Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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There is a story of a man who, resisting the cost of oats that he fed his mule, decided to gradually substitute sawdust in its diet. Everything went fine for a while – but by the time the mule was satisfied with sawdust, he died.” When people start feeding themselves on worldly desires and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
You Must Tell Them A recent study finds when donors were asked why they did not give online, the single most common reason donors gave (after not having a computer) was that they were unaware the option existed. The finding mirrors similar studies of other forms of giving, where when
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
John Tyler, after death of William Henry Harrison …
When a Christian people feel themselves to be overtaken by a great public calamity, it becomes them to humble themselves under the dispensation of Divine Providence, to recognize His righteous government over the children of men, to acknowledge
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Contributed by Edwin Garvin on Sep 3, 2008
Once Winston Churchill was sitting on a platform waiting to speak to a large crowd gathered to hear him. The chairman of the event leaned over and said, "Isn’t it exciting, Mr. Churchill, that all these people came just to hear you speak?" Winston Churchill responded, "It is quite flattering, but
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 28, 2008
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"The fear of man is being more impressed with man's reaction to our actions than with God's reaction. That's bondage. When we have the fear of God upon us, we are impressed only with God's reaction. We are freed from the concern of what people think. That's freedom! That's release! That's great
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Dec 2, 2008
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When we use the name of God, we aren't talking about the peanut farmer down the road. We're not talking about the person who picks up our trash, nor even our father and mother. Trivialize the names of those people if you will, but don't trivialize God. Flippantly
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 15, 2008
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Many don’t want to serve except to serve themselves. But we all serve something. Some serve the idols of money and materialism. Some serve the idols of addictions. Some serve the idols of entertainment. Some serve gods made in their own image. We are called to remind people that God has created
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jan 8, 2026
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[260]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – THE CONSTANT TRAMP OF FEET IS REALITY
This poem is an emotive one. Have you ever waited for the coming of a cyclone, a typhoon or hurricane? You know how some people become anxious as the system approaches. Many start to fear. People feel they are trapped. In
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2001
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A man on staff with Chuck Swindoll got sexually involved with his secretary. The church chose not to handle it in public, but rather deal with this privately. The next year, 17 marriages of senior leadership people in the church broke up! Paul is clear that when a leader sins, he/she needs to be
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Contributed by Brian Mavis on Jun 13, 2001
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The Bible in 50 Words -- "God made, Adam bit, Noah arked, Abraham split, Joseph ruled, Jacob fooled, bush talked, Moses balked, Pharaoh plagued, people walked, sea divided, tablets guided, promise landed, Saul freaked, David peeked, prophets warned, Jesus born, God walked, Love talked,
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Contributed by Daniel Becker on Sep 15, 2001
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A short distance from the Pentagon, inscribed with an iron stylus on blocks of granite, the walls of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington proclaim the words of our third President,
“And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure, when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in
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Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 6, 2002
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It’s pretty common to complain about things. During a military exercise at Eglin AFB, Florida, as I was standing in line at the mess tent, I heard a disgruntled soldier ahead of me say, "What! Lobster again?!" I’m convinced that some people could live in a suite at the Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston
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Contributed by David Parks on Aug 15, 2002
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An older minister recently told me he spent the first fifteen years of his ministry answering the question “Did God create the heavens and the earth?” only to realize the people were really asking, “Why did God create me?”
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Fenton, G. 1999. Your ministry’s next chapter. The pastor’s soul
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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THE SUCCESS IN OVERCOMING
A study of 300 highly successful people like Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, Helen Keller, Winston Churchill, Albert Schweitzer, Mahatma
Gandhi, and Albert Einstein revealed that one-fourth had handicaps such as blindness, deafness, or crippled limbs. Three-fourths had either
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Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jan 18, 2003
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Remember the movie, The Field of Dreams. A farmer made a baseball field in a Iowa cornfield. And one of the scenes of the movie shows cars lined up coming to the field.
Isaiah picture people from every nation streaming to the Light of Israel, which is Jesus Christ. The Lord address spiritual
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