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  • Jehovah-Shalom: The Lord Send Peace (Judges ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 9, 2008
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    Jehovah-Shalom: The Lord Send Peace (Judges 6:24) Jesus! whose blood so freely stream'd To satisfy the law's demand; By Thee from guilt and wrath redeem'd, Before the Father's face I stand. To reconcile offending man, Make Justice drop her angry rod; What creature could have form'd the plan, Or ...read more

  • The Joy Of Salvation

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 7, 2009
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    THE JOY OF SALVATION The late great English Congregationalist clergyman and church leader, Robert William Dale (1829-1895), once wrote: "We do not please God more by eating bitter aloes than by eating honey. A cloudy, foggy, rainy day is not more heavenly than a day of sunshine. A funeral march ...read more

  • The Great Philanthropist Stanley S. Kresge Was ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 26, 2007
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    The great philanthropist Stanley S. Kresge was often in the company of college presidents or other fund-raisers asking for endowment or financial aid. During the course of discussion, Mr. Kresge would always ask one question, "Do you think the world is better today than it was 2,000 years ago?" I’d ...read more

  • There Are Many Heresies Among Us; All Of Them ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 15, 2002
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    There are many heresies among us; all of them detract from the eternal truths of God. The most dangerous one is the one we hear as the new theme of political speeches and commencement addresses. This heresy is rooted in academia and thrives in prideful minds. This heresy is very evident in popular ...read more

  • The Cross And Antichrist In History  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 15, 2002
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    THE CROSS AND ANTICHRIST IN HISTORY Massachusetts Bay Colony was the scene of "The Great Migration" wherein thousands of religious dissenters came over to the New World to make a new life for themselves in the company of "saints" and other Puritans. Right off quick they passed laws regulating ...read more

  • Let Me Tell About A Man Who In My Book Is A ...

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
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    Let me tell about a man who in my book is a world-hugger. His parents called him Billy Frank. His wife calls him Bill. His face is drawn by the gravitational pull of years. The wrinkles on his brow betray a life of hard work and stress. His legs are weak. So, too, his arms. His hands ...read more

  • It Depends Whose Hands It's In  PRO

    Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Jan 26, 2003
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    IT DEPENDS WHOSE HANDS IT’S IN A basketball in my hands is worth about $19 A basketball in Shaquille O’Neal’s hands is worth about $19 million a year. It depends whose hands it’s in A baseball bat in my hands is worth about $12 A baseball bat in Jeff Bagwell’s hands is worth $17million a year. It ...read more

  • Everyone Experiences Christmas A Little ...  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on Dec 14, 2003
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    EVERYONE EXPERIENCES Christmas a little differently than others. Here are some quotes I found from women authors... "Evidently, Christmas was an unmitigated joy only for the people who inhabited department-store brochures and seasonal television specials. For everyone else the day seemed to be a ...read more

  • Emergents: The Age Of The Baby Boomer Ended In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
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    Emergents: The Age of The Baby Boomer ended in ‘03. Baby Boomers believed in big dreams, and personal freedom,. Today’s generation believes in small actions, reality, and social obligation. A Baby Boomer anchored his or her identity in their career. The emerging generation sees their her job only ...read more

  • Loss  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Liang on Jan 21, 2006
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    Loss After William Carey (1761-1834) was well established in his pioneer missionary work in India, his supporters in England sent a printer to assist him. Soon the two men were turning out portions of the Bible for distribution. Carey had spent many years learning the language so that he could ...read more

  • Many Years Ago, The British Sailing Ship, Royal ...

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Feb 9, 2007
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    Many years ago, the British sailing ship, Royal Charter, after a voyage around the world, was approaching its home port of Liverpool. At that time, Dr. William M. Taylor was a pastor in that city, and the wife of the first mate was a member of his church. Crowds of people waited throughout the ...read more

  • Recently, I Caught A Segment On Tv Of A Movie ...

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Dec 15, 2009
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    Recently, I caught a segment on TV of a movie called Jack. It’s the story of a boy that ages four times faster than usual. Robin Williams plays the role of Jack. He enters public school for the first time in the fifth grade. Though he has the emotional and mental development of a fifth grade ...read more

  • Supreme Sacrifice

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 21, 2011
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    SUPREME SACRIFICE In January 2001, Seiko Sakamoto, a Japanese plasterer in a Tokyo subway station, fell into the path of an oncoming train. Lee Su Hyun, a Korean student in Japan, leaped down on the tracks to save Sakamoto. Both Hyun and Sakamoto were killed. This selfless act by the Korean ...read more

  • The Purpose Of Life  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
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    THE PURPOSE OF LIFE There's a guy named Hugh Morehead who 45 years ago began a hobby of writing to famous philosophers and scientists and authors and asking them, "What is the purpose of life?" The responses he got back were depressing at best. Isaac Asimov wrote back, "As far as I can see there ...read more

  • Do Not Slander. What Is Slandering? It Can Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2012
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    Do not slander. What is slandering? It can be called many things such as: backstabbing, mud-slinging, bad-mouthing, and it could also include condemning someone. Whatever it is, it doesn’t sound good from the pages of scripture. ILL.- William Cowper (English poet) said, “He that slanders me paints ...read more

  • Depression

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Aug 14, 2014
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    The World woke up to the shocking News on August 13th 2014. The King of Comedy-Robin Williams- who lit so many smiles in many a countenance of his “global audience” had apparently committed suicide due to severe depression. For some time now his apparently happy face had masked a heavy heart ...read more

  • The Influence Of A Pastor's Wife

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Aug 12, 2019
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    When William Booth, the founder of The Salvation Army, felt the call of the Lord to go into the streets of London and begin ministering to street people, he stood in a Methodist Conference meeting and requested permission from the presiding bishop to be released from his church to go into the ...read more

  • To The Best Of Our Knowledge, The New Hebrides ...

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 25, 2008
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    “To the best of our knowledge, the New Hebrides had no Christian influence before John Williams and James Harris from the London Missionary Society landed in 1839. Minutes after going ashore, both missionaries were killed and eaten by cannibals” (John Piper, online paper). Eighteen years later, ...read more

  • What’s Giving Thanks All ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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    What’s giving Thanks all about A. The pilgrims did it 1. In 1621, the pilgrims celebrated the first harvest at Plymouth 2. To them, it was a religious holiday celebrating all that God gave them The Pilgrim Proclamation of 1623 Inasmuch as the great Father has given us this year an abundant ...read more

  • The Best News No One Heard

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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    THE BEST NEWS NO ONE HEARD Take the year 1809. The international scene was tumultuous. Napoleon was sweeping through Austria; blood was flowing freely. Nobody then cared about babies. But the world was overlooking some terribly significant births. For example, William Gladstone was born that ...read more