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  • In December Of 2004, Judge Michael Higgins, ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on May 20, 2010
     | 1,987 views

    In December of 2004, Judge Michael Higgins, presiding at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal here in Australia, found Pastors Daniel Scot and Danny Nalliah guilty of inciting RELIGIOUS HATRED against Victorian Muslims. This was an historic case, the first finding of RELIGIOUS ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Turning – Story Of ...

    Contributed by Mark Pierce on May 25, 2010
     | 2,857 views

    Turning – Story of Wabush Wabush, a town in a remote portion of Labrador, Canada, was completely isolated for some time. But recently a road was cut through the wilderness to reach it. Wabush now has one road leading into it, and thus, only on one road leading out. If someone would travel the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • When Our Family Moved To East Point, Georgia, A ...

    Contributed by Bobby Gilstrap on May 25, 2010
     | 2,749 views

    When our family moved to East Point, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, our house was in the flight pattern for Atlanta’s Hartsfield International Airport. Every few minutes, all day and all night, large commercial jets would take off and fly over our home before veering off to destinations unknown. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Love Of God

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 16, 2010
     | 6,265 views

    LOVE OF GOD Let’s say you had a child who kept getting in trouble, you kept bailing him out as a child, and eventually as he grew up even you couldn’t bail him out anymore, you had to let him go live his life the way he was choosing because nothing you or anyone else did could stop ...read more

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  • Game Of Chance

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jul 9, 2010
     | 2,350 views

    GAME OF CHANCE A person recently said to me as they were dying that the Bible was just a series of myths and stories, and if I want to, I can choose to live my life assuming that it is. I can choose to treat heaven like a GAME OF CHANCE and the Bible as something less than a sure thing. I can ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • The Witness Of Booth And Lee

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jul 15, 2010
     | 3,050 views

    THE WITNESS OF BOOTH AND LEE In the early years of her life she witnessed horrific events as members of her family were beheaded in conflicts in China. Although she was only a little girl, MI LEE (not her real name) was forced to watch and still hallucinates about these terrible and barbaric ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • A Mother Once Approached Napoleon Seeking A ...

    Contributed by Arsenio B. Segismundo on Aug 1, 2010
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    A mother once approached Napoleon seeking a pardon for her son. The emperor replied that the young man had committed a certain offense twice and justice demanded death. "But I don't ask for justice,? the mother explained. "I plead for mercy.? "But your son does not deserve mercy,? Napoleon ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • It's Not About Repentance

    Contributed by Cameron Conway on Aug 2, 2010
     | 4,941 views

    IT'S NOT ABOUT REPENTANCE Today it's not about repentance; it's about our feelings. It's not about prayer; it's about going out for coffee. It's not about revolution; it's about the status quo. It's not about sanctification and righteousness; it's about making money. It's not about ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

  • Carta De Satánas (Translation Follows)

    Contributed by Rolando Delgado on Sep 22, 2010
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    CARTA DE SATÁNAS (Translation follows) Te vi ayer cuando comenzabas tus tareas diarias. Te levantaste sin ni siquiera orar a tu "Dios". En todo el día no hiciste nada de oración; de hecho, ni recordaste bendecir tus alimentos. Eres muy desagradecido con tu Dios, y eso me gusta de ti. También me ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Don't Just Admit It

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
     | 2,083 views

    DON'T JUST ADMIT IT There was a cartoon in which little George Washington is standing with an axe in his hand. Before him lying on the ground is the famous cherry tree. He has already made his smug admission that he did it -- after all, he "cannot tell a lie." But his father is standing there ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • Sanctity Of Human Life

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 6, 2010
     | 2,489 views

    SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE There's plenty of evidence of blatant disregard for human life today. Terrorism and suicide bombers? Capital punishment? Human trafficking. Abortion? So what is God thinking when He asks Abraham to take his only son, the son he loves, and to sacrifice him as a burnt ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • The Big Lie And Decoder Rings

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Mar 9, 2011
     | 2,412 views

    THE BIG LIE AND DECODER RINGS Here's the "Big Lie": You can sin and not die. We hear it all the time. The world trivializes sin. Much of the church trivializes sin. I have heard some pretty elaborate theories on how to sin and get away with it. Have you heard the one that God looks through ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Fan Or Follower?

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
     | 3,530 views

    FAN OR FOLLOWER? Kyle Idelman writes: It was a Thursday afternoon, and I was sitting in our sanctuary where 30,000 people would soon be coming to one of our Easter services. I had no idea what I was going to say to them. I could feel the pressure mounting. I sat there hoping that a sermon would ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Only One Opinion Counts

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2011
     | 3,701 views

    ONLY ONE OPINION COUNTS An umpire named Babe Pinelli once called Babe Ruth out on strikes. When the crowd booed with disapproval, the legendary Ruth turned to the umpire and said, "How could you call that a strike? There are 40,000 people here who are of the opinion that the last pitch was a ...read more

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  • Evading The "R" Word

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2011
     | 2,154 views

    EVADING THE "R" WORD Jimmy had trouble pronouncing the letter "R" so his teacher gave him a sentence to practice at home: "Robert gave Richard a rap in the rib for roasting the rabbit so rare." Some days later the teacher asked him to say the sentence for her. Jimmy rattled it off like this. "Bob ...read more

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  • Something To Be Saved From

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 19, 2011
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    SOMETHING TO BE SAVED FROM To be saved, like the thief on the cross, you must see yourself as destitute of any goodness worthy of heaven and, like this thief, by faith receive the righteousness of Jesus Christ. Vance Havner tells of a lady who came forward during the invitation in one of his ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Make The First Move

    Contributed by Dr. Zachary Sizemore on May 17, 2011
     | 2,763 views

    MAKE THE FIRST MOVE Many years ago I was preaching in a little mountain church in a close community. There was a division between two men in the church over a cow. Their families had been at odds, and they had brought the argument into the church. One of the men bought a cow and the other man ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

  • The Born-Again Vase

    Contributed by Michael Walther on May 18, 2011
     | 5,159 views

    THE BORN-AGAIN VASE A number of years ago I had the opportunity to tour the Villeroy and Boch porcelain factory in Torgau, Germany. Porcelain is one of the most beautiful and enduring things that human beings can make. Even today much of what we know about ancient cultures comes from what they ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Making Improvements

    Contributed by Michael Walther on May 27, 2011
     | 2,011 views

    MAKING IMPROVEMENTS Recently researchers at John’s Hopkins University ran across the notes a 19th century neurosurgeon named Harvey Cushing. What surprised them was his meticulous self-evaluation and self-criticism. He carefully documented every mistake he made on the operating table. Most ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • The Mayor's Martyr Maid

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 3, 2011
     | 1,923 views

    THE MAYOR'S MARTYR MAID "I found one!" The inquisitor held up a Bible and hollered out, "Bring in the mayor and his family. Someone is studying the Bible in this house!" In the 16th century, Philip II sent the Duke of Alba to Flanders to stamp out the Protestants who insisted on reading the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed