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  • This Week I Was Reading, "Relevant Magazine" And ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 4, 2008
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    This week I was reading, “Relevant Magazine” and I came across this news flash in their May/June 08 edition on page 38: “I Don’t Want Your Sex for Now,” “Tampa’s Relevant Church (which has no relation to RELEVANT Media Group) recently issued a challenge to married members of its congregation to ...read more

  • One Source Says, That Denying Ourselves "Means In ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Aug 12, 2008
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    One source says, that denying ourselves “means in every moment of life to say no to self and yes to God.” It is, he continues, “a life lived in the constant hourly awareness of the demands of God and the need of others.” Dr. Warren Wiersbe, pastor, author and theologian: “To deny self does not ...read more

  • The Empty Tomb  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 17, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,686 views

    The Empty Tomb Little Philip, born with Down’s syndrome, attended a third-grade Sunday School class with several eight-year-old boys and girls. Typical of that age, the children did not readily accept Philip with his differences, according to an article in leadership magazine. But because of a ...read more

  • Last Season's New Tv Reality Show "The ...

    Contributed by Gregg Svalstad on Nov 3, 2004
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    Last season’s new TV reality show “The Apprentice” centering around Donald Trump was a big hit. The 58 year old Trump commands an empire of over 100 companies, billions of dollars, and some of the most illustrious buildings in the world. The newest addition to the Trump kingdom is a massive ...read more

  • I Couldn't 'not' Forgive Him  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
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    I COULDN’T ’NOT’ FORGIVE HIM Chris Carrier has one of the best testimonies of Christian forgiveness I have ever seen. Chris grew up in Coral Gables, Florida. He was abducted when he was just 10 years old. Chris’ kidnapper was angry with the boy’s family. He burned him with cigarettes, stabbed him ...read more

  • Why Ministers Fall Into ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
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    Why Ministers Fall Into Immorality WHAT TYPES OF INSURANCE DO YOU CARRY? Health Insurance Auto Insurance Home Owners Insurance Life Insurance Title Insurance Insurance companies look for good risk individuals and avoid bad risks. All of us like hearing, we are a Preferred Risk! Dr. Howard ...read more

  • Build Character Into Your Children  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,460 views

    BUILD CHARACTER INTO YOUR CHILDREN David Kraft was a big, strong man -- all muscle. At the age of 32, he was six feet, two inches tall and weighed 200 pounds. He had been to seminary and ended up working with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, because of his athletic background. Then he was ...read more

  • Holiness Is Developed In Community

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    HOLINESS IS DEVELOPED IN COMMUNITY In the 3rd and 4th Centuries, and even to some extent today, the popular image of holiness was solitude, silence and severity. The really (quote) "holy people" back then were those who lived like hermits, wandering in the desert alone -- fasting, praying and ...read more

  • Life ...

    Contributed by Samuel Fulkerson on Aug 23, 2012
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    Life Choices: AT&T FIRED President John Walter after nine months, saying he lacked intellectual leadership. *He received a $26 million dollar severance package. Police in Oakland, California spent two hours attempting to subdue a gunman who had barricaded himself inside his home. After firing ten ...read more

  • The Value Of Life In The Womb

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 26, 2007
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    The Value Of Life In The Womb Susan Shelley writes in Marriage Partnership, “I was thrilled when the doctor told me our baby-to-be was a boy. I decided to keep the news a secret because I wanted to see Marshall’s face when our son was delivered. “In the fifth month, our doctor recommended a Level ...read more

  • Medicine For ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    “Medicine for America” “God Rules Over Nations” Psalms 22:28 says, “for dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.” The King James Bibles says, “…He is the governor among nations.” God can restore our Supreme Court system to making decisions like the one made in 1892, ...read more

  • The Following Article Is Based On A Sermon By ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Sep 14, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
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    The following article is based on a sermon by missionary Del Tarr who served fourteen years in West Africa with another mission agency. His story points out the price some people pay to sow the seed of the gospel in hard soil. I was always perplexed by Psalm 126 until I went to the Sahel, that ...read more

  • The Diverse Disciples

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 25, 2010
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    THE DIVERSE DISCIPLES I have always been a bit of a loner. I was not the sort of person you wanted in your team. I didn't fit. If Jesus hadn't come into my life, I am sure I would have ended up as a starving artist or at least a hermit - a recluse with a long beard, black jeans, T-shirt and ...read more

  • We've All Read And Heard These Bible Verses About ...  PRO

    Contributed by Frank Gallagher on Nov 26, 2000
    based on 140 ratings
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    We’ve all read and heard these Bible verses about the shepherds before, taught by pastors and Sunday School teachers at Christmas time. We can even hear these verses on TV each year if we watch “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” Charlie Brown spends the show as so many people do today, looking in all ...read more

  • In Forty Years Of Involvement In His Church's ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
    based on 110 ratings
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    In forty years of involvement in his church’s visitation program, Wilt Durant had led one person to Christ. You know what they say, if only one person comes to Christ its worth all the effort, right? When he retired in 1992, he moved to Rogers, AR and joined Immanuel Baptist Church. One Sunday, ...read more

  • I Believe That God Heals Diseases. He Is Jehovah ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jerry Falwell on Mar 7, 2002
    based on 61 ratings
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    I believe that God heals diseases. He is Jehovah Raphe, the One who is able to heal. Over twenty years ago I was in the hospital in York, Pennsylvania, when I heard that the doctor had asked Kathy Hughes to sign the donation papers for the vital organs because in their medical opinion Charles ...read more

  • Church Nevers  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2002
    based on 75 ratings
     | 4,118 views

    CHURCH NEVERS 6. Never ask an usher to break a $20. 5. Never do a cannonball in the baptismal tank. 4. Never hold a church business meeting on Super Bowl Sunday. 3. Never tell the pastor, "We love your church and we might even come back next Easter." 2. During youth group activities, never bungee ...read more

  • Cured  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
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    CURED A woman went to her doctor’s office. She was seen by one of the new doctors, but after about 4 minutes in the examination room, she burst out screaming and ran down the hall. An older doctor stopped her and asked what the problem was, and she explained. He had her sit down and relax in ...read more

  • In Our Southern Baptist Convention We Pass ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 5, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
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    In our Southern Baptist Convention we pass resolutions every year. A resolution is a position statement, on certain moral and ethical issues that arise. One of the things that the Southern Baptist Convention did a few years ago was to pass a resolution about Jesus being the only way to salvation. ...read more

  • Before We Are Too Harsh In Judging Those Scribes ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 11, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 1,984 views

    Before we are too harsh in judging those scribes and Pharisees of Jesus’ day, let’s stop and look at ourselves. All too many Christians today go to church to find fault, to gossip, and to criticize. Warren Wiersbe, in his book Angry People, wrote, "An incident in the life of Joseph Parker, the ...read more