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  • He Died For Me  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
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    HE DIED FOR ME During the U.S. Civil War, conscription was not absolute. The drafted man could always hire a substitute if he could afford it. Starting in 1862, the U.S. government allowed this escape from military service on the theory that, so long as each name drawn from the wheel produced a ...read more

  • David Livingstone,

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
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    David Livingstone, "I Never Made A Sacrifice" In the mid-seventeenth century, a somewhat well-known Englishman was captured by Algerian pirates and made a slave. While a slave, he founded a church. When his brother arranged his release, he refused freedom, having vowed to remain a slave until he ...read more

  • David Livingstone (1813-1873) Was A Scottish ...  PRO

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Nov 11, 2006
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    David Livingstone (1813-1873) was a Scottish missionary; doctor and explorer who helped open the heart of Africa to missions. His travels covered one-third of the continent, from Cape Town to near the Equator, and from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. Here is what he had to say about his 33 years ...read more

  • When Telling His Young Daughter The Story Of ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
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    When telling his young daughter the story of Abraham and Isaac, a father related how God had finally told Abraham not to kill Isaac and had provided a sacrificial lamb instead. The little girl looked up with a sad expression and said, “I don’t like killing lambs.” The father was speechless for ...read more

  • There’s A Story I Heard Once, About An Man ...  PRO

    Contributed by Clark Frailey on Dec 19, 2000
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    There’s a story I heard once, about an man who was trying to cut costs, so he began to gradually substitute sawdust in the oats of his mule. Everything was fine for a period, and the animal was satisfied with sawdust. Then he died. We see the same in spiritual life. We exchange truth ...read more

  • Love Then Is The Giving Of Self, And As Long As ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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    Love then is the giving of self, and as long as we have a body and are working out our salvation, it will always be synonymous with sacrifice, in the Christian sense of the word. Love sacrifices naturally just as the eye sees and the ear hears. That is why we speak of "arrows" and "darts" of ...read more

  • I Never Enter This Time Of Remembrance Without ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Nov 4, 2006
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    I never enter this time of remembrance without my mind being flooded with another “fallen soldier”. I cannot forget the heart-wrenching pain of His mother as she watched helplessly as her only Son was beaten to within a hairs-breath of being beaten to death. He waged a war of unsurpassed sacrifice. ...read more

  • Lois A. Cheney: Feeling  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Mar 12, 2002
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    Lois A. Cheney writes, “Feeling blue? Buy some clothes. Feeling lonely? Turn on the radio. Feeling despondent? Read a funny book. Feeling bored? Watch TV. Feeling empty? Eat a sundae. Feeling worthless? Clean the house. Feeling sad? Tell a joke. Ain’t this modern age ...read more

  • There Is A Story Of A Man Who, Resisting The Cost ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    There is a story of a man who, resisting the cost of oats that he fed his mule, decided to gradually substitute sawdust in its diet. Everything went fine for a while – but by the time the mule was satisfied with sawdust, he died.” When people start feeding themselves on worldly desires and ...read more

  • Worship And The Woman At The Well

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 29, 2011
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    WORSHIP AND THE WOMAN AT THE WELL The Nelson Study Bible states: "By mentioning the two different worship sites, the woman was perhaps trying to shift the conversation away from the subject of her own sins to theological questions. Or perhaps she realized that she was a sinner (v. 18), and knew ...read more

  • Marriage: Preparation Is Key  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Jan 12, 2013
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    MARRIAGE: PREPARATION IS KEY "Promises are no substitute for preparation in marriage. Just because you say 'I Do' does not make you able. Just because you say 'I Do' does not make you capable. It only makes you accountable. And when you are accountable for something you are not capable of ...read more

  • The Tabernacle And Later The Temple Had Many ...

    Contributed by Curtis Rowe on Jan 3, 2008
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    The Tabernacle and later the Temple had many furnishings… incense altar, laver, lamp, censers, the ark and various implements and tools, but NO CHAIR! The work of the priests was never finished! It is still so with Roman Catholicism today… “In the Eucharist Christ gives up the very body which he ...read more

  • Wanted: Experienced Designers- It Is The Lack Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2006
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    Wanted: Experienced Designers- It is the lack of emotional security and reliance on past experiences that are core factors in why consumers are reluctant to purchase items online, especially big-ticket ones. For online retailers to succeed, they will have to find an appropriate online substitute ...read more

  • E-Paper As Early As This Year French And Belgium ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
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    E-Paper As early as this year French and Belgium news-paper publishers are finally getting ready to roll out an electronic product that will allow users to load full editions from the Internet onto digital screens. Flexible versions could be on the market by ‘07. “This could be a real substitution ...read more

  • When No One Is Watching  PRO

    Contributed by Willem Nel on Mar 26, 2011
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    WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING In 1945, Arsenal were playing Russian giants Dynamo Moscow in London when a thick fog descended over the ground. The referee refused to abandon the game as the visitors had come such a long way, but it was impossible to see what was going on. It is said that an Arsenal ...read more

  • Becoming All Things To All People Entails A ...

    Contributed by Tony Klinedinst on Aug 29, 2002
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    "Becoming all things to all people entails a giving of oneself which falls just short of compromising our Christian faith. We need to ask ourselves what is nessecary and what is sacrificable. Imagine walking into the home of a Chinese family. If you step to the door and they ask you to remove ...read more

  • Trading Places

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 7, 2014
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    Several years ago, a Baptist camp in Texas was having the annual softball game between counselors and campers on the last day of church camp. The teams divided up and went at each other. After the game started, a teenager in center field chased a long fly ball and hurt his ankle. His pastor was ...read more

  • Scarlet Cord

    Contributed by Samuel M on Feb 1, 2025
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    The scarlet cord in the window which Rahab used to save the spies, is the same cord that saved Rahab and her family and brought her out of her old life. The sacrifices we make for God's plans are the scarlet cord which will bring us out ...read more

  • I Did Some Checking This Past Week On The ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 12, 2007
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    I did some checking this past week on the history and origins of Christmas and from the on-line encyclopedia, Encarta, I read, “… most scholars believe that Christmas originated in the 4th century as a Christian substitute for pagan celebrations of the winter solstice… Although the Gospels describe ...read more

  • He Is The Second-String Quarterback On His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,113 views

    He is the second-string quarterback on his junior high football team. She is a housewife who substitutes for teachers at the elementary school down the street. The nurse has her beeper clipped to her blue jeans as she shops for groceries. The vice-president is surrounded by those who protect him as ...read more