Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
In 1961 the Soviet Union shocked the world by sending the first man into space. One month later America followed with a 15-minute space flight by Alan Sheppard. Everyone was excited, but that was only the beginning. On September 12, 1961, President John F. Kennedy made a bold, almost unbelievable
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
W. B. Hinson, a great preacher of a past generation, spoke from his own experience just before he died, and he said, “I remember a year ago when a doctor told me, ‘You have an illness from which you won’t recover.’ I walked out to where I live 5 miles from Portland, Oregon, and I looked across at
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on Apr 12, 2008
IF I WERE GOD
If I were God….How many times have you heard people say that? “If I were God I would have everyone love everyone else, eliminate war, eliminate poverty and win the lottery.” Yeh, that’s just what we need, some thirty five year old running the universe.
Have you ever thought that?
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Apr 29, 2008
THE WHISPER
A young man once lost his job, and growing somewhat desperate about his plight, went to see an old preacher that he knew. As he poured out his heart to the preacher he angrily declared "I've begged and begged God to say something to help me, preacher. Why doesn't God answer?"
The old
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 27, 2008
People would have been familiar with several options for living. They could choose to collaborate with the Romans like the Sadducees and even the tax collectors. They could choose to live according to a high standard of rules and regulations designed (supposedly) to gain God’s favor by being good
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Church Of God
Last week’s I talked about the need for the church to give up some of their rights for the sake of the weaker ones in Christ. Today no one wants to be held responsible for their actions.
I looked up the word “Responsible” and discovered this: The state of being responsible, accountable, or
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 17, 2008
Boat Without Oars
One day I was goofing off with a friend at the lake shore and we found a boat. It was a sixteen foot long metal tub with no identifying marks on it. The thing had apparently come loose from its moorings somewhere around the lake and come up against the eastern shore.
So, being
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Orthodox
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Sep 17, 2008
Doctrine: Be Like Moses
James Packer writes:
"Many of us would agree with Peter when he says that parts of Paul's letters are hard to understand! And there are difficulties and apparent discrepancies in other parts of the Bible too. On this matter of discrepancies, I remember reading something
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Baptist
Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008
A wealthy couple desired to employ a chauffeur. The wife advertised, the applicants were screened, and (4) candidates were brought to her for the final selection. She called the prospective men to her balcony and pointed out a brick wall alongside the driveway. She asked the men, "How close do you
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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Work Hard and Find Oil
According to Forbes Magazine, Warren Buffet is the wealthiest man on earth, with a net worth of $62 billion. If you compare his net worth to our nation’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product), however, his relative wealth is less than half of what John D. Rockefeller had when he
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Gypsies-beggars are all around churches in Romania; the same in France and UK. Paris and London’s churches are literally homes for many beggars. Chased by police, they return always there.
During my last trip in Europe I saw a large number of beggars. There were so many beggars, there was no way
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Seventh-Day Adventist
Contributed by Tim Smith on Dec 10, 2008
So what is a vision? George Barna defines it as, "Vision for ministry is a clear mental image of a preferable future imparted by God to His chosen servants and is based upon an accurate understanding of God, self and circumstances." Vision is more than simply what could be. It’s something that must
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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GIVES US SIGHT
An obstetrician approached an anxious father in the waiting room of a New York City hospital and said, "I am sorry to inform you, but your baby lived but two hours after his birth. We did everything we could to save his life." As the sympathetic doctor was about to leave, the quick
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Contributed by Gene Gregory on Feb 17, 2009
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GOD'S VALENTINE'S DAY
If yesterday is like Valentine's Days of the past, over $1 billion was spent on chocolate, $1 billion on cards, and 218 million roses were sold in the pursuit of or in an attempt to demonstrate love.
The Bible tells us that God sent the first Valentine. He showed what true
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Baptist
Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 17, 2009
Andy Fastow was a brilliant kid in my high school graduating class in New Providence New Jersey. He was one of the really good kids. In fact he was the student body president of my senior class. He went on to get a great education and a fantastic job. He climbed his way up the ladder until he
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Baptist
Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 21, 2009
A preacher once met a man named Worral. He had been stricken with rheumatoid
arthritis at age 15, years went by before he met him again. 30 years later they crossed
paths only to find Worral now totally paralyzed except for 1 finger. He could barely speak
and was totally blind.
But he had a
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Baptist
Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 23, 2009
There was a Welsh woman who lived in a valley far away from any town or city. She was s simple minded, hard working person who knew little about the ways of the world. At a great sacrifice to herself, she had electricity installed in her little cottage. "You use the electric lights so little, I
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Feb 28, 2009
If an advert on the television is to be believed then temptation truly comes in the form of cakes or chocolate in the fridge; but of course temptation comes in many shapes and sizes, such as the story of Martin. Martin woke up one Monday morning particularly tempted to stay at home because he was
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Anglican
Contributed by Anne Benefield on Mar 5, 2009
TRUE POVERTY
The second theme in our passage is to strengthen and support the weak and the suffering. My friend at the Gazette also mentioned visiting his daughter in Kenya when she was a Peace Corp volunteer out in the desert areas in the western part of the country. He said that trip had
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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