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  • I Want You To Imagine With Me For A Minute We Are ...

    Contributed by Andrew Drummond on Jul 3, 2008
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    I want you to imagine with me for a minute we are all living in a time when we had no fire. We have no way to produce a great deal of warmth at night; we have no way to cook what we kill in the forest. Someone has told that all we need to do is pray for it and it will come. So imagine we want to ...read more

  • The Visit

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on Dec 9, 2008
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    THE VISIT As Dr. Charles B. Hardwick points out (in his sermon “The Promise”, 2nd Presbyterian Church, 12/24/07): "On that Silent Night, God kept His promise: the God of the universe became flesh and blood and moved into the neighborhood – moved into a stable, moved into a feeding trough.. . God ...read more

  • Once-In-A-Lifetime Show

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME SHOW I read a fascinating article last week that invited me to watch a breath-taking phenomenon that only occurs once every 44 years. It is the aligning of Jupiter and Venus with the Moon. Added to this amazing spectacle, viewed best with binoculars because the evening light ...read more

  • John Taylor Recently Invented A Clock Called The ...

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jan 19, 2009
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    John Taylor recently invented a clock called the Chronophage. Literally it means time eater. It was donated to Corpus Christi College at Cambridge. It combines the Greek word for time, chronos, and the word phageo meaning “to eat”. A monster-looking grasshopper with a mouthful of teeth devours ...read more

  • Suffice It To Say That No Revival Is Of Sudden ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 30, 2009
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    Suffice it to say that no revival is of sudden origin. When the revival manifests itself in a mighty way it comes suddenly as in the days of Hezekiah, but even so, its origins begin with the Holy Spirit of God moving effectively in individual lives in private. Let no one pray for revival—let no one ...read more

  • Donald Grey Barnhouse: The Truck And Its ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 14, 2009
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    Donald Grey Barnhouse: The Truck and Its Shadow Donald Grey Barnhouse, famous preacher of the past century wrote of driving his children to his wife, and their mother’s funeral; “I was driving with my children to my wife’s funeral where I was to preach the sermon. As we came into one small town ...read more

  • Love Your Heart Attack?

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 12, 2009
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    LOVE YOUR HEART ATTACK? Bob Benson, in his book, "See You At The House," tells of a good friend who had a severe heart attack and almost died, but was now well on the road to recovery. Visiting him, Bob asked, "Bill, how do you feel about your heart attack?" Bill answered, "I hate it. It nearly ...read more

  • Wellington ...

    Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Jul 30, 2010
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    Wellington defeated! -- The Battle of Waterloo, fought on 18 June 1815, was Napoleon Bonaparte's last battle. His defeat put a final end to his rule as Emperor of the French. After Napoleon returned from exile and was restored to power, many states which had previously resisted his rule formed the ...read more

  • Reputation And Character

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
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    REPUTATION AND CHARACTER Character is the one thing we make in this world and take with us into the next. The circumstances amid which you live determine your reputation; the truth you believe determines your character. Reputation is what you are supposed to be; Character is what you are. ...read more

  • The Miracle Of Sight  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2011
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    THE MIRACLE OF SIGHT 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

  • God's Word Described  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 14, 2012
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    GOD’S WORD DESCRIBED An unknown writer said, "This Book is the mind of God, the state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners, and the happiness of believers. Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding; its histories are true, and its decisions are immutable. Read it to be wise, ...read more

  • The Fundamental Idea Of Spirit In Hebrew And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Apr 6, 2005
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    “The Fundamental idea of Spirit in Hebrew and Greek is breath, air, wind, storm – the intensity depending on the context. It may be a gentle breath (John 20:22), a gale-force wind (Ex 15:8), a cooling breeze (Gen 3:8). Most essentially Spirit is transcendent and divine, not mere flesh; it is the ...read more

  • In 1915, A Russian Armenian Was Reading His Bible ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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    In 1915, A Russian Armenian was reading his Bible when he was beheaded. I saw the Bible—large, thick, and well used. Inside was a reddish stain that permeated most of the book. The stain was the blood of this man, one of more than a million casualties of a religious and ethnic holocaust. About 70 ...read more

  • A Recent Survey By America's Most Popular Teen ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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    A recent survey by America’s most popular teen magazine revealed that only 4.1% of the teenage girls in America feel they could to go their father to talk about a serious problem. Even more recently, USA Today published the eye-opening results of a study of teens under stress. When asked where they ...read more

  • A Heavy Wagon Was Being Dragged Along A Country ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
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    A heavy wagon was being dragged along a country lane by a team of oxen. The axles groaned and creaked terribly, when the oxen turning around thus addressed the wheels, “Hey there, why do you make so much noise? We bear all the labor, and we—not you—ought to cry out!” Those complain first in our ...read more

  • A Good Gift: The Key Attribute That Distinguishes ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    A Good Gift: The key attribute that distinguishes a good gift is something that the recipients will like, but is unlikely to buy for themselves. Because most gifters look for something that is more emotional, rather than practical, they turn first to entertainment and recreation goods, such as ...read more

  • Silver Shoe Kid

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
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    Story – Silver shoe kid. I worked for years in a department store. There was this kid that worked in the China Department. A place of high value products. This kid was offered a much better position – turned it down! Why? Because he walk out each day with a set of silverware I each shoe. Big ...read more

  • Back When I Was A Teen, We Used The Word "Cool." ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 12, 2007
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    Back when I was a teen, we used the word "Cool." It has turned into "Khuuul" but still means the same thing. What you think is "cool" is where your mind is going to be If you think walking closely with God is cool, you are more likely to walk with God… if you feel like your faith was forced upon ...read more

  • C. S. Lewis Gives A Good Example Of How ...

    Contributed by Rusty Davidson on Feb 19, 2007
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    C. S. Lewis gives a good example of how continuing in sin looks. In his book, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, a character comes across a treasure kept by a dragon. Rather than avoid the layer of the dragon, the character sleeps on the treasure and dreams of what he will do with it. Then Lewis ...read more

  • Blind Skiers Were Featured In The 1988 Winter ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ray Searan on Feb 21, 2007
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    Blind skiers were featured in the 1988 winter Olympics. How did they ski being blind? They were paired with sighted skiers who would simply yell, "LEFT" or "RIGHT" when the time came to turn, and the blind skiers obeyed without question! Their obedience brought reward. When we cannot see what God ...read more