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  • Some Of The Other Great Lessons Of The Book Of ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 11, 2008
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    Some of the other great lessons of the book of Jonah are: • "God’s judgments, even when declared in prophecy, can be averted by genuine repentance." This is a "crucial theological truth relating human repentance to escaping from anticipated judgment" (New Layman’s Bible Commentary). o "Jeremiah ...read more

  • Our Religion Has Become Ineffective In The World. ...

    Contributed by Michael West on Mar 29, 2008
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    Our religion has become ineffective in the world. We are being rejected more each day. The world wants us to take our little god and go somewhere else. Our religion has become powerless because we believe in a powerless god. Our religion is weak because our god is weak. Our faith is weak because we ...read more

  • I Believe That The Church In America Is Suffering ...

    Contributed by Charles Whitmire on Mar 30, 2008
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    I believe that the Church in America is suffering because too many of us are not growing. We are not allowing God to speak to our lives. We are holding onto sin and attitudes that are not biblical, and we go to church every week, we hear a good message and we go home!! Listen up church - I have ...read more

  • When You Can't Get Up

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
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    When You Can’t Get Up Max Lucado, pastor and author describes the topic title best when he speaks of having “doubt storms”. He said, “Sometimes the storm comes after the evening news. Some nights I wonder why I watch it. Some nights it’s just too much. From the steps of the Supreme Court to the ...read more

  • Have You Ever Received A Gift That You Wanted For ...

    Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on Jun 20, 2008
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    Have you ever received a gift that you wanted for a long that had great sentimental value to it? What did you do with this gift once you had it? You probably utilized it for whatever uses it was for, until it was unusable of course. God gives every believer the gift of the Holy Spirit the moment ...read more

  • There Are Seasons When Doubts And Fears Abound, ...

    Contributed by Allan Kircher on Jun 22, 2008
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    There are seasons when doubts and fears abound, and so suffocate us with their fumes that we cannot even raise a cry. Then the indwelling Spirit represents us, speaks for us, and makes intercession for us, crying in our name, and making intercession for us according to the will of God. The cry ...read more

  • From Time To Time, My Wife Glenys Says Something ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jul 22, 2008
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    From time to time, my wife Glenys says something to me that is sweet to hear and extremely powerful. These words arrest me and make me sit and up and listen. Ladies, if you have a man that does not pay attention, you need this sentence because you will get the undivided attention you so desperately ...read more

  • Depression And Aloneness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
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    Depression and Aloneness Author Bernard Anderson in "Out of the Depths" speaks of this remembering the multitudes and the house of God and makes a worthy observation. He says, "This is not a longing for a one-to-one relationship with God in mystic solitude. The poet yearns to be surrounded by the ...read more

  • A Revival Meeting Was Being Held ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on May 6, 2007
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    illustration: A Revival meeting was being held in a certain church but unfortunately like so many Revivals nothing seemed to be happening. The attendance was good, the singing was good, and the preaching was good, but God just didn’t seem to be moving. One night, one of the Deacons stood up and ...read more

  • This Is How My Kingdom Will Come  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Francis on May 19, 2007
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    Jesus is saying this is how my kingdom will come Consider the meaning here: The kingdom starts from a small beginning, the leaven is small but it changes the whole, the death of one man in the overall sea of humanity is small, but it changes everything The kingdom works unseen, you cannot see the ...read more

  • A Wealthy Businessman From Texas Was In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A wealthy businessman from Texas was in the habit of giving his dad unique gifts on his birthday. As his business travels took him around the world, he would always search to find something truly remarkable to give to his dad. But this past year he felt he had outdone himself. He discovered a ...read more

  • When The Infidel Robert G. Ingersoll Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    When the infidel Robert G. Ingersoll was delivering his lectures against Christ and the Bible, his speaking ability usually assured him of a large crowd. One night after an inflammatory speech in which he severely attacked man’s faith in the Savior, he dramatically took out his watch and said, ...read more

  • I Read About A Woman Who Was Stopped By A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I read about a woman who was stopped by a policeman for going through a stop sign. He walked up to the side of the car, looked at her and said, "I’m going to have to give you a ticket you for going through a stop sign." She said, "You’ve got to be kidding. I didn’t drive through any stop sign. I ...read more

  • The Americas Cup Is Coming Up This Week And We ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The Americas cup is coming up this week and we were considering that as a kind of parable for the church. The Americas cup is won and lost on small differences. As with any ship design, a sailing yacht embodies many necessary elements, which must dovetail to accomplish its mission. What is nice ...read more

  • Some Of Mankind's Greatest Contributions Have ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Some of mankind’s greatest contributions have come from people who decided that no sacrifice was too large and no effort too great to accomplish what they set out to do. Edward Gibbon spent twenty-six years writing his great work on history. Noah Webster worked diligently for thirty-six years to ...read more

  • John - The Apostle Of ...

    Contributed by Emile Wolfaardt on May 1, 2009
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    John - The Apostle of Love John is known as The Apostle of Love because more than any other writer in the New Testament he speaks of love, he exemplifies love, he loves and is loved. As a matter of fact, even though he writes only five books in the New Testament (as opposed to Paul’s 13) he used ...read more

  • Abraham Lincoln's Humble Beginnings Have Become ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Dec 8, 2009
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    Abraham Lincoln’s humble beginnings have become part of American lore. But one historian says that the most difficult part of young Abraham’s life came not during his early years in a Kentucky cabin, but after Thomas Lincoln moved the family to Indiana in 1816. The family arrived in Indiana during ...read more

  • A Couple Of Months Ago, My Daughter, Who Has Four ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 9, 2010
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    A couple of months ago, my daughter, who has four children, two of whom are in Catholic school, asked me “Dad, why are my children in Catholic school?” I know it’s a struggle, even with a doctor’s income. She faces an incredible tuition when two are in Catholic high schools and two in grade ...read more

  • You Did Need Help.

    Contributed by Jason Miller on Mar 29, 2010
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    "YOU DID NEED HELP." A man went to a convention where George Washington Carver was going to be speaking and giving presentations. When he arrived at the hotel, he saw a black man standing there and said, "Here, boy, help me carry my bags." On the elevator the man bragged about his ...read more

  • It Really Is Finished  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 15, 2010
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    IT REALLY IS FINISHED After suffering on the cross for six hours, Jesus shouted, "It is finished!" (John 19:30). Everything that needed to be done to provide salvation had been accomplished. When former President George W. Bush was asked about regrets during his presidency, Bush answered that he ...read more