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  • Just Outside Of Orlando Last Sunday Morning A ...

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Dec 24, 2005
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    *Just outside of Orlando last Sunday morning a Presbyterian minister died as he was preaching his sermon. Maybe you saw it in the paper. His name was Jack Arnold. *And of course it was traumatic to the church... -But the Associate Pastor later pointed out how wonderful it was that he died in his ...read more

  • Pastors Not Aligned: A New Survey Found That 4 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Pastors Not Aligned: A new survey found that 4 out of 10 of the nation’s Protestant pastors don’t agree with their denomination on political and theological matters. Ellison Research found that 19% of pastors are more liberal theologically than their denomination, 23% are more conservative and 59% ...read more

  • An Interesting Incident Happened During The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Feb 8, 2007
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    An interesting incident happened during the victorious march of Alexander the Great to conquer the known world for the Grecian empire. A young soldier became greatly frightened in the heat of battle, dropped his sword and shield and fled. An officer dispatched several soldiers to apprehend the ...read more

  • The Top 10 Issues Facing Today's Family (1) ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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    The Top 10 Issues Facing Today’s Family (1) Anti-Christian Culture: Stripping away of Christian heritage and traditional values. (2) Divorce: The ongoing wave of broken marriages and families both in and out of the church. (3) Busyness: Participation in numerous activities crowding out quality ...read more

  • Most Of Us Have Never Been To Nisswa, Minnesota, ...

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Apr 23, 2009
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    Most of us have never been to Nisswa, Minnesota, but I, for one, would like to go there someday. And when I go, I need to plan to stay over for Wednesday night. Not that I want to go to church there (Sorry about that, Chief!). No, the reason I want to visit Nisswa is for the Turtle Races. Every ...read more

  • The Idea That Baptism Is Involved In The ...

    Contributed by Brian B on Jul 29, 2009
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    The idea that Baptism is involved in the salvation process was universally taught for the first 1500 years…. And it was only 500 years ago … when Zwingli came along in the middle 1500s that it began to be taught as a sign and a seal only. Zwingli said, “in this matter of baptism--- if I may ...read more

  • Little Things - Big Blessings  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 5, 2009
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    LITTLE THINGS - BIG BLESSINGS When we lived in Houston, Texas, our oldest Spencer was born. Spencer was placed in one of the vast Texas-sized nurseries at this hospital. There in that nursery, I met a group of volunteers who were all from a nearby church. The job of these volunteers in the nursery ...read more

  • In His Book I Surrender, Patrick Morley Writes ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 22, 2009
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    In his book I Surrender, Patrick Morley writes that the church’s integrity problem is in the misconception "that we can add Christ to our lives, but not subtract sin. It is a change in belief without a change in behavior." He goes on to say, "It is revival without reformation, without repentance." ...read more

  • In 1986 We Moved From Kalamazoo To Grand Rapids. ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 24, 2009
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    In 1986 we moved from Kalamazoo to Grand Rapids. Sometime later we wanted those slides and began to look for them. They were nowhere to be found. We looked in every box and closet in our house; we went back to Kalamazoo and looked in every closet in the parsonage and the church; we ran ...read more

  • Truth Of Resurrection Grips 19th Century ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2010
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    Truth of Resurrection Grips 19th Century Preacher R. W. Dale preached in England in the late 1800s. One day, as he was writing an Easter sermon, a light went on for him as it did for John here in verse 8. He described the event: “‘Christ is alive,’ I said to myself; ‘alive!’ and then I ...read more

  • Leaving Home Without Your Kids

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Aug 27, 2010
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    LEAVING HOME WITHOUT YOUR KIDS When we left to Pastor a Church in the Whitsundays we left our children, Ben and Rachel, behind in Sydney. Rachel was still in her late teens, but both of them were already involved in Hillsong Church and did not want to leave. We remember the pain of driving off ...read more

  • Christian Caste System

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2011
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    CHRISTIAN CASTE SYSTEM Division is the opposite of unity. When we exclude or separate others based on race, socioeconomic status, age, appearance or personal hygiene we are dividing. In his autobiography, Mahatma Gandhi wrote that during his student days he read the Gospels seriously and ...read more

  • The Wedding Problem

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jun 22, 2011
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    THE WEDDING PROBLEM Mary Campbell of Elgin, Illinois that had to say "I do" three times at three different weddings before she finally became Mrs. Randy Peterson. The couple took out their wedding license in Kane County and made all the arrangements for their wedding at a church in Ontarioville. ...read more

  • Object Lesson: Lego Bricks

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 26, 2012
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    OBJECT LESSON: LEGO BRICKS When you came in you received Lego building blocks of differing sizes and shapes. I’ve got a challenge for you; I want you to build something with your Lego blocks but there is one condition, you cannot use anybody else’s Lego block. Now what can you build with one Lego ...read more

  • The Spirit Of Poverty

    Contributed by Charles Jones on Jun 30, 2012
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    THE SPIRIT OF POVERTY If: You justify your lack and make excuses. You are afraid to give under the direction of the Holy Spirit. You govern your finances with a lack of trust and don't believe God is your source. Your are suspicious that those around you may take your money. When things ...read more

  • Glutton-Free Communion

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 14, 2014
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    Our staff recently started a new ministry to our church family by offering "gluten-free" bread for the Lord's Supper. It has been very successful and our staff has received a lot of affirmation because of this ministry. However, we didn't start off very well.......thanks to the Senior Pastor! ...read more

  • Feasts In The Bible

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 11, 2014
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    There are seven feasts in the Bible and they help us to tell the time. In fact, the Hebrew word for "feast" is moadim, used 223 times in Scripture and means "appointed times". The feasts represent the calendar of God’s plan for the ages. Four of the feasts were historically fulfilled in Christ’s ...read more

  • An Order Of Worship Spelling Mistake

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 10, 2018
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    I was looking at the order of worship in a bulletin for another church recently when I noticed a spelling mistake. After the sermon, they had listed that they would have an “Alter Call.” That’s a mistake because the front of a church is referred to as an “altar.” Then I thought for a moment ...read more

  • Let Me Illustrate With The Words That Mark ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Apr 13, 2007
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    Let me illustrate with the words that Mark Buchanan wrote of his own experience in his book entitled “Your God Is Too Safe.” He wrote that when he was saved, “I hit the ground running. Immediately, I volunteered for everything, anything, that I felt vaguely interested in and marginally qualified ...read more

  • I Wonder What God Would Say To Us Today As He ...

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Apr 22, 2007
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    I wonder what God would say to us today as He sees all of our so-called Christian organizations in constant activity but with little action or movement. The huge building program proclaiming astronomical figures in cost and “people reached” is indeed impressive. The mushroom growth of both churches ...read more