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  • The Other 19 Percent

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
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    THE OTHER 19 PERCENT Even if they’re unsure of it, most people want to believe in Heaven, and most people have some concept of it. TIME took a poll 10 years ago, and 81% of the people they surveyed said they believed in the existence of Heaven, where people lived forever with God after they ...read more

  • As A Family We Recently Made Use Of A Disposable ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Sep 14, 2009
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    As a family we recently made use of a disposable barbeque. We’ve owned proper barbeques in the past but we haven’t had one for a few years so when my wife suggested a few weeks ago that I should barbeque some burgers in the garden I remembered that we had a few disposable barbeques in the garage. ...read more

  • Signs Of The End Times - Dr. David Reagan ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 22, 2009
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    Signs of the End Times - Dr. David Reagan http://www.lamblion.com/articles/articles_signs3.php The re-establishment of the nation of Israel is a classic example of an end time historical sign. Over and over again the Hebrew Scriptures prophesy that in the end times, right before the return of the ...read more

  • Results Of Materialism--Bankruptcy, Prison And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
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    Results of Materialism--Bankruptcy, Prison and Suicide Let me share a story with you about how Satan attacks a Christian. First, Satan shot a poisonous dart at his heel; but the Christian was unharmed because his feet were protected with the message of God’s peace. Next, Satan shot an arrow at his ...read more

  • Rare Italian Automobile Good Only For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2009
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    Rare Italian Automobile Good Only for Show I heard this week about a very, very special automobile. It was built in the 1920’s by the Italian manufacturer Bugatti, and it was designed to be sold to the outrageously wealthy. This car was equipped with 450 horses under the hood; it was some 22 feet ...read more

  • There’s No Way He Should Have Been On The ...

    Contributed by Brian Buriff on Mar 1, 2010
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    THERE’S NO WAY HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE MEDAL STAND A. 19 Yr-Old Speed-Skater JR Celski. 1. Going into final turn the 1,500-meter short-track speed skating final 2. J.R. Celski was fifth – skating behind Apolo Ohno who was in 4th 3. The South Korean skaters had a firm grasp on the gold, ...read more

  • Still Preparing When The Party Is Over

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 21, 2010
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    STILL PREPARING WHEN THE PARTY IS OVER My youngest grandson had his first birthday recently. My daughter wanted to make it special for him and she invited all her friends with young children to come. SHE SPENT WEEKS PLANNING THIS PARTY. We spent a good week just setting it up. We wanted it to be a ...read more

  • A Small Congregation In The Foothills Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 25, 2010
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    A small congregation in the foothills of the Great Smokies built a new sanctuary on a piece of land willed to them by a church member. Ten days before the new church was to open, the local building inspector informed the pastor that the parking lot was inadequate for the size of the building. Until ...read more

  • The Absence Of A Loving Father  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
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    THE ABSENCE OF A LOVING FATHER Dr. Paul Vitz, Professor of Psychology at New York University, studied the lives of more than a dozen of the world's most influential atheists over the last four centuries. As a result, Vitz discovered they all had one thing in common: defective relationships with ...read more

  • James Montgomery Boice On Eternal ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 30, 2010
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    James Montgomery Boice on Eternal Security James Montgomery Boice has a wonderful picture to show how Jesus preserves believers for all eternity: I have sometimes thought that what Jesus did in uttering these words was like something a carpenter often does. Sometimes in rough carpentry a workman ...read more

  • God Leads His Dear Children Along

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
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    GOD LEADS HIS DEAR CHILDREN ALONG Haldor Lillenas, founder of a noted music-publishing company, made his way to the United States from Scandinavia. His first years in this country were hard, but a kind lady befriended him and taught him the English language. More importantly, perhaps, she told ...read more

  • My Supreme Weapon Is Dying.

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Mar 30, 2011
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    "MY SUPREME WEAPON IS DYING." Joseph Ton was pastor of Second Baptist Church, Oradea, Romania, until he was exiled by the Romanian government in 1981. In Pastoral Renewal, he writes of his experience: "Years ago I ran away from my country to study theology at Oxford. In 1972, when I was ready to ...read more

  • Walt Disney's Leadership  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 30, 2011
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    WALT DISNEY'S LEADERSHIP Walt Disney was a remarkable man of vision. He never gave up. Early in his career a newspaper fired him because they thought he had "no good ideas". That just made Disney try harder. When he was starting out in Kansas City he couldn't sell his cartoons. Some hinted that he ...read more

  • Eating A Bald Eagle  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2011
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    EATING A BALD EAGLE A forest ranger is making rounds in a remote part of the wooded reserve when he comes across an unkempt man, sitting at a make-shift campfire, and, to the ranger's astonishment, eating a fish and a bald eagle. The man is consequently put in jail for the crime. He was soon ...read more

  • A Share In The Treasure  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Sickler on Dec 26, 2011
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    A SHARE IN THE TREASURE A great European king was so enraged at the report of Muslim victories that he immediately joined the crusade to drive Islam out of Palestine. This great king took his army and spent many years fighting in a crusade to free Palestine from Islamic domination. When he left ...read more

  • Too Often, Churchgoers Can Become ...

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 5, 2012
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    Too often, churchgoers can become “spiritual hitchhikers”. Have you ever been driving along the road when suddenly you saw a hitchhiker ahead? What’s the universal symbol of the hitchhiker? (his thumb) His thumb signal is giving a message loud and clear, "If you will furnish the car, the ...read more

  • Leadership Magazine Carried This Story About 4 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    LEADERSHIP MAGAZINE CARRIED THIS STORY ABOUT 4 YOUNG, BIBLE COLLEGE STUDENTS, WHO WERE RENTING A HOUSE TOGETHER. “ONE SATURDAY MORNING SOMEONE KNOCKED ON THEIR DOOR AND WHEN THEY OPENED IT, THERE STOOD THIS BEDRAGGLED-LOOKING OLD MAN. HIS EYES WERE KIND OF MARBLEIZED, AND HE HAD A SILVERY STUB OF ...read more

  • I Would Become The Corn ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    "I WOULD BECOME THE CORN MYSELF." The story is told of two men who were traveling in the country of England a number of years ago. They had stopped at an inn for the night and had gotten settled in for the night when the village came alive with the shouts of alarm. A fire had broken out in a row ...read more

  • What Will You ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    WHAT WILL YOU DO? Henry Ford gave away millions of dollars to many different causes in his lifetime, but he was notorious for the fact that he refused to give any money at all to schools. He felt that well-meaning but non-businesslike people frequently mishandled those gifts. Now, there was a ...read more

  • Easter: Freed By Grace

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Easter: Freed By Grace A life connected to the "Ever-Flowing Life of Easter" is a meaningful life and it is a life "Freed by Grace." Romans 11:6 says, "And if by grace, then it is no longer by works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace." Ephesians 2:8-10 says, "For it is by grace you have ...read more