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  • I Am Trying To Prevent Anyone From Saying The ...

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Feb 3, 2005
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    "I am trying to prevent anyone from saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: "I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept His claim to be God." That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said ...read more

  • But Some Of Us Continue To Carry The Heavy Burden ...  PRO

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Feb 25, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 7,222 views

    But some of us continue to carry the heavy burden of tying to be “good enough.” I heard a modern Parable that illustrates this. In the Parable, the driver of a wagon was on his way to market when he overtook an old man carrying a heavy load. Taking compassion on him, the driver invited the old ...read more

  • Because The Time's Going To Come When You Will ...

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Mar 19, 2005
    based on 1 rating
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    Because the time’s going to come when you will pass from this earth, and you will stand face to face with God. I don’t know exactly what’s going to happen at that point, but here’s one possibility. I’ve asked my daughter, Dani, to help me with this. Here’s what I think might happen: You’re ...read more

  • One Day A Minister Was Having Lunch With A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 23, 2005
    based on 15 ratings
     | 1,880 views

    One day a minister was having lunch with a Catholic friend. He asked him why he prayed through the Virgin Mary. He answered, “It is because she is closer to Jesus than anyone else. She can get His ear and attention.” He said, “Suppose you wanted to have an interview with the president of the U.S. ...read more

  • We Are Living In A Time In Which Millions Of ...

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 29, 2005
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    We are living in a time in which millions of people are exploring alternatives to traditional Western Medicine. An “holistic health explosion,” it has been called. We realize, of course, that traditional Western Medicine is very valuable and, for most of us, when we get sick, it is the first place ...read more

  • The Cost Of Dodging Duty

    Contributed by Robert Garrett on Aug 8, 2005
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    ILLUSTRATION “THE COST OF DODGING DUTY” I have read of a king who placed a heavy stone in the road and hid to see who would remove it. Men of various classes came and worked their way around it, some loudly blaming the king for not keeping the highways clear, but all dodging the duty of getting ...read more

  • All We Need This Christmas Season  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,338 views

    All We Need This Christmas Season Bow before the manger baby Call upon him now and sing Born of Mary in a stable Near her breast this holy thing He was bound by things created Alive alone to set us free Worshipped by the joyful shepherds Midst the sounds of infant glee Honor him who lay in ...read more

  • Let Us Suppose We Are Back In The Old Days Of The ...

    Contributed by Michael Fritz on Nov 12, 2006
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    Let us suppose we are back in the old days of the high priest, who took incense into the sanctum and went behind the veil and offered it there. And let us suppose that rubber—the worst-smelling thing I can think of when it burns—had been available in those days. Let us suppose that chips of rubber ...read more

  • I Love My Little Boy, I Want To ...

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 23, 2006
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    Illustration: I love my little boy, I want to give him the very best that I can give him, but sometimes because he is so small and I am so big in order to get my attention, to let me know he wants or needs something, he will pull on my pant leg and I will look down and grab him, lift him up to my ...read more

  • We Are Living In A Time In Which Millions Of ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Dec 21, 2006
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    We are living in a time in which millions of people are exploring alternatives to traditional Western Medicine. A "holistic health explosion," it has been called. We realize, of course, that traditional Western Medicine is very valuable and, for most of us, when we get sick, it is the first place ...read more

  • Quote: Matthew 5:8 – Blessed Are The Pure In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    Quote: Matthew 5:8 – Blessed are the pure in heart, for the shall see God Quote: - C. S. Lewis – It is easy to say ‘Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God,’ for only the pure in heart want to see God. Illustration: In the forests of northern Europe and Asia lives little animal called ...read more

  • Life Examples: Abraham: The Man Of Endurance ...  PRO

    Contributed by Nathan Parker on Mar 10, 2007
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    Life Examples: Abraham: The Man of Endurance (Gen. 21:1-3) Call Abraham not only a man of faith (Gal. 3:9), but a man of endurance. The starting gun sounded when God promised Abraham a son in his old age, and Abraham "believed in the LORD" (Gen. 15:5-6). Buy a year came and went, and no child ...read more

  • Life Examples: Ezekiel: Watching Dead Bones Come ...  PRO

    Contributed by Nathan Parker on Mar 10, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
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    Life Examples: Ezekiel: Watching Dead Bones Come Alive (Ezek. 37:14) In his day, hope had become a rare commodity. Ezekiel must have felt as desolate and useless as the piles of bones that he had seen in a startling vision. As the prophet sat in the middle of a valley, he knew that only a miracle ...read more

  • Max Lucado In His Book Life Lessons From The Book ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 3, 2007
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    Max Lucado in his book Life Lessons from the Book of Romans writes this in the introduction: At the moment I don’t feel too smart. I just got off the wrong plane that took me to the wrong city and left me at the wrong airport. I went east instead of west and ended up in Houston instead of Denver. ...read more

  • This Past Week Our Family Went To See The Movie ...

    Contributed by David Ward on Dec 30, 2007
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    This past week our family went to see the movie “Enchanted,” which is a Disney musical/fantasy/romantic comedy. It’s about a princess who has to choose between two men to be her true love. 3/4 of the way through, my six-year-old son squirmed in his seat and whispered to me "this movie is ...read more

  • Carry A Cross-----Carry A Cross That Leads To A ...

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Mar 19, 2008
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    Carry A Cross-----Carry a cross that leads to a kingdom, carry the scars for the sake of His Name, it will be worth it to enter God’s city, it will be worth all the heartache and pain. Carry a cross that will take you to glory, no matter the struggle just keep moving on, for there is a mansion just ...read more

  • Our Commitment In The Service Of Lord In Very ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    Our commitment in the service of Lord in very important in building the body of Christ. And I challenge you to commit your life in the ministry: Confidently, wholeheartedly and absolutely for the glory of God. In Yorkshire, England, during the early 1800s, two sons were born to a family named ...read more

  • Momma And The Toast  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Drake on Apr 14, 2008
    based on 17 ratings
     | 8,255 views

    Momma and the toast A Sunday School teacher asked her class if they knew the difference between kindness and loving kindness. One little girl said she knew the difference. She told the teacher that kindness is like when you ask your mother for some toast and she gives it to you, but loving kindness ...read more

  • There Are Certain Truths We Hold As Basic. These ...

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 9, 2008
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    There are certain truths we hold as basic. These basic truths are accepted universally with little or no proof. For instance, through out the world 2 + 2 = 4 is accepted as a universal truth. Apart from those who are color blind the color of the words of this sentence would be accepted universally ...read more

  • Through My Travels, I Have Encountered Numerous ...

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on May 15, 2008
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    Through my travels, I have encountered numerous Christian people from various cultures and various languages. Many of them have spoken about having a feeling that they should do something. About 10 years ago, I had such an experience. My wife, Lina, and I had been trying to have a child for over ...read more