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  • I Recently Read Of A Teenager In Florida In ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on May 22, 2010
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    I recently read of a teenager in Florida in America who fled for her life from her Muslim family after she converted to Christianity. Fathima Rifqa Bary says her family will murder her in what is known as an "HONOUR KILLING" because of her profession of faith in Christ. In Islamic tradition, an ...read more

  • Cost Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2010
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    Cost of Freedom At Hebron Baptist Church several years ago a speaker named Clebe McClary spoke. There was a patch where his left eye had once been. A hook extended from the artificial limb where a strong arm had once helped make him an outstanding athlete. He had been through countless surgeries to ...read more

  • I Was Reading A Blog About "Who Should Get ...

    Contributed by Curtis Emerson on Jul 30, 2010
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    I was reading a blog about “who should get the credit” and I wonder if any of you have some of these same ideas. One person wrote; “you know this phony god of yours has it good, it gets all the credit for everything good, and man gets all the credit for everything bad ... the best of both worlds”. ...read more

  • Un Amigo

    Contributed by Rolando Delgado on Sep 22, 2010
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    Un amigo (Translation follows) Un amigo nos es dado, un amigo incomparable que siempre esta a nuestro lado, con amor insuperable El comprende nuestras penas, Alivia nuestro dolor Y nos hace estar felices con la fuerza del amor Amigo frase sencilla que involucra sentimientos No de los que ...read more

  • Second Fiddle

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 30, 2010
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    SECOND FIDDLE One of the first conductors born and educated in the United States to receive worldwide acclaim was Leonard Bernstein. He directed the New York Philharmonic, conducted concerts by some of the world's leading orchestras, wrote symphonies, and music for Broadway hits such as West Side ...read more

  • Only Copy The Original

    Contributed by Allan Kircher on Feb 11, 2011
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    ONLY COPY THE ORIGINAL By studying the book of Acts we'll give ourselves a biblical STANDARD to follow. This is important because the sad truth is many churches don't pattern themselves after God's original design. Instead they organize themselves and operate according to the latest trend. They ...read more

  • Major Osipovich, An Air Force Pilot For The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
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    Major Osipovich, an Air Force pilot for the former USSR, planned to give a talk at his children's school about peace. That meant he would have to take some time off during the day to give his talk, so he volunteered for night duty. That’s how Major Osipovich found himself patrolling the skies over ...read more

  • John Macarthur States This About Our Text And The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 25, 2011
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    John MacArthur states this about our text and the Bible: "Now let me make it as clear as I can to you. The Old Testament is not a collection of the wisdom of ancient men. The Old Testament is not a collection of the best of religious thinking. The Old Testament is not a collection of the good ...read more

  • The Destiny Of Materialism

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2011
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    THE DESTINY OF MATERIALISM The lure of wealth, or what we might call the magnetism of materialism. “Finns [people from Finland] who can’t get enough of winter swarmed to the northern town of Kemi for the opening of a sprawling ice castle that features a theatre, a playground, an art gallery, and ...read more

  • Something In Their Eyes...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2011
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    SOMETHING IN THEIR EYES... A prominent atheist named Matthew Parris wrote in a 2008 essay about a strange phenomenon that he had observed in Africa. Amazingly, as an atheist, he wrote an essay for The Times titled, "Why Africa Needs God." Although Parris made it clear that he does not believe in ...read more

  • Any Excuse Will Do

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2011
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    ANY EXCUSE WILL DO In one of the “Big Three” conferences during World War II, Roosevelt and Churchill were trying to get Stalin to agree with some proposed strategy. When Stalin gave his reason or excuse for not agreeing with them, they said, “That is no reason for your refusal!” Stalin replied ...read more

  • Sometimes The Analogy Of The Caterpillar Turned ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 9, 2011
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    Sometimes the analogy of the caterpillar turned butterfly is over-used. But we can’t help it because it’s a powerful image of the metamorphosis we undergo in our relational development toward God. Our caterpillar state is one of restriction. We are bound by realities of time and space that ...read more

  • Standing In Worship

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 9, 2011
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    STANDING IN WORSHIP Jesus stands in God’s presence--he stands, because he has trodden death and the power of the Evil One underfoot. At the end of this struggle, he is the one who stands upright, the one who remains standing. This standing is also an expression of readiness: Christ is standing ...read more

  • Dead To Garlic

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jul 20, 2011
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    DEAD TO GARLIC The problem is we are so accustomed to sin we do not recognize it's gravity. I once read the news account of the two Lake Worth, Florida, high school boys. They were suspended from school because they ate so much garlic that no one could stand to have them around. They had read ...read more

  • Tying Off The Tap Root  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
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    TYING OFF THE TAP ROOT The Japanese introduced a tree to the world that is called a Bonsai tree. It is measured in inches instead of feet as other trees are measured. It is not allowed to reach anywhere near its full growth potential but instead grows in a stunted miniature form. The reason for ...read more

  • Getting To Know Man

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 18, 2011
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    GETTING TO KNOW MAN Julie and I have the wonderful privilege to raise Bryce and Chase. But that is a privilege given to us by God. God created our children and is allowing Julie and I to raise them. We get to keep them in our home for a time and then they are off into the world. But God created ...read more

  • Who Created The Universe?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 23, 2011
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    WHO CREATED THE UNIVERSE? In 2005, Newsweek and Beliefnet asked Americans this question: "Do you believe that God created the universe?" Eighty percent of those responding said the universe was created by God. That's good news! And it's pretty amazing that after all of the money and effort spent ...read more

  • The Color Of Colors

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Jan 10, 2012
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    THE COLOR OF COLORS For 51 years Bob Edens was blind. He couldn’t see a thing. His world was a black hall of sounds and smells. He felt his way through five decades of darkness. And then, he could see. A skilled surgeon performed a complicated operation and, for the first time, Bob Edens had ...read more

  • That's My Country

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 11, 2012
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    THAT'S MY COUNTRY George Shultz, when Secretary of State during the Reagan administration, kept a large globe in his office. When newly appointed ambassadors had an interview with him and when ambassadors returning from their posts for their first visit with him were leaving his office, Shultz ...read more

  • I'll Be That Man!

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Mar 31, 2012
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    I'LL BE THAT MAN! Sometimes an easy conversation between friends can have ramifications far beyond what either person expects. Such was the case in the summer of 1872 near Dublin, Ireland, when two prominent evangelists were discussing ministry. The two men were the British evangelist Henry ...read more

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