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  • Jesus Stated, "Unless You Eat The Flesh . . . And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    Jesus stated, “Unless you eat the flesh . . . and drink His blood, you have no life in you” (v. 53). Eating flesh and drinking blood sounds like the Lord’s Supper or Communion, where Jesus spoke of the bread as his body and the cup as his blood (Matthew 26:26-28). Warren Wiersbe tells us, “I do not ...read more

  • What Is Your Money Doing To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009
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    WHAT IS YOUR MONEY DOING TO YOU? On their way to church on Sunday, a mother gave her child a one-dollar bill and a quarter. "Sweetheart," the mother said, "you can place either one in the offering plate. It’s entirely up to you." As they were driving home, the mother asked the daughter what she ...read more

  • The Damage Of Disunity

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2012
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    THE DAMAGE OF DISUNITY Dwight L. Moody once stated, "I have never yet known the Spirit of God to work where the Lord's people were divided." Notice what Phinehas said: "This day we perceive that the Lord is among us" (Jo 22:31). The Lord's presence was among His people, because they walked in His ...read more

  • Standard Of Comparison  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 27, 2012
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    STANDARD OF COMPARISON Michael Green, in his book Illustrations for Biblical Preaching, shares a good lesson which I think is appropriate for beginning our message this evening. He states: All of us frequently compare ourselves favorably with someone else. We all think of someone whom we ...read more

  • In A Seminary Missions Class, Herbert Jackson ...  PRO

    Contributed by William Jewett on Nov 2, 2000
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    In a seminary missions class, Herbert Jackson told how, as a new missionary, he was assigned a car that would not start without a push. After pondering his problem, he devised a plan. He went to the school near his home, got permission to take some children out of class, and had them push his car ...read more

  • There Was An Old Monastery That Had Fallen Upon ...

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Sep 11, 2008
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    There was an old monastery that had fallen upon hard times. It was once a great order, but as a result of waves of persecution in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and the rise of secularism in the nineteenth century, all its branch houses were lost and it had become decimated to the extent ...read more

  • Making The Connection  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 27 ratings
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    MAKING THE CONNECTION In a seminary missions class, Herbert Jackson told how, as a new missionary, he was assigned a car that would not start without a push. After pondering his problem, he devised a plan. He went to the school near his home, got permission to take some children out of class, and ...read more

  • No True Freedom Without God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2009
    based on 12 ratings
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    NO TRUE FREEDOM WITHOUT GOD According to Mark Parsec, Independence Day "celebrates America’s Declaration of Independence from the tyranny of England under King George." The Declaration of Independence of 1776, he says, was not intended to declare war with England, nor did it actually establish our ...read more

  • How To Get Attention  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    HOW TO GET ATTENTION This is the story of George Phillips of Mississippi, who was going to bed when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the shed. George opened the door to go turn off the light but saw there were people in the shed in the process of stealing things. He immediately ...read more

  • Position Versus Discipleship

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 7, 2013
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    POSITION VERSUS DISCIPLESHIP C. Gene Wilkes, in his book Jesus on Leadership, says, "Confusion arises when you equate higher 'positions' with leadership . . . As long as 'position' is honored above discipleship -- being a follower -- church leaders will honor the ambitious over the obedient." We ...read more

  • While Waiting At The Airport For A Delayed Flight ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 23, 2007
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    While waiting at the airport for a delayed flight I got engaged in a conversation with a physicist who worked for the German electronics company that had played a leading role in developing the compact disc (CD). [Phillips and Sony, 1980] I told him I had a question that perhaps he could answer. ...read more

  • In The Movie Glory Road, Basketball Coach Don ...

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 22, 2007
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    In the movie Glory Road, Basketball Coach Don Haskins, was just a small-town family man trying to make an unforgettable mark in his first job as a collegiate basketball coach. He got a coaching job with the Texas Western miners. He went on the recruiting trail to find the best talent in the land, ...read more

  • If You Ever Paid Attention To Authors And ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 24, 2007
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    If you ever paid attention to authors and composers when we used to sing out of the hymnals, you may remember the name Phillip P. Bliss. He was the second most famous Christian song writer in history. Had he lived as long as his peers, Fanny Crosby, Charles Wesley and Ira ...read more

  • Loose Connections

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Mar 31, 2008
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    LOOSE CONNECTIONS In a seminary missions class, Herbert Jackson told how, as a new missionary, he was assigned a car that would not start without a push. After pondering his problem, he devised a plan. He went to the school near his home, got permission to take some children out of class, and had ...read more

  • Wash Your Hands

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2011
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    WASH YOUR HANDS In 1818, Ignaz Phillip Semmelweis was born into a world of dying women. The finest hospitals lost one out of six young mothers to the scourge of "childbed fever." A doctor's daily routine began in the dissecting room where he performed autopsies. From there he made his way to the ...read more

  • I Am In A Hurry, But God Isn't!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 6, 2023
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    The purposes of God often develop slowly because His grand designs are never hurried. The great New England preacher Phillips Brooks was noted for his poise and quiet manner. At times, however, even he suffered moments of frustration and irritability. One day a friend saw him feverishly pacing the ...read more

  • Monk Story  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Sep 29, 2002
    based on 116 ratings
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    Monk Story There is a story told of an old monastery that had fallen upon hard times. It was once a great order, but as a result of waves of anti-monastic persecution in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and the rise of secularism in the nineteenth, all its branch houses were lost and it ...read more

  • In Colorado In 1996, Fifteen-Year-Old Danny ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 15, 2004
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    In Colorado in 1996, fifteen-year-old Danny Phillips protested a classroom video on human reproduction from the PBS series NOVA, which opened with the sweeping statement that life originated billions of years ago when “powerful winds gathered random molecules from the atmosphere.” Danny approached ...read more

  • Because The Prince Had Come  PRO

    Contributed by J.d. Tutell on Jan 13, 2012
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    BECAUSE THE PRINCE HAD COME A man named Phillip Keller was born in Kenya and then moved to the United States. To describe this principle he tells the story of the growing up there. The majority of people did not really think of themselves as subjects of the King of England. After all they ...read more

  • The Plan  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Brewer on Dec 16, 2002
    based on 60 ratings
     | 3,772 views

    The Plan People do not have any control over when they are born, to whom they are born. The local, national or worldwide environment that they are born in. If Jesus is the messiah, the anointed one, God made to be a man that is here to complete a perfect task, then the time and place of his ...read more