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  • Church History Is Replete Of Individuals Who Saw ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 21, 2008
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    Church history is replete of individuals who saw the importance of fearing God and not other individuals. Following in the footsteps of Paul, John Chrysostom had a period of isolation in the mountains near Antioch in A.D. 373. Although his time of isolation was cut short by illness, he learned that ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • A Sunday School Teacher Had Just Concluded Her ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jason Cole on Feb 22, 2004
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     | 1,726 views

    A Sunday school teacher had just concluded her lesson and wanted to make sure she had made her point. She said, "Can anyone tell me what you must do before you can obtain forgiveness of sin?" There was a short pause ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • In The Movie Gladiator, A Scene Occurs Between ...

    Contributed by Brien Sims on Jan 16, 2008
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    In the movie Gladiator, a scene occurs between the current emperor (Marcus Aurelius) and his choice for a successor. During the short conversation the emperor asks Maximus to hear him out in his request. He tells Maximus that he would like him to succeed his ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • A Man For All Seasons

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS In 1966, Robert Bolt's play was made into a movie of the same name. A Man For All Seasons was a movie about Sir Thomas More. More, a member of the elite Privy Council of the Roman Catholic Church, refused to give his okay to King Henry VIII's divorce to his wife and ...read more

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  • Definition Of Grace

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2010
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    Definition of Grace Today, we’re going to talk about another confusing church word - GRACE. If you ask a child what grace is, you might hear him say, "Grace is what we say before we eat." And that’s true. We do call that prayer before we eat "grace." But for many, that’s about as far as the ...read more

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  • Peer Pressure In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2010
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    Peer Pressure in the Classroom A few years ago psychologist Ruth W. Berenda and her associates carried out an interesting experiment with teenagers designed to show how a person handled group pressure. The plan was simple. They brought groups of ten adolescents into a room for a test. Subsequently, ...read more

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  • Parental Influence On Children Compared To Sunday ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 8, 2010
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    Parental Influence On Children Compared To Sunday School It is well known that crabs and small shellfish of the same class walk in the “sideways” fashion. Once upon a time, the other fishes resolved to teach these mistaken fellow inhabitants of the deep the proper mode of locomotion, namely, to go ...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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  • Our Lives Are Like A...

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jun 14, 2011
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    OUR LIVES ARE LIKE A... Listen to what the Bible compares our lives to, and as you do, notice that the central theme of each comparison is the idea of the BREVITY of our lives upon this earth: * First, our lives are compared to A VAPOR (James 4:1) - Think about the vapor from a teapot. It is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Everyone Can Win Someone

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
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    EVERYONE CAN WIN SOMEONE George W. Truett was the beloved pastor of Dallas’ First Baptist Church for more than 60 years. He tells of a woman who came to him after a service. She was a poverty stricken widow with several children. She said, "Pastor, I have never known you to be unfair -- yet you ...read more

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  • A Sunday School Teacher Had Just Concluded Her ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 20, 2002
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     | 2,051 views

    A Sunday School teacher had just concluded her lesson and wanted to make sure she had made her point. She said, “Can anyone tell me what you must do before you can obtain forgiveness of sin?” There was a short interval of ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Finger Of God  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 23, 2002
    based on 145 ratings
     | 4,550 views

    [Finger of God] An old deacon was leading in prayer using one of his stereotypical phrases, which was “Oh Lord, touch the unsaved with Thy finger.” As he intoned this phrase in this particular prayer, he stopped short. Other members came to his side and asked if ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Warren Wiersbe Said This, "The Church Is Always ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chad Bolfa on Jan 12, 2008
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    Warren Wiersbe said this, “The Church is always one generation short of extinction, If our generation fails to guard the truth and entrust it to our children, then that will be the end! When you think of the saints and martyrs who suffered and died so that we might have ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Adoniram Judson Sweated Out Burma's Heat For 18 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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    Adoniram Judson sweated out Burma’s heat for 18 years without a furlough, six years without a convert. Enduring torture and imprisonment, he admitted that he never saw a ship sail without wanting to jump on board and go home. When his wife’s health broke and he put her on a homebound vessel in the ...read more

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  • Awesome Scripture Distribution Projections: ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
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    Awesome Scripture Distribution Projections: Doesn’t everybody have a Bible, or even several copies? In the U.S. probably, but in most of the third world, Bibles are still is short supply. Choosing between buying a Bible and feeding your family for a week is a tough choice. Here’s Bible ...read more

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  • A "Cast" Sheep  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2003
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    A "CAST" SHEEP There is an Old English shepherd’s term called a "cast" sheep. This is a sheep that has turned over on its back and can’t get back up again. It happens frequently. And when it happens, all the sheep can do is lie on its back, with its feet flaying frantically in the air. Sometimes ...read more

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  • The Monument  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
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    THE MONUMENT I never dreamed it would be me My name for all eternity Recorded here at this hallowed place Alas, my name, no more my face. "In the line of duty" I hear them say My family now the price will pay My folded flag stained with their tears We only had those few short years The badge no ...read more

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  • Part Of The Kingdom

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    John Hess Yoder writes in Leadership magazine: While serving as a missionary in Laos, I discovered an illustration of the kingdom of God. Before the colonialists imposed national boundaries, the kings of Laos and Vietnam reached an agreement on taxation in the border areas. Those who ate ...read more

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  • Did You Know That There Is Only One Way To Get ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Did you know that there is only one way to get to Heaven? You have to believe in Jesus. You have to be a friend of His. A father took his son to a carnival one time for his birthday. The son asked six of his friends to go along. The father bought a whole roll of tickets for the seven boys. Each ...read more

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  • A Sunday School Teacher Had Just Concluded Her ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Moore on Jan 17, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,534 views

    A Sunday School teacher had just concluded her lesson and wanted to make sure she had made her point. She said, "Can anyone tell me what you must do before you can obtain forgiveness of sin?" There was a short pause and then, from the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal