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  • So What Did I Discover About This Term Glory From ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 17, 2007
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    So what did I discover about this term glory from the Bible: * I discovered that in many Old Testament references we are told by Scripture to give God the glory that is due His name. * I discovered that heaven is filled with the glory of God and the angels sing about it. * I discovered that when ...read more

  • The Eagle

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 12, 2007
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    The Eagle There is a legend among Native Americans in the west about a brave who found an eagle’s egg and put it into the nest of a prairie chicken. The eaglet hatched with the brood of chicks and grew up with them. All his life the eagle thought he was a prairie chicken, so he did what the prairie ...read more

  • "Encouraging" The New Members

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 25, 2007
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    “Encouraging” The New Members “Bill and Sue” had recently moved into the city, and had been visiting our church for several weeks. They made friends quickly, and possessed a variety of gifts and talents that would enhance the ministries of our church. Within a short time they decided that God would ...read more

  • Larry Stewart Had Lost His Job And Was Living In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 3, 2008
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    Larry Stewart had lost his job and was living in his car. Hungry but broke, Stewart went into a restaurant and ordered a big breakfast. His plan was that when the check came he would claim he couldn’t find his wallet. When that happened, the owner of the diner, Ted Horn, came from behind the ...read more

  • Many Of You Know Ed And Brenda Flowers… In 1988 ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Mitchell on Jan 31, 2008
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    Many of you know Ed and Brenda Flowers… in 1988 Brenda’s husband died suddenly of a heart attack… this left Brenda and her 14 yr. old daughter Kimberly all alone… Kimberly struggled with the loss of her father over the next few years, her behavior changed, she struggled with depression… and then on ...read more

  • I'm A Pretty Technically Minded Guy, And I Like ...

    Contributed by Bruce Pratt on Feb 11, 2008
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    I’m a pretty technically minded guy, and I like gadgets as much as the next person. But I just don’t seem willing or able to embrace the technology that has sprung up around cell phones. They make me feel positively old-fashioned. Maybe it’s just that when I hear the word phone, I assume that the ...read more

  • There Once Was A Man Who Had Nothing For His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    There once was a man who had nothing for his family to eat. He had an old rifle and three bullets. So, he decided that he would go out hunting and kill some wild game for dinner. As he went down the road, he saw a rabbit. He shot at the rabbit and missed it. The rabbit ran away. Then he saw a ...read more

  • You'll Find Jesus There  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Apr 28, 2008
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    YOU'LL FIND JESUS THERE "Tomorrow morning I'll open up your heart" the surgeon said to the 8 year-old-boy. "You'll find Jesus there," the boy said. The surgeon continued, "I'll open your heart and check the damage." "You'll find Jesus there," the boy said. "When I see the damage, I will suture ...read more

  • Thomas Edison Invented The Microphone, The ...

    Contributed by Rommel Samaniego on May 16, 2008
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    Thomas Edison invented the microphone, the phonograph, the incandescent light, the storage battery, talking movies, and more than a thousand other things. In December 1914 he had worked for ten years on a storage battery. This had greatly strained his finances. This particular evening, ...read more

  • On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    ON BACKSLIDING A. M. Hills (From Backsliders and Worldly Christians) -- "It is doubtful if a moral fall is ever precipitous. People decline in religion and backslide gradually. Like descending a stairway, they go down step by step." Herman Melville -- "We warn you against little concessions, ...read more

  • I Grew Up In The Protestant Community In Northern ...

    Contributed by David Moore on Aug 27, 2008
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    I grew up in the Protestant community in Northern Ireland, but my first ministry was among the Roman Catholic community in the Republic of Ireland. One evening after preaching in Belfast, I was traveling south when my car broke down on the motorway. It was late at night, the road was dark and it ...read more

  • C ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
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    CONNECTED How many of you have cell phones? Isn’t it amazing how cell phones have become a necessity? It wasn’t that long ago that people still wrote letters! But technology has made it so much easier to communicate. Although – some research has shown that very advanced technologies existed long ...read more

  • However, They Are Some Situations That Would Test ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 22, 2008
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    However, they are some situations that would test that conviction. Here is a story about one who lived by the principle of thanksgiving. It is a letter written years ago to Billy Graham. Dear Rev. Graham: You will probably never see this letter. I know, however, I feel compelled to write to ...read more

  • A Boy And Christmas

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 29, 2008
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    A BOY AND CHRISTMAS An eight-year-old boy describes his father's celebration of Christmas: Dad just finished putting up the Christmas lights. Dad likes to put up the Christmas lights. He puts them all over the house. He puts them all over the yard, too. He puts them in the trees and puts ...read more

  • A Change In Hope

    Contributed by Fred Schaeffer on Nov 20, 2008
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    A CHANGE IN HOPE Ben was diagnosed with a brain tumor at the age of 16 years old. Hope is the one thing that kept his parents, Kevin and Laura moving forward. Hope is what kept them from giving up. His younger sister, Bethany, always kept her sights on the silver lining. He went through a series ...read more

  • Why Did God Become A Man?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    WHY DID GOD BECOME A MAN? Why would the Son of God want to become human? What would possess Him to leave His eternal home to enter this world plagued by pain and sorrow? Why would He give up the worship of angels to endure abuse at the hands of sinful man? Why did God become a man? Max Lucado in ...read more

  • I Like Me Best When I'm With You

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    I LIKE ME BEST WHEN I'M WITH YOU As a part of an assignment for a doctoral thesis, a college student spent a year with a group of Navajo Indians on a reservation in the Southwest. As he did his research, he lived with one family, sleeping in their hut, eating their food, working with them and ...read more

  • Sanctity Of Life Sunday. Life, Every Life, Is A ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 30, 2009
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    Sanctity of life Sunday. Life, every life, is a miracle. No matter what you’ve been through. No matter what your parents have said about you or failed to say, you are God’s miracle. I showed you one baby picture… here is one where you are at three days old. At this point you have 16 cells. You ...read more

  • Peace In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    PEACE IN THE FRAY Columnist Deborah Mathis wrote about the time when she was at Union Station in Washington D.C. on a particularly busy day. The first thing she remembers about that experience was the noisy hubbub of sounds. The public address announcer calling out arrivals and departures. Scores ...read more

  • Prayer Changes ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
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    PRAYER CHANGES THINGS A lady was out hitting all the local garage sales when she came across an old needlepoint picture that read, "Prayer Changes Lives." She bought it, took it home and began to look for just the right place to hang the new picture. Finally, she decided that it went well in the ...read more