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  • I'll Get Back To You! (08.04.05--Boldness ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Aug 2, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,877 views

    I’ll Get Back to You! (08.04.05--Boldness Too!--Acts 3:11) “Let me think about it and I’ll get back to you.” How often have you heard that said in your life. If we could count the number of times action has been spared by inaction due to the “thought process” necessary beforehand, we’d probably ...read more

  • Like Blind Beggars! (08.15.05--Envy!--John 21: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Aug 11, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,554 views

    Like Blind Beggars! (08.15.05--Envy!--John 21: 20-23) “No one has done a better job of portraying envy than Dante, In his Purgatory . . .the envious sit like blind beggars by a wall. Their eyelids are sewn shut. the symbolism is apt, showing the reader that it is one of the blindest sins--partly ...read more

  • Just Passing Through! (09.16.05--Heavenly ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Sep 14, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,040 views

    Just Passing Through! (09.16.05--Heavenly Citizens!--John 8:51) How disturbing it would be to take a trip and every time you came to a town or city you were compelled to stop and investigate every facet of where you were; to taste and see everything there was everywhere you went. So inclined you ...read more

  • Who Was United States Senator Edmund G. Ross Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
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    Who was United States Senator Edmund G. Ross of Kansas? I suppose you could call him a "Mr. Nobody." No law bears his name. Not a single list of Senate "greats" mentions his service. Yet when Ross entered the Senate in 1866, he was considered the man to watch. He seemed destined to surpass his ...read more

  • In Just The Last 50 Years There Has Been ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,873 views

    In just the last 50 years there has been incredible innovation in technology. We have so many items in our home that we take for granted that really make our lives easier. TV remotes, microwaves, refrigerators, garage doors. All of these things had to be invented by somebody. Some of the greatest ...read more

  • Hot-Sync Your Marriage!

    Contributed by Mike Fox on Feb 23, 2008
     | 1,685 views

    Hot-Sync Your Marriage! "Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof." Proverbs 18:21 We used to have just PDA’s. Now, like most, we’ve updated to PDA Phones, mainly for business. But when we had our PDA’s, we had a feature called "Hot-Sync". The ...read more

  • Title: What's In Your Heart? What's In Your ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 1 rating
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    Title: What’s in your heart? What’s in your wallet? Matthew 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: (illustration ) Let me tell you a story of 2 men. One, we will call Jim, and the other we will ...read more

  • The Wood Had Now Burnt Long Enough To Be Glowing ...

    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,399 views

    The wood had now burnt long enough to be glowing embers of charcoal. The fire was cracking and popping a little. The waves were slapping the shoreline of the lake. A mist was rising off the water and being burned away by the morning sun. It was a good morning for a breakfast of fish and bread. But ...read more

  • Jesus Seems To See The Whole Story Of His People ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 10, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,888 views

    Jesus seems to see the whole story of his people coming to fulfillment in his time and in his own person...He is claiming to be a new David...In talking of liberation...he is identifying himself as a new Moses, a new lawgiver who gives the people a new law?...In calling people to faith...In ...read more

  • Cups Of The Lord

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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     | 4,110 views

    Cups of the Lord The Cup of Blessings Psalms 16:5 says, "The Lord is my portion of my inheritance and my cup..." (NAS) What a wonderful blessing, to know that the Lord Himself is our inheritance. Dr. Dewight Jones tells us that there are some 32 cups mentioned in the Word of God. We have ...read more

  • Separation Of Church And ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,815 views

    Separation of Church and State “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech…” (excerpt from Amendment I, U. S. Constitution) If our United States Constitution actually commands Congress to ...read more

  • Excuses, Excuses

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,672 views

    Excuses, Excuses In Luke 14:16 - 24, Jesus teaches using the "Parable of the Great Banquet." In it, Jesus shares about a man who was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. It was the custom then, as it is today, to send out invitations to such a special event quite a long ...read more

  • The High School That I Went To Was A Big ...

    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Nov 21, 2008
     | 1,331 views

    -The high school that I went to was a big football, track and wrestling school -All of the best athletes played football -The coach of the team highly encouraged his best players to not play basketball anymore but to concentrate during the winter on lifting weights instead of shooting a ...read more

  • Refusal To Believe  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on May 27, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,611 views

    REFUSAL TO BELIEVE I once served a very wealthy congregation. Over the years the different members had donated various items to the church, many of which were quite valuable. The stained glass windows were valued and tens of thousands of dollars each; The communion table was an intricately carved ...read more

  • Taking A Grenade

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on May 21, 2011
     | 2,079 views

    TAKING A GRENADE A week ago last Tuesday (04/08/08) the Medal of Honor was posthumously awarded to Navy Seal Michael Monsoor. Here is part of what President Bush said to Michael’s family and those gathered at the White House: "In September 2006, Michael laid down his life for his brothers in ...read more

  • The Parable Of Water  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Sep 21, 2012
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,865 views

    The Parable of Water There are a lot of things I could compare when it comes to living in the world, sexual sin, the lust we have for objects that are shiny; but, I’ve decided that I’m not going to. I’ve decided to discuss two different liquids. One of them is water and the other is Coca Cola. ...read more

  • Famous Hoaxes On April Fools Day & Skepticism

    Contributed by David Simpson on Apr 16, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,664 views

    It’s ironic that this year Easter falls on April Fools day. Have you ever fallen for an April Fools joke or prank? I know as a kid there was always some classmate pulling a prank on someone, with the rest of us in on it and watching that poor soul make a fool of themselves by believing the prank. ...read more

  • A Collector’s Item?

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Feb 23, 2020
     | 2,338 views

    Hard to believe, but I may have a collector’s item! In my own house! Now, before you start sending me “Can I see it?” types of emails, maybe I should explain just what this “collector’s item” really is. Really, it wasn’t that much of a collectible, even from a couple of years ago. It’s only ...read more

  • Paid In Full, Finally

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Apr 10, 2020
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     | 3,805 views

    It’s always a happy day when you make the final payment on a car loan or any other kind of loan! The money you’ve been sending somewhere else you can now send to another bill—oops—or savings account or wherever you feel led to put it. I know, there are some folks who are greatly excited if you ...read more

  • Unsung Heroines-Joash's Aunt And Nurse

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on May 2, 2022
     | 826 views

    Introduction: These two ladies risked certain death to save the crown prince (and, it might be added, the ancestor of the Messiah!) Text: 2 Chronicles 22:10-12, KJV: 10 But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of ...read more

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