Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Dr. David Seamands in his book Healing for Damaged Emotions says, “The two primary causes of emotional stress are the failure to receive forgiveness and the failure to forgive.” [Wheaton, ILL: Victor Books, 1989, pp.29-30]
Or as the great philosopher Lucy explained to Charlie Brown at the end of
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Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 9, 2007
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“How They Knew God’s Love”
We tried to visit the lepers at least once a month, when they gathered out on the grass, and we went over what they had learned and sought to make clear the way of salvation by the use of Gospel posters.
Sometimes we asked them questions, to see if they really
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Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008
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Greg Elder grew up on the east coast. He would spend hours building intricate sand castles. Who cities would appear beneath his hands. One year, for several days in a row, there was a bunch of bullies who smashed his work. So, he tried something: he put cinder blocks and rocks and concrete chunks
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Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008
The Bible warns about the danger of wealth. Some of you are going, “Yeah, I know. Boy am I glad I’m safe!” Remember, though, that if you had running water this morning, you’re living better than over half the world just because of that. Stuff makes it hard to be close to God. The bigger your
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 14, 2008
Running For Dinner Or For Life
The reason you do what you do is all important. There is an old fable about a dog that boasted of his ability as a runner. One day he chased a rabbit and failed to catch it. The other dogs ridiculed him on account of his previous boasting. His reply was, "You must
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Contributed by David Baeder on Nov 8, 2008
When Paul speaks of being dead to sin, he’s using a figure of speech. He is not referring to literal physical death. What does he mean? He means that sin is off limits. How many of you who are married can remember your wedding vows? When you got married did you pledge to “forsake all others”?
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Contributed by Troy Borst on Feb 26, 2009
ILLUSTRATION… Ben Hur (p)
When ever I think of leprosy, I think of the 1959 movie Ben Hur. The character played by Ben Hur returns home after many years and eventually finds that his mother and sister contracted leprosy while in prison and now live a leper colony away from everyone else. They
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Contributed by Aaron Mishoe on Apr 2, 2009
Wealth Building
Is getting rich wrong?
The Bible says the love of money, not money itself is evil.
What is your motivation in building wealth?
John Wesley said, “Earn all you can, save all you can, give all you can.”
Selfish reasons for wealth building will reveal pride and greed in our
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Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jun 13, 2005
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John Todd was a minister in 19th Century New England. Born in Vermont, but soon moved to Connecticut, when Todd was six years old, both parents died, and Todd was given a home by an aunt who lived nearby. He lived with his aunt until he left to study for the ministry. While he was away, his aunt
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Contributed by Terry Laughlin on May 30, 2006
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Great Christian leaders have known the necessity of coming to repentance and spending some time in intercession for those in harm’s way.
President Abraham Lincoln, in a National Proclamation of Prayer and Repentance in 1863 wrote, “We have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 28, 2006
ILL. The late Erma Bombeck in her book, "If Life is a bowl of Cherries, Why Am I Always in the Pits?", recalled the legend of a church where the chimes rang miraculously whenever someone gave a generous gift.
But the chimes hadn’t rung for a long time, even though kings & potentates had come
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 4, 2001
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Former heavyweight boxer James (Quick) Tillis was a cowboy from Oklahoma who fought out of Chicago in the early 1980’s. Years later, he still remembers his first day in the Windy City after his arrival from Tulsa. "I got off the bus with two cardboard suitcases under my arms in downtown Chicago and
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