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  • In The Story Of Pollyanna, There Is A Woman Who ...

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Sep 23, 2010
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    In the story of Pollyanna, there is a woman who runs the town. She’s not the mayor and doesn’t even sit on the city council. It’s just that she has inherited a tremendous amount of money from her father, and she has a controlling interest in all the major businesses in town. As a result, no one ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Disciplines: The Decathlon

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
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    DISCIPLINES: THE DECATHLON The Olympic decathlon is internationally recognized as the most demanding test of individual athletic ability there is. It is the event that determines the world's greatest all-around athlete. Originating in a contest held at the 708 B.C. Olympiad to single out Greece's ...read more

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  • Surprise With Joy And Delight

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Mar 15, 2011
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    SURPRISE WITH JOY AND DELIGHT She squealed with joy – I just know she would. She grinned and chuckled while dashing from room to room as she gazed at all the balloons, streamers and other decorations scattered about. Her little fingers mined through the candy, presents, and other trinkets of fun ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • We Need Christ In Good Times And Bad

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2011
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    WE NEED CHRIST IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD Presbyterian minister of the 19th century, J. R. Miller, once wrote that "We need Christ just as much in our bright, prosperous, exalted hours as in the days of darkness, adversity, and depression. We are quite in danger of thinking that religion is only for ...read more

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  • The Church As A China Cabinet

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2011
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    THE CHURCH AS A CHINA CABINET Bryan Wilkerson talks about a sterling silver tea set that a family member gave him and his wife as a reminder of her love for them. It’s quite old and beautifully made, and it sits on a stand in their dining room. There's only one problem: they can’t use it. The ...read more

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  • Not Much Of A Man...?

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 11, 2011
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    NOT MUCH OF A MAN...? A weary truck driver who pulled his rig into an all-night truck stop late one summer evening in Broken Bow, NE. He was tired and hungry. The waitress had just served him when three tough looking, leather-jacketed bikers of the Hell's Angels type decided to give him a hard ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Which House Would You Rather Live In?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2011
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    WHICH HOUSE WOULD YOU RATHER LIVE IN? On October 19, 2010, a test was conducted at the Institute for Business and Home Safety in Richburg, South Carolina. Researchers constructed two 1,300-square-foot houses inside a $40 million laboratory and then observed how a simulated hurricane would impact ...read more

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  • Persistent Sowers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
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    PERSISTENT SOWERS During a particular drought several years ago, much of the seed that had been planted did not come up. The seed that did produced runty plants that promised a scanty yield, if any at all. Grass burned up in the intense heat, and the cattle nearly starved. Many farmers were forced ...read more

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  • J. C. Ryle On Zeal  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
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    J. C. RYLE ON ZEAL Recently I found a book by Bishop J.C. Ryle, the first bishop of Liverpool, England on the subject of zeal. He wrote: "Zeal is a burning desire to please God, to do His will, and to advance His glory in the world in every possible way. A zealous man is preeminently a man of ...read more

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  • On A Practical Level I Really Do Like To Garden, ...

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Dec 30, 2011
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    On A practical level I really do like to garden, those of you who have listened to me preach for a while have probably heard me blather on about my vege garden, it’s looking great at present, I’ve got courgettes growing, tomatoes vines just starting to bear fruit, I’ve already harvested ...read more

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  • The Importance Of Focus

    Contributed by Mark Tonkery on Feb 3, 2012
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    THE IMPORTANCE OF FOCUS When the Alaskan Pipeline was being built, there were many Texans who went to Alaska and found work on the pipeline. The Texans could only work a few hours in the frigid weather, yet the Eskimos, the native Alaskans, could work indefinitely in the cold. They decided to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • The Place Of Abundant Adventure

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 26, 2012
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    THE PLACE OF ABUNDANT ADVENTURE Mike Slaughter tells the story of going to Darfur, Africa to minister to the refugees. "It was the first time in my life I knew I was going into a situation with a probability I could die; a situation that was utterly dangerous. There were people with guns. We would ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Christlikeness: A Painful Process  PRO

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on May 9, 2012
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    CHRISTLIKENESS: A PAINFUL PROCESS The truth is that the Spirit of the living God is guaranteed to ask you to go somewhere or do something you wouldn’t normally want or choose to do. The Spirit will lead you to the way of the cross, as He led Jesus to the cross, and that is definitely not a safe or ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Playing In The Dirt

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 15, 2012
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    PLAYING IN THE DIRT If you see a baby playing in the dirt, the baby may be dirty but you pretty much don’t make a big deal about it because it’s understood that babies play in dirt. Babies try to eat dirt. Babies scrub themselves in dirt. Dirt is a toy to a baby. But if you see a ...read more

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  • American Knowledge Of Religion

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 5, 2012
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    AMERICAN KNOWLEDGE OF RELIGION A survey conducted by the Christian Science Monitor found that atheists and agnostics and Jews and Mormons were among the highest scoring groups who took a 32 question survey of religious knowledge. On average Americans scored 16 of 32 correct. Atheists and agnostics ...read more

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  • The Vacuum Salesman  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2012
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    THE VACUUM SALESMAN A vacuum salesman down in rural Tennessee. He had a his vacuum cleaner and all of this tools and everything, and he went out there and he told a lady, "I’ve got the most exciting vacuum cleaner you have ever seen. It will clean your house from top to bottom...you only have to ...read more

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  • The Master's Hand

    Contributed by James Kelly on Aug 11, 2012
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    THE MASTER'S HAND An auctioneer was taking bids on household items. He was tired and wanted to go home. There was only one item left an old violin. It wasn’t much to look at and no sound came from it. It was a seemingly worthless instrument. The auctioneer started the bid who will give me one ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Substitute Soldiers

    Contributed by David Simpson on Jan 15, 2013
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    Here in the South, there are memorials in most towns to the bloodiest war fought on American soil – the Civil War. Over 600,000 died in that conflict. What is often not known is that both the North and the South allowed “substitute soldiers.” A man drafted for military service could literally ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • The Virgin Birth

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 17, 2014
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    M.R. DeHaan- From a beginningless eternity Jesus was the infinite Son of God, one of the three persons of the trinity, equal with God the Father and the Holy Spirit. And then when the time for the payment of redemption’s price came, Jesus left the glories of the Father’s house, laid aside the form ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Standing Up For Persecuted Christians

    Contributed by John Crowe on Oct 29, 2015
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    Michael Horowitz is a Jewish attorney in Washington, D.C. who has done more for persecuted Christians than almost any Christian I know. He recently wrote to me that from his long experience with efforts to help rescue persecuted Christians, his sad experience is that U. S. Christian leaders are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist