Appointed, The End Will ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
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    AT THE TIME APPOINTED, THE END WILL BE Baptist preacher William Miller, founder of the Millerites, announced that Christ would come on March 21, 1843, and when that failed, he proposed a new date of October 22, 1844. In a Philadelphia store window the following sign was displayed: "This shop is ...read more

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  • Jonah Jones - From Cocaine Trafficker To Christian Counselor

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Mar 27, 2009
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    *The closer we get to Jesus, the more we will see a change in our lives. *Jonah Jones had a terrible childhood. Jonah’s parents were drug traffickers who introduced him to cocaine when he was 8-years-old. Unbelievable! -- but true. Worse than that, Jonah’s stepfather raped him. His mother abused ...read more

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  • Temptation And Sin: Steve's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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    TEMPTATION AND SIN: STEVE’S STORY A young man was in a parking lot just shortly after being saved and he found a pack of cigarettes lying unopened on the ground near his car. His first thought was to keep them and smoke them as he had always done, but he felt prompted to do something different. He ...read more

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  • Live What You Believe  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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    LIVE WHAT YOU BELIEVE After the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989, no person in all of East Germany was more despised than the former Communist dictator Erich Honniker. He had been stripped of all his offices. Even the Communist Party rejected him. Kicked out of his villa, the new government ...read more

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  • Stay Busy Until The Master's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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    STAY BUSY UNTIL THE MASTER’S RETURN "The disciple is not called to eliminate his ignorance of the timing of the end, he is called to cope with it and respond to it appropriately." "How can a doorkeeper fulfill his duties if he spends his time calculating how long the delay will be?" In the ...read more

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  • Heavy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    HEAVY SLEEP People who sleep less than 6 or more than 9 hours per night are more likely to be obese, claims a new government study. The study also linked light sleepers to higher smoking ...read more

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  • New Gambling Addiction Temptations

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    NEW GAMBLING ADDICTION TEMPTATIONS Free online gaming could lead to the very real problem of gambling addiction. 33% of Oregon teens play free casino-type games online, according to the state’s Dept. of Human Services. The games ...read more

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  • Protecting Our Children

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN Studies show 25-33% of girls and 5-15% of boys will be sexually abused by the age of 18. The majority will be abused by family members or trusted family friends. Churches are urged to take steps in ...read more

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  • Aging Are Leaving No ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    AGING ARE LEAVING NO INHERITANCE An AARP analysis of the Federal Reserve Board’s 2004 Survey of Consumer Finances finds 21% of people born after 1964 thought they would inherit money someday. But with each passing year, the pressures on the nest-eggs of older people will only grow. A lot of ...read more

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  • Evangelism?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    EVANGELISM? A 4-year study funded by the Lily Endowment designed to identify and analyze highly effective examples of evangelism by congregations in 7 mainline denominations reached two primary findings: (1) Of the 30,000 churches that qualified for the Mainline Evangelism Project, only 1/2 of 1% ...read more

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  • Stop For The Boat People

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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    STOP FOR THE BOAT PEOPLE On Aug. 8, 2004, the Vietnamese community of Westminster, California, celebrated one of the kindest and bravest acts performed by a stranger on them. On Nov. 13, 1985, ninety-six Vietnamese refugees despaired for their lives and their families’ lives when the engine of the ...read more

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  • Love Your Neighbor's Broccoli

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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    LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR’S BROCCOLI A little girl stayed for dinner at the home of her friend. The vegetable was buttered broccoli, and the mother asked if she liked it. The child replied very politely, "Oh, yes, I love it." But when the bowl of broccoli was passed, she declined to take any. The hostess ...read more

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