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  • Three Types Of People Spiritually

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Oct 15, 2019
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    (Joshua 1, I Corinth. 2:13-3:3) EGYPT (NATURAL) - unbelievers who are in bondage to sin. Christ is on the outside of their life. Those in Egypt were freed from their slavery by the blood of a sacrificial Lamb, a picture of Christ on the Cross, who sets us free from sin. WILDERNESS (CARNAL) – ...read more

  • God's Will Prevails

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Dec 15, 2008
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    God's Will Prevails David Aikman, formerly of Time magazine, in 2002 spent three months researching the state of Christianity in China. He tells an incredible story. The Chinese church after fifty years of persecution and repression is thriving. When the Communists took control of China five ...read more

  • During Quail Season In Georgia, An Atlanta ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,759 views

    During quail season in Georgia, an Atlanta journalist met an old farmer hunting with an ancient pointer at his side. Twice the dog ran ahead as his body ached rheumatism and pointed. Twice his master fired into the open air. When the journalist saw no birds rise, he asked the farmer for an ...read more

  • Grace  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2004
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     | 12,256 views

    Grace - an illustration of the effect of grace. By grace, Jesus took our place on the cross, enduring what he didn’t have to, so that we could have a relationship with our father. As an illustration of this, there is a scene in the Hugh Grant movie ’About A Boy’. Towards the end of the movie, the ...read more

  • Dr. James Dobson Writes In "Preparing For ...

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Nov 29, 2007
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    • Dr. James Dobson writes in “Preparing For Adolescence” that there are several important things to note about emotions (Pgs. 124-136): o They are cyclical-no one stays up to long or down to long…we go from high to low and back again. o Don’t rely solely on impressions…be sure your inner voices are ...read more

  • Cell Phone ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    CELL PHONE INSOMNIA? Radiation from cell phones delays and reduces sleep and causes headaches and confusion, according to a UK study. The research, sponsored by mobile phone companies, shows using the handsets before bed causes people to take longer to reach the deeper stages of sleep and to spend ...read more

  • Everything Worth Having Has Pain

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 2, 2009
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    EVERYTHING WORTH HAVING HAS PAIN "In everything worth having, even in every pleasure, there is a point of pain or tedium that must be survived, so that the pleasure may revive and endure: the joy of reading Virgil comes after the bore of learning him; the glow of the sea-bather comes after the icy ...read more

  • Kokomo Tribune Columnist Ed Vasicek Wrote, ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 3, 2003
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    Kokomo Tribune Columnist Ed Vasicek wrote, “Ravenous spenders often work long hours (or take a second job) to support their addiction. Notice that they are NOT willing to give up their purchase binges, but they ARE willing to give up their time and energy. Some of that time and energy COULD ...read more

  • Women Dominate Christian Ranks: Barna Research ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    Women Dominate Christian Ranks: Barna Research reports that 46% of the nation’s women have beliefs that classify them as born again, versus 36% of men, meaning there are 11 to 13 million more born again women than men in the U.S. This helps explain why women account for nearly 80% of all Christian ...read more

  • Megachurch Facts: According To John Vaughn, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Megachurch Facts: According to John Vaughn, Church Growth Today, There are now more than 1000 mega-churches (attendance of 2000 or more) in the U.S. vs. just 10 in ’70. Other 2005 megachurch firsts are: A church passed the 30,000 weekly attendance mark (Lakewood Church, Houston, TX). Overall ...read more

  • Boomer Boom- 78 Million Baby Boomers Will Turn 50 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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    Boomer Boom- 78 million baby boomers will turn 50 over the next 10 years, increasing the size of the 50+ demo from 89.3 million in ‘06 to 111.3 million in ‘16, a 25% increase. In contrast, the 18-49 demo, while still larger overall, will see a mere 1% increase in size from 135.1 million in ‘06 to ...read more

  • Spiritual Formation And Exhaustion

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 11, 2014
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    James Bryan Smith writes, "The number one enemy of spiritual formation today is exhaustion. We are living beyond our means ... physically. And as a result, one of the primary activities of human life is being neglected: sleep." In the 1850's, the average American slept 9.5 hours. By 1950, that ...read more

  • In Act 5 Scene 5 Of Shakespeare's Macbeth, The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
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    In Act 5 scene 5 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the character Macbeth has heard that the queen is dead and he knows his own death is imminent. At this time he delivers his famous soliloquy: Tomorrow, and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded ...read more

  • A Dirty Dog  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
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    John Barrymore once played the role of a father who disapproved of the man his daughter planned to marry. In one scene, the daughter had to ask Barrymore what he thought of her fiancé, who had just exited. Barrymore was supposed to answer, “I think he’s a dirty dog.” One night, when the ...read more

  • Episcopal Turmoil: A Growing Number Of American ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
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    Episcopal Turmoil: A growing number of American Episcopal churches are leaving the Episcopal Church U.S.A. and aligning themselves with the Anglican Church of Uganda. The rupture occurred over the Church’s decision last year to permit the blessing of same-sex unions and to consecrate an openly gay ...read more

  • Dynamic E-Books: The Biggest Barrier To E-Book ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
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    Dynamic E-Books: The biggest barrier to e-book world domination has to be the screen. An LCD display has much lower resolution than paper, and is reflective. On a PDA reading time is severely limited by battery life. But the dedicated e-book reader is about to make a comeback. Soon to be released ...read more

  • Perserverance  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Nov 13, 2006
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    Perserverance: In Sydney, Australia you can climb the Sydney Harbor bridge...for a fee of course $145 per person... This opportunity is available because a gentleman by the name of Paul Cave had the vision to establish the business Bridge Climb... At one stage it looked like the business would ...read more

  • Dynamic E-Books The Biggest Barrier To E-Book ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2007
     | 1,459 views

    Dynamic E-Books The biggest barrier to e-book world domination has to be the screen. An LCD display has much lower resolution than paper, and is reflective. On a PDA reading time is severely limited by battery life. But the dedicated e-book reader is about to make a comeback. Soon to be released ...read more

  • I Was Watching Espn's "Who's Number One: The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,371 views

    I was watching ESPN’s “Who’s Number One: The Greatest Comebacks of all time.” And they were talking about the professional cyclist Lance Armstrong. In 1996, he was diagnosed with stage three testicular cancer. It had spread to his lungs, his abdomen, and his brain. His doctors told him that he ...read more

  • A City Missionary In London Was Called To An Old ...

    Contributed by Richard Sharp on Nov 9, 2007
     | 1,580 views

    A city missionary in London was called to an old building where a woman lay dying in the last stages of a terrible disease. The room was cold and she had nowhere to lie but on the floor. When the missionary asked if there was anything he could do, she replied, "I have all I really need; I have ...read more