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  • An Article In The Associated Press This Past ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    An article in the associated press this past week illustrates the concept of rejecting mediocrity. Coach Tubby Smith left Kentucky and is moving to become the coach of Minnesota. The article in the associated press read… “In Tubby Smith’s 10 seasons at Kentucky, the Wildcats never missed the NCAA ...read more

  • The Minneapolis Star And Tribune Reported A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The Minneapolis Star and Tribune reported a story on Thursday that caught my attention. There was recently a presidential election in Turkmenistan and a new president was sworn in on Thursday. Probably only a handful of people could point out Turkmenistan on a map. It’s the country that borders ...read more

  • I Was Nearly 50 Years Old Before I Learned The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I was nearly 50 years old before I learned the positive definition of mercy in Peter Wagner’s book on spiritual gifts. Let me illustrate it. Long ago a poor woman from the slums of London was invited to go with a group of people for a holiday at the ocean. She had never seen the ocean. When she ...read more

  • Bob James Of Paint Rock, Texas, Shares This Story ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Jan 27, 2008
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    Bob James of Paint Rock, Texas, shares this story in Leadership, Vol.7, no.4: “Recently I laid a small circle of poison around a hill of stinging ants. Thinking the tiny granules of poison were food, the ants began to pick them up and carry them throughout the colony. I returned later to see how ...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

  • The Church--A Hospital For Sinners (The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 7, 2009
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    The Church--A Hospital for Sinners (The Ragamuffin Gospel) "The Ragamuffin Gospel was written with a specific reading audience in mind. This book is not for the super-spiritual...It is not for legalists who would rather surrender control of their souls to rules rather than run the risk of living ...read more

  • Training In Godliness

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Sep 10, 2010
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    TRAINING IN GODLINESS Our daughter-in-law has participated at times in triathlon competitions. The triathlon is an endurance event in which you swim a certain distance, ride your bike a certain distance, and finally, and without resting, run a certain distance. It is a very demanding test of your ...read more

  • Not In Vain

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Apr 10, 2011
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    NOT IN VAIN In Washington, a Sunday school class was disrupted by a boy who wouldn’t behave. He also kept the other children from paying attention. The faithful teacher became discouraged and felt that his efforts were in vain. The mischievous youngster grew to manhood and travelled west, where he ...read more

  • What Is A Mom?

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on May 8, 2011
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    WHAT IS A MOM? What is a mom? Is she the one that gave birth to your life? Is she one who raised you with the warm embrace of her arms? Is she the woman who gives the all of life, so that yours could be prosperous and long? Many mothers are probably all theses, and many things more. Moms are ...read more

  • Liberation Treatment

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 15, 2011
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    LIBERATION TREATMENT Liberation Treatments are becoming commonly known treatments for people suffering with Multiple Sclerosis. The condition known as Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCVI), according to Dr. Paolo Zamboni, Italian founder of the Liberation Treatment, is a condition ...read more

  • We're Supposed To Be Surrounded

    Contributed by Michael Walther on May 25, 2011
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    WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SURROUNDED The television series "Band of Brothers" follows the experiences of a company of paratroopers as they participate in the invasion of Europe. In one scene Lt. Richard Winters is leading his men into the heart of the Battle of the Bulge. Another Lt. is pulling back ...read more

  • Safe Rooms

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 22, 2011
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    SAFE ROOMS Lynne and I and the family were moving to Tulsa from Missouri and were looking at potential homes. One thing we came across was a house with a 'safe room' or actually only a 'safe closet'. A closet, which served as a coat closet near the front door, was built with steel walls and a ...read more

  • All By Myself?

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 27, 2011
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    ALL BY MYSELF? The story is told of an old lady who had moved to the United States from Europe when she was a child, but now she wanted to officially become a citizen of this country. After months of going through all the necessary red tape, she was finally ready to take the required ...read more

  • Contaminated

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 22, 2012
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    CONTAMINATED I'm all thumbs when it comes to band-aids. I know you're not supposed to touch the pad, the part that compresses the wound. If you do, then you contaminate it, and you run the risk of infection. And, of course, you don't want to do that. So, every time I use a band-aid, it's something ...read more

  • Restore Your Passion

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 30, 2012
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    RESTORE YOUR PASSION Two strangers, a man and a woman, meet for the first time and instantaneously a spark of interest is ignited. They begin meeting once a week for dinner. But that isn’t enough. Their growing interest in one another demands more contact. Result: their telephone bill soars. They ...read more

  • Loss Of Joy = Incomplete Obedience

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2012
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    LOSS OF JOY = INCOMPLETE OBEDIENCE F. B. Meyer: Sometimes a soul comes to its spiritual adviser, speaking thus: "I have no conscious joy, and have had but little for years." "Did you once have it?" "Yes, for some time after my conversion to God." "Are you conscious of having refused obedience to ...read more

  • The Holy Spirit Compared To Hydroelectric ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2012
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    THE HOLY SPIRIT COMPARED TO HYDROELECTRIC POWER As Christians we may be compared with a reservoir for producing electrical power, like one of those you see when you drive to Niagara Falls. When we accept Christ, construction of our reservoir is complete. We now have the potential to be useful and ...read more

  • A Personal Surgery

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Aug 21, 2012
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    A PERSONAL SURGERY Dr. Evan Kane was the head of Summit hospital in New York, in the 1920s. At that time when they operated they used general anesthesia. Dr. Kane felt, local anesthesia would do and would help patient do better, and recovery would be quicker. His theory seemed true, but no one ...read more

  • How The Mighty Fall

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 12, 2013
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    HOW THE MIGHTY FALL Jim Collins has written a book called "How the Mighty Fall" about businesses who at one time were strong and effective and yet went from hero to zero during the last decade. Motorola was number one in cell phones in the world in 2004 and today they are on the edge of ...read more

  • An Order Of Worship Spelling Mistake

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 10, 2018
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    I was looking at the order of worship in a bulletin for another church recently when I noticed a spelling mistake. After the sermon, they had listed that they would have an “Alter Call.” That’s a mistake because the front of a church is referred to as an “altar.” Then I thought for a moment ...read more

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