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  • Her God Was Able

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Aug 22, 2007
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    Her name will never be in the history books, but it is written in the Book of Life. She was never an item in the newspaper, but she was God’s reporter, telling His good news. She never had much formal education, but like her Lord she taught with authority from her own experience of God’s grace. ...read more

  • I Love You ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 10, 2010
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    I Love You Enough “You don’t love me!” How many times have your kids laid that one on you? Someday when my children are old enough to understand the logic motivation [of] a mother, I’ll tell them: ü I loved you enough to bug you about where you were going and what time you would get home. ü I ...read more

  • Would You Hire Him?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2011
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    WOULD YOU HIRE HIM? A certain church found itself suddenly without a pastor, and a search committee was formed. In due course it received a letter from a man applying for the vacant position. The committee chairman read: "I am considered to be a good preacher, and I have been a leader in most of ...read more

  • Where Do We Stand?  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Jul 19, 2011
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    WHERE DO WE STAND? This past Tuesday morning I had finally settled down into my easy chair to read the daily news paper. As always, I turned to the editorial section of which is one of favorites, besides the daily “Frank and Ernest” cartoon. There I found a very interesting Readers Commentary ...read more

  • Thoughts On The Church

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 20, 2012
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    THOUGHTS ON THE CHURCH Here are some thoughts on The Church from a few 30 on down in age, individuals from the book "The Relevant Church": Quotes: Tyler Watts, "I think I disconnect from the Gospel of Jesus Christ when I'm not involved in close relationships with other believers." Philip Evans, ...read more

  • Praying The Armor Of God

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Aug 12, 2019
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    PRAYING THE ARMOR OF GOD This is a prayer I shared with our congregation after teaching a series on Spiritual Warfare based upon an exposition of Ephesians 6:10-18. "Good morning, Lord. It’s going to be a great day because I am preparing to win spiritual battles for Your glory and ...read more

  • Mike Murdock Notes This From His Book Leadership ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 6, 2008
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    Mike Murdock notes this from his book Leadership Secrets of Jesus page 209: i. He starts with scripture verse “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” Galatians 6:7. ii. Everything begins with a seed to sow! Someone plants a small acorn. It becomes ...read more

  • Five Stupid Things We Do For Love

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 22, 2008
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    FIVE STUPID THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE The woman at the well in John 4 was like the women Dr. Laura Schlessinger had in mind when she wrote a book called, "Ten Stupid Things Women do to Mess Up Their Lives." Here are 5 of them --- (Now, keep in mind, these didn’t come from me. I’m quoting from the ...read more

  • How Much Is Enough?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? Each week Kevin Tunell was required to mail a dollar to a family he'd rather forget. They sued him for $1.5 million but settled for just $936, to be paid a dollar at a time. The family expected the payment each Friday so Tunell would not forget what happened on the first Friday ...read more

  • War Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
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    WAR IS HELL War is defined as “a state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations,” or more generally, as “a state of hostility, conflict, or antagonism.” About 15 years ago a group of academics and historians compiled some startling information. Since 3600 BC, ...read more

  • Works-Oriented Salvation Verses Saving Faith

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2009
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    Works-Oriented Salvation verses Saving Faith Muhammad Ali was once asked what his faith meant to him. Ali replied: "[it] means [a] ticket to heaven. One day we’re all going to die, and god is going to judge us, [our] good and bad deeds. [if the] bad outweighs the good, you go to hell; if the good ...read more

  • Knowing Scripture To Save Your Life

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 19, 2009
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    KNOWING SCRIPTURE TO SAVE YOUR LIFE Several years ago in Guatemala, a young Christian named Paulos had been arrested with a gang of robbers. In that place and in those days, anyone suspected of a crime, was immediately taken to an open field, ordered to dig a hole, and then toppled into the hole ...read more

  • Run With Endurance  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
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    RUN WITH ENDURANCE Unlike most competitions however, running the race in spiritual terms is not to try to be first, but to be faithful and finish! The Christian race is not a competitive event to see who comes in first, but an endurance run to see who finishes faithfully. It’s like the ...read more

  • Alex Navalny - Russian Dissident

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Feb 19, 2024
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    Russian opposition leader and outspoken Christian, Alexei Navalny. Navalny voluntarily returned to Russia - knowing he would be arrested and imprisoned. Navalny, 47, dies while serving a 19-year sentence in a penal colony north of the Arctic Circle. In Navalny’s closing statement during his 2021 ...read more

  • A Saint

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 27, 2025
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    Story: In a small country village in Sicily, there were two brothers, renown members of the local Mafia. They were mean, bad and very rich. No one had a good word to say about them. Indeed, everyone seemed to have a story about how they had either been cheated or maligned by the ...read more

  • Hudson Taylor Learns About ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2010
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    Hudson Taylor Learns About Giving One wonderful testimony of faith from church history is that of Hudson Taylor, the first missionary to the interior of China (in the mid-1800s). He was a great evangelist because he learn “to move man, through God, by prayer alone.” To prepare for the loneliness ...read more

  • Serving Others

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 27, 2014
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    “True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever the cost”. - Arthur Ashe In a small, dusty town in western Oklahoma one November there lived a young single mother struggling to make ends meet. ...read more

  • Parallels Between The Serpent On The Pole And Christ On The Cross

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 8, 2023
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    Parallels between the Serpent on the Pole and Christ on the Cross: 1. The bronze serpent was God’s means of salvation for the Israelites who were bitten by the serpents in the wilderness. Jesus Christ crucified is God’s means of salvation for everyone who has been bitten by the deadly venom of sin ...read more

  • The Story Of Silent Night

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 24, 2025
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    The Inspiring True Story Behind "Silent Night" The church organ in a small Austrian village was silent for the 1818 premiere of the world’s most popular Christmas carol. by Elizabeth Sherrill From Posted in Inspiring Stories, Oct 15, 2020 My husband and I were staying in the little ...read more

  • James Dobson, New Man, October, ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 9, 2002
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    [illustration, James Dobson, New Man, October, 1994, p. 36.] This is an exert from an article that James Dobson wrote in 1994 about Stephen Hawking, whom I believe has since died… Stephen Hawking is an astrophysicist at Cambridge University and perhaps the most intelligent man on earth. He has ...read more