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  • Would You Lay Down Your Life?

    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Sep 13, 2008
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    Would You Lay Down Your Life? Did you know that if the interior body temperature of an individual drops two degrees, intense shivering results and that further lowering of temperature produces sluggishness and coma, and finally, at somewhere between 89 and 86°, death ensues? (Source: Wikipedia) ...read more

  • Pass Your Wisdom

    Contributed by Charles Whitmire on Sep 28, 2008
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    Pass Your Wisdom You and I are supposed to be passing wisdom to each other... Here's the good news - every one of you can do that! Every one of you has the potential to pass on wisdom: To help someone grow, to help inspire someone, to champion someone ...to add value to their life. Every one of ...read more

  • 2 Weeks Ago In Boston I Had Dinner In The Hotel ...

    Contributed by Paul Searight on Oct 1, 2008
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    2 weeks ago in Boston I had dinner in the hotel with one of the other speakers at the conference I was at. He was from Los Angeles and I made a fairly instant judgement about him when he ordered a beer and then went outside to smoke while he waited on his food. In the course of the evening I told ...read more

  • We Get A Whole Bunch

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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    We Get a Whole Bunch Pastor John R Ramsey once wrote, "For some time I have had a person provide me with a rose boutonniere to pin on the lapel of my suit every Sunday. Because I always got a flower on Sunday morning, I really did not think much of it. It was a nice gesture that I appreciated, but ...read more

  • Hanging On For Money ----- I Once Was In A Church ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 16, 2008
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    HANGING ON FOR MONEY ----- I once was in a church that had quite a few people who were very wealthy. Many of the members were older ladies who were widows who had outlived most of their peers and for one reason or another had in their possession a vast amount of wealth. Now, when you have a ...read more

  • The Person God Blesses

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
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    THE PERSON GOD BLESSES First, what do we notice about the Person God blesses. A. The person God blesses has had a conversion to God's ways. Where do I get this concept? I get it from Abram’s name change. When we first meet him he is known as "Abram." After an encounter with God (Gen. 17:5) he is ...read more

  • Andy Stanley Tells The Story Of When He Was 13 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    Andy Stanley tells the story of when he was 13 and learning the meaning of the phrase, “Actions speak louder than words.” His dad was the Associate pastor of First Baptist in Atlanta when the senior pastor was asked to resign. Charles Stanley was asked to preach on Sundays until a suitable ...read more

  • The Box Is Empty

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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    THE BOX IS EMPTY God offers us more than this world does, but most of us never take the time to see it. There was a 15-year old boy named Joey, whose mother died at birth. She was a severe alcoholic, and that had affected his pre-natal development. The result was that he was slightly retarded. ...read more

  • Here!

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Feb 9, 2009
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    "HERE!" The Rogers are devout Christians who have built a strong family. The father has a special interest in the spiritual condition of each of his children and often would quiz them in order to know if they were sure of their salvation. Occasionally he would ask them to share in their own words ...read more

  • Jesus Stands ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
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    JESUS STANDS READY During the years of 1980s, I traveled quite a bit from Washington D.C. to New Jersey to go between my father and mother’s house. As a 10-year-old I traveled alone on planes, so news stories about planes and travels were on my radar, so to speak. So, in 1982 when January 13th ...read more

  • Our Faith In Jesus Christ And Our Love For Him ...

    Contributed by Larry East on Feb 13, 2009
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    Our faith in Jesus Christ and our love for Him shows how much we love God. Let me illustrate. Let’s say that you tell me that you love me and that you care about me. But one day, my car won’t start, and I’ve got a really important appointment that I can’t miss. Now let’s suppose that I send my ...read more

  • Richest Man In Town

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
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    RICHEST MAN IN TOWN In 1972, a young Egyptian businessman named Farahat lost an $11,000 watch. He was stunned when a garbage man dressed in filthy rags found it and returned it to him. Farahat asked him why he didn’t just keep the watch. The garbage man said, "My Christ told me to be honest until ...read more

  • Little Ones To Him Belong

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 21, 2009
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    LITTLE ONES TO HIM BELONG Author Keith Miller tells of an outgoing 40-year-old woman who was part of a sharing group he led. Here is her story: "When I was a tiny little girl, my parents died, and I was put in an orphanage. I was not pretty at all, and no one seemed to want me. But I longed to ...read more

  • We Are Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
     | 1,343 views

    WE ARE NOT INVINCIBLE "Humanly speaking, this was a time when God’s glory was discounted, and His people were not a testimony to His great Name." Sinclair Ferguson’s "Isaac’s Storm" is a very interesting book about the hurricane that wiped out Galveston in 1900. One of the main plot lines of the ...read more

  • Habits

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    HABITS The American Heritage Dictionary "A recurrent, often unconscious pattern of behavior that is acquired through frequent repetition." It comes from the idea "to have, to hold, possess." Roman poet Ovid in 43 BC: "Nothing is stronger than habit." Habit is a cable; we weave a thread each day, ...read more

  • A Dear Lady In The Church I Serve Shared With Me ...

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on May 14, 2007
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    A dear lady in the church I serve shared with me a poem she cut out of a magazine over 60 years ago. It has the spirit of what Dr. Graham’s mother felt about being a mother: A Mother’s Prayer Sing me no eulogy of praise, Give me no hallowed stool; Just let me be my children’s friend, ...read more

  • The Most Incredible Miracle!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 14, 2021
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    Four police officers who helped rescue a baby from an overturned car in a Utah river in March 2015 claim that they heard an unexplained voice calling from the car. The accident occurred after a car driven by Lynn Jennifer Groesbeck, 25, ran off the road and into the Spanish Fork River. Her ...read more

  • The Cost Of Redemption - Hosea Buys Back Gomer

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Feb 27, 2022
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    One man started the bidding: “12 pieces of silver!” “13!” Said Hosea. “14 pieces of silver!” Hosea’s bid was “15!” The low bidders were beginning to drop out, but one man continued bidding: “15 pieces of silver and five bushels of barley!” Hosea said, “15 pieces of silver, 5 bushels of barley and a ...read more

  • Four Ways To Minister Like The Good Samaritan

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 2, 2022
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    As we study the characteristics of the Good Samaritan, let’s ask ourselves if these qualities are true of us as well. He opened his eyes. Although all three men physically saw the critically wounded man, only the Samaritan looked and stopped to help. Before we can meet needs, we must be aware of ...read more

  • Five Thousand Fishes And Two Thousand Loves?

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 6, 2022
     | 2,396 views

    • A young preacher graduated from Bible College and was invited back to his home congregation to preach a sermon. He wanted to make a good impression. He did his best to prepare to preach to his home church. He wrote his sermon word for word and memorized it. He had a very dramatic beginning to the ...read more