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  • In A Book Called

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 7, 2009
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    In a book called “Rethinking the Church,” James Emery White tells this story. He was speaking at a conference where he mentioned using contemporary music to help those who haven’t grown up in the church to receive the truth of the gospel. Afterward, an elderly woman came up to speak to him. With ...read more

  • Sharpen The Ax

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Jun 5, 2009
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    SHARPEN THE AX Back in the 1800’s a young man was looking for a job and went to the local logging company to apply for a job. The foreman asked him if he could cut a tree down with an ax. The young man said yes, and proceeded to take his ax, walk over to a tree and drop it like an old pro. The ...read more

  • Security

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 28, 2009
     | 4,516 views

    SECURITY Consider this story in relying upon God: The 3-year-old felt secure in his father’s arms as Dad stood in the middle of the pool. But Dad, for fun, began walking slowly toward the deep end, gently chanting, “Deeper and deeper and deeper,” as the water rose higher and higher on the child. ...read more

  • The Scripture Texts We Will Be Looking At Today ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 11, 2009
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    The Scripture texts we will be looking at today continue to paint a portrait of two lives. These two life stories communicate to us today the importance of having integrity and a strong relationship with the Lord. David’s story shows how he was a man after God’s own heart. The result of this ...read more

  • Businessman Risks Life For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
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    Businessman Risks Life for Money Suze Orman in her book, “9 Steps to Financial Freedom” writes: When I was 13, my dad owned his own business—a tiny shack where he sold chicken, ribs, hamburgers, hot dogs, and fries. One day the oil that the chicken was fried in caught fire. In a few minutes the ...read more

  • New Partner In Law Firm Encouraged With Words, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2009
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    New Partner In Law Firm Encouraged with Words, "You’re One of Us" [YOU’RE ONE OF US] A new partner in the law firm was discouraged. The senior partners had set extremely high standards and had coached him carefully. He did well in some minor trials, but he lost his first big case. The partners ...read more

  • Everybody Hates Chris: Right Day, Wrong Year

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Nov 23, 2009
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    EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS: RIGHT DAY, WRONG YEAR Once there was a covenant with Noah, with Abram, with Moses, and with David, but now there is a NEW covenant written in the blood of Jesus. That promise, that contract, never expires. It is guaranteed by God's action, not our actions. The word often ...read more

  • Donald Grey Barnhouse Scratches A Mark On A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 1, 2010
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    Donald Grey Barnhouse Scratches a Mark On a Postal Box to Make a Point Some years ago Donald Grey Barnhouse was counseling a young woman on the sidewalk in front of a church following an evening service. She said she was a Christian and that she wanted to follow Christ. But she wanted to be famous, ...read more

  • Sundowning  PRO

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Oct 6, 2010
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    SUNDOWNING As I walked into the room I had visited only that morning I noticed that some people, had an increased CONFUSION, RESTLESSNESS AND INSECURITY. I met the Asian woman with such beautiful eyes who HALLUCINATES and HEARS VOICES each afternoon. I had a quiet conversation with a woman who, ...read more

  • Separation From Your Love

    Contributed by Michael Buckingham on Jun 24, 2011
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    SEPARATION FROM YOUR LOVE I remember once there was girl I loved so much in my youth, I thought that we would be together forever, and I thought that I could never live without her! But now I hardly ever think about her... the truth is that I really can live without her. So what changed between ...read more

  • Philippi And Ebay

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Jul 30, 2011
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    PHILIPPI AND EBAY How would you rate your self as a Christian on a scale from 1 to 10? Better yet how would your family and friends rate you on the same scale? People see you and I on a different perspective than we do ourselves. For the people who have Internet, I’m sure have encountered eBay at ...read more

  • What Are We Preaching?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 31, 2011
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    WHAT ARE WE PREACHING? False teachings abound whenever people do not know the truth. Many of our churches today do not teach the truth because many pastors do not know the Bible. In our seminaries, almost 50 percent of professors now teach that there was no virgin birth of Jesus, and that story ...read more

  • Someone Who Understands

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Nov 6, 2011
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    SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS He painted a sign advertising the pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down into the eyes of a little boy. "Can I have a puppy?" "Sure," said the farmer. ...read more

  • 1 Peter 4:12 "Dear Friends, Do Not Be Surprised ...

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Nov 11, 2011
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    1 Peter 4:12 “Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you.” I have a doctor’s appointment this morning to see what is going on. I am tried all the time, can hardly move with pain and a host of other ailments. OK so I ...read more

  • Christ And The Law Of Compound Probability

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Jan 1, 2012
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    CHRIST AND THE LAW OF COMPOUND PROBABILITY In the book, Science Speaks, Professor Peter Stoner used "the Law of Compound Probability," to assess some of the prophecies relating to Christ. Simply stated, this law is used to calculate the odds against a "chance" fulfillment of such predictions when ...read more

  • Finishing The Race

    Contributed by Paul Steen on Jul 12, 2014
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     | 8,628 views

    My wife and I watched as Danny, our youngest son, competed in the Carnival of Champions back when he was in elementary school. He was entered in the half-mile race. It was two laps around the track. When the starting gun sounded, he quickly leapt ahead of everyone and built a sizable lead. He had ...read more

  • Abandoned At Seventeen

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Dec 8, 2014
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    One of the characters in Kent Haruf’s novel Plainsong, is Victoria, a seventeen-year-old girl who is four months pregnant. When her boyfriend finds out about her condition, he breaks up with her. And when her mother finds out, she kicks her out of the house and says to her, “You got yourself into ...read more

  • Feed Them

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Sep 12, 2016
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    The thing is that Jesus did perform the miracle, but he didn’t feed the five thousand. You may be thinking here; Andrew you’re just being a bit silly about this. But for Jesus disciples this was one of those great learning moments. The disciples rock up with a problem and Jesus says we'll solve it, ...read more

  • Follow The Light

    Contributed by Tim Baker on Jan 5, 2018
     | 6,804 views

    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

  • On The Middle Day Of A Three Day Fishing Trip To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 16, 2007
     | 1,597 views

    On the middle day of a three day fishing trip to Barkley Lake (Eddyville, KY) I would have done equally well had I taken no fishing gear with me. I went all day without a single bite. Rarely has that ever happened to me. I was skunked. As we were returning our boat to the dock that evening at ...read more