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  • Holy Spirit: Object Lesson

    Contributed by David Ward on Apr 1, 2010
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    HOLY SPIRIT: OBJECT LESSON To be filled with the Holy Spirit means that we allow him to occupy and control every area of our lives. How much of you does the Holy Spirit have? [Produce two glasses of water and two packets of Alka-Seltzer. Open one packet and empty into one glass; drop the other ...read more

  • When God Forgives, He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010
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    “When God Forgives, He Forgets” How different God’s pardon is from ours! So often we forgive as did the mother of the little girl who had been good a whole week, and asked mother for a favor. “I know” was the answer, “that you have been good all this week, but you know your were bad last week.” In ...read more

  • Not "If"

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 8, 2010
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    NOT "IF" Wiersbe tells of a counselor who was trying to help a man who had come forward during an evangelistic meeting. "I’m a Christian," the man said, "but there’s sin in my life, and I need help." The counselor showed him 1 John 1:9 and suggested that the man confess his sins to God. "O ...read more

  • Faith And Icebergs

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 26, 2010
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    FAITH AND ICEBERGS Sailors in the northern oceans have frequently observed icebergs traveling in one direction in spite of strong winds blowing in the opposite direction. The icebergs were moving against the winds, but how? The explanation is that the icebergs, with eight-ninths of their bulk ...read more

  • Too Close To Where We Got In

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Sep 21, 2010
     | 1,942 views

    TOO CLOSE TO WHERE WE GOT IN A little boy fell out of the bed in his sleep. His father picked him up and put him back in bed. He asked him, "Son, what happened?" The little boy responded, "I fell asleep too close to where I got in." I believe that describes too many Christians today. They have ...read more

  • Do You Know The Spirit?

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 8, 2012
     | 2,510 views

    DO YOU KNOW THE SPIRIT? "Consider these honest questions: How many Christians suffer from a spiritual life that is dry and mechanical? How many serve a Jesus, whom they know about from the Bible, but who is not a living reality in their experience? And do we ever wonder why Holy Spirit ...read more

  • Story: The Legendary Malcolm Muggeridge Was A ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Apr 5, 2008
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    Story: The legendary Malcolm Muggeridge was a British journalist, author , satirist and media personality He was also a Marxist before he found Christ. During the Cold War he travelled to Russia to write a story about the Communist party and the decline of religion in that atheistic regime. ...read more

  • A Husband And Wife Team Of Researchers, The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 16, 2008
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    A husband and wife team of researchers, the founders of Empty Tomb, Inc., in Champaign, Illinois, have tracked American and American Christian expenditures as well as global needs. John and Sylvia Ronsvalle have estimated that $70-$80 billion a year could meet the most essential human needs around ...read more

  • He Became Like Us

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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    HE BECAME LIKE US John Howard Griffin was a white man who believed he could never understand the plight of African-Americans unless he became like one. In 1959, he darkened his skin with medication, sun lamps, and stains, then traveled throughout the South. His book, Black Like Me, helped whites ...read more

  • Last Chance  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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    LAST CHANCE When Bishop Philip Brooks, author of "O, Little Town of Bethlehem," was seriously ill, he requested no friends come to see him. But when an acquaintance of his named Robert Ingersoll, a famous anti-Christian propagandist, came to see him he allowed him to come in right away. Ingersoll ...read more

  • Consider Charles Colson, The Aide To Richard ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Consider Charles Colson, the aide to Richard Nixon who was sent to jail for Watergate. As a result of his experience as a convicted felon, Colson founded Prison Fellowship, now the world’s largest Christian outreach to prisoners and their families. Prison Fellowship has more than 50,000 volunteers ...read more

  • Jerry Jones, A Gospel Preacher, Tells About A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
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    Jerry Jones, a gospel preacher, tells about a Christian man and his wife who lost their young SON in a TRAGIC ACCIDENT on Good Friday in 1996. The boy’s funeral was on Easter Sunday. During the MEMORIAL service the father got up and shared with his family and friends that Easter had taken on a new ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago John Warwick Montgomery Wrote A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A few years ago John Warwick Montgomery wrote a book entitled, Damned Through The Church. The thesis of the book is that the church may unwittingly be giving people a false sense of security when it comes to their salvation. Many churches today allow people to become members without even ...read more

  • Their Prayers Were Answered, The Room Shock For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Francis on Jun 23, 2007
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    Their prayers were answered, the room shock for starters that would liven up most prayer meetings! Prayer will open the door...THEY WERE ASTONISHED. ACTS 12:16Peter had been arrested and was locked up in jail for the next few days before being executed. Sixteen soldiers were assigned to guard him. ...read more

  • The Father Of A Small Boy Would Occasionally ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 12, 2007
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    The father of a small boy would occasionally sneak into a neighbor’s orchard and pluck some of the choicest fruit. He always made sure, however, that "the coast was clear." One day with his son tagging along, after carefully looking in every direction and seeing no one, he crept through the ...read more

  • Holiness

    Contributed by Steven Wunderink on Jul 16, 2007
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    Holiness Are you living a HOLY life? If I went to your friends at work and asked, "Is (you) a Christian?" How would they answer? Would they say "Absolutely! The guy prays at every meal, he will pray with people who are hurting, he always is there to help out, and he is the best employee at our ...read more

  • Some People Are Asleep Because They Have Never ...

    Contributed by Kermit Reaves on Jul 24, 2007
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    Some people are asleep because they have never been awake. I am familiar with that state because I was once in it myself. I attended church, heard God’s Word preached, sang the great hymns, listened to others pray — but with no depth of comprehension. I was simply present where others worshiped. I ...read more

  • The Slavic Peoples Today Populate Several ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 13, 2007
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    The Slavic peoples today populate several nations: the Czech Repulic, Slovakia, Poland, Belarus, Russia, Ukrania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. During Medieval times, the Slavic peoples were ready to convert to a "modern" religion. They were between three ...read more

  • Bill Faye, Author Of "Sharing Jesus Without ...

    Contributed by Daniel Lawson on Sep 2, 2007
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    Bill Faye, author of "Sharing Jesus without Fear," notes that Americans have found a new way to deny Christ: "It’s by keeping silent about him." Fay asked, "Do we really believe it when Jesus said that unless a person is saved, he’s damned?" And if we do, he asked, "How do we allow our people to ...read more

  • Fact: Since 1900, The Percentage Of The World's ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Oct 7, 2007
     | 819 views

    Fact: Since 1900, the percentage of the world’s atheistic and non-religious peoples (agnostics, secularists, com­munists, and so on) has grown from 0.2 percent to 21.3 percent - in other words from less than one-fifth of one percent to over one fifth of the world’s population. This is the most ...read more