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  • Under Or Above ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 31, 2009
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    Under Or Above Circumstances There is a story of a lady who was severely depressed by a series of disheartening events. When asked how she was weathering the storm of adversity, she answered, “Quite well, under the circumstances.” “Sister,” he replied kindly yet firmly, “you’ll never make it that ...read more

  • An Afflicted Life Can Save

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jul 22, 2009
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    AN AFFLICTED LIFE CAN SAVE Or consider the young lady suffering with terminal cancer. It’s a painful and hopeless disease. But instead of complaints and self-pity, she openly talked about her hope of eternal life in Jesus, about the inheritance in heaven Jesus won for her by dying on the cross, ...read more

  • Oxen, Nuts And Shells  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
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    OXEN, NUTS AND SHELLS All of us, at one time or another, have heard humorous stories of people who in a moment of frightful crisis will make extravagant promises to Almighty God, to other people; or, to themselves! Then, when the crisis is over or has subsided, they reduce the levels of their ...read more

  • Lantern In A Porthole Saves Man Over ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 3, 2009
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    Lantern in a Porthole Saves Man Over Board There is a story of an Atlantic passenger lying in his bunk in a storm, deathly sick—seasick. A cry of “Man overboard!” was heard. The passenger thought, “God help the poor fellow. There is nothing I can do.” Then he thought at least he could put his ...read more

  • According To The Associated Press,

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 28, 2009
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    According to the Associated Press, "Philippine troops went house to house Thursday threatening to use force to move hundreds of residents from the steaming slopes of a lava-spilling volcano. Some farmers begged to stay to guard their livestock while their families spent Christmas Eve in a shelter. ...read more

  • A Pleasing Aroma

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 30, 2010
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    A PLEASING AROMA There was a factory in northern France where lavender for use in perfumes was produced. Each evening as the workers would head for home and walk the streets the little town, the whole village would be filled with the sweet aroma of lavender that had clung to the workers. That's ...read more

  • Listen To This Insightful Observation Of A.w. ...

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on May 27, 2010
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    Listen to this insightful observation of A.W. Tozer: One hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other. They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which one must individually bow. So one hundred worshipers meeting ...read more

  • The Cause

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    THE CAUSE A university physics professor testified that he came to the university believing he had all the answers. “An avowed evolutionist, I knew all about cause and effect. I could begin with the present and work back. Behind every natural effect I found a natural cause. “One day I was ...read more

  • Poll On Salvation

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 1, 2010
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    POLL ON SALVATION 56% say a good person can earn their way into Heaven. 44% say if a person does not consciously accept Christ as savior, they will be condemned to Hell. 44% say all people experience the same outcome after they die, regardless of their religious beliefs. 34% say there are some ...read more

  • Holding Confirmed Tickets

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
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    HOLDING CONFIRMED TICKETS Sometime when you're in an airport, observe the difference between passengers who hold confirmed tickets and those who are on standby. The ones with confirmed tickets read newspapers, chat with their friends or sleep. The ones on standby hang around the ticket ...read more

  • The Danger Of Spiritual Procrastination  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 24, 2011
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    THE DANGER OF SPIRITUAL PROCRASTINATION There is a fable which tells of three apprentice devils who were coming to this earth to finish their apprenticeship. They were talking to Satan, the chief of the devils, about their plans to tempt and to ruin men. The first said, "I will tell them that ...read more

  • Natural And Special Revelation

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
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    NATURAL AND SPECIAL REVELATION There are two types of revelation: natural and special. Natural revelation is that which is revealed about God through what we can see in creation (Rom. 1:20). Through creation we may learn that there is a God, that He is in control, that He has an order, and that He ...read more

  • A Thunderclap In The Debate

    Contributed by Michael Walther on Jul 11, 2011
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    A THUNDERCLAP IN THE DEBATE A group of college students were debating this issue one day. Some said a mother has the right to do what she wants with her own body. Others pointed out the scientific fact that an unborn child is not part of the mother's body and has its own distinct DNA, blood type, ...read more

  • No Atheists Among Heathens

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
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    NO ATHEISTS AMONG HEATHENS Leith Samuel writes in HIS magazine, "Many missionaries point out that the heathen know more than we think. They know that there is a God. There are no atheists among heathen tribes. There has never been discovered upon earth a tribe of people, however small or depraved, ...read more

  • The Impact Of Lust

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
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    THE IMPACT OF LUST I think about a woman I knew in college who dated and slept with one guy after another until one night she slept with several men consecutively. After college, she went from one relationship to another until she had a mental breakdown. Now in her mid 40s, she just pulling her ...read more

  • Evidences Of Pioneers' ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2012
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    EVIDENCES OF PIONEERS’ PRESENCE When we lived in eastern Kansas one of my past-times was walking over an historic Santa Fe Trail spot called the 110 Mile Crossing. The Santa Fe Trail originated in Independence, Missouri and wandered a path of least resistance for some 775 miles to Santa Fe, New ...read more

  • The Valley Of Sorrow  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
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    The Valley of Sorrow by Bernice Peyman I came to the Valley of Sorrow, And dreadful it looked to my view But Jesus was walking beside me, So together we journeyed it through. And now I look back to that valley As the fairest I ever have trod, For I learned there the love of my Father, I leaned on ...read more

  • Why Worship?  PRO

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on Apr 9, 2002
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    WHY WORSHIP? We need to let go of our intellectual idea of worship and realize there is more to worship than a sermon; we have to let go of our evangelistic notion of worship and reckon with the fact that worship is not primarily directed toward the sinners who need to be converted; we must let ...read more

  • Criticism Is Always Difficult To Accept, But If ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 2, 2002
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    Criticism is always difficult to accept, but if we receive it with humility and a desire to improve our character it can be very helpful. Only a fool does not profit when he is rebuked for his mistakes. Several years ago I read a helpful article on this subject. It stated that when we are ...read more

  • Eagle Vision And Dependability" Written By ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 10, 2002
    based on 75 ratings
     | 5,288 views

    "Eagle Vision And Dependability" written by Christi Harken from Maple Grove, Minnesota, USA Birds of all kinds can see where they are going. They pick and choose their direction and path. As birds fly by instinct they head where they are directed. But they can only see what is in front of ...read more