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  • B. Instead Of Focusing On His Own Life, And ...

    Contributed by J. B. Hall on Mar 30, 2008
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    B. Instead of focusing on his own life, and keeping himself in a right, vibrant, relationship with the Lord, he is virtually always concerned with, watching, critiquing, and criticizing those around him. C. It seems that whoever he is focused on can do no right. D. If this person is not doing what ...read more

  • How Can We Be A Friend To The Suffering?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    How Can We Be A Friend To The Suffering? 1. We can be there for them. 2. We can feel their pain. 3. We can encourage them. 4. We can listen more than we talk. 5. We can be honest: I don’t know… don’t try to explain everything. 6. We can look beyond their faults and look to their needs. 7. We can ...read more

  • Anne Rice Is One Of The Most Widely Read Authors ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 8, 2008
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    Anne Rice is one of the most widely read authors in the world. Her bestsellers—most notably, her series of gothic books called "The Vampire Chronicles"—have sold over 100 million copies. After spending most of her adult life a self-described atheist, Rice converted back to Christianity in 1996. She ...read more

  • Elizabeth Elliot, In Her Book, Let Me Be A Woman, ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 17, 2008
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    Elizabeth Elliot, in her book, Let Me Be a Woman, records the story of Gladys Aylward, [who was] unable to accept the looks God had given her. Ms. Aylward told how when she was a child she had two great sorrows. One [was] that while all her friends had beautiful golden hair, hers was black. The ...read more

  • Take For Instance What Happened To General Von ...

    Contributed by Larry Vinson on Jun 17, 2008
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    Take for instance what happened to General Von Zealand from Prussia. The Prussian king Frederick the Great was widely known as an agnostic. By contrast, General Von Zealand, one of his most trusted officers, was a devout Christian. Thus it was that during a festive gathering the king began making ...read more

  • Too Busy To Love

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 21, 2008
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    TOO BUSY TO LOVE A father and his young daughter were great friends and much in each other's company. Then the father noted a change in his daughter. If he went for a walk, she excused herself from going. He grieved about it, but could not understand. When his birthday came, she presented him ...read more

  • Hannah More Once Said, "Prayer Is The Application ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 1,794 views

    Hannah More once said, "Prayer is the application of want to Him who alone can relieve it, the voice of sin to Him who alone can pardon it. It is the urgency of poverty, the prostration of humility, the fervency of penitence, the confidence of trust. It is not eloquence, but earnestness; not ...read more

  • At The Foot Of The ...

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Oct 12, 2008
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    “At The Foot Of The Cross” A poem by Naomi Durik The ground is level at the foot of the cross God shows no preference there, He sent His dear Son to die for all The sins of the world to bear. The ground is level at the foot of the cross It’s for all who will accept Him by grace, Salvation is ...read more

  • How Can We Be A Friend To The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,102 views

    How Can We Be A Friend To The Suffering? 1. We can be there for them. 2. We can feel their pain. 3. We can encourage them. 4. We can listen more than we talk. 5. We can be honest: I don’t know… don’t try to explain everything. 6. We can look beyond their faults and look to their needs. 7. We ...read more

  • François Fénelon Once ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    François Fénelon once wrote: "Lord, I know not what I ought to ask of Thee; Thou only knowest what I need; Thou lovest me better than I know how to love myself. O Father! give to Thy child that which he himself knows not how to ask. I dare not ask for crosses or consolations; I simply present ...read more

  • Mercy In Night ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    MERCY IN NIGHT COURT One night in 1935, Fiorello H. La Guardia, mayor of New York, showed up at a night court in the poorest ward of the city. He dismissed the judge for the evening and took over the bench. One case involved an elderly woman who was caught stealing bread to feed her grandchildren. ...read more

  • Other Gods  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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     | 3,623 views

    OTHER GODS J.I. Packer described the propensity to Other Gods: "What other gods could we have besides the Lord? Plenty. For Israel there were the Canaanite Baals, those jolly nature gods whose worship was a rampage of gluttony, drunkenness, and ritual prostitution. For us there are still the ...read more

  • In Her Book, The Hiding Place, Corrie Ten Boom ...

    Contributed by Shane Hargrave on Aug 4, 2009
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    In her book, THE HIDING PLACE, Corrie Ten Boom relates an incident that taught her to be thankful for things we normally would not be thankful for. She and her sister, Betsy, prisoners of the Nazis, had just been transferred to the worst prison camp they had seen yet, Ravensbruck. Upon entering ...read more

  • David, Jerusalem And D-Day  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Oct 6, 2009
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     | 2,501 views

    DAVID, JERUSALEM AND D-DAY The 65th Anniversary of D-Day was observed June 6th. It was the largest single day amphibious invasion of all time. With nearly 200,000 troops involved; 160,000 would land on the 50 mile stretch of beaches known as Normandy. There were many obstacles that day: the ...read more

  • Baptism Is A Sign Of Submission To The Lordship ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
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    Baptism Is A Sign of Submission to the Lordship of Jesus Christ When the early Christians declared their faith in baptism, they would shout out, “Jesus is Lord!” Baptism has always been a sign of submission to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. William Barker tells of a machinist at Ford Motor Company ...read more

  • I'd Rather Have You

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 1, 2009
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    I'D RATHER HAVE YOU A father and his young daughter were great friends and much in each other's company. Then the father noted a change in his daughter. If he went for a walk, she excused herself from going. He grieved about it, but could not understand. When his birthday came, she presented him ...read more

  • Leonard Ravenhill Says... "When I Was ...

    Contributed by Hugh Laing on Jan 19, 2010
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    Leonard Ravenhill says... “When I was praying in the Bahamas one day, I saw a great column of smoke, which happened to be coming from tires that were being burned. It was as black as could be, and over there on the right I saw a small wisp of smoke going up from the ground. I didn't think much of ...read more

  • In The Whitsundays In Australia On The Mainland ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 1, 2010
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    In the Whitsundays in Australia on the mainland sugar cane is the main crop. Around harvest time you will see a whole field set on fire, flames reaching into the sky at night. It is quite spectacular. The fire is not an accident but INTENTIONAL BURNING BEFORE HARVESTING. Fire sweeps throughout the ...read more

  • Themistocles Harnesses The Wind To Help Win The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 27, 2010
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    Themistocles harnesses the wind to help win the Greek naval battle at Salamis They shall mount up with wings as eagles.”] Themistocles, who led the Greeks in the famous naval battle of Salamis, for some reason unknown to his troops, delayed the engagement. It was expected that he would avail ...read more

  • Drop Everything

    Contributed by Sterling Franklin on Jun 22, 2010
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    DROP EVERYTHING A child is doing his homework inside, and it's a bright and sunny day. The child's father runs in and says, "Son, drop EVERYTHING! We're going to the amusement park, and you're going to play all afternoon!" The son gladly drops his pencil and paper and runs to follow his father! ...read more

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