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  • A Little Pre-School Girl Was At The Doctor's ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 22, 2008
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    A little pre-school girl was at the doctor's office. When the doctor was listening to the little girl's heart through a stethoscope, he asked her, "Who do I hear in there? Is Donald Duck in there? Is Barney in there?" The little girl corrected him very seriously: "No! Jesus is in my heart; ...read more

  • On Meditation

    Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on May 2, 2008
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    ON MEDITATION The Hebrew word translated "meditate" speaks of what a cow does after grazing all day. As she chews the cud over and over again, she extracts every nutrient. In other words, to meditate means to ponder a section of the Word day and night, extracting more from its inexhaustible supply ...read more

  • God's Elect

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Mar 23, 2009
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    “Who will bring a charge against God’s elect?” Here is where we have to back up just a step and remember who Paul is talking about and who he is talking to. When he says that God will, with Christ, freely give us all things, the 'us' consists of all those who are referred to in verse 28 and in ...read more

  • I Have A Friend Who Had An Accident And Now Lives ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 21, 2009
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    I have a friend who had an accident and now lives in constant pain. I ring him up occasionally and seek to encourage him. He loves God but is totally incapacitated. What do you say? How can you provide them with a window of hope? Job expresses his frustration to his friend for his insensitivity to ...read more

  • I Was In Milton Keynes On Friday; Meeting With A ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jan 23, 2010
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    I was in Milton Keynes on Friday; meeting with a potential guest speaker for our Church weekend away in the autumn of 2011. We were chatting away; I had just mentioned that the peace of Jesus was to be a major theme this morning, and at that moment we noticed that outside there was a flock of doves ...read more

  • Reading Someone Else's Mail

    Contributed by Nigel Heath on Jan 25, 2010
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    Reading Someone Else's Mail Have you ever read somebody else's mail? Come on, admit it. Surely there was a time you can remember when you saw an opened letter somewhere and you invented some reason why it would be the responsible thing to do to read it! Or perhaps I'm preaching to a congregation ...read more

  • Os Guinness On A Christian Worldview

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    OS GUINNESS ON A CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW Os Guinness says that a Christian worldview involves believers thinking about anything and everything in a manner that is consistently shaped, directed, and restrained by the truth of God's Word and God's Spirit. Such a Christian worldview encompasses core ...read more

  • Tetrullian, Who Can Be Described As An Early ...

    Contributed by Larry Vinson on Aug 4, 2008
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    Tetrullian, who can be described as an early church father once said, “How beautiful, then, the marriage of two Christians, two who are one in home, one in desire, one in the way of life they follow, one in the religion they practice. . . . Nothing divides them either in flesh or in spirit. . . . ...read more

  • In World War Ii, Victory Was Assured For The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    In World War II, victory was assured for the Allies on D-Day, when they successfully landed at Normandy. But it took eleven months for the Allies to actually end the war. During this time thousands of men lost their lives in the bloodiest battles of the entire conflict. The coming V-E Day was ...read more

  • A Pardon Must Be Accepted  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Dec 31, 2008
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    A PARDON MUST BE ACCEPTED About the year 1830, a man named George Wilson killed a government employee who caught him in the act of robbing the mails. He was tried and sentenced to be hanged. However, President Andrew Jackson sent him a pardon. But Wilson did a strange thing. He refused to accept ...read more

  • Conscience Is That Faculty In Me Which Attaches ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 15, 2009
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    Conscience is that faculty in me which attaches itself to the highest that I know, and tells me what the highest I know demands that I do. It is the eye of the soul which looks out either toward God or toward what it regards as the highest authority. If I am in the habit of steadily facing toward ...read more

  • Alan Peters ...

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jan 29, 2009
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    Alan Peters explains: Whenever Christian believers gather together to worship, they create the opportunity for a miracle to occur. Worshippers who have experienced this miracle describe it in a number of ways: • “We all seemed to be thinking and feeling the same things.” • “There was such ...read more

  • Hendrick's List

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    HENDRICK’S LIST HOWARD HENDRICKS was popular seminary professor for many years. Many young men were taught by him over the years. Hendricks keeps a little black book with him wherever he goes. He writes in there the names of men whom he taught in seminary classes who have fallen out of the ...read more

  • Trust ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 11, 2009
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    TRUST PLATFORM Several years ago I went with a group of men to an obstacle course in Northport. Some people call these a "ropes" course. The goal is for your group to move through a series of obstacles as you build trust and a spirit of teamwork. For me the most challenging obstacle is the "trust" ...read more

  • More On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    MORE ON PRAYER Leonard Ravenhill - Prayer is not an argument with God to persuade him to move things our way, but an exercise by which we are enabled by his Spirit to move ourselves his way. Harry Emerson Fosdick - Prayer is putting oneself under God’s influence. Pope Pius XII - A man without ...read more

  • A Whole New Understanding Of Patience

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Mar 22, 2024
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    Hebrews 12:1 tells us to "run with endurance" the race set before us. George Matheson wrote, "We commonly associate endure or patience with lying down. We think of it as the angel that guards the couch of the invalid. Yet, there is a patience that I believe to be harder -- the ...read more

  • Dwelling Place Of God

    Contributed by Samuel M on Jul 6, 2024
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    The enemy wants to destroy every place where God meets with us. He does not want the dove of God to rest and settle on our lives. He is fine with visitation of God but not fine with habitation of God. He is constantly looking to destroy every place in our hearts that could become a resting place ...read more

  • Are You Doing What You Are Called To Do?  PRO

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 19, 2011
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    ARE YOU DOING WHAT YOU ARE CALLED TO DO? Last week was a very interesting week. About a year ago, when our finances started to dwindle, I sent my resume out to an Executive Search Group (Headhunter). Now that’s a unique name! Last week, I got a call that there was a possibility of an awesome ...read more

  • What If There Was No Christmas?

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 5, 2012
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    WHAT IF THERE WAS NO CHRISTMAS? Lets ponder the what if - say- the antichrist powers would have defeated Christ at birth and therefore eliminated Christianity? what would have been lost? i. There would be no Christmas joy ii. There would be no kids smiles iii. There would be no Merry Christmas ...read more

  • I Want To Give You A Silly Illustration Of One ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Jun 27, 2009
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    I want to give you a silly illustration of one way this can work. When I was a teenager and just starting to enjoy coffee, I liked to take a cup of coffee with me wherever I went. Of course, those of you who’ve seen me play softball are well aware that I have trouble walking and talking at the same ...read more