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  • The Deepest Demonstration Of Love Is To Willingly ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 3, 2008
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    The deepest demonstration of love is to willingly sacrifice oneself for the benefit of another. There is a story about Pat Thorne who was a sniper atop a tree, saw a platoon of Canadian soldiers walking on a road in the direction of a German contingent. Wanting to warn them and knowing he couldn’t ...read more

  • Preferences – Being A Disciple Of Christ Also ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 2,267 views

    Preferences – Being a disciple of Christ also means that you deny, you forgo, you give up many of your preferences for Christ. Before anything that is truly of God can be born, your own preferences have to die. Your desire to serve or lead in this type of church or that, has to be laid on the altar ...read more

  • The Noahide Commands

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 31, 2009
     | 2,642 views

    THE NOAHIDE COMMANDS A Pagan could become > An Alien Believer > A God-fearer > A Jew (proselyte) A pagan would be an idolater or worship many gods, or one not serving the true God. An alien believer would be a gentile who wanted to be saved, repented from his sins and turned to the God of ...read more

  • If They Were Our ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 24, 2009
     | 1,380 views

    IF THEY WERE OUR OWN If you boy or my girl were in darkness – Were groping alone in the night, Soul—weary and helplessly seeking In vain for a glimmer of light, Thro’ the dangerous depths of a forest, Bewildered and frightened and lost, Would I be at home by the fireside Demurring and counting ...read more

  • As A Young Boy, Theologian Alister Mcgrath ...

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Apr 17, 2010
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    As a young boy, theologian Alister McGrath enjoyed experimenting with chemicals in his school's laboratory. He liked to drop a tarnished coin into a beaker of diluted nitric acid. He often used an old British penny bearing the image of Queen Victoria. Because of the accumulated grime, Her Majesty's ...read more

  • We Live In A Culture That Is Redefining What Is ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2011
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     | 3,499 views

    We live in a culture that is redefining what is sexually permissible. Earlier this year in the United Kingdom, Peter and Hazelmary Bull were found guilty of discrimination because they allowed only married couples to share a bed at their small hotel. A homosexual couple sued the Bulls because they ...read more

  • A Story To Tell

    Contributed by Bobby Jenkins on Feb 2, 2013
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    A STORY TO TELL (A poem to honor our military veterans ) By Pastor Bobby W. Jenkins Jr. A story to tell, one we can’t fully understand One of sacrifice and bravery of so many men A story to tell of a perilous fight That cost so many their lives and gathered such might A story to tell of the ...read more

  • 4 Spiritual Crises

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 19, 2014
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    FOUR SPIRITUAL CRISES The spiritual experience of Abraham was marked by four great crises, each of which involved a surrender of something dear. These were: (1) LEAVE YOUR COUNTRY AND FAMILY (Gen 12:1 Mt 10:34-39 2Cor 6:14-18) - Is God asking you to go somewhere away from home, family and ...read more

  • Let God's Grace Find You

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Mar 1, 2019
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    LET GOD’S GRACE FIND YOU, IT WILL COME WHERE YOU ARE 1.GOD’S Grace went to the mountain top for Abraham when he was about to sacrifice Isaac; GOD provided a ram 2.GOD’S Grace went to the prison where Joseph was; Found Him and made Him second in command in all Egypt 3.GOD’S Grace went to the ...read more

  • Funny Prayers

    Contributed by John Bright on Feb 2, 2025
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    I found this collection of funny prayers on-line: • Lord, I ask that you give me the superpower to eat as much pizza as I want without gaining any weight. It would truly be a miracle and make my life complete. Amen. • Lord, I ask that you make all the calories in donuts and ice cream disappear, ...read more

  • John Maxwell Said In His Book The Success ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Price on Mar 9, 2007
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    John Maxwell said in His Book the Success Journey “A dream without a positive attitude produces a daydreamer. A positive attitude without a dream produces a pleasant person who can’t progress. A dream together with a ...read more

  • John Maxwell Said In His Book The Success ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    John Maxwell said in His Book the Success Journey “A dream without a positive attitude produces a daydreamer. A positive attitude without a dream produces a pleasant person who can’t progress. A dream together with a ...read more

  • Tiffany Shared A Story With Me At Christmas. The ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 9, 2007
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    Tiffany shared a story with me at Christmas. The Starbucks she works in at Normal, Illinois last Christmas (2006) witnessed something amazing. A person in the drive thru lane one morning paid for the person behind them. It was a random act of kindness. But the amazing thing was the next person did ...read more

  • In 1829, A Man Named George Wilson Robbed The ...

    Contributed by Daniel Owens on Jan 18, 2008
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    In 1829, a man named George Wilson robbed the U.S. Mail and in the act, committed a murder. He was later arrested, tried and convicted, and sentenced to be hanged. Some of his friends petitioned President Andrew Jackson for a pardon. The pardon was granted. But Wilson refused to accept it. This ...read more

  • Honrar Es

    Contributed by Juan Quintero on Feb 12, 2010
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    Honrar es: 1. Respetar a alguien. 2. Enaltecer o premiar su mérito. 3. Dar honor o celebridad. 4. Como fórmula de cortesía para enaltecer la asistencia, adhesión, etc., de otra u otras personas. 5. Dicho de una persona: Tener a honra ser o hacer algo. Honor is: 1. Respecting everyone. 2. ...read more

  • Servanthood And Spiritual Growth  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 16, 2011
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    SERVANTHOOD AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH I surveyed my church to see if people saw a relationship between ministering to others and spiritual growth. When asked, "To what extent has your ministry or service to others affected your spiritual growth?," 92 percent answered positively. None responded that ...read more

  • Augustine And The Four States Of Man  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Mar 5, 2012
    based on 19 ratings
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    AUGUSTINE AND THE FOUR STATES OF MAN In the 5th century AD, St. Augustine wrote about the "4 States of Man": * The first state of man (the haec sunt prima) is "living according to the flesh -- with reason making no resistance." This can be seen in so many ancient cultures and religions (and ...read more

  • The Gossip Test

    Contributed by John Bright on Jun 1, 2021
     | 2,986 views

    Another basic concept – sin creates spiritual blindness. Let me illustrate with my favorite sin to talk about… GOSSIP. I’ll stop right here and make sure you know how I define gossip. Before you tell someone a story about another person (even disguised as a prayer request), it needs to pass all ...read more

  • We Are All Saddened To Learn This Week Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 3, 2001
    based on 245 ratings
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    We are all saddened to learn this week of the death of one of our church’s most valuable members, Someone Else. Someone’s passing created a vacancy that will be difficult to fill. Else has been with us for many years, and for every one of those years, Someone did far more than a normal person’s ...read more

  • Keeping Promises  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Sep 19, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 4,622 views

    Writer and speaker Lewis Smedes says: Yes, somewhere people still make and keep promises. They choose not to quit when the going gets rough because they promised once to see it through. They stick to lost causes. They hold on to a love grown cold. They stay with people who have become pains in ...read more