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  • In 1212 A French Shepherd Boy By The Name Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
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    In 1212 a French shepherd boy by the name of Steven claimed that Jesus had appeared to him disguised as a pilgrim. Supposedly, Jesus instructed him to take a letter to the king of France. This poor, misguided boy told everyone he saw about what he thought he had encountered. Before long he had ...read more

  • Finally, On April 20, 2003, Easter Sunday, It Was ...

    Contributed by Vinnie Cappetta on May 14, 2006
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    Finally, on April 20, 2003, Easter Sunday, it was time for my unit to move north into Iraq. Not wanting my fiancée or family to spend their Easter worrying about me, I didn’t tell them I where I was headed until after I had arrived there. Before crossing the border, I locked a magazine of ...read more

  • I Will Never Forget In 1945, As A Student In ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Nov 12, 2006
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    I will never forget in 1945, as a student in Baylor University, I took a course in “The Life and Writings of the Apostle Paul”. When the professor came to the Romans 7:14-25 passage, he paused and asked “How many of you, starting from the time you were saved, can live without ever sinning against ...read more

  • If You Ask Anyone In My Family If They Have Ever ...

    Contributed by Doris Sparks on Apr 5, 2007
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    If you ask anyone in my family if they have ever seen an angel; they would tell you the story that occurred on winter Sunday. We were driving up a very steep hill in town in a van. This was before mini-vans and this big 9-passenger van was not good on slippery roads. The road was snow packed and ...read more

  • Powerful

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 19, 2007
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    Powerful.” Richard Selzer, MD, writes in his book Mortal Lessons, I stand by the bed where a young woman lies, her face postoperative, her mouth twisted in palsy, clownish. A tiny twig of the facial nerve, the one to the muscles of her mouth, has been severed. She till be thus from now on. The ...read more

  • The Person God Blesses

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    What do we notice about the person God blesses? 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 known as "Abraham." In the Bible a ...read more

  • Stay Away From The Bait

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on May 1, 2008
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    STAY AWAY FROM THE BAIT Imagine a fish. This fish really likes minnows. So Mr. Fish swims around the edges of the pond where minnows live in the shallows. He has had several close calls at the north end when he thought he saw a minnow, but narrowly escaped when he felt a hook as he bit down and he ...read more

  • Will He Find Any Faith?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    WILL HE FIND ANY FAITH? Sherwood Eddy interviewed 25 young Communists in Moscow one day and asked each one how many hours he gave to the party each day. Not one of them gave less than three hours daily telling others about the virtues of communism. Some of them gave as much as nine hours each day ...read more

  • We Tend To Be Tough On Others And Easy On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    We tend to be tough on others and easy on ourselves. Few things are more discouraging to people that living with someone who can’t be pleased. A speaker at a marriage seminar told this story on himself. He and the family were gathered in the den to watch a football game. His wife asked the kids, ...read more

  • History Is Always A Great Teacher To Those Who ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 2, 2009
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    History is always a great teacher to those who want to learn it’s lessons. Abraham Lincoln knew this and one author had this to say about him. o He was not a born king of men…but a child of the common people, who made himself a great persuader, therefore a leader, by dint of firm resolve, patient ...read more

  • Tarzan Story: Failure To Recognize

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Sep 3, 2012
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    TARZAN STORY: FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE Johnny Weissmuller, the champion Olympic swimmer who donned the role of Tarzan the Ape Man in the silver screen with as much aplomb in 1930s and 40s as he dominated the Olympic swimming lanes in 1920s, had "a close encounter of a different kind" with the ...read more

  • God's Grace Sets You Free To Be Yourself And Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    God’s grace sets you free to be yourself and not compromise to please people. God’s grace also sets you free from legalism. One of the black marks on so called Christians is legalism. Legalism is having a critical and judgmental attitude toward others. It is having spiritual pride and a superior ...read more

  • Frenzied Pace Of Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2009
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    FRENZIED PACE OF LIFE A lot of these same gods are still worshipped in America today, aren't they? Our culture also seems to bow down to the idol of busyness. In her book called, "Not So Fast: Slow-Down Solutions for Frenzied Families," Ann Kroeker writes this: "America, the land of the ...read more

  • Leaders Are Born And Made

    Contributed by Tim White on May 7, 2011
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    LEADERS ARE BORN AND MADE J. Oswald Sanders in his classic “Spiritual Leadership” believes that leaders are both born and made. “While conversion does not normally make leaders of people who would never become such otherwise, Church history teaches that in the hour of full surrender the Holy ...read more

  • The Church & Education: The Average Protestant ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
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    The Church & Education: The average Protestant church offers classes, or education on 4.6 different topics in a typical year. The most common topics taught are for new members (60%) followed by basics of Christianity (47%) how to study the Bible (43%), evangelism (39%), spiritual ...read more

  • The Barna Research Group Says The Percentage Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    The Barna Research Group says the percentage of adults and teens that call themselves committed Christians is virtually the same. 60% of both groups claim to be committed Christians, yet only half qualify as born-again Christians. 64% of all American adults and teens say they are ...read more

  • The Church & Education: The Average Protestant ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,745 views

    The Church & Education: The average Protestant church offers classes, or education on 4.6 different topics in a typical year. The most common topics taught are for new members (60%) followed by basics of Christianity (47%) how to study the Bible (43%), evangelism (39%), spiritual ...read more

  • God ... Does Not Lavish His Children With A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Thornton on Nov 23, 2006
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    God ... does not lavish his children with a jolly discipleship so that they may swim in spiritual ecstasy between conversion and death. God is a giver, but he does not give happiness. He gives redemption, meaning, security, love, victory, and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. And happiness is ...read more

  • It Has Been Said That No Great Work In ...

    Contributed by Mark Green on Aug 4, 2005
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    “It has been said that no great work in literature or science was ever wrought by a person who did not love solitude. We may lay it down as an elemental principle of religion, that no large growth in holiness was ever gained by one who did not take time to be often long alone with God.” ...read more

  • As Christian Workers, Worldliness Is Not The ...

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Oct 31, 2005
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    As Christian workers, worldliness is not the trap which most endangers us; nor is it sin. The trap we fall into is extravagantly desiring spiritual success. Never seek after anything other than the approval of God. Unless the worker lives a life hidden with Christ in God, he is apt to become ...read more

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