Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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PREACH CHRIST...?
A middle-aged farmer wanted to be a preacher for years, but wasn't sure if it was God's will. One day, while he was working in the field, he decided to rest under a tree. As he looked up into the sky he saw that the clouds seemed to form into the letters P and C. As he thought
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2004
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THE MIRACULOUS HUMAN BODY
The average human heart pumps over 1,000 gallons a day, over 55 million gallons in a lifetime. This is enough to fill 13 super tankers. It never sleeps, beating 2.5 billion times in a lifetime.
The lungs contain 1,000 miles of capillaries. The process of exchanging
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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First, Give your kids the luxury of a mistake now and then. You made a few growing up. Acceptance by you and approval from you is critical to their healthy development.
Second, Give your kids room to come to their own convictions and conclusions. Parents are foundational to success. At the same
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Richard Armstrong and Edward Watkin tell the story of a biologist’s experiment with "processional caterpillars." On the rim of a clay pot that held a plant, he lined them up so that the leader was head-to-head with the last caterpillar. The tiny creatures circled the rim of the pot for a full week.
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 28, 2011
"...the city of Nazareth was inhabited by families from the royal line of David from which the Messiah was to come. The name of the city comes from the Hebrew word for a branch or sprout, netzer...Isaiah 11:1 predicts the coming of the Messiah. 'A shoot will come from the stump of Jesse, from his
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 30, 2011
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GOD'S FORGIVENESS IS INSTANT, COMPLETE, PERMANENT
One of our church members had an issue with a family member. That family member had been so unkind and hurtful for so long, that it seemed things would never change. Our member prayed to God for help. Another family member spoke to the hurtful
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Baptist
Contributed by Kevin Barron on Dec 30, 2012
Very few things take away the power of someone as much as being ridiculed.
In Von Ryan’s Express by David Westheimer, they do it by burning their clothes. The book is an account of Allied prisoners during World War Two. One of the trials of prison camp is that their Italian guards will not give
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Methodist
Peter Cartwright, a nineteenth-century circuit-riding Methodist preacher, was an uncompromising man. One Sunday morning when he was to preach, he was told that General Andrew Jackson was in the congregation, and warned not to say anything out of line.
When Cartwright stood to preach, he said,
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Peter Cartwright, a nineteenth-century circuit-riding Methodist preacher, was an uncompromising man. One Sunday morning when he was to preach, he was told that General Andrew Jackson was in the congregation and warned not to say anything out of line.
When Cartwright stood to preach, he said,
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Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Sep 8, 2005
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Gordon MacDonald shared about a time when he and his daughter, Kristy attended the New Year’s Eve celebration at the InterVarsity Urban Missionary Convention in 1976. The night closed with a Communion Service. After the benediction, 17,000 students began to head for the arena portals and their
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Main Idea: Because of our sin, we owe a great debt that is impossible to pay, but Jesus paid the debt.
Verse: “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23 NKJV).
Illustration: One time I was buying a sandwich at a store and I did not
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Charismatic
Contributed by Dean O'bryan on Jul 23, 2008
Statements from actual resumes and job applications – ones you might want to file these under the category of “what not to use” on a resume or application.
First this one – it was under the “qualifications” line on a resume. “I was wholly responsible for two failed financial institutions.” That
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Baptist
Contributed by Juan Lane on Apr 21, 2005
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(Illustration)
I was talking to one of my friends from the islands and he was explaining how the people on his island loved mangos. He went ahead to explain how mangos were also the leading fruit import to the island and how they would raise the prices on mangos at will. The second part to
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Pentecostal
Leo Tolstoy once wrote a story about a successful peasant farmer who was not satisfied with his lot. He wanted more of everything. One day he received a novel offer. For $1000, he could buy all the land he could walk around in a day. The only catch in the deal was that he had to be back at his
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Independent/Bible
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