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  • Prayer For Revival - Charles Spurgeon

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on May 24, 2018
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    Oh! men and brethren, what would this heart feel if I could but believe that there were some among you who would go home and pray for a revival: men whose faith is large enough, and their love fiery enough to lead them from this moment to exercise unceasing intercessions that God would ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • The Parallels Between Leprosy And Sin

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 7, 2022
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    Leprosy is like sin in many ways. There are some good reasons why many ancient rabbis considered a leper as someone who was already dead. It begins as nothing. It is painless in its first stages. It grows slowly. It is contagious. It often remits for a while and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • A Mother Of A Five-Year-Old Girl Was Startled To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Dec 24, 2003
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     | 1,473 views

    A mother of a five-year-old girl was startled to find her going through a new Bible storybook and circling the word "God" wherever appeared on the page. Stifling her first reaction to reprimand the child for defacing a book, she quietly asked, "Why are doing that?" The ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • E-Brand Power: "Anyone Can Launch A Web Site, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    E-Brand Power: “Anyone can launch a Web site, anyone can offer almost anything for sale. Only a brand offers trust, reliability and ongoing quality. Thus, the brand becomes more important in the e-environment for it differentiates the firm in what would appear to be a common-level situation, “ ...read more

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  • The Rapture: In The Twinkling Of An Eye By Tim ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
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    The Rapture: In the Twinkling of an Eye by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins ranked # 4 on The New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best Seller List for 6/25. This is the 15th of 15 titles in the “Left Behind” series to appear on The Times list and is the 11th in the series to debut in ...read more

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  • Rebecca Cory Is A Standup Comic. She Is Best ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 30, 2006
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    Rebecca Cory is a standup comic. She is best known for her appearance on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing”. I do not vouch for her brand of comedy because I have never heard her personally. I mention her because her routine is apparently quite engaging and she draws large ...read more

    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • There Are Different Kinds Of Fire; There Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2006
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    "There are different kinds of fire; there is false fire. No one knows this better than we do, but we are not such fools as to refuse good bank notes because there are false ones in circulation; and although we see here and there manifestations of what appears to us to be nothing more than mere ...read more

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  • How Does The Branch Bear Fruit? Not By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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    "How does the branch bear fruit? Not by incessant effort for sunshine and air, not by vain strugglesIt simply abides in the vine, in silent and undisturbed union, and blossoms and fruit appear as of spontaneous growth. How then shall a Christian bear fruit? By efforts and struggles to obtain that ...read more

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  • According To Dr. Willimon, "For Mary And The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    According to Dr. Willimon, “For Mary and the rest of the disciples, it was the appearance of the risen Christ, that enabled them to see what was actually before them. He did not leave them to their own thought processes. He did not expect them to build upon their past experiences. He did not leave ...read more

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  • Roses In The Balken Mountains: Produce Some Of ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
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    Roses in the Balken Mountains: Produce some of the world’s finest perfume. In order to get the best fragrance the workers must pick them in the darkest part of the night. The start right after midnight and finish within two hours. Scientific study has shown that this is the interval where the ...read more

  • Botanists Say That Trees Need The Powerful ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Botanists say that trees need the powerful March winds to flex their trunks and main branches, so that the sap is drawn up to nourish the budding leaves. Perhaps we need the gales of life in the same way, though we dislike enduring them. A blustery period in our fortunes is often the prelude to a ...read more

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  • Marvin Vincent Comments On The Transfiguration Of ...

    Contributed by David Tack on Jan 22, 2012
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    Marvin Vincent comments on the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ in Matthew 17:2: "...There was a fact and a power in that vision which mere radiance and the appearance of the dead patriarchs could not wholly convey: a revelation of Deity breaking out in that glorified face and form..." (Ref: ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Transfigurations Are Big ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 16, 2009
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    Transfigurations are Big Business The church calls this event the Transfiguration of Christ. Jesus was "transfigured": the figure, the image, the look that he had, the face that showed to others was changed over. The appearance of his face changed. Jesus had a different look. Transfigurations are ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • The Following Illustrates That Point. "In A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jan 1, 2001
    based on 140 ratings
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    The following illustrates that point. "In a stately church a noticeably untidy man visited the church for the first time. He was met by one of the smartly-dressed ushers who immediately ushered him to a back pew so that his unkept appearance and foul odor would not upset the decorum of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • The Mush God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,825 views

    THE MUSH GOD The Mush God has been known to appear to millionaires on golf courses. He appears to politicians at ribbon-cutting ceremonies and to clergymen speaking the invocation on national TV at either Democratic or Republican conventions. The Mush God has no theology to speak of, being a ...read more

  • A Teacher Asked Her Students To List What They ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jul 4, 2004
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    A teacher asked her students to list what they thought were the present Seven Wonders of the World. The students cast the most votes for 1. Egypt’s Great Pyramids 2. Taj Mahal 3. Grand Canyon 4. Panama Canal 5. Empire State Building 6. St. Peter’s Basilica 7. China’s Great Wall While gathering the ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Nothing Grows Under A Banyan Tree." This South ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Oct 27, 2004
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     | 3,699 views

    "Nothing grows under a banyan tree." This South Indian proverb speaks of leadership styles. The banyan is a great tree. It spreads its branches, drops air-roots, develops secondary trunks and covers the land. A full grown banyan may cover more than an acre of land. Birds, animals, and humans find ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Why So ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2009
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    “Why so Cheerful?” On a train to Liverpool a Christian worker found himself in a crowded compartment seated near two soldiers, one a private, and the other a sergeant in his middle thirties. The private was a young lad, ruddy and open of countenance. The Christian worker’s heart went out to the ...read more

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  • Poem: I Met A Traveler From An Antigue Land By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2010
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    Poem: I Met A Traveler From an Antigue Land by Percy Bysshe Shelley In 1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley published a poem on the ephemeral nature of human kings and political powers: I MET A TRAVELER FROM AN ANTIQUE LAND I met a traveler from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of ...read more

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  • Motherhood In Newsweek's Jane Bryant Quinn Notes ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    Motherhood In Newsweek’s Jane Bryant Quinn notes “a rising proportion of young women appear to be choosing motherhood over career.” Her theory on why,” It’s one of prosperity’s side effects.” A booming economy has driven up young men’s wages, making a second income a ...read more

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