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  • I Know A Family That Is Very Wealthy And Well On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2004
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    I know a family that is very wealthy and well on its way toward embracing the principles that have just been laid out. This is a Roman Catholic family that has inherited a vast fortune. These people live just outside a Midwestern city and, as you might expect, make their home on a large estate ...read more

  • Making History—communion Meditation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 1, 2002
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    MAKING HISTORY--COMMUNION MEDITATION The author Circian writes: “Nathan Hale was a young man who had every prospect for a happy and fulfilling life. He was very well educated for his day—a Yale graduate in an era when very few went to college. Although there are many contemporary accounts ...read more

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  • The 100-Year Prayer Meeting

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 3, 2007
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    The 100-Year Prayer Meeting In 1722, Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf, troubled by the suffering of Christian exiles from Bohemia and Moravia, allowed them to establish a community on his estate in Germany. The center became known as Herrnhut, meaning “Under the Lord’s Watch.” It grew quickly, ...read more

    Denomination: Other

  • Former Convict And Judge Together At ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2010
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    Former Convict and Judge Together at Communion A large prosperous city church had three mission churches under its care that it had started. On the first Sunday of the New Year all the members of the mission churches came to the city church for a combined Communion service. In those mission ...read more

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  • Hathcock's Heroism

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 19, 2011
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    HATHCOCK'S HEROISM Hathcock has one of the most impressive mission records of any sniper in the Marine corps. During the Vietnam War he amassed 93 confirmed kills, saving the lives of hundreds or even thousands of Marines. The Vietnam army put a $30,000 bounty on his life for killing so many of ...read more

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  • Lesson Of The Good Samaritan

    Contributed by Darian Hybl on Aug 21, 2013
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    Recently I read an article that convicted me of my ‘blind spots’ where I have not wanted to ‘cross the road’ or enter deeper into relationship. Alex Early penned an article entitled, “A Pastor Walked into a Gay Bar And…” At first I avoided the article because I thought this article was more a ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • The Clerk Of Abbington Presbytery, Outside Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    The clerk of Abbington Presbytery, outside of Philadelphia, approximately 100 years ago gave these 5 kinds of attitudes about change: 1. Early innovators (2.6%), run with new ideas 2. Early adaptors (13.4%), influenced by (1) but not initiators 3. Slow Majority (34%), the herd-followers 4. ...read more

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  • Beulah Church In Lawrence County, Illinois, Was ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Sep 17, 2006
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    Beulah Church in Lawrence County, Illinois, was a country Church I served for over four years beginning in 1980. Beulah has never had a financial crisis one reason being the fact that nearly all the Church family tithe. Another reason is that they are missionary minded people. They support I ...read more

    Denomination: Methodist

  • I Read Of A Norwegian Missionary, Marie Monsen, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 18, 2000
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    I read of a Norwegian missionary, Marie Monsen, who served in China in the 1950s. She testified to the intervention of angels when Christians were in great danger. They had taken refuge in the mission compound only to be surrounded by looting soldiers and they were astonished to find that they ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Most Churches Do A Good Job Of Getting People ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Nov 25, 2001
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    “Most churches do a good job of getting people to first base or maybe even second base. People will receive Christ, be baptized and join the church (that’s getting them to first base). Some churches also do an excellent job of helping believers develop the habits that lead to spiritual maturity ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Fulfilling My Task  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Emmert on Jul 11, 2002
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    FULFILLING MY TASK “[Most people] act as if they were simply dropped down in creation and have to entertain [them] selves until [they] die. But we [Christians] were sent into the world by God, just as Jesus was. Each of us has a mission in life. Jesus prays to his Father for his followers, ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • The Clerk Of Abbington Presbytery, Outside Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
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    The clerk of Abbington Presbytery, outside of Philadelphia, approximately 100 years ago gave these 5 kinds of attitudes about change: 1. Early innovators (2.6%), run with new ideas 2. Early adaptors (13.4%), influenced by (1) but not initiators 3. Slow Majority (34%), the herd-followers 4. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • The Big Return On Faithfulness  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 5, 2001
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    THE BIG RETURN ON FAITHFULNESS It was a stormy night in Birmingham, England, and Hudson Taylor was to speak at a meeting at the Severn Street schoolroom. His hostess assured him that nobody would attend on such a stormy night, but Taylor insisted on going. "I must go even if there is no one but ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Everyone Needs A Savior

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jun 25, 2011
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    EVERYONE NEEDS A SAVIOR Billy Sunday was a famous baseball player in the early part of the last century. He was dramatically converted to Christ, and became then even more famous as an evangelist. In preparation for a city wide mission in a large American city, Billy Sunday wrote a letter to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • I Remember A Friend I Had In College Whom I Took ...

    Contributed by Rev. Saeed Richardson on Sep 9, 2007
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    I remember a friend I had in college whom I took a road trip from VA Tech to Boston with. Along the way we stopped in DC to have dinner at a friend’s restaurant. The food was really good, the restaurant was good, the only problem was that I didn’t understand ANYTHING. You see, he was Korean, his 2 ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Christianity Is A Very Personal Religion. ...

    Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Dec 15, 2007
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    Christianity is a very personal religion. (“I”...“I”...“I”; “I have sinned and I have been saved.”) Belief in Christ is a personal thing. A sinner needs a Saviour—not a teacher or encourager, or perfect Guide to teach to do better next time. Once after a missionary trip, we decided to swim on a ...read more

    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Consider This Example. My Father Just Passed ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    Consider this example. My father just passed away. He owned a fishing boat. My mother wants to give me my father’s fishing boat. She has promised me the boat. Let’s suppose I go over in a couple of months to get the boat. After I get there she laughs and says, “Oh, I was just kidding, you cannot ...read more

  • Dig In And Hang On

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jan 16, 2009
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    DIG IN AND HANG ON When I read Hebrews 6:13-20, I am always reminded of a story I heard years ago, from a young man telling about his trip down a foreign river. A storm came up suddenly and the banks were too high to climb, so he and his friend guided their small craft to the river's edge where, ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

  • The Late Jerry Falwell Was Enthused With Shopping ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    The late Jerry Falwell was enthused with shopping about as much as any man. In her recent book, Jerry Falwell, His Life and Legacy, Falwell’s wife explained how her husband handled their trips to the mall. Falwell would drive his wife to the store and then park the car. He would hang a sign in the ...read more

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  • Between You And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    BETWEEN YOU AND GOD I conclude with a story that I heard Pastor Larry Booker tell in a sermon he preached on August 4, 2007 at the First Pentecostal Church of North Little Rock, Arkansas. The title of the message was "Three Attitudes of Jewish Babylon." I understand just as you do that holiness ...read more

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