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  • Questions For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    QUESTIONS FOR SELF-EXAMINATION Andrew Murray, whose devotional books are still popular nearly a century after his death, said this: "It is when we face ourselves and face Christ, that we are lost in wonder, love and praise. We need to rediscover the almost lost discipline of self-examination; and ...read more

  • The Ambush Of John Wesley Powell

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
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    THE AMBUSH OF JOHN WESLEY POWELL John Wesley Powell, lost his arm in the Civil War. This, however, did not stop him from becoming a hero. "Back in 1869 conventional wisdom said that passage through the Grand Canyon on the Colorado River was impossible. It couldn’t be done. The back country ...read more

  • Adding To The List—communion Meditation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2003
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    ADDING TO THE LIST- COMMUNION MEDITATION If you’ve ever seen the movie “Schindlers List,” you might remember a clandestine wedding that takes place one night in the barracks. The marriage is between 24-year old Joseph Bau, prisoner number 69082, and Rebecca Tannenbaum, the manicurist of Amon ...read more

  • Divorce Cycle Is Being Broken Adult Children Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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    Divorce Cycle Is Being Broken Adult children of divorced parents have a much lower likelihood of experiencing divorce themselves today than 20 years ago. Compared with those who didn’t divorce, they have a: 49% higher split-up rate. In ’73 it was 172% higher. 34% higher rate of teen-age marriage. ...read more

  • Have You Notice How Much People Like To Talk... ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jul 23, 2002
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    Have you notice how much people like to talk... Here are some statistics on the average American. If you are the average American you 30 conversations a day and you’ll spend 1/5 of your life talking. In one year your conversations will fill 66 books of 800 pages each. If you’re a man, you ...read more

  • The Hope College Women's Basketball Team Had ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Oct 13, 2004
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    The Hope College Women’s basketball team had made it to the national playoffs. The final game saw Hope 20 points behind with 10 minutes left to play. The team remained calm and began to narrow the gap. Then with just 5 seconds remaining, a 3 point basket tied the game. The final score was decided ...read more

  • Divorce Accepted  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    DIVORCE ACCEPTED A record 70% of Americans believe divorce is morally acceptable (up 59% from ’00), finds Gallup’s ’08 Values and Beliefs Survey. Marriage Savers’ Mike McManus says, “Since 1970, that’s 42 million divorces, shattering the lives of 40 million children. We have the highest divorce ...read more

  • Street Clothes

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    STREET CLOTHES On March 5, 1994, Deputy Sheriff Lloyd Prescott was teaching a class for police officers in the Salt Lake City Library. As he stepped into the hallway he noticed a gunman herding 18 hostages into the next room. With a flash of insight, Prescott (dressed in street clothes) joined the ...read more

  • Unchurched Insights 1-Most Prefer To Attend ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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    Unchurched Insights 1-Most prefer to attend church on Sunday morning if they attend. 2-Most feel guilty about not attending church. 3-96% are somewhat likely to attend church if invited. 4-Very few have had someone share how to become a Christian with them. Christians have not been particularly ...read more

  • Fruitfulness As God's Work  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2009
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    FRUITFULNESS AS GOD’S WORK A few years ago, the Associated Press released a study done by an agricultural school in Iowa. It reported that production of 100 bushels of corn from one acre of land, in addition to the many hours of the farmer’s labor, required 4,000,000 pounds of water, 6,800 pounds ...read more

  • Satan’s Power Is ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 7, 2010
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    Satan’s Power is Permitted Lest we be we be terrified by our adversaries,” it is well to remember that Satan’s power is not inherent but permitted (Rom. 13:1). It is not unlimited, but controlled (Job 1:12; 2:6). It is not invincible, but broken (Luke 11:21-11). It is not assured of success, but ...read more

  • Two-Year-Old Boy Addicted To Smoking In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 8, 2010
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    Two-Year-Old Boy Addicted to Smoking in Indonesia An Indonesian father claims his two-year-old son is addicted to cigarettes, a newspaper reported. Mohammad Rizal, from the Southeast Asian country’s Musi Banyuasin province, said his son Rizal is hooked on tobacco after having his first cigarette at ...read more

  • A Few Years Back The Movie The Titanic Came Out. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 11, 2007
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    A few years back the movie the Titanic came out. It was a box office smash. People seemed once again fascinated by this tragedy at sea. About 1,500 people lost their lives in this ship wreck tragedy. This great ship was said by the media to be: “Unsinkable” – even God himself could not sink her ...read more

  • No Place To Hide

    Contributed by Rick Palmer on Oct 14, 2018
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    In 1980 I was hired as a City Police Officer in a small Midwest town with a population of 2200. The first week on duty we closed an investigation of a local man who held a position in the School system. He had gained the confidence of the parents, students, and the community. After a traffic ...read more

  • Finally, We Give, Give, Give. Jesus Left His ...

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jun 13, 2005
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    Finally, we give, give, give. Jesus left his heavenly throne, laid aside the glory that was his, and came to us. He gave his life on the cross of Calvary that we might be redeemed and reconciled to God. He gave us life, and he has blessed us beyond even our ability to measure. Giving is a ...read more

  • I Used To Be Petrified Of Making ‘phone Calls; So ...  PRO

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jul 28, 2007
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    I used to be petrified of making ‘phone calls; so it seems funny that I should later spend 5 years doing ‘phone based mortgage arrears collecting (91 to 96)! I can remember being 16 or 17, picking up the phone, knowing that I needed to dial, not knowing what I would say when the phone got answered ...read more

  • Heart Like A Jaffa Cake

    Contributed by David Moore on Nov 14, 2008
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    HEART LIKE A JAFFA CAKE Did you ever wonder why a Jaffa Cake is a Jaffa Cake and not a Jaffa Biscuit? Apparently HM Customs and Excise wondered the same thing, especially when cakes are VAT free and biscuits incur 17.5 percent, so given the popularity of Jaffa Cakes the government decided to ...read more

  • Loyalty And The Promotional Bottleneck

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2011
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    LOYALTY AND THE PROMOTIONAL BOTTLENECK Peter Drucker gave this warning to those who would push back this principle, "Contrary to popular legend, subordinates do not, as a rule, rise to position and prominence over the prostrate bodies of incompetent bosses. If their boss is not promoted, they will ...read more

  • Twilight Of The Book In 1937, 29% Of American ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
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    Twilight of the Book In 1937, 29% of American adults told the pollster George Gallup they were reading a book. In ’55, only 17% were. In ’78, a survey found that 55% had read a book in the previous 6 months. The question was even looser in ’98 and ’02; 71% of Americans had read a novel, short ...read more

  • God Has To Judge All People But All Have A Choice!

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Nov 6, 2022
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    Genesis 6:11-22 Devotional v11-12.. original Hebrew word for “corrupt” alludes to “going to ruin” Why was the earth “going to ruin”? • Full of violence….. malicious (a desire to cause harm) and wrong • All the people “corrupted” their ways v13: God calls Noah! Why? – there are many ...read more