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  • Rooting For You

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2010
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    ROOTING FOR YOU Zig Ziglar tells of the time he took his young son golfing. The boy was still relatively new to the game, so Zig was very impressed by his son’s performance on one of the par 4 holes. At the tee, the boy lifted the ball straight and true down the fairway. A second shot got him ...read more

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  • The Perseverance Of Dan Jansen

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    THE PERSEVERANCE OF DAN JANSEN DAN JANSEN: Resident of suburban Milwaukee, Jansen finished 4th place in the 1984 Olympics in the 500 Meters Speed Skating. But four years later, he came rearing back and had proved himself to be the fastest skater in the world, having won the World Sprint Cup just ...read more

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  • John Stott On Temptation

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 30, 2010
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    JOHN STOTT ON TEMPTATION "The command to get rid of troublesome eyes, hands and feet is an example of our Lord’s use of dramatic figures of speech. What he was advocating was not a literal physical self-maiming, but a ruthless moral self-denial...to reject sinful practices so resolutely that we ...read more

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  • Quote: One Hanging On A Tree

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 11, 2007
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    Quote: One Hanging on a Tree John Newton, 1725–1807 said: In evil long I took delight, Unawed by shame or fear, Till a new object struck my sight, And stopp’d my wild career: I saw One hanging on a Tree In agonies and blood, Who fix’d His languid eyes on me. As near His Cross I stood. Sure never ...read more

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  • Ephesians 5:15-16, "Be Very Careful, Then, How ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Ephesians 5:15-16, “Be very careful, then, how you live— not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.” Jesus calls us to “make the most of every opportunity to fulfill His mission and ours. “D. L. Moody said that his ‘greatest mistake’ occurred ...read more

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  • In 1903, W.c. Handy Was Waiting For A Train In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In 1903, W.C. Handy was waiting for a train in the town of Tutwiler, Mississippi. The train was late and so he fell asleep on the hard wooden bench of the station. He was awakened by an old raggedy man scratching the strings of an old guitar. He was singing about “goin’ to where the Southern cross ...read more

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  • Purpose In Life

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
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    PURPOSE IN LIFE Many years before Abraham Lincoln was elected president, he was a store-keeper in Salem, Illinois. Abe had a rifle displayed in his store that was one of the most beautiful rifles ever made. The barrel was made from the finest steel, the stock from the best walnut wood; and a ...read more

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  • A Greater Hero Than You Think

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2011
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    A GREATER HERO THAN YOU THINK One summer morning as Ray Blankenship was preparing his breakfast, he gazed out the window, and saw a small girl being swept along in the rain-flooded drainage ditch beside his Andover, Ohio, home. Blankenship knew that farther downstream, the ditch disappeared with ...read more

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  • Vigilance, War, And The Price Of Freedom

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 6, 2011
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    VIGILANCE, WAR, AND THE PRICE OF FREEDOM "Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom" -- a familiar saying in our country. We remember from Pearl Harbor what it's like to get caught off guard. The enemy can be so deceptive: Japan's peace envoys were seated at the negotiating table at the very ...read more

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  • Giving It Back One More Time

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 9, 2011
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    GIVING IT BACK ONE MORE TIME Years ago the Crown Prince of India gave to Queen Victoria the most precious thing he had. He was a child prince and he gave to the Queen of England, the "coroner diamond". The coroner diamond is perhaps the most famous diamond of all history. Do you know how big it ...read more

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  • Reality Therapy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
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    REALITY THERAPY Aaron was an eleven-year-old boy whose behavior was described by Dr. William Glasser, his psychiatrist, as horrible. In his book, Reality Therapy, Glasser says Aaron was the most obnoxious child he had ever met. The boy would kick, scream, run away and hide, become withdrawn, ...read more

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  • Quotes On Prayer

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2011
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    QUOTES ON PRAYER Guy H. King--No one is a firmer believer in prayer than the devil; not that he practices it but that he suffers from it. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones--Prayer demands no special dress. Prayer demands no special place. Prayer demands no special eloquence. Prayer demands no special ...read more

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  • Hidden Prayer Results In Revival

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2011
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    HIDDEN PRAYER RESULTS IN REVIVAL I heard Brother John Harrell of Bridge City, Texas tell of a church up in the piney woods of east Texas that began to have a tremendous breakthrough revival. An evangelist came in and they started their series of meetings and from the beginning of the meeting, all ...read more

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  • D.l. Moody And The Shoes  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 25, 2011
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    D.L. MOODY AND THE SHOES A large group of European pastors came to one of D. L. Moody’s Northfield Bible Conferences in Massachusetts in the late 1800s. Following the European custom of the time, each guest put his shoes outside his room to be cleaned by the hall servants overnight. But of course ...read more

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  • Out-Of-Whack Priorities

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2011
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    OUT-OF-WHACK PRIORITIES USA Today ran an article on October 25th, 1995 that is a great illustration about priorities. It reads... "Ronald Warwick, captain of the luxury cruise ship Queen Elizabeth II, questioned a passenger who paid full fare for his dog to join them on an around-the-world ...read more

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  • A Better Pitcher

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 28, 2011
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    A BETTER PITCHER "There's a story from the late 1800s of English evangelist Henry Moorhouse who made several trips to America to preach. On one of these occasions, he was taking a walk through a poor section of the city when he noticed a small boy coming out of a store with a pitcher of milk. Just ...read more

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  • Warfield's Faithfulness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 28, 2011
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    WARFIELD'S FAITHFULNESS There’s an old story about Dr. Benjamin Warfield. He was a theology professor at Princeton Seminary. While he was still at the height of his academic powers, his wife got sick. And she became an invalid. He took care of her for ten years. During that ten year period, he ...read more

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  • Resurrection Tree

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2011
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    RESURRECTION TREE In a cemetery in Hanover, Germany, is a grave on which were placed huge slabs of granite and marble cemented together and fastened with heavy steel clasps. It belongs to a woman who did not believe in the resurrection of the dead. Yet strangely, she directed in her will that her ...read more

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  • Colossian Philosophy: "Borrowed" Features

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2011
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    COLOSSIAN PHILOSOPHY: "BORROWED" FEATURES I used to collect basketball cards. This was way back in the early 90s, though I still have held on to them. Basketball cards took off well after baseball cards, and each brand over time had its own unique features. Some were UV coated, others had gold ...read more

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  • What Is Your Purpose?

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
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    WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE? Many years before Abraham Lincoln was elected president, he was a store-keeper in Salem, Illinois. Abe had a rifle displayed in his store that was one of the most beautiful rifles ever made. The barrel was made from the finest steel, the stock from the best walnut wood; and a ...read more

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