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  • Different Views Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 2, 2009
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    Different Views of Time You may not realize it, but your appreciation of time this morning goes well beyond the challenges of adjusting to daylight-savings time. There was a time when time was a relatively simple thing. People were born, grew up, grew old and died. Days, seasons and years past. ...read more

  • Made In His Image  PRO

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 31, 2012
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     | 3,213 views

    MADE IN HIS IMAGE In 1940 the Battle of Britain took place in the skies over England. Day after day hundreds of German bombers delivered to the targets below a cargo of death and destruction. The only thing stopping the certain defeat of the allies in western Europe was the Royal Air Force, whose ...read more

  • Rough Road Revival

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Dec 17, 2020
     | 2,476 views

    Psalms 138:7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. Things going badly or the road is rough? Need revived? David had that relationship with God that in the midst of ...read more

  • When God Wants To Drill A Man  PRO

    Contributed by Tim George on Feb 5, 2001
    based on 80 ratings
     | 2,395 views

    When God wants to drill a man, And thrill a man, And skill a man To play the noblest part; When He yearns with all His heart To create so great and bold a man That all the world will be amazed, Watch His methods, watch His ways! How He ruthlessly perfects Whom He royally elects! How He hammers ...read more

  • False Standard Of Measurement  PRO

    Contributed by Gene Barron on Jan 19, 2002
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    False Standard of Measurement A little boy came running to his mother, shouting, “Mother, I am nine feet tall.” His mother responded, “Don’t talk such nonsense.” “But,” he said, “I really am nine feet tall. I measured myself.” “Well, how did you measure yourself?” asked his mother. “I ...read more

  • One Of My Favorite Football Stories Is Credited ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Apr 23, 2002
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     | 1,256 views

    One of my favorite football stories is credited to Vince Lombardi of the Green Bay Packers. It’s probably an urban or sports legend but I still like it... It seems that there was a rookie running back (Paul Horning?) who celebrated wildly in the end zone when he made his first professional ...read more

  • The Fashion Of Pluralism  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 18, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,867 views

    THE FASHION OF PLURALISM While religious pluralism may be a novel experience for us, it is putting us in touch with the world that surrounded the biblical authors. The pluralism and the paganism of Our Time were the common experience of the prophets and apostles. In Mesopotamia, there were ...read more

  • Is It Worth The Price?  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Oct 1, 2002
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    IS IT WORTH THE PRICE? Paul J. Meyer wrote in Unlocking Your Legacy: "Cost and self-sacrifice do not make something hard. Nobody feels sorry for the athlete who wins an Olympic medal, even though the person paid an incredible price through grueling effort behind the scenes, denying himself or ...read more

  • Distractions  PRO

    Contributed by Brad Beaman on Jul 14, 2004
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    Illustration: Distractions We can become distracted and look away from the goal of becoming like Christ. If you saw the movie Chariots of Fire, then maybe you remember the great runner Abraham. He had won so many races. His coach held up such discipline. But he finally lost one of the races ...read more

  • Gordon Macdonald,in An Article Called, "When ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bud Rose on Nov 26, 2005
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    Gordon MacDonald,in an article called, “When Religion Becomes Serious Business said, “Yesterday morning I was on the phone with our daughter who lives with her husband in North Carolina. We were having a great conversation. I was using a wireless phone, and suddenly the phone went dead, and her ...read more

  • Thanks To The Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    Thanks to the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, everyone has heard of the "midnight ride of Paul Revere." But few have heard of Israel Bissel, a humble post rider on the Boston-New York route. After the Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, Bissel was ordered to raise the alarm in New ...read more

  • Persecution Shouldn't Come As A Shock To Us. ...

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jul 23, 2006
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    Persecution shouldn’t come as a shock to us. Jesus forewarned His followers that they would be mistreated and even killed. Listen to how several of the disciples of Jesus died. According to church tradition … • Matthew suffered martyrdom by being slain with a sword in Ethiopia. • Mark expired ...read more

  • There Are Three Great Enemies Of The Christian: ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Sep 22, 2006
     | 1,984 views

    “There are three great enemies of the Christian: the world, the flesh, and the devil. The world is against us. Our flesh is an enemy. As if that were not enough, we have a powerful foe in Satan, who is described […] as a ‘roaring lion looking for someone to devour.’ There are many things against ...read more

  • Did You Come Here In A Car This Morning? ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 13, 2006
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     | 882 views

    Did you come here in a car this morning? Somewhere around 100 people die in the US in car wrecks everyday. No one plans on that happening to them today, but for around 100 people, that’s what will happen…today. Today, somewhere around 1,300 people will die of heart attacks in the US. None of ...read more

  • One Afternoon In 1965, Daniel Waswa, A Citizen Of ...

    Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Dec 15, 2007
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    One afternoon in 1965, Daniel Waswa, a citizen of Kenya, struggled up a hill and was crucified by his wife at his own direction. As he hung on the cross, he told the gathered crowd, “I am dying for the sins of all Kenyans.” After nailing her husband to the cross, the woman collapsed on the ground ...read more

  • Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
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    NOT IMPRESSED A story is told about Rabbi Joseph Schneerson, a Hasidic leader during the early days of Russian Communism. The rabbi spent much time in jail, persecuted for his faith. One morning in 1927, as he prayed in a Leningrad synagogue, secret police rushed in and arrested him. They took ...read more

  • Hope Is Certain, Not Uncertain

    Contributed by John Boquist on Jul 25, 2008
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    HOPE IS CERTAIN, NOT UNCERTAIN Our use of the word "hope" is usually based on uncertainty. Suppose an engaged couple says, "We have an outdoor wedding planned for Saturday; we hope it doesn't rain." In saying this, they are saying that the possibility of rain is there, but their preference is for ...read more

  • Famous Last Words

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Aug 23, 2008
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    Famous Last Words P.T. Barnum - 1891: "How were the receipts today at Madison Square Garden?" Humphrey Bogart - 1942: "I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis." Writer, Oscar Wilde - 1900: he died saying, "Either that wallpaper goes or I do." Lady Nancy Astor - 1964: "Am I dying, ...read more

  • In A Market-Driven Age We Are Accustomed To ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 23, 2008
     | 1,510 views

    “In a market-driven age we are accustomed to think of every church having a special niche, of every visitor as a prospective customer, and every aspect of worship designed to satisfy the consumers. Paul was reminding the Galatians that the gospel was not a product to be peddled on the marketplace ...read more

  • No House Without ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 31, 2009
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    No House Without Sorrow Among the parables that Chinese teachers use is the story of a woman who lost an only son. She was grief-stricken out of all reason. She made her sorrow a wailing wall. Finally she went to a wise old philosopher. He said to her, “I will give you back your son if you will ...read more