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  • The Spirit Is A Light

    Contributed by Michael Buckingham on Aug 8, 2011
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    THE SPIRIT IS A LIGHT If there was no light, we would all be as blind people, we could see no colours, all would be dark inside. We wouldn’t be able to read this Bible if there was no light. You see the Christian life is like a journey. And God has given us a road map, which is the Bible. Now ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Deacons And Lights

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Oct 7, 2011
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    DEACONS AND LIGHTS In our church, we have someone that does the maintenance and replaces light bulbs and things like that. They do not want their pastor to do this for two good reasons: 1) I know very little about maintenance, and my church knows that I know very little. 2) They don't want the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Looking At The Light

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 6, 2012
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    LOOKING AT THE LIGHT A pastor told a story of a man in his congregation who had lost literally hundreds of thousands of dollars. He owed everybody. One day the pastor asked him, "How in the world are you even surviving? How can you smile? How can you be enthusiastic about Jesus and about life when ...read more

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  • Let There Be Light

    Contributed by Herbert Armstrong Bosantog on Nov 5, 2012
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    LET THERE BE LIGHT When God said, "Let there be LIGHT". There was LIGHT! And that LIGHT is still EXPANDING. Kolb and Turner wrote, "Since the UNIVERSE has a finite age, and LIGHT travels at a finite speed, there may be events in the past whose LIGHT has not had time to reach us." There were ...read more

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  • Light In The Darkness  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Angus on May 20, 2013
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    LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS Some of you may be familiar with the name Catherine Marshall. She was a wonderful Christian author who wrote such classics as Christy, which became a television series. There was an occasion in her life when she felt as if the flame of God’s love had gone out. It started ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Reflecting The Light  PRO

    Contributed by Everette Pafford on Feb 27, 2014
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    REFLECTING THE LIGHT A well-known Bible teacher has just finished speaking to a large class of business people on the Christians' responsibility to be light in the world. He had emphasized the as believers we all have the obligation to reflect the Light in the world, the Lord Jesus. After the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • The Need For Lights

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    THE NEED FOR LIGHTS Benjamin Franklin wanted to interest the people in Philadelphia in street lighting. He did not call a town meeting nor try to persuade the people by talking about it. He acted upon what he considered a good idea. He hung a beautiful lantern on a long bracket in front of his ...read more

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  • Light Of The World

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 25, 2008
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    A boatman and a scholar were once travelling on a boat. During the journey, the scholar asked the boatman, "Do you know philosophy?" "No," he replied. "Do you know psychology?". "No." "What about geology?" "Nope!" "I suppose you don’t know accountancy, huh?" "No, not at all." "Hm... ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • The Need For Lights

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2008
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    The Need for Lights Benjamin Franklin wanted to interest the people in Philadelphia in street lighting. He did not call a town meeting nor try to persuade the people by talking about it. He acted upon what he considered a good idea. He hung a beautiful lantern on a long bracket in front of his ...read more

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  • The Light Of Hope  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    THE LIGHT OF HOPE As Craig T. Kocher in his commentary on our text states, "Christian hope is fundamentally different from optimism. Christian hope locks its steely eyes on the devastation of the world around it, and readily acknowledges that things may not get better. Christian hope does not bury ...read more

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  • The Light That Saves

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    THE LIGHT THAT SAVES The story is told of a remarkable event that took place a little more than 30 years ago in the Gulf of Mexico. Darrel Dore was working on an oil rig when the rig suddenly started to wobble. Before too long, the rig tipped to one side and crashed into the water. Darrel found ...read more

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  • A Light Of Hope  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    A Light of Hope There is a story about how the caverns north of Yellowstone National Park were discovered. As the story goes, one of the original explorers was walking along the top of that mountain and fell through a hole, and he dropped down several hundred feet into this cavern and was stuck in ...read more

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  • Light In The Darkness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 11, 2009
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    LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS I remember a story told to me by a friend who flew combat choppers in Viet Nam. He was radioed to a secret mission one night which required him to fly in total darkness, totally by instruments. Hovering above a jungle under heavy cloud cover, he told me that it seemed you ...read more

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  • Follow The Light

    Contributed by Tim Baker on Jan 5, 2018
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    When I flew airplanes regularly landing at night was very different than daylight. I would use the instruments to guide me to the airport over most of the trip, but since I was a VFR pilot I would use my eyes outside of the cockpit to land the plane. In the daylight using your eyes to land was ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • A Light In The Dark

    Contributed by Carl Allen on Jul 8, 2022
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    While leaving in Germany, I had the fortune of going camping in the black forest. I found out quickly why they call it the black forest. When the sun goes down it is pitch black and you can barely see your hand in front of your face. We had just finished setting up camp and I had to run back out ...read more

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  • Power To Be The Light

    Contributed by Joshua Blackmon on Jun 3, 2024
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    Smartphones are amazing pieces of technology. Everything my generation went to RadioShack to purchase is now all together in the palm of our hand, including our flashlights. My grandfather loved flashlights. It was okay to get him a new one each year for Christmas or his birthday. He would take a ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • The Light Of The World

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Jan 20, 2025
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    Did you know that on the 2nd of January first thing in the morning, just the other day, like in the wee small hours this occurred, and the next night this occurred? [Photos of Aurora Australis] The second one is not the sunset, that is 3am at Blockhouse Bay in Auckland, the first is Queenstown. Did ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • A Candle Loses None Of Its Light By Lighting ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    A candle loses none of its light by lighting ...read more

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  • Muslims Who Turn To Christ

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2011
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    MUSLIMS WHO TURN TO CHRIST In an article in Breakpoint entitled "Drawn to the Light--Why Muslims Convert to Christianity" , Dr. Dudley Woodberry, professor of Islamic Studies...aware that throughout the world Muslims have been turning to Christ, was curious about the reasons why--especially in ...read more

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  • Illustration Of Light And Darkness

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 4, 2006
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    Illustration of Light and Darkness Somebody has got to tell the world about Jesus and the worlds eternal fate. Imagine walking into a cave and seeing all of the pit wholes and drop-offs and seeing the danger and possibilities of death and then some one turning off all the lights and imagine the ...read more

    Denomination: Pentecostal