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  • As I Listened To Dr Ron Hawkins On The ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 4, 2007
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    As I listened to Dr Ron Hawkins on the Counseling Ministry DVD’s he said his dad who was a pastor told him after he had retired, “If I had it to do over I would preach more messages of comfort. People have so much pain in their lives.” It reminded me of the many times God would bring this text to ...read more

  • New Every Morning

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 13, 2007
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    New Every Morning Yea, “new every morning,” though we may awake, Our hearts with old sorrow beginning to ache; With old work unfinished when night stayed our hand With new duties waiting, unknown and unplanned; With old care still pressing, to fret and to vex, With new problems rising, our minds ...read more

  • Hat-Tip To SermonCentral Illustration Bank: On ...

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Dec 27, 2007
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    Hat-tip to SermonCentral illustration bank: On Christmas Eve of 1906, off the coast of Massachusetts, ships carrying sailors that would have liked to be someplace else than a boat on Christmas Eve received a message from the coast in morse code. “CQ….CQ” it said, indicating that an important ...read more

  • Not Long Ago The Epic Poem "Beowulf" Was Made ...

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on Apr 10, 2008
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    Not long ago the epic poem “Beowulf” was made into the first all-CGI movie. Hollywood succeeded where our schools have often failed in etching this tragic tale and it’s monster Grendel in the minds of a new generation. I mention this because I want us to understand that each of us also have our ...read more

  • Not Long Ago The Epic Poem "Beowulf" Was Made ...

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on Apr 10, 2008
     | 863 views

    Not long ago the epic poem “Beowulf” was made into the first all-CGI movie. Hollywood succeeded where our schools have often failed in etching this tragic tale and it’s monster Grendel in the minds of a new generation. I mention this because I want us to understand that each of us also have our ...read more

  • A Man, Paralyzed By Many Anxieties And Worries ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Apr 20, 2008
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    A man, paralyzed by many anxieties and worries and unable to sleep at night, was so tired in mind and body that he was ready for anything. When he was at the last gasp, he met a Christian friend who told him that if he would only pray about it all, he would find some relief. That night he prayed ...read more

  • Praying To Be Good

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 28, 2008
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    PRAYING TO BE GOOD When Robert Louis Stevenson was a boy he once remarked to his mother, "Momma, you can’t be good without praying." "How do you know, Robert?" she asked. "Because I’ve tried!" he answered. This brings to mind a story about another little fellow--one who had been sent to his ...read more

  • Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
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    NOT IMPRESSED A story is told about Rabbi Joseph Schneerson, a Hasidic leader during the early days of Russian Communism. The rabbi spent much time in jail, persecuted for his faith. One morning in 1927, as he prayed in a Leningrad synagogue, secret police rushed in and arrested him. They took ...read more

  • Sunday Trains

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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    SUNDAY TRAINS William Barclay tells this story: The first Sunday train from Glasgow to Edinburgh ran on the 13th of March, 1842. Our contemporary journalist, wrote that it was filled with peaceful and respectable persons, gliding quietly away on its mission. The Presbytery of Glasgow, however, ...read more

  • A ...

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jan 16, 2009
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    Absence A strange silence I have never heard As I walk a path alone, An unfamiliar moment When I realize you are gone. As I look around to notice That the roads have all been changed For there’s one that now is fading At a place I called your name. So I must go on without you With the memories ...read more

  • Absence

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jan 18, 2009
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    Absence A strange silence I have never heard As I walk a path alone, An unfamiliar moment When I realize you are gone. As I look around to notice That the roads have all been changed For there's one that now is fading At a place I called your name. So I must go on without you With the memories ...read more

  • Your Unsaved Friends Want You To Talk About Jesus!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 19, 2023
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    73% of Christians believed it was their responsibility to share their faith. Yet only 52% of them had actually shared their faith at least once with someone in the last year. Millennials were the only age group where the percentage of those evangelizing was increasing. Only 29% of ...read more

  • Sins Of Omission

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 22, 2024
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    It isn't the thing you do; It's the thing you leave undone, Which gives you a bit of heartache At the setting of the sun. The tender word forgotten, The letter you did not write, The flower you might have sent, Are your haunting ghosts tonight. The stone you might have ...read more

  • Definition Of Sin

    Contributed by John Bright on Mar 4, 2025
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    The Greek word for sin is ‘hamartia.” It means ‘to miss the mark.” This classic interpretation refers to an archer missing the bullseye with an arrow. There are three possible causes for the miss: • Unintentional – archer did not mean to miss – still wrong – Hebrew word: ‘chattah’ – ...read more

  • There Once Was A Brier Growing In A Ditch When A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on Feb 12, 2004
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    There once was a brier growing in a ditch when a gardener came along with his spade and dug it up. He dug around it and gently lifted it out of the ground, bringing the brier to ask itself, “What is he doing? Doesn’t he know I’m a worthless brier?” But the gardener took it and placed it in his ...read more

  • So This Morning, We Are Going To Try To Stimulate ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 10, 2009
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    So this morning, we are going to try to stimulate different portions of the brain. We are going to have communion. Tactile worship and meditation definitely engage our senses in a way that make God more real. We are going to sing about worshipping in the best times and worst times with a song ...read more

  • Sex And Corn Flakes

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 22, 2012
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    SEX AND CORN FLAKES Les Parrot states in his book Crazy Good Sex: "No human longing is more powerful, more difficult to rein in, than sex. It has enough combustive force to incinerate wedding vows, family commitments, career goals, religious devotion, and anything else in its path" (page 17). So ...read more

  • Close: (The Following Illustration Can Be Found ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    CLOSE: (the following illustration can be found on the internet – the event occurred April 25, 2003) Maurice Cheeks is the retired All Star point guard who at one time coached the Portland Trail Blazers. His team had just finished warming up for a playoff game against the Dallas Mavericks. The ...read more

  • 37 Things To Say To Your Spouse

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 20, 2008
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    37 THINGS TO SAY TO YOUR SPOUSE A healthy marriage is a safe haven where we can relax and recuperate from the tensions of everyday life. We need to hear positive things from our mate. Just as I gathered together some friends to tell me what not to say to a spouse, so they also suggested what they ...read more

  • Second Coming Of Jesus

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017
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    In the 19th century, there was a wave of enthusiasm for prophecies predicting the actual date for the Second Coming of Christ. One such prophecy was an Adventist leader name William Miller. After studying Daniel 8, Miller predicted that Christ would return on March 21, 1842, but then revised the ...read more