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  • Supreme Sacrifice

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 21, 2011
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    SUPREME SACRIFICE In January 2001, Seiko Sakamoto, a Japanese plasterer in a Tokyo subway station, fell into the path of an oncoming train. Lee Su Hyun, a Korean student in Japan, leaped down on the tracks to save Sakamoto. Both Hyun and Sakamoto were killed. This selfless act by the Korean ...read more

  • Edison Couldn't Make Life

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 15, 2012
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    EDISON COULDN'T MAKE LIFE Are you extremely proud of your lifetime accomplishments? It was on November 21 of 1877 that Thomas Edison announced to the world that he had invented the phonograph. Edison's accomplishments are often forgotten. In his Menlo Park, New Jersey fix-it shop he designed the ...read more

  • Hymn Story : "Holy God, Sinful Man"

    Contributed by Lawrence Bradford on Sep 26, 2012
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    Hymn Story : "Holy God, Sinful Man" A story of God’s Ring of Love (eternal and everlasting)for humanity. "Holy God, Sinful Man" Chorus: Had it not been for Jesus to die on that cross. All mankind would surely be lost. Verse 1: There would be no forgiveness no ...read more

  • "You Done Quit Preachin' And Gone To Meddlin'!"

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Oct 11, 2012
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    Two excited women who were sitting together in the front pew of church with a fiery preacher. They were in the spirit and loving the message. They were shouting out and waving their hankies. They would use their paper fan to wave for Jesus and then to cool themselves off fearing they might just ...read more

  • Is There Anyone Up There?

    Contributed by Darrin Fish on May 15, 2013
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    IS THERE ANYONE UP THERE? There once was a tourist who came too close to the edge of the Grand Canyon, lost his footing and plunged over the side, clawing and scratching to save himself. After he disappeared out of sight; and, just before he fell into open space, he stumbled upon a scrubby bush ...read more

  • Women And Proverbs

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 16, 2013
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    WOMEN AND PROVERBS From Chronological Life Application Bible: "Proverbs has a lot to say about women. How fitting that the book ends with a picture of a woman of strong character, great wisdom, many skills, and great compassion. Some people have the mistaken idea that the ideal woman in the ...read more

  • The "Group-Think" Impulse  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Joseph on Jun 1, 2013
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    THE "GROUP-THINK" IMPULSE Stand up for the truth. Romans 12:2 says, "...Do not be conformed to this world..." [NKJV] People today show a stong tendency to adjust their opinions to match those of the group. This goes a long way towards explaining why only a fraction of the educated population ...read more

  • Billy Graham's Conversion

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 18, 2017
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    In an interview on October 15, 2013 Billy Graham said, “There are two basic needs that all people have: the need for hope and the need for salvation. It should not be surprising if people believe easily in a God who makes no demands, but this is not the God of the Bible. Satan has cleverly misled ...read more

  • No One Thanked Him.

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 2, 2020
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    Back in 1860, an excursion boat on Lake Michigan collided with a freighter and began to sink less than a mile from the shore. Hundreds of passengers began screaming as they leaped into the icy water. Edward Spencer was a student at a nearby seminary, and he ran down to the beach to see what he ...read more

  • When We Think Of Power And Strength We Have ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 6, 2007
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    When we think of power and strength we have images like WWF and body-slamming 250 pounds on the mat! Or husbands suggesting something to our wives and they agree – now that’s power! It is short-lived but we’ll take whatever we can get! It’s the picture of “My Big, Fat, Greek Wedding” – the husband ...read more

  • The Year Was 1992 I Was Playing Baseball At ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The year was 1992 I was playing baseball at Campbell (the fighting camels). I was playing shortstop a position I had played for about 13 years. I was fielding balls keeping my bottom down and I have to admit I thought I was a pretty good fielder. Yet all my life I had struggled with my batting. It ...read more

  • God Warns Us Against Thinking We Can Help ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Oct 28, 2007
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    God warns us against thinking we can help ourselves without him. In Jeremiah 17:5, the prophet tells us, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans and turn their hearts away from the Lord.’” And in Proverbs 28:26 (NIV), we read, “He who trusts in ...read more

  • Chuck Swindoll Defines Fool

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 29, 2008
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    Chuck Swindoll defines fool this way from his book, Living on the Ragged Edge: “Folly is a term we don’t use that often, but it is a term used rather frequently in Scripture. It suggests a lack of good sense, lack of foresight, failing to realize the consequences of a stupid act before it ...read more

  • Goodbye Kkk ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jun 16, 2008
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    GOODBYE KKK -- Years ago I had the great privilege of performing a funeral for a man named Jim in northern Oklahoma. Jim was just your average man with a modest house, married with a dog and a couple of kids and was known as a very hard worker. He worked for the railroad on a crew laying and ...read more

  • So What Does This Imply As We Follow Jesus? Am I ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jul 15, 2008
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    So what does this imply as we follow Jesus? Am I expected to be perfect? Does God expect me to be perfect? Absolutely not!! When we expect this, do you know what happens? It is not holistic at all. If anything it is at best partial because people who live with those expectations hide their ...read more

  • God The Rebuilder  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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     | 7,840 views

    GOD THE REBUILDER Three men are hiking and they come upon a large raging river. They need to get to the other side, but they don’t know how. The first man says, "God, give me the strength to cross this river." Poof! God gives him big arms and strong legs, and he swims across the raging river. It ...read more

  • Shadowlands Is A Powerful ...

    Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 29, 2008
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    Shadowlands is a powerful movie Based on the life of C.S. Lewis. In one scene Lewis has just return from London to Oxford. Thru interesting circulmstances he met Joy Gresham, And American woman who was interested in his writings. Later on in the story Lewis marries Joy Gresham in a private ...read more

  • We Were Just One

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 24, 2008
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    WE WERE JUST ONE During World War II, Hitler commanded all religious groups to unite so that he could control them. Among the Brethren assemblies, half complied and half refused. Those who went along with the order had a much easier time. Those who did not, faced harsh persecution. In almost every ...read more

  • Forgiveness Quotations

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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    FORGIVENESS QUOTATIONS The late great English religious writer and philanthropist, Hannah More (1745 - 1833) once said: "Forgiveness is the economy of the heart...forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits." The late great American Protestant theologian, ...read more

  • A Great Thanksgiving Illustration

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 14, 2021
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     | 2,289 views

    Back in 1860, an excursion boat on Lake Michigan collided with a freighter and began to sink less than a mile from the shore. Hundreds of passengers began screaming as they leaped into the icy water. Edward Spencer was a student at a nearby seminary, and he ran down to the beach to see what he ...read more