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  • Linchpin For Disaster!" Romans 13: 8-14 Key ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 10, 2004
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    “Linchpin for Disaster!” Romans 13: 8-14 Key verse(s): 13: “Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.” In the recent heavy rains that struck the state this past spring, of chief concern ...read more

  • Consider The Following Email Recently Sent To Me ...  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 13, 2005
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    Consider the following email recently sent to me titled "WORDS WOMEN USE." "FINE." This is the word women use to end an argument when they feel they are right and you need to shut up. Never use "fine" to describe how a woman looks——this will cause you to have one of those arguments. "FIVE ...read more

  • Years Ago I Was At A Promise Keepers Pastor's ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on May 18, 2007
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    Years ago I was at a Promise Keepers Pastor’s Conference – It was a great conference. I went with pastor friend of mine and to save some cash we went in together on renting a car and a hotel room. So we booked all of this months in advance believing everything would be ready for us when w arrived. ...read more

  • A. One Of The Pioneers In The Cellular Phone ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A. ONE OF THE PIONEERS IN THE CELLULAR PHONE BUSINESS IS A MAN VERY FEW OF US HAVE EVER HEARD OF: CRAIG MCCAW. B. HIS BIOGRAPHY IS ENTITLED: MONEY FROM THIN AIR AND HE TELLS ABOUT HOW HE STARTED, MCCAW CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS, IN 1976, JUST THREE YEARS OUT OF COLLEGE. C. EIGHTEEN YEARS LATER, ...read more

  • The Name Auschwitz Brings Terror And Grief To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The name AUSCHWITZ brings terror and grief to the hearts of many people. It is the sight of an infamous NAZI DEATH CAMP where 4 million Jews died during World War II. A half-ton of hair is still PRESERVED. The SHOWERS that once sprayed POISON GAS still stand. Maximillian Kolbe, a Franciscan priest ...read more

  • A Person's Last Words Are Important. We Hang On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A person’s last words are important. We hang on to the dying words of those closest to us. We pass on the final words of great leaders for the next generation. It’s as if we are waiting for them to sum everything up in a few final statements. Some are famous: Nathan Hale (1755-1776) – "I only ...read more

  • Over A Three-Decade Career In Baseball, Pete ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Over a three-decade career in baseball, Pete Rose earned the nickname "Charlie Hustle" for his aggressive play and desire to win. He set dozens of records — including breaking Ty Cobb’s record for the most hits ever. That achievement, on Sept. 11, 1985, earned him a nine-minute ovation. But in ...read more

  • Children Leave Gift Of Love At Funeral

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Children leave gift of love @ funeral The Rev. Harry Pritchett Jr. is rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Atlanta. His church includes specific ministries for the poor, for street people, for college students. It is Pritchett who called my attention to a boy named Philip. He was 9 – in a ...read more

  • I Want You To Walk

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    “I WANT YOU TO WALK” -Arthur Gordon (A Touch of Wonder) relates a story that graphically describes the impact that one life can have on another. The man Gordon spoke of had been stricken with polio at the age of three and his parents had abandoned him in the Depression era. Taken in by a foster ...read more

  • There Was A Man Who Did Not Know What Was Wrong. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 22, 2007
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    There was a man who did not know what was wrong. He seemed to fail at everything he attempted. His parents had been wealthy, so he had inherited a considerable amount of money. However, he failed everything he tried on his own. Now he was almost broke, and his wife was leaving him because (as she ...read more

  • There Is A True Story Of An Old Man Who Visited ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jul 20, 2007
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    There is a true story of an old man who visited an old broken pier every Friday on the eastern sea coast of Florida until his death in 1973 his name was Eddie Rickenbacker whilst at the pier he would feed the sea gulls with a bucket of shrimps. Many years before in 1942 Eddie was a captain on ...read more

  • Donald Miller, In His Excellent Book Searching ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 2, 2007
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    Donald Miller, in his excellent book Searching for God Knows What, tells about going to a Bible college where he taught one of the classes. Speaking to this group of Bible students, he told them he was going to present the plan of salvation, but he was going to leave out one key element, and they ...read more

  • One Of My Dear Friends Shared This Story With Me ...

    Contributed by Marianne Unger on Dec 12, 2007
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    One of my dear friends shared this story with me that I’d like to share with you. It’s about a mother who asked her child “What is the most important body part?” When the child was younger, they thought sound was important, so they replied that it was their ears. The mother said, “No, many ...read more

  • God Is My Corner

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 13, 2008
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    From George Foremans book -God is my corner “Ultimately your belief in God will meet resistance, which forces you to either shut up or speak up.” After giving his testimony at Robert Schuller’s church, the Crystal Cathedral, he panicked when he discovered it would be broadcast nationwide. ...read more

  • Historical Background On The Book Of Jonah: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 11, 2008
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    Historical Background on the Book of Jonah: Following information from THE MINOR PROPHETS Jonah by Al Maxey Jonah is the only "minor prophet" ever to be mentioned by Jesus Christ. He is also the only OT figure that Jesus Himself likens unto Himself (Matthew 12:39-41; 16:4; Luke 11:29-32). Although ...read more

  • Listen To The Words Of Max Lucado From His Book ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    Listen to the words of Max Lucado from his book "When God Whispers Your Name": "For the next twelve hours I will be exposed to the day’s demands. It is now that I must make a choice Because of Calvary, I’m free to choose. And so I choose. I choose love. No occasion justifies hatred; no injustice ...read more

  • This Is One That Jesus Originally Told And Phil ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    This is one that Jesus originally told and Phil Yancey writes about it in his book, What’s So Amazing About Grace? It’s a picture of what our church is, can be, will be, should be. One of the pictures Jesus often uses of grace is of a wedding banquet. So this is what Yancey writes: Accompanied ...read more

  • What's Your Dream?

    Contributed by Grant Van Boeschoten on Apr 22, 2008
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    WHAT'S YOUR DREAM? Mathew Barnett, at the young age of 20, was asked by his father Tommy Barnett to pastor an Inner City Church in Los Angeles. The first day that Mathew was at the Church it had a congregation of forty people. But instead of growing under his young and enthusiastic leadership, ...read more

  • No Greater ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 16, 2008
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    No Greater Love During the beginning of World War II, a large British military force on the European continent, as well as English citizens and diplomats, retreated to a French coastal port of Dunkirk. With it’s back against the English Channel, the British army faced a German army that threatened ...read more

  • Earlier This Week, I Was Talking To Our Music ...

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on May 28, 2008
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    Earlier this week, I was talking to our music director, Jim Turk, about this sermon. I told him that I was going to challenge you to live out your faith. I told him a story about myself that makes me very self-conscious. It is a story I had never told anyone else. I explained to Jim that it was ...read more