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  • The Church--A Hospital For Sinners (The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 7, 2009
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    The Church--A Hospital for Sinners (The Ragamuffin Gospel) "The Ragamuffin Gospel was written with a specific reading audience in mind. This book is not for the super-spiritual...It is not for legalists who would rather surrender control of their souls to rules rather than run the risk of living ...read more

  • Wm Barclay Once Said, "Jesus Did Not Say You Are ...

    Contributed by John Perry on Feb 8, 2010
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    Wm Barclay once said, "Jesus did not say you are the light of the church. He said ...read more

  • The Church: The Balm Of Healing  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2010
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    THE CHURCH: THE BALM OF HEALING In the book, The Empowered Communicator, Calvin Miller says that most people we come in contact with are silently thinking: • I am loneliness waiting for a friend • I am weeping in want of laughter • I am a sigh in search of consolation • I am a wound in search of ...read more

  • Priorities In Life And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2010
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    Priorities in Life and Church Several years ago, because of all the tornados in the area, a developer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, offered an optional tornado-safe room in the new homes he was selling. Nine of the first ten buyers opted to pay the extra $2,500 for the room, which can also be used as a ...read more

  • How To Hug

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2010
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    HOW TO HUG A man walked by a book store, and in the window saw a book with the title How to Hug. Being somewhat of a romantic, he went in to buy the book. To his disappointment, he discovered that it was a volume of an encyclopedia covering the subjects "How" to "Hug." Everyone knows that the ...read more

  • Walking In A Rut

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Aug 23, 2010
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    WALKING IN A RUT Have you ever felt as if you were in a rut? Some years ago, me, my brother and daughter went hiking on the Appalachian Trail on the North Carolina, Tennessee border. It is an area called the Bald Mountains because you actually walk over the tops of the mountains. It is grasslands ...read more

  • Looks Great, But What Does It Do?

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Dec 17, 2010
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    LOOKS GREAT, BUT WHAT DOES IT DO? I once read about a certain Mr. Wahlstrom who purchased an old bombsight and took it apart to see what made it work. As he began to put it back together, he decided to add to it some spare parts he had from other projects. Over time, friends and neighbors took an ...read more

  • It

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Jan 15, 2011
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    "IT" Did any of you see a film that came out in the 90s - "The Adams Family". There's a creature named "it" that is a hand that runs around on its own [mime it]. St Paul tells us the church is the body of Christ. We are all parts of a body interconnected with each other. But if we try to be ...read more

  • Only Copy The Original

    Contributed by Allan Kircher on Feb 11, 2011
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    ONLY COPY THE ORIGINAL By studying the book of Acts we'll give ourselves a biblical STANDARD to follow. This is important because the sad truth is many churches don't pattern themselves after God's original design. Instead they organize themselves and operate according to the latest trend. They ...read more

  • Anna's Stories

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2011
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    ANNA'S STORIES A thirty-four-year-old German woman named Anna Rosmus recently told the tragic story of what happened in her hometown in Germany during World War II. Speaking at Carson-Newman College in Tennessee, she told of growing up in Passau, Germany, years after the war. As a teenager, she ...read more

  • The Church As A China Cabinet

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2011
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    THE CHURCH AS A CHINA CABINET Bryan Wilkerson talks about a sterling silver tea set that a family member gave him and his wife as a reminder of her love for them. It’s quite old and beautifully made, and it sits on a stand in their dining room. There's only one problem: they can’t use it. The ...read more

  • Wahlstrom's Wonder  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2011
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    WAHLSTROM'S WONDER I once read about a certain Mr. Wahlstrom who purchased an old bombsight and took it apart to see what made it work. As he began to put it back together, he decided to add to it some spare parts he had from other projects. Over time, friends and neighbors took an interest in the ...read more

  • De-Sanctified Churches

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 19, 2011
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    DE-SANCTIFIED CHURCHES Not too long ago, a real estate listing in Dallas had the simple headline: "Converted Church." In other words, what had once been a church facility is now somebody's house. The listing under the heading had this description: "The altar has been adapted for use as a granite ...read more

  • The Church Without Outreach

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2011
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    THE CHURCH WITHOUT OUTREACH Fred Craddock tells the story of his first church. It was a beautiful little white church on a hill in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The church was beautifully maintained. The pews had been hand-hewn from giant poplar trees that had grown nearby. Little kerosene lamps on the walls ...read more

  • For Some Strange Reason We Think That The ...

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 2, 2011
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    For some strange reason we think that the righteous go to church. That is Pharisee thinking. The Pharisees were the teachers and rulers of the law. They felt that they knew more than anyone else and were also above everyone else. The church should be viewed as a hospital and not a place ...read more

  • Kingdom Infrastructure

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 10, 2011
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    KINGDOM INFRASTRUCTURE America’s economic health is partly dependent upon infrastructure: speedy roads, bridges, trains, electrical capacity, usable water, high speed internet, trained or skilled workers, etc. Healthy churches are foundational to getting God’s work done: they support the ...read more

  • The Mortal Work Of Art

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 16, 2012
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    THE MORTAL WORK OF ART Shelley Jackson is a writer. Yet, you cannot read anything she's written in a magazine, book or screen. Instead, you have to look at people. Her story is written on human skin. Her story is called "Skin." Jackson calls it "a mortal work of art." It is a fictional piece ...read more

  • Storage Wars. ...

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 6, 2012
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    I enjoy watching a TV show called Storage Wars. In this reality show people bid on storage units that have been abandoned after having five minutes to look at them from the doorway. I enjoy watching because many times they find some great treasures worth a lot of money buried in all the other ...read more

  • We Are Here! We Are Here!

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 23, 2013
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    WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE! From movie, "Horton Hears a Who!" Clip from movie about 5 minutes. The "Who" people with the help of Horton shouted, proclaimed, cried out and made themselves heard -- it was life and death by the way -- they did this to let the rest of the world around them know that ...read more

  • No Room Giving?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 26, 2022
     | 922 views

    NO ROOM… THE SAD STORY CONTINUES… In the early 70’s Linda and I were at my Mom and Dad’s for Christmas. We had no children. My Dad pastored 65 years, 42 in Frankfort, Ky. There were 5 of us children. We had a traditional spot where we all sat around the tree. Mom, my wife and my sister distributed ...read more

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