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  • During His Term As President Of The U.s., ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    "During his term as President of the U.S., Lyndon Johnson was somewhat overweight. One day his wife challenged him with this blunt assertion: "You can’t run the country if you can’t run yourself." Respecting Mrs. Johnson’s wise observation, the President lost 23 pounds." And yet this story not only ...read more

  • I Am Amazed By What People Will Believe. I Read ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Nov 9, 2007
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    I am amazed by what people will believe. I read this recently, the following headlines were observed: * Dinosaurs Honked Like Buicks * Cow Mattresses Help Cows Produce More Milk * Mother To Be On Diet Of Only Chicken, Lays Huge Egg * WWII Bomber Found On The Moon * Woman Gives Birth To 2 ...read more

  • Luther On Fear  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    LUTHER ON FEAR Martin Luther made this interesting observation in his Table Talk: "God and the devil take opposite tactics in regard to fear. The Lord first allows us to become afraid, that he might relieve our fears and comfort us. The devil, on the other hand, first makes us feel secure in our ...read more

  • We Are Like What We Worship  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jan 29, 2013
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    WE ARE LIKE WHAT WE WORSHIP N.T. Wright observes, we "become like what we worship; we take on the character of our object of worship. Those who worship money become, eventually, human calculating machines. Those who worship sex become obsessed with their own attractiveness or prowess. Those who ...read more

  • The Story Is Of The Little Ragged, Wretched, ...

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Mar 14, 2005
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    The story is of the little ragged, wretched, starved, emaciated boy who goes to a country school, and they have passed the rule that any boy that is found stealing a lunch will be beat with thirty stripes on his naked back. Upon a day, a lunch is stolen, and the school finds out it is that ...read more

  • Philip Makari Has A Little To Say About Giving ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Wafford on Apr 13, 2005
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    Philip Makari has a little to say about giving which is good, “Here I speak of a special type of giving, the giving of our total selves first to God. It is the giving of body, soul and spirit for God’s use that we may achieve, for ourselves and for others, the higher ends of God. This is not, ...read more

  • National Religious Broadcasters Has Written To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    National Religious Broadcasters has written to its 1,200 members decrying a recent FCC ruling that allows the federal agency to influence religious programming content. The ruling states, programming “primarily devoted to religious exhortation, proselytizing or statements of personally held ...read more

  • Bloom Where You're Planted

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 17, 2008
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    BLOOM WHERE YOU'RE PLANTED In the eleventh century, King Henry III of Bavaria grew tired of court life and the pressures of being a monarch. He made application to Prior Richard at a local monastery, asking to be accepted as a contemplative and spend the rest of his life in the monastery. "Your ...read more

  • Jesus Didn't Come To Burden Us With A List Of ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 27, 2008
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    Jesus didn't come to burden us with a list of rules and regulations and things that holy people do and don't do. Oh, he still calls us to be holy but not according to some manmade list: don't drink, don't ever go into a bar or a pub, don't go to movies, don't play cards, don't wear this clothing, ...read more

  • Wellington ...

    Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Jul 30, 2010
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    Wellington defeated! -- The Battle of Waterloo, fought on 18 June 1815, was Napoleon Bonaparte's last battle. His defeat put a final end to his rule as Emperor of the French. After Napoleon returned from exile and was restored to power, many states which had previously resisted his rule formed the ...read more

  • We Live In A Culture That Is Redefining What Is ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2011
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    We live in a culture that is redefining what is sexually permissible. Earlier this year in the United Kingdom, Peter and Hazelmary Bull were found guilty of discrimination because they allowed only married couples to share a bed at their small hotel. A homosexual couple sued the Bulls because they ...read more

  • Calvin On This Point Is Instructive: Whatever ...

    Contributed by Gregg Strawbridge on Apr 13, 2003
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    Calvin on this point is instructive: Whatever title then men may hold, they are to be listened to only on the condition that they do not lead us away from obeying God. So we must examine all their traditions by the rule of the Word of God. We must obey princes and others who are in authority, but ...read more

  • Trinity Western University Has Been Granted ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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    Trinity Western University has been granted accreditation the British Columbia teachers education program. The British Columbia Court of Appeal ruled in their favor after the accrediting authority turned them down claiming the school’s community standards requiring students refrain from homosexual ...read more

  • God's Will Is Best  PRO

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 27, 2008
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    God's Will is Best Angels are pure spirits, but it was God's intention to raise human beings, who are lower than the angels, to divine status, to union with the Trinity. An ancient tradition tells us that this was the cause of Lucifer's rebellion, jealousy over one day being ruled by a mere ...read more

  • One Critic Said He Had Gone To Many Churches And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 10, 2001
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    One critic said he had gone to many churches and heard the preacher say, "Don’t try to impress God with your works" or "Don’t attempt to please God with your merits" or "Don’t try to keep the rules and regulations and thus win your way." He looked around at nearly ...read more

  • Two Apples Up In A Tree Were Looking Down On The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 8, 2004
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    Two apples up in a tree were looking down on the world. The first apple said, "Look at all those people fighting, robbing, rioting -- no one seems willing to get along with his fellow man. Someday we apples will be the only ones left. Then we’ll rule the world." The second apple though for a ...read more

  • But Before That...  PRO

    Contributed by Gregg Strawbridge on Jul 7, 2002
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    BUT BEFORE THAT... In 1992, when our own Govenor, Kirk Fordice stated unreservedly “America is a Christian nation” the response bordered on hysteria. But before that -- Congress, declared 1983 to be the “Year of the Bible” — stating that the Bible, the Word of God, has made a unique contribution ...read more

  • Quoting The English Preacher John Daniel Jones: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Oct 11, 2005
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    Quoting the English preacher John Daniel Jones: He lived from 1865-1942, this is from his sermon The Sovereignty of God In our absorption in the thought of God as Father, we have almost lost sight of the fact that He is the Holy Sovereign, ruling the world in righteousness. The result has been ...read more

  • As A Pharisee Paul Had Dedicated His Life To The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Apr 7, 2001
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    As a Pharisee Paul had dedicated his life to the scrupulous observance of his religion. John Wesley would have had much in common with Paul. When he was a young man at Oxford University he founded the "Holy Club" with the intention that he and his friends should live well-ordered lives in God’s ...read more

  • I Like The Old Story About The Guy Who Came ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Oct 10, 2001
    based on 212 ratings
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    ILL. I like the old story about the guy who came to church with his family. As they were driving home afterwards he was complaining about everything. He said, “The music was too loud. The sermon was too long. The announcements were unclear. The building was hot. The people were unfriendly.” ...read more