Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"It is a delusion to seek a sort of ready-made perfection which can be assumed like a garment; it is a delusion, too, to aim at a holiness which costs no trouble, although such holiness would no doubt be exceedingly agreeable to nature. We think that if
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Contributed by Hugh Laing on Mar 1, 2010
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C. S. Lewis made these insightful observations about temptation: “No man knows how bad he is until he has tried very hard to be good. A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. That is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 18, 2000
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Choices have to be made by all of us at some time. A poet (James Russell Lowell) put it like this: "Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide; Some great cause, God’s new Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight; Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the
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Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Mar 26, 2001
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Queen Victoria was much loved. She made unexpected calls on the farm folks who lived in cottages. Any day might be a royal day, and the Scots had a chair prepared for her visit. Their houses were kept spotless. They were a clean and wholesome people, but her announced visits added to the joy of
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Nov 22, 2001
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Someone made the wise comment: "To linger is to court ruin. Delay is the craftiest net of Satan. It is the terrible pitfall, out of which there are rare escapes" (Henry Law). When God speaks to us
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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Perhaps you read the email that made the rounds the week of Sept of 11th. It was called “What a Difference a Day Makes." It is particularly appropriate during our national holiday of Thanksgiving:
On Monday, we e-mailed jokes.
On Tuesday, we did not.
On Monday, we were fussing about praying in
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Contributed by Rick Stacy on Jun 3, 2002
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In April of 2001 an attorney friend of mine made a commitment to Christ. His life so changed in the last year that one his peers noticed. While he was in my friend office one day he asked what had brought about the change he saw. My friend told him that he had committed his life to Jesus.
The
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A bar of steel worth $5, when made into ordinary horseshoes, is then worth $10. If this same $5 bar is manufactured into needles, the value rises to $350. And yet if it’s made into delicate springs for expensive watches, it is worth more than $250,000. The same bar of steel is made more
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 13, 2005
Islam is growing in the US, and has made its strongest inroads into the African -American community. More than 90% of the converts to Islam in the US are African-American males. They seen Christianity is
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Wesleyan
Max Lucado describes the choice Joseph made to be obedient by comparing it to going out on a limb for God. He claims,
Quote from Max Lucado (TAKEN OFF A SERMON TAPE):
Joseph was perched firmly on his branch in the tree. It was thick, reliable and perfect for sitting. It was so strong that he
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