Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
Missed Bible Sales Two 2006 research projects revealed 50% of shoppers that came into a Christian store to purchase a Bible walked out without purchasing one because the variety was too confusing and sales staff
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ERROR VS. PERSON IN ERROR
This love and good will, to be sure, must in no way render us indifferent to truth and goodness. Indeed love itself impels the disciples of Christ to speak the saving truth to all men. But it is necessary to distinguish between error, which always merits repudiation, and
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Pentecostalism did not begin at the turn of the century on Azusa, but 2,000 years ago in an upper room.
A.W. Tozer said, "The Great Commission is not the first call to the church." Tozer reminds us that Jesus first told His disciples to go to Jerusalem and tarry there until they were endued with
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Jim Kane on Dec 3, 2008
Simplicity brings clarity to our lives and hearts. Worry begins to drop away because we stop worrying about things that cause us worry and focus on accomplishing God’s purposes in us. (Think: loving God and neighbor and helping others become disciples.)
Simplicity narrows our focus from many
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Contributed by Jim Parisi on Dec 8, 2002
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There were once two newlyweds on their honeymoon. They were taking a train ride cross country. The bride was becoming a little self conscious about all the fanfare of being a new married couple. She just wanted some quite time alone with her new husband, So she came up with a plan.
She said to
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Contributed by David Parks on Nov 30, 2007
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A Little Child is Watching Me
A little child is watching me
Knows every move I make,
Hears every word I utter,
Sees every step I take.
Is conscious of my attitude,
Is wise to all my flaws,
Is witness when I am unkind,
Or angry without cause.
She silently observes me
As I go from day to
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Mick Court on Jun 22, 2008
There was a father who took his two young children to an amusement park. They were so excited. After going on all the rides they wanted, he said now it is time for the ghost train! They both didn't want to go, and yet the father insisted it was part of the experience of going to an amusement park.
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 27, 2008
A widely circulated story over the Internet is one that is told a couple of different ways but with the same kind of an ending. One way that I have heard it (and perhaps have told it) is that a rushing businessman knocks over a child’s fruit stand in his hurry to catch a train.
He stops after
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Church Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kind that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 14, 2009
AFRAID OF COMPETITION
Knute Rockne, the famous football coach at Notre Dame, once observed, "The trouble in American life today, in business as well as in sports, is that too many people are afraid of competition. The result is that in some circles
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 15, 2007
A Few Good Men –Col Jessup, Guantanamo Bay Cuba - “I eat breakfast 300 yards from 4,000 Cubans who are trained to kill me so don’t think for one second that you
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Lutheran
Contributed by Timothy Smith on Dec 11, 2002
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There is an old sermon illustration that I have heard many times but recently I learned that the illustration has a basis in fact. A man by the name of John Griffith, lived in Oklahoma in 1929 and lost all he had in the stock market. He moved to Mississippi where he took a job as bridge tender for
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Christian Church
Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jun 4, 2004
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DEATH OF THE SON
There is an old story about a man by the name of John Griffith, who lived in Oklahoma in 1929 and lost all he had in the stock market. He moved to Mississippi where he took a job as bridge tender for a railroad trestle. In 1937 he was involved in a horrific accident. One day his 8
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Christian Church
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Boardman reminds us that commitment to the will of the Lord does require action on our part.
“True commitment will mean not only turning to something, but also turning from something, just as Paul commended the Thessalonians for turning “to God from idols to serve the living and true God” (1 Thes.
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Aug 1, 2009
I wonder to what extent God is telling his disciples that when we want greatness and recognition we need to walk the road of service because it gets our feet on the ground to what really matters about life and what really matters to Him. The road of service removes the vain desires for glory and
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jan 6, 2013
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CORPORATE DISCIPLESHIP
Did you know that there is not a single case of "one-on-one discipleship" in the New Testament? The choice to become and remain a disciple rests with individuals, but discipleship is always nurtured corporately. Discipleship is not a course you go through; it’s a life you
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Baptist
Contributed by Charles Wallis on May 7, 2009
A man was in a hurry to get to his destination. He paced back and forth, watching his watch. He kept going to the ticket booth asking questions. While he worried, his train came in and left without him. If
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Sep 17, 2010
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On the news recently a former federal police chief Mick Keelty went into the witness box to PLEAD FOR MERCY for the "drug mule" SCOTT RUSH who is condemned to death before a firing squad in Bali. Scott Rush is only 24 years old. He is one of four Australians who were arrested in Bali in 2005, with
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 23, 2007
Video Clip: The Guardian - Start: Chp. 5 43:54 - Stop: 46:16
Senior Chief Randall had a choice. He could have taught the recruits about hypothermia as an abstract theory during a lecture from the comfort of a classroom. Instead, Randall chose to fill the pool with freezing water and then share
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