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  • As Philip Yancey In His Book Entitled "Prayer" ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    As Philip Yancey in his book entitled “Prayer” says: “Jesus taught a model prayer – the Lord’s Prayer but otherwise gave few rules. His teaching reducees down to three principles: Keep it honest, keep it simple and keep it up ...read more

  • Retail Spending Decreasing

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
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    RETAIL SPENDING DECREASING "The retail numbers leave little doubt that shoppers are in belt-tightening mode," TNS Retail Forward says. "No part of retail spending is immune right now. From stores to online retailers and lower-income to higher-income shoppers, ...read more

  • How's Business?

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on May 16, 2008
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    HOW'S BUSINESS? Peter Drucker, as you probably know, is a management consultant without equal. He says in one of his many books that there are two questions that people in any organization ought to ask themselves -- whether it be a manufacturing plant, the sales division of a large ...read more

  • When G. K. Chesterton, A Delightful British ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 3, 2009
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    When G. K. Chesterton, a delightful British writer, as answered the same question – “What’s wrong with the world?” – he answered, “I am.” Can we, will we say that – The problem is sin! My sin. The biblical account is true. The evils we do – ...read more

  • Communication Is Character

    Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 11, 2009
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    COMMUNICATION IS CHARACTER Roger Ailes who works for Fox News says: "You are the message. What does that mean exactly? It means that when you communicate with someone, it’s not just the words you choose to send to the other person that make ...read more

  • Mishna Character

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 31, 2009
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    MISHNA CHARACTER The Mishna says that whoever possesses the three characteristics of a good eye, a lowly spirit, and a humble soul is a disciple of our father Abraham; while one who has the three opposite characteristics is a disciple of the wicked Balaam (Avot 5:22). (Arthur ...read more

  • Many Highways Have Road Bumps Or Indentations ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Sep 22, 2009
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    Many highways have road bumps or indentations along the side of the road. When the car tires hit those lines, there is a loud noise like a machine gun that alerts you that you are off the road. In the same way, we need boundaries where ...read more

  • Lucky  PRO

    Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Jan 18, 2010
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    LUCKY Adrian Rogers says, "God doesn't change us in order to love us. He loves us in order to change us." He tells of the words in a paper: "Lost Dog" Small yellow dog- scarred with mange; two ears gone from ...read more

  • We Were At The Loveall's House The Other Day ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Feb 2, 2010
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    We were at the Loveall's house the other day (having Louisiana style gumbo!) and I noticed this saying on a plaque on their wall. "Live in such as way that those who don’t know God will come to know God because they have come to know you." If ...read more

  • A Model Husband

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
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    A MODEL HUSBAND A husband came down to breakfast and was delighted to hear his wife say, "Darling you are a model husband." Now he was so flattered by the remark that later on that day he decided to look up the meaning of the word in his Oxford dictionary. He ...read more

  • God Changes Things

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
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    GOD CHANGES THINGS It was the late Donald Barnhouse the American pastor and author who stunned his congregation by saying, "Prayer changes nothing." The church was packed full of people, yet you could have heard a pin drop. Now his comment was ...read more

  • Consider The Church That Had Appointed A Man And ...

    Contributed by Charles Jones on Dec 16, 2010
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    Consider the church that had appointed a man and a woman to co-chair an important church event. The man refused, saying "I'm not going to serve with a woman. If I tell her anything, the whole town will know." Not intimidated, the woman quickly ...read more

  • For Some Reason, We Think Of Doubt And Worry As ...

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Jan 1, 2011
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    For some reason, we think of doubt and worry as "small" sins. But when a Christian displays unbelief...or an inability to cope with life, he is saying to the world, "My God cannot be trusted," and that kind of disrespect makes one guilty of a fundamental error, the heinous ...read more

  • Why Polygamy Is Wrong

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 23, 2011
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    WHY POLYGAMY IS WRONG Mark Twain once debated with some Mormons that polygamy was wrong. Polygamy is a form of marriage in which a person has more than one wife at the same time. When asked to prove it from the Bible, Mark Twain ...read more

  • Martin Luther On Faith

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Apr 23, 2014
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    Martin Luther said: "Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible. Then, it accepts the impossible, does without the indispensable and bears the intolerable." Hebrews 11:6 says ‘Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone ...read more

  • How Can It Be True?  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Aug 2, 2002
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    HOW CAN IT BE TRUE? I had on brand new clothes, khaki shirt & pants, sent to me in Tibet by some church in the United States. I was 6 years old, and they were size 10. But they were new, and they were mine, and this was a very important event, so I wanted to wear them, and like little ...read more

  • The Clarence Principle

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 7, 2011
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    THE CLARENCE PRINCIPLE That's what spiritual maturity is--It's not just being a Christian for a little while. It's being able to discern the difference between right and wrong, because you have practiced applying the principles of God's Word in your every-day life. It's being able to discern the ...read more

  • Ministry Meltdown

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 3, 2013
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    MINISTRY MELTDOWN My dear friends, when life seems overwhelming, don't get busy; get help! Otherwise, you'll just wear yourself out and those around you. That's what Bob Merritt, pastor of the Eagle Brook Church in Minnesota, was doing. In a recent issue of Leadership Journal he writes about ...read more

  • Smell The Rain

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 26, 2007
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    Smell The Rain A cold March wind danced around the dead of night in Dallas as the doctor walked into the small hospital room of Diana Blessing. Still groggy from surgery, her husband David held her hand as they braced themselves for the latest news. That afternoon of March 10, 1991, complications ...read more

  • I Ain’t 16 Anymore

    Contributed by James Snyder on Jul 24, 2021
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    I’ve had so many birthdays in my life that I really don’t know how old I am. All I know is that I’m one year older than I was last year. I would not be able to remember when my life began if it wasn’t for paperwork.. To many people, numbers are very important, but in my opinion, a number is just a ...read more