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  • It All Goes Back To The Head

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 26, 2012
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    IT ALL GOES BACK TO THE HEAD Mike Slaughter tells the story of his dog Luka, a giant schnauzer. Luka had an infected toe for several months on his back leg and one of the things that he noticed is that Luka will tend to drag that back foot causing him to scrape his toe. Their vet couldn't figure ...read more

  • No One Missed Him

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 7, 2012
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    NO ONE MISSED HIM There was a story in the papers years ago that occurred in Hamburg, Germany. The skeletal remains of a man were found in his apartment, sitting in front of a TV set, with Christmas lights twinkling nearby. But the lights were from a long past year. In fact, the man had been ...read more

  • Knowledge By Revelation

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 15, 2012
     | 4,728 views

    KNOWLEDGE BY REVELATION Dr. Nichols states, "There must be a difference between the knowledge that comes from the gathering of information, and that which comes by revelation. The Pharisees and Sadducees had the best information anyone could have in their day. If you asked them, they would tell ...read more

  • What Kind Of Example Are You?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2012
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    WHAT KIND OF EXAMPLE ARE YOU? It is said that for many years Monterey, a California coast town, was a pelican’s paradise. As the fishermen cleaned their fish, they flung the innards to the pelicans. The birds grew fat, lazy, and contented. Eventually, however the innards were utilized, and there ...read more

  • A True Church Family

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
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    A TRUE CHURCH FAMILY Fred Sigle, preaching minister at Garfield Christian Church in Indianapolis tells about Mark Knutson. On August 28, 1993, he was diagnosed with an extremely aggressive form of cancer. When diagnosed, he was already in the late stages and was only given a short time to ...read more

  • I Did It With My Club

    Contributed by C Jordan on Sep 23, 2012
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    I DID IT WITH MY CLUB A hunter walking through the jungle found a huge dead elephant with a pigmy standing beside it. Amazed, he asked: "Did you kill that?" The pigmy said, "Yes." The hunter asked, "How could a little guy like you kill a huge beast like that?" "I killed it with my club." ...read more

  • The Body: The Image Of God

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Oct 31, 2012
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    THE BODY: THE IMAGE OF GOD Paul Brand writing about what it means to be in the image of God in his book In His Image: "We will not explore the psychological and mental attributes in each one of us that might reflect the image of God. Instead, we will center on a community, that group of God’s ...read more

  • One Body To The Death

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Oct 31, 2012
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    ONE BODY TO THE DEATH On February 19, 1945, near the end of WWII, 800 American ships amassed to assault the island of Iwo Jima with its two strategic air strips 600 miles south of Tokyo. The Marines had fought a total of 43 months in the Pacific in World War II and in this one-month assault on Iwo ...read more

  • At Night No One Would See Him (Nicodemus). At ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kevin Karhoff on Feb 18, 2013
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     | 4,672 views

    At night no one would see him (Nicodemus). At night he would avoid awkward questions from the other religious leaders. At night he could spend time with Jesus without anyone knowing. If he could speak with Jesus at night when no one was around, maybe he could begin a relationship with Jesus ...read more

  • No Believing Without Following

    Contributed by Kevin Karhoff on Mar 12, 2013
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    John 3:16 and Luke 9:23 have to go together in order for there to be an accurate understanding of the gospel’s invitation. John 3:16 emphasizes believing. Luke 9:23 focuses on following. Those two things must necessarily go together. There is no believing ...read more

  • Grace And Matthew

    Contributed by Kevin Karhoff on Mar 12, 2013
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    GRACE AND MATTHEW These days people don't know Matthew as a failure and embarrassment who sold his soul to the Romans for a job. We know Matthew as a follower of Jesus who wrote the first book of the New Testament. It's important to understand that the grace of God doesn't simply invite us to ...read more

  • Kyle Idleman On Surrendering Everything

    Contributed by Kevin Karhoff on Mar 19, 2013
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    The reason Jesus is so adamant about followers surrendering everything is because the reality is this: the one thing we are most reluctant to give up is the one thing that has the most potential to become a substitute for him. Really what we’re talking about here is idolatry. When we are to be ...read more

  • Rent A Family…?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 14, 2013
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    RENT A FAMILY...? I read a recent article about how people in Japan are so busy that older people can now rent a family. Here’s the quote: "In Japan, you can rent a family. Elderly Japanese who are isolated from their children by the frantic pace of modern life can rent a 'family' for lunch and a ...read more

  • The Two Brothers

    Contributed by Daniel King, D. Min. on Jul 25, 2018
     | 2,840 views

    Main Idea: Jesus took our place of punishment. Verse: “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). Illustration: One time there were two brothers. One brother murdered a man and came home with blood all over his clothes. The ...read more

  • Man Crossing Niagara Falls On A Tightrope

    Contributed by Daniel King, D. Min. on Jul 25, 2018
     | 6,003 views

    Main Idea: In order to be saved, we need to put our faith in Jesus Christ. Verse: “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him” (Hebrews 11:6 NKJV). Illustration: Once there was a ...read more

  • God's Story

    Contributed by Rev. Duraimony Dickson on Dec 20, 2020
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    Story of God does not end with the resurrection or with the disciples. The story is still being written and lived through the Body of ...read more

  • You Are Free To...

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Mar 20, 2021
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     | 2,689 views

    I was thinking about my niece who just got her 1st car. While my memory may be deteriorating, I remember how awesome it was to have my 1st car. While I loved that old car, it gave me an attitude that got me in trouble more than once. I began to think that I was grown, and I could do whatever I ...read more

  • The Church Household

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 28, 2007
     | 2,579 views

    (1 Timothy 3:1-13) Chrytsostom writes, "The church leader must be ’one that governs well his own house.’... For the church is, as it were, a small household. In a house there are children and wife and domestic duties, and some person has to provide order for them all. So in the church there are ...read more

  • The Art Of "One-Anothering"

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
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     | 3,902 views

    THE ART OF "ONE-ANOTHERING" "One hot day, Herman Trueblood, all clean and cooled off by a nice swim in the ocean, saw a sweating man and his two sons trying on a hot day to push a disabled car up an incline. Two voices started yelling at each other inside him. One said, "There is an opportunity ...read more

  • Out Of The Depths

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
     | 3,284 views

    OUT OF THE DEPTHS Author Bernard Anderson in Out of the Depths speaks of this remembering the multitudes and the house of God and makes a worthy observation. He says, "This is not a longing for a one-to-one relationship with God in mystic solitude. The poet yearns to be surrounded by the believing ...read more