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  • For Decades, We Have Heard Of Couples That Run ...

    Contributed by Jason Cole on May 20, 2005
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    For decades, we have heard of couples that run off to Las Vegas to obtain the equivalent of fast-food marriages. You just walk in, put your money down and they pronounce you man and wife. The results of a rash decision are not usually good results. I was saddened to hear of a recent article in ...read more

  • The Millennium Generation Following Right Behind ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
     | 1,849 views

    The millennium generation following right behind Gen-X is displaying a much greater interest in spirituality than their predecessors. The Navigators have polled college students both in the 80s and now and find striking differences. When asked “Would you like to be in a bible study?” and “Would you ...read more

  • Traditional Family Comeback A Myth: Headlines ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,824 views

    Traditional Family Comeback A Myth: Headlines claiming women are leaving the workforce to become full-time moms have periodically appeared during recent years, but hard data just doesn’t back it up. The traditional family, with Mom at home full-time while Dad works shrank from 43% in ’80 to 27% in ...read more

  • Private Help: A Yearlong Study Finds That More ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,534 views

    Private Help: A yearlong study finds that more Americans now depend on private food kitchens and pantries than use the federal food stamp program. The survey, paid for by America’s Second Harvest, a network of food banks, shows food pantries, kitchens and emergency shelters provided for more than ...read more

  • Here's An Example From Nature Shared By Another ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 25, 2006
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    Here’s an example from nature shared by another fellow Preacher. When Mt. St. Helens erupted in May 1980, hundreds of square kilometers were obliterated under a sea of mud and ash. Every living thing was destroyed, buried, or burned. But within four months, the first flowers were blooming, within a ...read more

  • One Sunday Evening, William Booth Was Walking In ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Ward on Aug 26, 2006
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     | 1,379 views

    One Sunday evening, William Booth was walking in London with his son, Bramwell, who was then 12 or 13 years old. The father surprised the son by taking him to a tavern! The place was crowded with men and women. Some of them were drunk. Some of them were loud. And the air was filled with the smell ...read more

  • Collegiate Church Drop-Outs In ‘02, The Sbc's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
     | 1,986 views

    Collegiate Church Drop-Outs In ‘02, the SBC’s Council on Family Life reported 88% of evangelical children are leaving the church shortly after they graduate from high school. Estimates of 15 to 20 million people now in America have said they’re Christians but don’t want to be a part of the church. ...read more

  • God Wants To Spread His Word Through Us To The ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Mar 7, 2007
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    God wants to spread His Word through us to the World. He wants to use the whole man, spirit, soul and body. In 1936 a radio broadcast was transmitted to America from England. Just before the voice of King Edward VIII was to be heard, someone stumbled over a wire in the control room of WJZ (now ...read more

  • Every Single Apostle Experienced Persecution: 1 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on May 29, 2007
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    • Every single apostle experienced persecution: 1 John died of old age exiled on the island of Patmos. 2 Peter was crucified upside down under Nero. 3. Andrew died upon a cross at Patrae, in Achia 4.James the brother of Jesus was thrown from a pinnacle of the temple and beaten to death by a ...read more

  • Judge Not, Even In Worship - This Piece Came ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    JUDGE NOT, EVEN IN WORSHIP - This piece came from Dr. Paul Brand, veteran missionary surgeon: During my life as a missionary surgeon in India and now as a member of the tiny chapel on the grounds of the Carville leprosy hospital, I have seen my share of unlikely seekers after God. And I must ...read more

  • God Answers His People. In The Days Of His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    God answers his people. In the days of his uncertainty John Bunyan was tortured by doubt. “Everyone dost think his own religion rightest, both Jews and Moors and pagans. And how, if all our faith in Christ and scripture should be but a think-so, too?” But when the light broke, he ran out crying ...read more

  • Frederick Lonsdale

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Frederick Lonsdale The story is told about Frederick Lonsdale, a British dramatist, who had a longstanding quarrel with another man. One New Year’s Eve, at a party, he was asked by a friend to reconcile. “You must,” his friend urged him; “It is very unkind to be unfriendly at such a time. Go over ...read more

  • His Forgiveness Won Him

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 9, 2007
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    “His Forgiveness Won Him” In the home of Dr.Goheen, a missionary in India, a native was dusting the furniture and carelessly upset a beautiful vase, which fell to the floor, breaking in many pieces. The frightened native dropped on his knees before Dr. Doheen, begging for mercy. The doctor ...read more

  • General And President, George Washington, Went ...

    Contributed by John Quigley on Dec 8, 2007
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    General and President, George Washington, went with his troops into battle. Spent the winter in Valley Forge with the troops not at home with his wife in their well heated home place. As a general he said: "We have therefore to resolve to conquer or die: Our won Country’s Honor, all call upon us ...read more

  • Jesus Christ Is The Only One Who Walked Past The ...

    Contributed by J. Allen Lucas on Mar 23, 2008
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    Jesus Christ is the only one who walked past the grave! That grave is empty today! We celebrate a risen Christ. Not a dead Christ, but a risen Christ. He didn’t mess around with death, He conquered death and now through Him, we will conquer death. Oh death where is thy sting, oh grave where ...read more

  • Just Tell The Truth

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    JUST TELL THE TRUTH A small boy was on the witness stand in an important lawsuit. The prosecuting attorney cross-examined him, then delivered, he thought, a crushing blow to the testimony. "Your father has been telling you how to testify, has he not?" "Yes," the lad replied and did not hesitate ...read more

  • During My First Ministry, I Encountered A Man Who ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    During my first ministry, I encountered a man who approached me about becoming a Christian. He had not been in church much before… but he was scared of God’s judgment. He’d just seen a TV special on a man named Nostradamus who had predicted the end of the world and this young man was afraid that ...read more

  • Savings Crisis

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    SAVINGS CRISIS Christian investment expert Hakeem Webb says many households are caught in a mindset that has them spending income they need to be saving, to keep up with the rising cost of their accustomed lifestyle. The Commerce Department reports Americans’ ’06 personal savings rate (disposable ...read more

  • This Week I Was Reading, "Relevant Magazine" And ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 4, 2008
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    This week I was reading, “Relevant Magazine” and I came across this news flash in their May/June 08 edition on page 38: “I Don’t Want Your Sex for Now,” “Tampa’s Relevant Church (which has no relation to RELEVANT Media Group) recently issued a challenge to married members of its congregation to ...read more

  • More ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
     | 1,587 views

    MORE ICE New satellite data shows that concerns over the levels of sea ice may have been premature. It was feared the polar caps were vanishing because of the effects of global warming. But US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data now show almost all the "lost" ice has come back. ...read more