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  • Liberty To Worship

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jan 30, 2008
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    A. We must make Jesus Lord of our lives. B. Since we fight for the liberty to worship, should we not make more use of that liberty? C. When we recognize Jesus’ kingship, we’ll give him our worship. D. A person may be worthy of admiration, but Christ alone is worthy of adoration. E. When we submit ...read more

  • Leftovers Are Such Humble Things, We Would Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    LEFTOVERS ARE SUCH HUMBLE THINGS, WE WOULD NOT SERVE TO A GUEST,AND YET WE SERVE THEM TO OUR LORD, WHO DESERVES THE VERY BEST. WE GIVE TO HIM LEFTOVER TIME, STRAY MINUTES HERE AND THERE. LEFTOVER CASH WE GIVE TO HIM, SUCH FEW COINS AS WE CAN SPARE. WE GIVE OUR YOUTH UNTO THE WORLD, TO HATRED, LUST ...read more

  • The Late Great American Jurist, Judge, Author, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    The late great American jurist, judge, author, and Christian apologist, Simon Greenleaf (1783 - 1853), once said: "There should be a readiness on our part, to investigate with candor to follow the truth wherever it may lead us, and to submit, without reserve or objection, to all the teachings of ...read more

  • Kids And Global Warming

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 4, 2009
     | 1,493 views

    KIDS AND GLOBAL WARMING This past April, the Washington Post interviewed a 9-year-old who said the Earth is "just starting to fade away." In 20 years there will be "no oxygen" he said, and he’ll be dead. The Post went on to say, "for many children and young adults, global warming is defining their ...read more

  • When We Sin, We Are Judged Because In That ...

    Contributed by Mark Haines on Mar 21, 2011
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    "When we sin, we are judged because in that moment of choosing sin we are actually electing the absence of God in our lives at that point. You see, [sin and salvation are] always relational. Sin separates us from God--that’s the point--sin is our embrace of the absence of God in our ...read more

  • Confidence

    Contributed by Bruce Lee on Jun 12, 2015
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    2 Corinthians 5:6 says "Therefore we are always confident." Confidence is something that comes from believing. Success or failure is often a result of either our confidence or lack thereof. The Apostle Paul was a person of confidence. He wasn’t always right, but he was sure about his experience ...read more

  • At The End Of Each Calendar Year Usa Today, Cnn ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 27, 2002
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    At the end of each calendar year USA Today, CNN and The Gallup organization ask the question: “Who are your heroes?” -Or- “Name the people you most admire.” Here’s the top ten results from last year.: #1- George W. Bush (dominating with 39% -highest ever) 2-Laura Bush; 3-Hillary Clinton; 4- ...read more

  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German Hung By Nazi's At The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Feb 4, 2003
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     | 2,569 views

    Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German hung by Nazi’s at the age of 35) in his book life together has a chapter on confession – it is one of the most powerful discussions on biblical confession that I have ever read…. Bonhoeffer writes Why is that it is often easier for us to confess our sins to God than ...read more

  • Russ Blowers Is Active In His Local Indianapolis ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 22, 2007
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    Russ Blowers is active in his local Indianapolis Rotary club. At club meetings each week a member gives a brief statement about his job. When it was his turn, Russ said: "I’m with a global enterprise. We have branches in every country in the world. We have our representatives in nearly every ...read more

  • Russ Blowers Is Active In His Local Indianapolis ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Russ Blowers is active in his local Indianapolis Rotary club. At club meetings each week a member gives a brief statement about his job. When it was his turn, Russ said: "I’m with a global enterprise. We have branches in every country in the world. We have our representatives in nearly every ...read more

  • Needs Are Different

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 8, 2007
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    Illustration: Needs Are Different Perhaps our understanding for marriage is to give our spouse what we feel is best. Dr. Willard Harley, a Massachusetts psychologist, surveyed the perceived basic needs of men and women in marriage and found that the perceived needs are completely different. ...read more

  • Righteousness Credit

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 16, 2008
     | 5,930 views

    RIGHTEOUSNESS CREDIT The meltdown in world wide economic markets is seen by many economists over the issue of the sub-prime mortgage failure in the United States. Basically, it revolves around giving credit to those who did not deserve it. You may have received in the mail those tantalizing ...read more

  • Overwhelming Forgiveness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2022
     | 1,044 views

    A wonderful example of how to practice the lifestyle of grace comes from an incident in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on October 2, 2006, when a man entered an Amish schoolhouse and murdered 5 girls while wounding 5 others before killing himself. As horrific as this was, the greater story was the ...read more

  • It Is Finished  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
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    IT IS FINISHED We trample the blood of the Son of God if we think we are forgiven because we are sorry for our sins. The only explanation for the forgiveness of God, and for the unfathomable depth of His forgetting (of our sins), is the death of Jesus Christ. Our repentance is merely the outcome ...read more

  • Already Approved

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Mar 14, 2013
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    ALREADY APPROVED I remember trying to get approved for our first mortgage. There were a number of difficulties and it was very frustrating both for me, and I'm sure for our agent. But after all the sweat and tears we got approval and consequently the offer on the house we wanted was accepted. Some ...read more

  • Let's Give Them A French Kiss!!  PRO

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 14, 2014
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     | 4,017 views

    SERMON BLOOPER!!! One of our youth pastors was leaving to go to another church on the same day my wife and I returned from a mission trip to France to encourage our missionaries there. As we closed the service, I brought my wife on the stage on live tv and illustrated how French churches "greet ...read more

  • Sacrifice Stats

    Contributed by David Simpson on May 19, 2017
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    It’s Memorial Day weekend. It is seen by many as the beginning of summer. Lake Lanier will be filled with boaters and swimmers and campers and picnickers who will celebrate fun on this holiday weekend. But, the truth of Memorial Day is that it is not a celebration. It is a commemoration; a ...read more

  • I Don’t Have Any Paid Employment At ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Feb 7, 2010
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    I don’t have any paid employment at present. Moving to Sydney has been a step of faith. We have limited resources for the future. Our possessions fit into a garage. Somewhere under all those boxes is a piano that we have carted around on all our moves and still has future moves to come. I am ...read more

  • Does Anyone Know What That Piece In The Middle Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Glenn Newton on May 3, 2005
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    Does anyone know what that piece in the middle of the washer is called? The part in the middle that moves back and forth and shakes the clothes back and forth? What is that called? I’m going to call it an Agitator…. What is the purpose of the Agitator? As far as I can tell, it sole purpose is ...read more

  • Someone Asked, "What In The World Is Happening ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ray Searan on Feb 21, 2007
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     | 1,757 views

    Someone asked, “What in the world is happening with our kids today?” Let us see…I think it started when Madelyn Murray O’Hare complained that she did not want any prayer in our schools, and we said “Okay.” Then someone said, “You had better not read the Bible in school” – the Bible that says, “Thou ...read more