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  • Hindrances  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 25, 2008
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     | 3,387 views

    HINDRANCES Hindrances: These are those things that the Bible doesn’t necessarily call sin, but that can get in the way. Let me give you an example: It’s not illegal to run the 100-yard dash wearing snow-mobile suit and snow boots. But you’re not going to win. In fact, you’ll probably pass out ...read more

  • In His Book The Gospel As It Really Is Stuart ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jun 15, 2008
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    IN HIS BOOK THE GOSPEL AS IT REALLY IS STUART OLYOTT GIVES THE ILLUSTRATION OF A MAN WALKING DOWN A LANE BY NIGHT WHO FALLS INTO A PUDDLE OF MUD . HE DIDN’T REALISE HOW DIRTY HE WAS UNTIL HE BEGAN TO REACH THE STREET LIGHT . THE NEARER HE CAME TO THE LIGHT THE MORE HE BECAME AWARE OF HIS FILTH ...read more

  • The Master's There

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 12, 2008
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    THE MASTER'S THERE In one of his books, A. M. Hunter, the New Testament scholar, relates the story of a dying man who asked his Christian doctor to tell him something about the place to which he was going. As the doctor fumbled for a reply, he heard a scratching at the door, and he had his answer. ...read more

  • Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
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    NOT IMPRESSED A story is told about Rabbi Joseph Schneerson, a Hasidic leader during the early days of Russian Communism. The rabbi spent much time in jail, persecuted for his faith. One morning in 1927, as he prayed in a Leningrad synagogue, secret police rushed in and arrested him. They took ...read more

  • Who's The Boss

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    WHO’S THE BOSS The young husband was henpecked, and he was going to a psychiatrist about the problem. The doctor told him, "You don’t have to let your wife bully you! Go home and show her you’re the boss!" The young man got home, slammed the door, shook his fist in his wife’s face, and growled, ...read more

  • When You've Been In A Deep Sleep And Someone ...

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Jul 27, 2008
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    When you’ve been in a deep sleep and someone suddenly flips the light on and wakes you up, doesn’t the light hurt your eyes? Don’t you squint and turn your head, trying to relieve the discomfort of the brightness of the light? You might even get agitated or even a little angry. And aren’t you a bit ...read more

  • Big Church And Famous Preacher - Texas, Looking ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Jul 29, 2008
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    Big church and famous preacher - Texas, looking good on TV... Sermon title: “Why We Don’t Have to Be Afraid of Death”… And for about 20 minutes he was repeating this… we don’t have to be afraid, we don’t have… bla-bla… At the very end, as usual for those tele-preachers, he was keeping his best shot ...read more

  • Scan Checks From ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    SCAN CHECKS FROM HOME Soon you will be able to deposit checks by scanning them at home and sending them electronically to your bank. No need to visit a branch or an ATM. This is possible because of the Check Clearing for 21st Century Act which allows banks to exchange electronic images of checks. ...read more

  • G ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    GLASS There’s an old story about a miserable rich man who went to visit a rabbi. The rabbi took the rich man by the hand and led him to a window. “Look out there,” he said. The rich man looked into the street. “What do you see?” asked the rabbi. “I see men, women, and children,” answered the ...read more

  • Many Of You Know How Much I Love The Peanuts ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2008
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    Many of you know how much I love the Peanuts comic strip. In one of the strips, Snoopy, the lovable beagle, was pictured with his left leg broken. Snoopy philosophized about his plight one day while perched on top of his doghouse. He thought, "My body blames my foot for not being able to go places. ...read more

  • And I Have Something Else To Say It. We Share The ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Oct 19, 2008
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    And I have something else to say it. We share the same story as this crippled man did: we can’t walk and others carry us. The pastor, the elders, church board, somebody from your family… your religion is a second hand religion. Others are carrying you… You are just passive watcher, crippled ...read more

  • A Couple Found A Beautiful Log House In Color...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2008
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    A couple found a beautiful log house in Colorado that was high in the mountains. It had a beautiful view, and they had their heart set on buying it. They prayed about the house, but one thing after another went wrong. The timing was not right, their financing didn’t go through. They had prayed ...read more

  • Ideas Of Other People

    Contributed by Samuel Wilder on Nov 10, 2008
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    IDEAS OF OTHER PEOPLE Thomas A. Edison, the great inventor, was talking one day with the governor of North Carolina, and the governor complimented him on his inventive genius. "I am not a great inventor," said Edison. "But you have over a thousand patents to your credit, haven’t you?" asked the ...read more

  • How Many Promises In The ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 23, 2008
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    How Many Promises in the Bible? Dr. Everek R. Storms of Ontario spent a vast amount of time studying the promises of Scripture. Writing in Contact Magazine, he said: “The Holy Scriptures contain a grand total of 8,810 promises. How do I know? I counted them. Dr. Storms goes on to classify the ...read more

  • When The Blacksmith Strikes His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
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    Illustration: When the blacksmith strikes his hammer repeatedly on the anvil it is said that the same anvil will wear out many hammers. Those who strike Christians are creating boldness in the body of Christ. When Christians are persecuted there is more courage. Tell about the workers at Youth for ...read more

  • You've Heard The Term "On The Bubble." It Refers ...

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 18, 2008
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    You’ve heard the term “on the bubble.” It refers to a team that may or may not be eligible for a tournament. So many times we feel as if we’re on the bubble. We’re not. We’re in! A lot of controversy lately about College Football – the BCS. Now you Oklahoma fans have no problem with it. ...read more

  • A Headline In Usa Today Said, "We're Heading Into ...

    Contributed by Dave Browning on Dec 22, 2008
     | 1,559 views

    A headline in USA Today said, "We’re Heading Into Something Big -- But What?" In the article it said "Standing at the front edge of history can be disconcerting. This year feels like just such a point in time. The stock market disaster, the wreckage in the technology industry, the ...read more

  • He Comes To Us

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 22, 2008
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    He Comes to Us During a Christmas program, the children's choir sang. A girl had a solo part and a pretty red dress that she could not wait to wear. When her time to sing came, she forgot the words and fell apart in tears. She walked back to the choir sobbing. Soon, the other children were ...read more

  • Life Is Not Like A Vcr

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,869 views

    LIFE IS NOT LIKE A VCR Tim Brown, professor of preaching at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan tells a story about one of his former students who was also named Tim. The former student was a successful young man who called one day to tell the professor that he was sick and in the ...read more

  • Who Owns The Church?

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jan 6, 2009
     | 2,133 views

    WHO OWNS THE CHURCH? My grandson Nate and I went to the Church New Year's day to clean up after our wonderful New Year's Eve party. On the way there he asked, "Granpa, do you own the church?" I said, "No. I just manage it." He says, "Well, who owns it?" I tried to tell him that the ...read more