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  • In New York's Hayden Planetarium A Special ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    In New York’s Hayden Planetarium a special Christmas holiday show was enhanced by an added feature. A giant lollipop tree was projected onto the planetarium dome, surrounded by a horizon filled with brilliantly colored toys which came to life and cavorted to the tune of "Jingle Bells." At the ...read more

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  • As We Look Today At The Eighth Commandment, "You ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
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    As we look today at the eighth commandment, “You shall not steal,” here are a couple of stories to remind us that crime does not pay. A London taxi driver found an ingenious way to keep his cab clean. He would wrap up the leftovers from his lunch together with any other garbage he found in the cab ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • When The Now-Famous Poet Elizabeth Barrett Became ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
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    When the now-famous poet Elizabeth Barrett became the wife of Robert Browning, her parents disowned her because they disapproved of the marriage. Their daughter Elizabeth, however, wrote almost every week, telling them that she loved them and longed for a reconciliation. After 10 years, she ...read more

  • All ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    ALL ALIKE? The pilot was Jewish, and the co-pilot was Taiwanese. It was the first time they had flown together, and it was obvious by the silence that they didn’t get along. After 30 minutes, the Captain finally spoke. He said, "I don’t like Chinese." The co-pilot replied, "Why is that?" The ...read more

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  • Grace Or Permission?

    Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Oct 12, 2008
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    Grace or Permission? You're worried about permissiveness—about the way the preaching of grace seems to say it's okay to do all kinds of terrible things as long as you just walk in afterward and take the free gift of God's forgiveness. While you and I may be worried about seeming to give ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Two Stories Of Injustice

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
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    TWO STORIES OF INJUSTICE In 1984, James Ealy was convicted in the 1982 brutal murders of 33-year-old Christine Parker, her two children and one grandchild. Two years later, the Illinois Appellate Court overturned the conviction - even as justices acknowledged Ealy almost certainly was guilty. They ...read more

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  • Finishing Well

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    FINISHING WELL Dr. J. Robert Clinton, professor at Fuller Seminary, did a study of male leadership in the Bible and determined that only 30% of them finished well. Wow! The odds are against us! Consider also this next example. The World Cup is over. Italy beat France in a shootout, 5-3, in the ...read more

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  • Be Found Doing Your Duty

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2011
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    BE FOUND DOING YOUR DUTY The time was the 19th of May, 1780. The place was Hartford, Connecticut. The day has gone down in New England history as a terrible foretaste of Judgment Day. For at noon the skies turned from blue to gray and by mid-afternoon had blackened over so densely that, in that ...read more

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  • The Mission: Tethered To Sin

    Contributed by William Hooper on May 3, 2011
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    THE MISSION: TETHERED TO SIN In the award winning film called "The Mission," Robert DeNiro plays a mercenary who has taken asylum in the local church after killing his brother in a fit of jealous rage. He eventually leaves the church and heads to a mission post located above the waterfalls in a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • The Right Name Opens Doors  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Aug 15, 2011
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    THE RIGHT NAME OPENS DOORS Mark Roberts wrote of a time when he visited the Capitol as a guest of Congressman John Campbell. As long as he was with the congressman, he could walk freely around the Capitol, entering many areas that were reserved "for authorized personnel only," reserved for members ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ingersoll And The Patience Of God

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 5, 2012
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    INGERSOLL AND THE PATIENCE OF GOD Robert Ingersoll, an American Agnostic, after delivering one of his addresses, pulled his watch from his pocket and said, "According to the Bible, God has struck men to death for blasphemy. I will blaspheme Him and give Him five minutes to strike me dead and ...read more

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  • How Jesus Trained The Disciples

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 2, 2020
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    Robert E. Coleman wrote the book, The Master's Plan of Evangelism, and gave us the principles that Jesus used to spread the Gospel around the world until He returns. Here is the list: 1. SELECTION:   “He chose from the twelve.” (Luke 6:13)  2. ASSOCIATION: The principle of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Faith Honors God And God Honors Faith! A Story ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Mar 12, 2002
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    Faith honors God and God honors faith! A story from the life of missionaries Robert and Mary Moffat illustrates this truth. For 10 years this couple labored faithfully in Bechuanaland (now called Botswana) without one ray of encouragement to brighten their way. They could not report a single ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • As Long As We Are In This World, The Physical ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chad Wright on May 11, 2002
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    As long as we are in this world, the physical heart will need help. Science has found one avenue to attempt to help the heart. It has been making great strides on creating and implementing an artificial heart. The world’s first recipient, Robert Tools, lived for 151 days after his artificial heart ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • The Light Of The Christmas Star  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2002
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    THE LIGHT OF THE CHRISTMAS STAR In New York’s Hayden Planetarium a special Christmas holiday show was enhanced by an added feature. A giant lollipop tree was projected onto the planetarium dome, surrounded by a horizon filled with brilliantly colored toys which came to life and cavorted to the ...read more

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  • Wayne Cordeiro Tells Of A Receptionist From His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Dec 1, 2006
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    Wayne Cordeiro tells of a receptionist from his church who has found a “little slice of heaven on earth” around God’s people: He found out she worked her “day job” six days a week, and volunteered to be a receptionist at the church building her one day off. He says: “Why do you come here and do ...read more

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Pioneers Are In A Class All Their Own. They Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Pioneers are in a class all their own. They are people who swim upstream against the ethical current of the day (like Noah). They are individuals who take on the Goliath of the day with no fear of defeat (such as David). As servants of God living grace filled values they accept injustice in a ...read more

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  • The Joy Of Salvation

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 7, 2009
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    THE JOY OF SALVATION The late great English Congregationalist clergyman and church leader, Robert William Dale (1829-1895), once wrote: "We do not please God more by eating bitter aloes than by eating honey. A cloudy, foggy, rainy day is not more heavenly than a day of sunshine. A funeral march ...read more

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  • J. C. Ryle On Zeal  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
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    J. C. RYLE ON ZEAL Recently I found a book by Bishop J.C. Ryle, the first bishop of Liverpool, England on the subject of zeal. He wrote: "Zeal is a burning desire to please God, to do His will, and to advance His glory in the world in every possible way. A zealous man is preeminently a man of ...read more

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  • Longing

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 15, 2012
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    LONGING In his book The Spiritual Life of Children, the famous Harvard psychiatrist Robert Coles tells the story of Alice, a ten-year-old girl who came from a family that did not believe in God. She expressed her doubts to him with these words: "I remember... I saw the people next door coming ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist