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  • David Used What He Had - A Sling. For The Little ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,810 views

    David used what he had - a sling. For the little boy at the feeding of the 5,000 it was five loaves and two fish. For Samson it was the jawbone of a donkey. God can use anything. The major problem is workers in the Philippines nowadays have a personal slogan: "No support, no work." They live by ...read more

  • Despised At His Birth

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    DESPISED AT HIS BIRTH (cf. V. 3) He was born a favored son when he was born to Rachel. It also was not Joseph's fault that he was being despised because of who he was born to, and also when he was born. PRACTICAL APPLICATION: We are only born once, physically and all have the opportunity to be ...read more

  • One Preacher Told Of Having A "Rap Session" With ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 1,141 views

    One preacher told of having a “rap session” with some high schoolers. He told them they could ask him anything they liked, and he’d try to answer them. Toward the end of that session, one girl challenge him with this comment: “The Bible says God loves everybody. Then it says that God sends people ...read more

  • One Preacher Told Of Having A "Rap Session" With ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 1,067 views

    One preacher told of having a “rap session” with some high schoolers. He told them they could ask him anything they liked, and he’d try to answer them. Toward the end of that session, one girl challenge him with this comment: “The Bible says God loves everybody. Then it says that God sends people ...read more

  • Now, Of The Seven Churches, Smyrna And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
    based on 1 rating
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    NOW, OF THE SEVEN CHURCHES, SMYRNA AND PHILADELPHIA ARE THE ONLY TWO, THAT JESUS DOESN’T SAY ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT. IN THOSE DAYS, PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN ASIA MINOR, HAD TO BELONG TO A LABOR UNION, TO GET WORK, AND TO BELONG TO A LABOR UNION, YOU HAD TO BURN INCENSE AND BOW BEFORE THE GOD OF THAT ...read more

  • Little By Little Light

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 22, 2008
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     | 3,235 views

    LITTLE BY LITTLE LIGHT In verses 4-5, John says, "In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it." Have you ever been driving on a two-lane highway at night and the car coming toward you doesn't dim their lights? ...read more

  • That's Grace

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    THAT’S GRACE Spurgeon illustrated grace with this story in his book, All of Grace. A man visited a woman he knew to be in great financial need. He visited with a generous gift to help her with her expenses. He knocked at the door. She heard the knock, panicked and hid so no one would know she was ...read more

  • Love Tore Down The ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 19, 2008
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    Love Tore Down The Wall Some years ago, a couple decided they could not live together anymore. They separated and started divorce proceedings. Dr. J. Mike Minnix, Editor, PastorLife.com. Through their lawyers, they agreed to meet at the home and divide the property. As they went through the home ...read more

  • In The First Half Of The 17th Century, Germany ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 14, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
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    In the first half of the 17th century, Germany was in the midst of wars and famine and pestilence. In the city of Eilenburg lived a pastor by the name of Martin Rinkart. During one especially oppressive period, Rinkart conducted up to 50 funerals a day as a plague swept through the town and as the ...read more

  • Bread In The Hand

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008
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    BREAD IN THE HAND David used what he had--a sling. For the little boy at the feeding of the 5,000 it was five loaves and two fish. For Samson it was the jawbone of a donkey. God can use anything. The major problem is workers in the Philippines nowadays have a personal slogan: "No support, no ...read more

  • Shaping The Stone Down Here

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
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    SHAPING THE STONE DOWN HERE A famous evangelist told the following incident: I have a friend who in a time of business recession lost his job, a sizable fortune, and his beautiful home. To add to his sorrow, his precious wife died; yet he tenaciously held to his faith -- the only thing he had ...read more

  • How Should A Christian Walk?

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Jul 29, 2025
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    Have you ever noticed how novelists or movie directors make use of the way a person walks to highlight his or her character? Proud man walks erect, their heads held high. Beautiful women glide or float. Villains slouch, sneak, creep, or swagger. The need to describe different ways of walking has ...read more

  • The Parable Of The Good Muslims  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 14, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,851 views

    THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD MUSLIMS It is difficult to imagine more bleak circumstances; the young mother and her small children, truck packed full of all of their belongings, were in process of moving from rural North Carolina to the mother’s childhood home in Connecticut. Life had taken a tragic ...read more

  • No People In History Have Had As Many ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 21, 2000
    based on 164 ratings
     | 3,485 views

    No people in history have had as many opportunities to hear the truth about God, to learn how salvation can be found by turning to Jesus Christ, than those who live in this country at the end of the 20th Century. Do you realize there are 450,000 churches in the United States. In fact, 24% of ...read more

  • You Have Established A New Relationship With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rob Clifton on May 23, 2001
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    "You have established a new relationship with the powers of darkness. Whatever you were before you were a Christian- straight, horoscope reader, witch, warlock, or satanist- you are now a sworn foe of the legions of hell. Have no delusions about their reality or their hostility, but do not fear ...read more

  • Poem: Within The Gates  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 10, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,283 views

    I love to step inside a church, To rest, and think, and pray; The quiet, calm, and holy place Can drive all cares away. I feel that from these simple walls There breathes a moving sound Of sacred music, murmured prayers, Caught in the endless round. Of all that makes our human life; Birth, ...read more

  • C.s. Lewis In "Mere Christianity" Said About ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 23, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
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    C.S. Lewis in "Mere Christianity" said about Jesus, “A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic—on the level with a man who says he is a poached egg—or he would be the devil of hell. You must take your choice. ...read more

  • Martin Luther: In 1540 He Had An Assistant And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 7, 2002
    based on 51 ratings
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    Martin Luther: In 1540 he had an assistant and friend named Friedrich Myconius. Friedrich had become sick and was on his deathbed and wrote Luther a farewell letter. Luther immediately sent a reply, ‘I command you in the name of God to live because I still have need of you in the work of ...read more

  • Remember That William Carey, The Father Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 1, 2002
    based on 35 ratings
     | 1,556 views

    Remember that William Carey, the Father of modern missions told his churches, If you will hold the ropes, I will go down to look for the lost." He started out with only six supporters but ended up staying 47 years in India and setting in motion the entire modern missionary movement because of those ...read more

  • I Was A Member Of The Young And Restless In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 3, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,015 views

    I was a member of THE YOUNG AND RESTLESS in THE GENERAL HOSPITAL in the city of DALLAS. I was waiting to see THE DOCTORS. They told me I was at THE EDGE OF NIGHT, my condition was very serious. Suddenly, I realized I had just ... ONE LIFE TO LIVE. I wanted to see ALL MY CHILDREN before I entered ...read more