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  • Science May Have Found A Cure For Most Evils; But ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 1, 2002
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    Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the ...read more

  • Worship  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 1, 2002
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    Worship Isaac Watts wrote fifty-two books, twenty-nine of them on theology. But he is best remembered for his hymns. He wrote more than seven hundred, and even today the average modern hymnal will have twenty or more of his songs--276 years after they were written. When he died he was reciting one ...read more

  • I Can't Remember  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 1, 2002
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    I Can’t Remember A few years ago, rumors spread that a certain Catholic woman was having visions of Jesus. The archbishop decided to check her out. ’Is it true, m’am, that you have visions of Jesus?’ asked the cleric. ’Yes,’ the woman replied. ’Well, the next time you have a vision, I want you ...read more

  • Islam's Reach  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 3, 2002
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    ISLAM'S REACH Islam has rapidly grown to become the second largest religion in the world, with almost one billion adherents – nearly one in every five persons on earth. In the United States there are presently more Muslims than ...read more

  • Right Or Wrong?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 3, 2002
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    RIGHT OR WRONG? Because of the Qur’an’s attitude toward sin, many orthodox Muslim theologians have traditionally adapted a nominalistic view of ethics. An act is not intrinsically right or wrong. It is only right when God specifically declares it to be such according to his ...read more

  • Adverbs, Nouns, And Dying  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 3, 2002
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    ADVERBS, NOUNS, AND DYING The school system in a large city had a program to help children keep up with their school work during stays in the city’s hospitals. One day a teacher who was assigned to the program received a routine call asking her to visit a particular child. She took the child’s ...read more

  • As Long As Your Going To Be Thinking Anyway, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 3, 2002
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    As long as your going to be thinking anyway, think ...read more

  • Anyone Who Claims That All Religions Are The Same ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 10, 2002
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    Anyone who claims that all religions are the same betrays not only an ignorance of all religions but also a caricatured view of even the best-known ones. Every religion at its core is exclusive. Ravi Zacharias, ...read more

  • There Was A Tool Company That Manufactured Drill ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 10, 2002
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    There was a tool company that manufactured drill bits. Faced with financial losses, company executives gathered to discuss the problem of declining demand for drill bits. The CEO challenged his people: "How can we revive the bit market?" After an embarrassing long silence, one member of the team ...read more

  • On A Port Call In The Philippines Roy Fowler Saw ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 10, 2002
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    On a port call in the Philippines Roy Fowler saw a great illustration. The driver of a caribou wagon overtook an old man carrying a very heavy load. Having compassion on him, the driver invited the old man to ride in the wagon for free. Gratefully the old man accepted. He got in the wagon and ...read more

  • There Is A Lady Named Doti Logan Who Atended A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2002
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    There is a lady named Doti Logan who atended a church in Des Moines, Iowa. She is an older lady. She’ll turn 70 this year. She has lived a very full life. She married, had 3 children, and even lived in Hawaii for a while. Her husband has been gone for several years. She has an adult daughter ...read more

  • A Miracle Is An Event Which Is Not Producible By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2002
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    A miracle is an event which is not producible by the natural causes that are operative at the time and place that the event occurs. William Lane Craig ...read more

  • The Popular Talk-Show Host Larry King Was One ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2002
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    The popular talk-show host Larry King was one asked whom he would choose, if he had the choice to interview one person across history. Larry King replied that he would like to interview Jesus Christ and that he would ask Him just one question: ¡§Are you indeed virgin born?¡¨ ¡§The answer to that ...read more

  • His Birth Was Not By Natural Means. This Cannot ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2002
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    His birth was not by natural means. This cannot be said of Mohammed, Krishna, or Buddha. Ravi Zacharias, Jesus Among Other Gods: The ...read more

  • In His Book, In The Heavenlies, Dr. Harry ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 15, 2002
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    In his book, In the Heavenlies, Dr. Harry Ironside tells the story of an attempted assassination of Queen Elizabeth I. The woman who sought to do so dressed as a male page and secreted herself in the queen’s boudoir awaiting the convenient moment to stab the queen to death. She did not realize that ...read more

  • In Answer To William Ernest Henley's "Invictus", ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 15, 2002
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    In answer to William Ernest Henley’s "Invictus", charging that he is the captain of his soul, leaving no room for Christ’s work on the cross, Dorothea Day answers him in her poem, "My Captain". What a great comparison between the heresy of salvation by works and salvation by grace: Out of the ...read more

  • There Are Many Heresies Among Us; All Of Them ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 15, 2002
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    There are many heresies among us; all of them detract from the eternal truths of God. The most dangerous one is the one we hear as the new theme of political speeches and commencement addresses. This heresy is rooted in academia and thrives in prideful minds. This heresy is very evident in popular ...read more

  • Daniel Boone Explored The Great Wilderness Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 15, 2002
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    Daniel Boone explored the great wilderness of Tennessee and Kentucky. It was Boone who marked the wilderness road that brought settlers into the new land. He often wandered over vast areas of forest, living off the land and dodging arrows. Once he was asked if he had ever bee lost. He replied, ...read more

  • Talk About The Grace Of God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 15, 2002
    based on 45 ratings
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    TALK ABOUT THE GRACE OF GOD When a person works an 8-hour day and receives a fair day’s pay for his time, that is a wage. When a person competes with an opponent and receives a trophy for his performance, that is a prize. When a person receives appropriate recognition for his long service or ...read more

  • A Worthless Piece Of Paper  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 15, 2002
    based on 25 ratings
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    A WORTHLESS PIECE OF PAPER In 1830, a man named George Wilson was convicted of killing a government employee while robbing the U.S. Mail. He was tried and sentenced to be hanged. Andrew Jackson, then the President, issued a pardon for Wilson, but Wilson did a strange thing: he refused to ...read more