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  • Your Will Gives Out First

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    YOUR WILL GIVES OUT FIRST I can remember trying out for the cross country team at my high school, I could not understand how some of these guys did it, they could run and be fine at the finish line, I on the other hand was literally dying and giving up a mile short. The coach told me that the ...read more

  • My Family And I Lived In A Temporary Home After ...

    Contributed by Scott Rodgers on Apr 13, 2008
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    My family and I lived in a temporary home after a move and did not bother to unpack our boxes. My brother and I were kept awake each night by a bothersome cricket. After several nights of poor sleep we moved all the boxes out in an attempt to drive the cricket but were unsuccessful. Finally after a ...read more

  • 89% Of U.s. Moms Use The Internet At Least Twice ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
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    89% of U.S. moms use the Internet at least twice a day, and 90% have been using it for more than seven years. 86% say search engines are the most efficient way to find info, claims a Microsoft and ROI Research study. 70% use search engines to gather info before making any online purchase. 57% use ...read more

  • The Spirit Of God Is Always The Spirit Of ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Apr 17, 2008
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    The Spirit of God is always the spirit of liberty; the spirit that is not of God is the spirit of bondage, the spirit of oppression and depression. The Spirit of God convicts vividly and tensely, but He is always the Spirit of liberty. God who made the birds never made birdcages; it is men who make ...read more

  • Keeping The Aquarium

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 18, 2008
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    KEEPING THE AQUARIUM "With all our education, our fine buildings, our image of the church, we are doing less to win people to Christ than our unschooled forefathers did. We're no longer fishers of men, but keepers of the aquarium, and we spend most of our time swiping fish from each other's bowl." ...read more

  • So Far We Have Seen That God Is A Real Being Who ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 9, 2008
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    "So far we have seen that God is a real being who is perfect, necessary and unlimited, but nothing has been said about the fundamental nature of that being. Invoking the language of substances, we note that things that exist independent of mind are made of one of two types of substance (or of ...read more

  • Ask Jonah!  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 12, 2008
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    ASK JONAH! A new believer was on a plane with an intellectual (a man educated beyond his intelligence). He sneered at her reading the Bible and asked if she believed it? "Yes." "Jonah and the whale story?" (A great fish) "Yes." "How did it happen?" "Don't know, but I'll find out when I get to ...read more

  • Today It's Rare To See Siblings Serving ...

    Contributed by Larry Vinson on Jul 24, 2008
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    "Today it's rare to see siblings serving alongside each other, either in church or in a ministry outside of church. Parents often focus on allowing each child to explore his or her individual gifts and talents through service -- which is a good thing. Then as brothers and sisters grow up, their ...read more

  • Fact Or ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    FACT OR FICTION? The London Daily Mail reports that one in four Britons don’t believe Prime Minister Winston Churchill actually existed. They suspect he is a mythical character rather than a historical one. Likewise, they think historical figures such as Florence Nightingale, Sir Walter Raleigh, ...read more

  • Credit Card ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    CREDIT CARD CRISES Americans are drowning in debt. Consumers have racked up more than $2.2 trillion in purchases and cash advances on major credit cards in just the last year. And it’s become a habit for them to spend more than they have. The overall credit card debt grew by 315% from 1989 to ...read more

  • Active Father Figures

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    ACTIVE FATHER FIGURES Active fathers and father figures play a key role in reducing behavior problems in boys and psychological problems in young women, according to the peer-reviewed journal Acta Paediatrica. Swedish researchers found regular positive contact reduces criminal behavior among ...read more

  • The Breaking Of The Bread

    Contributed by Daniel Haas on Aug 22, 2008
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    Matthew 14:13-21 Mark 6:30-44 Luke 9:10-17 John 6:1-15 "By the breaking of the bread, he makes it into a seedbed of food--for if the bread had been left intact and not pulled apart and broken into pieces, they would have been unable to feed the great crowds of men, women, and children...Mysteries ...read more

  • We Are Not To Be Isolated But Insulated," Said ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
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    "We are not to be isolated but insulated," said Vance Havner, "moving in the midst of evil but untouched by it." Separation is contact with contamination. Jesus was "holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners" (Heb. 7:26), yet He was "a friend of tax collectors and sinners" (Luke ...read more

  • The Late Great American Writer Of Children's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 7, 2009
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    The late great American writer of children’s books and poetry, Phyllis McGinley (1905 - 1978): "Families that own a surface similarity of good cheer are happy families! For one thing, they like each other, which is quite a different thing from loving. For another, they have almost always, one ...read more

  • No Teeth  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    NO TEETH Walking towards the United Nations Building in New York City, a street evangelist was observed who was trying to get the attention of passers-by. He urged those near him to flee from the wrath to come. "I warn you," he roared, "that there will be weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of ...read more

  • Jumping Where You Can't See  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    JUMPING WHERE YOU CAN’T SEE The African impala can jump to a height of over 10 feet and cover a distance of greater than 30 feet. Yet these magnificent creatures can be kept in an enclosure in any zoo with a 3-foot wall. The animals will not jump if they cannot see where their feet will fall. ...read more

  • God Shows Up In The Humblest Dwellings

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 15, 2009
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    GOD SHOWS UP IN THE HUMBLEST DWELLINGS Tommy Welchel describes the miracles of Azusa Street: "The thought that God visited us in a barn to introduce His Son...confounds the minds of scholars a skeptics. These miracles were happening in and old, run-church that once used to house animals. By the ...read more

  • Don't Just Hang On...hang In

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010
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    DON'T JUST HANG ON...HANG IN Decades ago, Oswald Chambers wrote about spiritual perseverance, defining it as... not to hang on and do nothing, but to work deliberately, knowing with certainty that God will never be defeated. The Bible is full of examples of men and women who didn't "just-hang-on" ...read more

  • The Moon Keeps ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 14, 2010
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    The Moon Keeps Shining The story is told of a judge who had been frequently ridiculed by a conceited lawyer. When asked by a friend why he didn’t rebuke his assailant, he replied, “In our town lives a widow who has a dog. And whenever the moon shines, it goes outside and barks all night.” Having ...read more

  • Infinite Wisdom

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 12, 2012
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    INFINITE WISDOM An angel appears at a faculty meeting and tells the dean, "In return for your unselfish and exemplary behavior, the Lord will reward you with your choice of infinite wealth, wisdom, or beauty." "Give me infinite wisdom!" declares the dean, without hesitation. Done!" says the ...read more