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  • On Prayer--Part ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    ON PRAYER--PART 2 Samuel Pepys was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament in the seventeenth century, who is now most famous for his diary. "Prayer is not a lazy substitute for work. It is not a shortcut to skill or knowledge. And sometimes God delays the answer to our prayer in ...read more

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  • The First Mongolian ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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    THE FIRST MONGOLIAN CHURCH The Christian authors, Bill and Amy Stearns, in their book entitled "20/20 Vision: Amazing Stories of What God Is Doing Around the World," describe how the Gospel of Jesus, the Christ, came to Mongolia. "In the 1870’s Swedish missionaries arrived in Mongolia - what was ...read more

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  • Compassion For

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2009
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    Compassion for "Dirty Dog Gentiles" Mark 7:36-37 Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it. People were overwhelmed with amazement. “He has done everything well,” they said. “He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.” (NIV) These ...read more

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  • Substitute Teacher Finally Admits She Doesn't ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2009
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    Substitute Teacher Finally Admits She Doesn’t Know Subject Matter Have you ever tried to stand and teach, and there you are in front of the class, and you realize all of a sudden that you are out of your depth and that you haven’t got a clue as to what is going on and what to say? That makes for ...read more

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  • Doug Nichols Served With Operation Mobilisation ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 18, 2009
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    Doug Nichols served with Operation Mobilisation in India 1966-1968. In 1967, Doug Nochols was serving as a missionary in India. While he was just starting to study the language he contracted tuberculosis and was eventually sent to a sanatorium to recuperate. It was not a very good place to be. ...read more

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  • Worship Of Creation

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2009
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    WORSHIP OF CREATION How many of you watched the PBS series last month on the National Parks? Besides the fabulous visual images of some of America’s most beautiful scenery, the documentary gave a very interesting perspective on the history of our national parks. Did you know that Jim Grinnell’s ...read more

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  • World War Ii Pow Becomes Missionary To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2010
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    World War II POW Becomes Missionary to Japan Mitsuo Fuchida was the pilot in charge of one of the most successful aerial attacks in recorded history. Under his command was a squadron of 360 specially selected pilots, & on Dec. 7, 1941, Fuchida’s squadron bombed Pearl Harbor. He quickly became one ...read more

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  • Missionary Explains Gospel To A Devoted ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010
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    Missionary Explains Gospel to a Devoted Hindu Faith in Jesus is the means to appropriate God’s justification. Since Jesus Christ has finished the salvation of humanity, man’s response is to rely on that finished work. Reliance on Jesus for salvation is putting our total trust in Him. Perhaps a ...read more

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  • This Is For All The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 27, 2010
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    THIS IS FOR ALL THE MOTHERS. This is for all the mothers who have sat up all night with sick toddlers in their arms, wiping up barf laced with Oscar Mayer wieners and cherry Kool-Aid saying, "It’s OK, honey; Mommy’s here." Who walk around the house all night with their babies when they keep ...read more

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  • Memorial Day In The Military, Medal Of Honor ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2010
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    Memorial Day in the Military, Medal of Honor Recipient It’s 3am on a cold winter day. Patchy snow covers the landscape as Loudspeakers overhead blare telling everyone to get to their places. Surrounded by sandbags, concrete barriers and roughly 10,000 soldier, sailors, airman and marines, Bagram ...read more

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  • Fear And The Deceits Of The Heart  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 3, 2010
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    FEAR AND THE DECEITS OF THE HEART I think Edward Welch chose brilliantly the title for his book on overcoming the fear of man: When People are Big and God is Small. Maybe you can relate to his personal awakening to this problem when he was a high-school senior: "I had always been shy and ...read more

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  • The Colt Mccoy Story

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    THE COLT MCCOY STORY College football experienced a masterpiece national championship game featuring the number one ranked Crimson Tide from Alabama against the undefeated ballers from the University of Texas. The Longhorns, led by their Heisman nominated quarterback Colt McCoy hoped to prove to ...read more

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  • A Shipwreck Motivates Success

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 21, 2011
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    A SHIPWRECK MOTIVATES SUCCESS In 1845 Royal Navy Rear Admiral Sir John Franklin and 138 specially chosen officers and men left England to find the Northwest Passage. They sailed in two three-masted ships with the daunting names the Erebus (the dark place, according to Greek mythology, through ...read more

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  • Bennie Demerchant: God In Our Desperate Places

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2011
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    BENNIE DEMERCHANT: GOD IN OUR DESPERATE PLACES Brother Bennie Demerchant tells the story of an incredibly desperate place in his book Full Throttle in the chapter called "Extinguished Candles." The work in Brazil had been very productive with churches being established and converts being won. But ...read more

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  • All Because Of Angus

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 25, 2011
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    ALL BECAUSE OF ANGUS In Ernest Gordon’s true account of life in a World War II Japanese prison camp, Through the Valley of the Kwai, there is a story that never fails to move me. It is about a man who through giving it all away literally transformed a whole camp of soldiers. The man's name was ...read more

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  • The Church Without Outreach

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2011
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    THE CHURCH WITHOUT OUTREACH Fred Craddock tells the story of his first church. It was a beautiful little white church on a hill in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The church was beautifully maintained. The pews had been hand-hewn from giant poplar trees that had grown nearby. Little kerosene lamps on the walls ...read more

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  • Coming To Grips With The Sovereign Will Of God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2011
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    COMING TO GRIPS WITH THE SOVEREIGN WILL OF GOD I want to tell you a story about my friend, Jim Pence. Jim is an author who has written several books. But his first novel was titled "Blind Sight" and was published by Tyndale a number of years ago. Jim wrote this book, but he really didn't think it ...read more

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  • The Invisible Enemy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 7, 2011
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    THE INVISIBLE ENEMY "Good night, sleep tight, and don't let the bed bugs bite" has been spoken by loving mothers to their children for decades as they gently tucked their little ones to sleep and wished them a good night. The phrase itself carries within it the gentle reminder of a younger age and ...read more

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  • 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

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  • Counterfeit ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 27, 2012
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    COUNTERFEIT CHRISTIANITY Several years ago in Kentucky a man walked into a Dairy Queen, placed his order and then paid for it with a $200 bill. The cashier gave him $198 in change and he drove away. Some time later in the day I guess the manager noticed that something didn’t seem right about this ...read more

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