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  • On Nimrod

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 16, 2012
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    ON NIMROD Josephus wrote: "Now it was Nimrod who excited them to such an affront and contempt of God. He was the grandson of Ham, the son of Noah, a bold man, and of great strength of hand. He persuaded them not to ascribe it to God, as if it were through his means they were happy, but to believe ...read more

  • Literal Hell

    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Jul 23, 2012
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     | 5,519 views

    LITERAL HELL When it comes to believing in hell I think of the story of Dr. Maurice Rawlings a noted and celebrated coronary care doctor, who writes of his conversion to belief in a literal hell in Beyond Death’s Door. In 1977 he was giving a stress test to a man who was having chest pains. In the ...read more

  • Worship At A Garbage Dump

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 21, 2012
     | 6,034 views

    WORSHIP AT A GARBAGE DUMP Imagine a town built atop an active landfill. That is "Garbage City" in Cairo, Egypt, longtime home to an impoverished, marginalized community of Coptic Christians for whom life is only going to get harder. The so-called Zabbaleen have been the trash collectors of Cairo ...read more

  • The Hobbit: Denying Yourself  PRO

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 15, 2013
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     | 7,572 views

    The Hobbit: Denying Yourself In the movie “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” there is a scene where the Bilbo Baggins, the Hobbit who is accompanying 13 dwarves on a mission, unexpectedly disappears and seems to have abandoned the dwarves during a crucial battle. They were losing. Bilbo does ...read more

  • Sleepless Dads!

    Contributed by Eduardo Quintana on Oct 4, 2015
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     | 2,426 views

    You’ll probably not get six continuous hours of good sleep ever again. And if you do, you’ll never admit it because it will make your wife mad for the broken-up sleep she got when she got up and took care of the teething child. Dads, there is nothing more comforting to your little one than to have ...read more

  • Dr Cephas Mashiyach

    Contributed by Dr. David Hallum on Sep 28, 2016
     | 5,674 views

    Dr Cephas Mashiyach Suppose I were to tell you about a fabulous preacher that I encountered by the name of Dr Cephas Mashiyach? The power of his preaching and his dynamic sermons is unsurpassed. People come from miles around everywhere he goes. Then I told you that Dr Mashiyach was available to ...read more

  • Daddy, Tell Me About The Facts Of Life.

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 18, 2017
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     | 7,414 views

    Corrie Ten Boom’s father was being pursued by German authorities for housing Jews, which was a punishable crime under Hitler. He had to hurry away from the home one evening after packing his bag for a long, unknown trip to hide away. At the train station and in the middle of a highly tense ...read more

  • Some Thoughts About The First Easter

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Dec 25, 2019
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    Before the first Easter, the world was under a number of separations: --Political distinctions: various nations, but in that time, Roman Empire. Provinces, leaders --Geographical: some traveled far, others stayed near their home territory; Jewish males had to make three trips to Jerusalem ...read more

  • Unheeded Warnings

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 10, 2021
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    WHAT CAN POOR PLANNING DO? UNHEEDED WARNINGS… NOT READY? UNEXPECTED? THE GREAT MOLASSES TSUNAMI? What are you expecting at 12:40 PM in the afternoon? Children were playing. Those that worked the night shift were sleeping. Let us understand what SORGHUM MOLASSES really is… Molasses is something ...read more

  • In The Early 1900's A Major Revival Began In Los ...

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 3, 2008
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    -In the early 1900’s a major revival began in Los Angeles. It became known as the Azusa Street Revival. What the Holy Spirit did there was really quite revolutionary for its time. Here is what Dr. Gary McGee of the Assemblies of God writes about Azusa St.: According to the Los Angeles Times, a ...read more

  • I Saw That Kind Of Wellspring Of Abundant Life ...

    Contributed by Steve Miller on Mar 16, 2008
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    I saw that kind of wellspring of abundant life this week on the internet when I saw Nick Vujicic. He’s a 25 year old man, born without arms or legs, but has a marvelous wellspring of Abundent life like no other I’ve seen… [Play clip from http://lifewithoutlimbs.org/ or read the following excerpt ...read more

  • In 1988, Author Robert Fulghum Had A Book ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
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    In 1988, author Robert Fulghum had a book published entitled, “All I really need to know I learned in Kindergarten”. The idea behind the little book was that since the basics of human social behavior are taught us as young children, such as kindness, fairness, cleaning up after yourself, sharing ...read more

  • Sid Caesar In Early 1950s – Carl Reiner, As An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 1,621 views

    Sid Caesar in early 1950s – Carl Reiner, as an airport reporter, is interviewing Sid Caesar as Professor Von Houdinoff, an expert on magicians. Reiner: As I understand what you’re trying to explain, your book is saying there is a connection between the illusions of magicians and what happens to ...read more

  • The April 2008 Newsletter From Timberdoodle (A ...

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Apr 8, 2008
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    The April 2008 Newsletter from Timberdoodle (a supplier for homeschooling families) noted a problematic teaching in a Children’s Study Bible used in Sunday school. Referring to Matthew 3.12, the footnote said, “This means that Jesus will come to separate the good people from the bad people, saving ...read more

  • What Is The Biggest Problem In The Church?

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 1, 2008
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    WHAT IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN THE CHURCH? Relevant Magazine, in their May-June 2008 issue, asked a bunch of church leaders this question: "Faith: What is the biggest problem facing the church today?" Here are some of their response from pages 73, 74: a. Shane Claiborne: "One of the most dangerous ...read more

  • 27 Things Not To Say To Your Spouse

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 20, 2008
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     | 2,683 views

    27 THINGS NOT TO SAY TO YOUR SPOUSE There is nothing more painful than having unhealthy communication with the one you love. It is through communication that we connect and our spirits touch. If that connection becomes contaminated, it is only a matter of time before the whole relationship is ...read more

  • From The First Flight At Kitty Hawk Where The ...

    Contributed by Charles Mallory on May 28, 2008
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    FROM THE FIRST FLIGHT AT KITTY HAWK WHERE THE WRIGHT BROTHERS FLEW THEIR AIRCRAFT FOR 12 SECONDS, AT 120 FEET JUST A MERE 20 FEET OFF THE GROUND TO THE AWE-INSPIRING MACH-2 SPEED OF THE LOCKHEED-MARTIN F-22 RAPTOR, WE HAVE WELCOMED CHANGE IN AERONAUTICS. FROM THE 1908 MODEL-T FORD WITH A TOP SPEED ...read more

  • The Old Rugged Cross

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
     | 2,393 views

    THE OLD RUGGED CROSS In 1913 George Bennard was struggling with a problem that caused him much suffering. His mind went back again and again to Christ’s anguish on the cross. This was the heart of the Gospel! The cross he pictured was no gold-covered icon. It was a rough, splintery thing, stained ...read more

  • Rules. The World, Our Culture, Our Families... ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,219 views

    Rules. The world, our culture, our families... all have rules. Without rules, our world would be in anarchy, chaos. Some rules are called laws. We have civil laws and criminal laws. Break a civil law and it can cost you a lot of money or other material wealth. Break a criminal law, and you could ...read more

  • Bob Pierce, Founder Of World Vision Had Advanced ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 1, 2008
     | 1,886 views

    Bob Pierce, founder of World Vision had advanced leukemia, but he went to visit a colleague in Indonesia before he died. As they were walking through a small village, they came upon a young girl lying on a bamboo mat next to a river. She was dying of cancer and had only a short time to live. ...read more