Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2003
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If you watch the game today I want you to remember this story about Jerry Rice.
He was the longtime star for the San Francisco 49ers, considered one of the greatest receivers in the history of football; he played for the 49ers for 15 years, 1985 to 2000. Tonight he will be playing for the Raiders.
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Contributed by Richard Tow on Oct 14, 2003
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What specifically are we being reminded of? In verses 24 and 25 of our text Jesus said “…do this in remembrance of Me.” It is a memorial service in honor of the Lord Jesus Christ. On one of the walls in our home is a little heart shaped plaque. On it are the words “When this you see remember
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Charismatic
Contributed by Thomas Morgan on Jan 21, 2004
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Several years ago I was in a Bible study in which we were studying the Sermon on the Mount. It was a most interesting study because of the diversity of people we had in the study. You remember that passage, “Blessed are the peace makers…”
The discussion centered on the situation in the world
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2004
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LIFE GIVING LOVE
Here is Ruth, a young widow, who chooses a life of singleness, not because she has no choice, but out of love for Naomi. She could have returned to her own people like Orpah, and would no doubt have been able to remarry and live a normal life, but she gave that up, for the time
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Contributed by John Ingham on Sep 7, 2004
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There were two figures found in Pompeii, Italy where it was unearthed from the terrible volcanic flow from Mt. Vessuvious. One was a sentinel. He was standing erect and tall in his place of watch at the city gates. His spear was burnt into his hand. His sword was there at his side. His helmet was
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 15, 2004
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One of the greatest spokesmen for the cause of Christ today is Chuck Swindoll, host of the national radio broadcast "Insight for Living," for many years a pastor and now president of Dallas Theological Seminary. Howard Hendricks, who was one of Chuck’s teachers while he was in seminary, remembers
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Wesleyan
At the end of the nineteenth century, a boxer named “Gentlemen Jim” Corbett, held the heavyweight championship title for the world for five consecutive years. When someone asked him what the key to it was, he answered with these words: “Fight one more round. When your feet are so tired that you
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 23, 2005
Our custodians are working wonders! They are task-oriented with multiple jobs to do and are determined to finish them before the day is out. I remember seeing the expression on a custodian’s face one day when she turned on her Harley (vacuum cleaner) and couldn’t get it to work. She checked the
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Salvation Army
Contributed by David Ward on Jun 11, 2005
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Alonzo Mourning terrorized and dominated many opponents in the National Basketball Association during most of the 1990s. Then Mourning was diagnosed with a kidney ailment that threatened his career, as well as his life. After being away from the game for several years of treatment, recovery, and
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Baptist
Contributed by Frank Gough Ii on Nov 4, 2005
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Do you any of you remember Bruce Lee?
He was a world-champion martial artist and an actor,
and he had a fighting style unlike any other
because he developed it himself.
In demonstrations, he often exhibited
an almost inhuman ability
in the force and power of his blows.
He was once asked by
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Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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I was weeping in the most bitter contritition of my heart, when I heard the voice of children from a neighboring house chanting, “take up and read; take up and read.” I could not remember ever having heard the like, so checking the torrent of my tears, I arose, interpreting it to be no other than a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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Many years ago in a Moscow theater, matinee idol Alexander Rostovzev was converted while playing the role of Jesus in a sacrilegious play entitled Christ in a Tuxedo. He was supposed to read two verses from the Sermon on the Mount, remove his gown, and cry out, “Give me my tuxedo and top hat!” But
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 4, 2006
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In rural Arizona, a man went to see the Hopi Indians perform ceremonial dances. It was a long lonely drive to the reservation across secluded desert terrain and some rough roads. Late afternoon, after the dances, the man returned to his car only to discover he had a flat tire. To make matters
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Christian/Church Of Christ
John Bevere taught us from the “Bait of Satan”
They (Christians) think churches are like cafeterias; they can pick and choose what they like! They feel the freedom to stay as long as there are no problems. But this does not agree at all with what the Bible teaches. You are not the one who chooses
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Oct 24, 2006
Revival Prayer Exalts God, because it puts things in perspective: God is high and lifted up—
It’s like flying up in a plane and everything is so small. It’s not that our problems disappear, but we realize from God’s perspective, it is nothing he can’t handle.
I remember how honored and humbled I
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Ronnie Knight on Nov 10, 2006
See the words spoken “Follow me and I will MAKE YOU...” Spurgeon explains it this way in his introduction to his sermon on this text, “When Christ calls us by His grace we ought not only remember what we are, but we ought also to think of what He can make us. It is, ‘Follow Me, and I will make
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Baptist