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  • One Soul Could Mean Many  PRO

    Contributed by Ryan Yandris on Mar 2, 2003
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    (One soul could mean many) Andrew brought Simon- just one. But that was many, for under God, Simon brought three thousand souls in one day! It has been estimated that probably 95% of church members have never lead anyone to Christ. I like what Paul say’s in 1 Cor 9:19 " I made myself a ...read more

  • I Read Of A Man Who Had Committed A Crime For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Aug 26, 2003
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     | 4,254 views

    I read of a man who had committed a crime for which he was deeply ashamed. When he’d served his prison sentence and was about to be released he wondered if his family would reject him because of the scandal he’d caused and the shame brought on the family. He wrote his parents saying that he would ...read more

  • 138 Years Ago Today Marked A Key Event In Our ...  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Schmidt on Nov 13, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,725 views

    138 years ago today marked a key event in our nation’s history. The date was July 1st, 1863. The location was a small town in Pennsylvania, a town at that time not known for much except a shoe factory that was there. Today, the name of this town represents the bloodiest and one of the most ...read more

  • Special Delivery  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 9, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
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    SPECIAL DELIVERY Susan Filipp writes: My husband, Alex, and I were overjoyed when the doctor confirmed I was pregnant. "Thank you, God," I prayed. "Please let everything go right." And things did—until I went into labor two weeks early. Alex and I rushed to the hospital at 5:30 A.M. In the ...read more

  • The Botanical Life Of Most Trees Is Amazing. ...

    Contributed by Mike Mcguire on Feb 8, 2007
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    The botanical life of most trees is amazing. Often when a tree is damaged and the trunk is cut down, a new shoot will come up out of the stump or roots. As long as the roots are healthy, it will try to live. It will put out new shoots and eventually try to flower and reproduce. It keeps adapting to ...read more

  • In A Brief Conversation, A Man Asked A Woman He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 10, 2007
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     | 6,076 views

    In a brief conversation, a man asked a woman he was pursuing the question, "What kind of man are you looking for?" She sat quietly for a moment before looking him in the eye and asking. "Do you really want to know?" Reluctantly, he said, "Yes." She began to expound... "As a woman in this day and ...read more

  • A Few Believed…  PRO

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Apr 26, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
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    3. A FEW BELIEVED… One of the great films of 1999 was The Matrix, starring Keanu Reeves. It’s a futuristic sci-fi movie, where the world has been taken over by computers. The computers need the energy that comes from human bodies, so they keep a supply of genetically engineered humans in a ...read more

  • Molokai

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Molokai You have probably never heard of the island of Molokai. Well, it’s located in the state of Hawaii. And it has quite a history. You have to go way back to the late 1800’s to understand its significance. You see, back then, there was no cure for the highly contagious and deadly disease called ...read more

  • The Dictionary Defines A Pestilence As A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The dictionary defines a pestilence as a widespread and often fatal infectious disease. In 1995 the World Health Organization said, “the world is ripe for super plagues of apocalyptic proportions.” In 1996, Dr. Hiroshi Nakajima, the Director of the World Health Organization said, “We are standing ...read more

  • A. First You Jump Out Of An Airplane With A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A. FIRST YOU JUMP OUT OF AN AIRPLANE WITH A HUNDRED POUNDS OF GEAR, INTO THE MIDDLE OF A BURNING FOREST, AND YOU CHASE THE FIRE AND FIGHT IT BY HAND -- USUALLY WITHOUT WATER OR, FIRE RETARDANT AND YOU DO IT BECAUSE YOU’RE A SMOKE JUMPER B. MIMI SCISSONS, A 37-YEAR-OLD SMOKE JUMPER STATIONED IN ...read more

  • Macarthur's New Testament Commentary: Romans 9-16 ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 17, 2007
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    MACARTHUR’S NEW TESTAMENT COMMENTARY: ROMANS 9-16 by JOHN MACARTHUR, JR STATES THE FOLLOWING ABOUT OUR CHAPTER. 1. Despite the great popularity of the book of Romans, chapter 16 is often neglected by preachers, teachers, and Bible students. It has almost no explicit teaching and includes several ...read more

  • In Or Out Of The Fort?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 1,786 views

    IN OR OUT OF THE FORT? One of the things I find really neat about this area is all of the forts. You have Fort Morgan, all the Forts over at Pensacola NAS. We have had forts all over this country since the day the Pilgrims first landed, up to right now. Some were made of wood, stone, brick and ...read more

  • Medicine For ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 2,785 views

    “Medicine for America” “God’s Providence in Human Affairs” Blessings Deuteronomy 28:1-2 says, “If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all His commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. All these blessings will come upon you ...read more

  • Amateur ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Aug 19, 2008
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    AMATEUR COUNTERFEITER------ You may have read in the paper that counterfeit bills have been turning up here and there around town. What you may have not heard about, is the amateur counterfeiter that was operating here in town. It turns out that this amateur counterfeiter accidentally printed a ...read more

  • The Homeless Man

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    THE HOMELESS MAN There is a big church in North Carolina that has classes every summer to help train people in different ministries. During one such period a few years ago, a young man appeared on campus where hundreds of others were. But this young man didn’t take part in any classes. He was ...read more

  • World Of Words

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,399 views

    WORLD OF WORDS We live in a world of words. Words are all about us, words on TV, words on the radio, spoken words by family and friends, words printed in newspapers, books, on computers, and words on the Internet. The world of words have turned us into a people who have been overwhelmed, ...read more

  • Love Your Enemies: Forgiveness In Rwanda

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
    based on 1 rating
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    Love Your Enemies: Forgiveness in Rwanda Bishop John Rucyahana, a Tutsi Rwandan, found Christ while growing up as an exile from his native Rwanda. I like the way he describes His conversion: "I did not accept Jesus. Jesus graciously met me and accepted me." This is a man who understands how we ...read more

  • Wake Up Little Susie

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Sep 14, 2009
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    "Wake Up Little Susie" is a popular song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and published in 1957. The song is best known in a recording by The Everly Brothers. It is written from the point of view of a high school boy to his girlfriend, Susie. In the song, the two go out on a date to a ...read more

  • Signs Of The End Times - Dr. David Reagan ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 22, 2009
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    Signs of the End Times - Dr. David Reagan http://www.lamblion.com/articles/articles_signs3.php The re-establishment of the nation of Israel is a classic example of an end time historical sign. Over and over again the Hebrew Scriptures prophesy that in the end times, right before the return of the ...read more

  • Rare Italian Automobile Good Only For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2009
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    Rare Italian Automobile Good Only for Show I heard this week about a very, very special automobile. It was built in the 1920’s by the Italian manufacturer Bugatti, and it was designed to be sold to the outrageously wealthy. This car was equipped with 450 horses under the hood; it was some 22 feet ...read more