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  • Jail-Time Repentance

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2012
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    JAIL-TIME REPENTANCE I want to share with you a small auto-biographical story that I believe illustrates the type of repentant heart needed to continue in getting rid of guilt. She had always been a good girl so finding herself in this place was unimaginable to her. How was she going to survive ...read more

  • A Non-Repentant Church

    Contributed by John Bartol on Nov 7, 2012
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    A NON-REPENTANT CHURCH Lack of repentance is the root cause of powerlessness in the church, in this materialistic, self-indulgent age. There can be no spiritual ...read more

  • If The Israelites Repent, They Will Be Redeemed, ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 2, 2008
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     | 3,351 views

    "If the Israelites repent, they will be redeemed, but if not they will not be redeemed" (b. Sanh. 97b, R. Eliezer ben Hyrcanus, A.D. 90) "If the Israelites would repent for a day, the son of ...read more

  • The "repenters"

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 19, 2022
     | 1,847 views

    It is interesting that before the "Iron Curtain" went down, the believers in the anti-Christian Communist countries were often known as "Repenters." Why? Because they were not just "professors", but "possessors", and showed the Spirit of Christ was in them ...read more

  • Repent For Better Health

    Contributed by John Bright on Mar 10, 2025
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    Since this is the season of Lent, it’s a good time to repent of the unhealthy habits we have developed over the years. That means we tell God: “You’re right, and I’m wrong.” That’s the beginning of repentance. Then we need to make a plan. There’s an old saying: Those who fail to plan, plan to ...read more

  • Repentance Is Not A One-Time Event

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
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     | 4,630 views

    REPENTANCE IS NOT A ONE-TIME EVENT Doug Tegner tells the story of attending a one-day leadership retreat called to deal with his church's current crisis. Redwood Chapel was founded in 1962 and has since hosted the Bay Area Sunday School convention (BASS), had strong music programs, planted vibrant ...read more

  • Holy Child  PRO

    Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Nov 30, 2004
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     | 2,810 views

    HOLY CHILD Ah, dearest Jesus, holy Child, Make thee a bed, soft, undefiled, Within my heart, that it may be A quiet chamber kept for Thee. My heart for very joy doth leap, My lips no more can silence keep, I too must sing, with joyful tongue, That sweetest ancient cradle song, Glory to God ...read more

  • What Holiness Is Not

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    WHAT HOLINESS IS NOT John Charles Ryle, Anglican bishop of Liverpool in the 19th century speaks of holiness. He says, "It is not knowledge...nor great profession...nor doing many things...nor zeal for certain matters in religion..." He continues that holiness is not "morality and outward ...read more

  • The Bible As Holy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    THE BIBLE AS HOLY The Bible is deemed a holy book by 84% of the U.S. public. Although 84% of Barna Research respondents described themselves as Christian, 7% did not consider the Bible to be sacred, while 38% of adults who do not consider themselves Christian categorized it as such. Most ...read more

  • The Holy Huddle

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Oct 16, 2009
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    THE HOLY HUDDLE The job of the church is not to impact the church, but our job is to impact the world. It’s like a huddle in a football game. 70,000 people don’t pay $75.00 a ticket to watch the Texans huddle. What if you went to a Texans game and for two and a half hours you watched 11 men ...read more

  • Holiness And Happiness  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Mar 14, 2011
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    HOLINESS AND HAPPINESS Quote taken from an article "9 Points for Preaching on the Problem of Evil" by Norman L. Geisler, a distinguished professor of apologetics at Veritas Evangelical Seminary in Murrieta, California: "The stark truth is that God is more interested in our holiness than in our ...read more

  • Holy Joy

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Apr 6, 2012
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    HOLY JOY Richard Foster describes holy joy like this: "Joy, not grit, is the hallmark of holy obedience. ...It is a cheerful revolt against self and pride. ...Utter abandonment to God is done freely and with celebration. And so I urge you to enjoy this ministry of self-surrender. ...The saints ...read more

  • Holy Images

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 6, 2012
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    HOLY IMAGES There are three true stories about holy images: A few years ago a woman in New Mexico was frying tortillas. One of the tortillas burned and the result was an image that looked like a face; she thought it looked like Jesus. She took the tortilla to her priest and he agreed it looked ...read more

  • The Holiness Of God

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on May 29, 2007
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    The Holiness of God: I was in B.Q (D.I.Y.STORE) this week getting some paint for these walls in the church and I had it mixed on a machine, but the main ingredient was white their were tints of other colours but the main one used was white... And its the same with God’s Holiness God’s love is a ...read more

  • Holy Goats

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Joke- Holy Goats A group of college boys wanted to smuggle the football team mascot into their dormitory room- so they made intricate plans so they would not get found out. “But what about the smell?” someone ...read more

  • Holy Ground

    Contributed by Ken Harris on Nov 2, 2007
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    "Holy Ground" Recently, I came across an internet story about (one of my childhood idols and American icon) Fred Rogers of Mister Rogers Neighborhood. Perhaps most of you are aware that Fred Rogers, was a Presbyterian Minister, and died – February 27 - in 2003 at the age of 74. But what you ...read more

  • Happiness... Or Holiness?  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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     | 4,284 views

    Happiness... or Holiness? We Christians have sometimes made a mistake when leading others to Christ in allowing (or encouraging) them to believe that, once they are born-again children of God, there will no longer be any trials in their lives. This may be especially true when they come to ...read more

  • Reflecting Holiness

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Feb 22, 2021
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    Life has its challenges to our walking in God’s presence. But, we are presented with an opportunity, in all things remember that the closer you are to God, the more defined and ...read more

  • Holy Office?

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Apr 21, 2023
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    When a Christian – the temple of the Holy Spirit – walks into an office at IBM, IBM becomes a spiritual place. Tim Downs, Finding ...read more

  • The Book "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" Speaks Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Weber on Mar 14, 2006
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    The Book "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" speaks of the destruction of early Christian texts during the persecutions of the emperor Diocletion of 303 A.D., after which it continues: “As a result Christian documents—especially in Rome—all but vanished. When Constantine commissioned new versions of these ...read more