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  • Introduction: In April Of 1998 In Our Nation's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 1,467 views

    Introduction: In April of 1998 in our nation’s capital Military Police Maj. Odie Butler said he was northbound on I395 about 10 minutes before 6 a.m. when he came upon an accident near Alexandria. Amid the debris of a single-truck accident, a person was on the highway, having been thrown from the ...read more

  • H. Page Williams Wrote A Book Called Do Yourself ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 15, 2007
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     | 1,074 views

    H. Page Williams wrote a book called Do Yourself a Favor: Love Your Wife. I wish there were some way to make it required reading for church membership. In it he said, "I asked one wife what it was that her husband was doing that caused her to want to leave him, and her reply was ’Nothing.’ ...read more

  • A Few Years Back The Movie The Titanic Came Out. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 11, 2007
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     | 1,671 views

    A few years back the movie the Titanic came out. It was a box office smash. People seemed once again fascinated by this tragedy at sea. About 1,500 people lost their lives in this ship wreck tragedy. This great ship was said by the media to be: “Unsinkable” – even God himself could not sink her ...read more

  • I Close A Letter Emailed To Me. It Is From A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    . I CLOSE A LETTER EMAILED TO ME. IT IS FROM A SOLDIER IN IRAQ, WHO WROTE HIS MOTHER ABOUT HIS SEARCH FOR SALVATION: “DEAR MOM, I AM FINE, BUT I LOST MY BEST FRIEND TODAY IN AN AMBUSH AND THE ONLY WAY I CAN EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME, IS TO TELL YOU THIS STORY: IMAGINE YOU ARE CRAWLING, ...read more

  • C. Over The Centuries People Have Come Up With A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
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    C. Over the centuries people have come up with a lot of different ideas about Christian stewardship and giving. 1. There’s a story told about a couple of guys who were discussing their approaches to giving. a. One man said, “Here’s how I decide how much to give. I cash my paycheck in small bills, ...read more

  • Leighton Ford--Leighton Ford Is A Minister And A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
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    LEIGHTON FORD--Leighton Ford is a minister and a brother-in-law to Billy Graham. Leighton’s son Sandy died an untimely death. Leighton wrote a book about his son. The following is taken from that publication. "When Sandy was alive, he sometimes made his friends a little uncomfortable by being ...read more

  • Leslie B. Flynn Told A Delightful Little Story ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Leslie B. Flynn told a delightful little story about how some children worked long and hard on their own little cardboard shack. It was to be a special spot - a clubhouse - where they could meet in solemn assembly or just laugh, play games, and fool around. As they thought long and hard about their ...read more

  • He Wasn't Cured But He Was Healed

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    He wasn’t cured but he was healed Can sickness, even sickness unto death, be such a blessing for a Christian? On the surface it would seem not. How can a Christian do God’s will if he is lying in bed, flat on his back? How can pain, discomfort, medical treatment and surgery as well as the ...read more

  • Introduction: In 1976 Vince Papale Was A 30 Year ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Introduction: In 1976 Vince Papale was a 30 year old Substitute teacher and bartender in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. He and his buddies spent most Sunday afternoons in the Fall either playing football at the park or watching the Philadelphia Eagles play on tv. Week after week they had high hopes, ...read more

  • She, Like So Many Of Us, Will Only Trust The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    She, like so many of us, will only trust the Lord as far as we can see and will not believe His promises unless the MEANS of the performance is visible to us. Where are the water pots? Where are the buckets? How is He going to perform this? How is He going to accomplish this difficult task??? We ...read more

  • When I Was Working On My Undergraduate Degree I ...

    Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 3, 2007
     | 1,007 views

    When I was working on my undergraduate degree I took a couple of classes in geology. Most of the time I was asking myself the age-old question that many students ask as they go through some class that they don’t want to take, “Why do I have to take this class?” As the class went on we talked ...read more

  • Opportunity: Billy Graham

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jan 13, 2008
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    Opportunity: Billy Graham In his autobiography, Just as I Am, Billy Graham tells about a conversation he had with John F. Kennedy shortly after his election: “On the way back to the Kennedy house, the president-elect stopped the car and turned to me. ‘Do you believe in the Second Coming of Jesus ...read more

  • The Following Information Is From The Website ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 29, 2008
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    The following information is from the website legendsofamerica.com. Foolish quotes from famous people: "I can’t really remember the names of the clubs that we went to." - Shaquille O’Neal, basketball player, on whether he had visited the Parthenon during his visit to Greece “I’ve read about ...read more

  • In Fact God Has Created Us In Such A Way So That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on Feb 23, 2008
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    In fact God has created us in such a way so that our very existence hinges upon these two concepts. The Bible bears this out. The heart of God and His Word is centered on relationships and love. The fundamental Law of God is hinged on these two concepts. Jesus expresses this clearly in Matthew 22 ...read more

  • The Fire Has Finally Died. It's Been Snuffed Out: ...

    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Mar 19, 2008
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    The fire has finally died. It’s been snuffed out: Dampened by the coldness of betrayal, denial and doubt. No more glowing embers: Just a few dusty cinders remain laying in one clump. No more smoldering flares: Instead, just a few whiffs of smoke here and there. No more crackles, hisses or snaps of ...read more

  • Eternal Life  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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     | 5,059 views

    ETERNAL LIFE If you are Christian, eternal life does not simply mean going to heaven for eternity. Eternal life means a never-dying spirit that has already sprung to life in you! In other words, eternal life starts NOW! Your life that lasts eternally in the next world is the same life that begins ...read more

  • Mr. Coffee Gets His Mug ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jun 3, 2008
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    Mr. Coffee Gets His Mug Money THIS COFFEE "MUG" WORTH $15.6 MILLION TO ITS OWNER SAN FRANCISCO -- When it comes to coffee, Russell Christoff is more of a fresh-brewed than a freeze-dried kind of guy. So he never scrutinized the Taster’s Choice label. When he finally did, he was staring back at ...read more

  • Every Branch That Bears Fruit Must Be Pruned To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on Jun 14, 2008
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     | 5,334 views

    Every branch that bears fruit must be pruned to bear much more fruit. I have a tomato plant that has been living for over two years now. Every winter the cold weather and heavy breeze kill more than half of the vines and leafs. If I don't prune the dead, it will spread and kill the whole plant. ...read more

  • Fruit Of The Spirit  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jul 6, 2008
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    FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT The fruit is singular, not plural. The most common teaching is that there are nine fruits of the Spirit. But that’s not the case. It’s one “fruit,” and that fruit has those characteristics. For instance, take an apple. It’s one apple, but it has many characteristics: red, ...read more

  • This World Is Not Ours; Don't ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    THIS WORLD IS NOT OURS; DON’T UNDERESTIMATE A farmer noticed that every autumn, a tragedy played out in his cornfields. All summer long, families of field mice had made their homes among the growing plants. They ate and slept, they worked and played and raised their families. The mice imagined ...read more

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