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Bill Prater
Contributing sermons since Jan 1, 2000
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Getting Back On Courseq
Contributed on Jan 26, 2001
Sin does not necessarily destroy our hopes of a victorious life nor does it disqualify us from receiving the best that God has for us..
NAVIGATING THE NEW YEAR Getting Back on Course Three weeks ago, when I started this series on "Navigating the New Year", my purpose was to try and encourage you to get everything out of the year 2001 that the Lord had for you. My desire was not to preach a series of fluffy, feel good, ...read more
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Don't Sink The Ship
Contributed on Jan 21, 2001
What I hope to convey to you in this message, and what I hope we will all go away from here with, is an understanding of the destructiveness of sin.
NAVIGATING THE NEW YEAR Don’t Sink the Ship When we ended the message last week, we did so with the children of Israel celebrating the Destruction of their Enemy and rejoicing because of the Depth of their Victory. Although they didn’t make much sense to them, the Israelites followed the ...read more
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Overcoming The Obstacles
Contributed on Jan 12, 2001
Like the Israelites of old, many of us find ourselves staring at an obstacle of some kind that stands between us and the spiritual goals we have set for ourselves for the new year.
NAVIGATING THE NEW YEAR Overcoming the Obstacles Bette Nesmith had a good secretarial job in a Dallas bank when she ran across a problem that interested her. Her thought was, there must be a better way to correct typewriter errors? Having had some art experience, she knew that artists who ...read more
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Sermon On The Mount Lesson 34
Contributed on Jan 8, 2001
Lesson 34
As we approach the end of the Lord’s Sermon on the Mount, we are faced with some of the most solemn, sober, soul-searching words ever to proceed from the lips of the Son of God. I. THE DANGER OF DECEPTION vs. 21-23 In the previous verses Jesus encouraged us to be on the lookout for false ...read more
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Sermon On The Mount Lesson 33
Contributed on Jan 8, 2001
Lesson 33
It’s sad to say, but many in our society today have bought into the notion that truth is relative. In other words, truth depends on how you define it. What is true for one individual may not necessarily be true for another. What is true today may not necessarily be true tomorrow. Consequently, ...read more
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Navigating The New Year
Contributed on Jan 5, 2001
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Sermon On The Mount
Contributed on Dec 29, 2000
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In An Article Dated 4/9/97, A Writer For Usa ...
Contributed on Jan 21, 2001
In an article dated 4/9/97, a writer for USA Today wrote: Scientists now say that a series of slits, not a giant gash, sank the Titanic. The opulent, 900-foot cruise ship sank in 1912 on its first voyage, from England to New York. Fifteen hundred people died in the worst maritime disaster ...read more
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The Late President Calvin Coolidge Returned Home ...
Contributed on Jan 21, 2001
The late president Calvin Coolidge returned home from church one Sunday afternoon and found his wife sitting in the chair. Unable to go that day, she was still interested in what the preacher had to say. She asked her husband what the preacher spoke about and he said, "Sin." Like most women, a ...read more
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Bette Nesmith Had A Good Secretarial Job In A ...
Contributed on Jan 12, 2001
Bette Nesmith had a good secretarial job in a Dallas bank when she ran across a problem that interested her. Her thought was, there must be a better way to correct typewriter errors? Having had some art experience, she knew that artists who worked in oils just painted over their errors. So she ...read more
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I Read A Story About Walter P. Chrysler. At The ...
Contributed on Jan 12, 2001
I read a story about Walter P. Chrysler. At the time he was a master mechanic on a railroad. He was 35 years old and he bought his first automobile with borrowed money. It was a $5,000.00, four-door Locomobile. The car was delivered to his hometown in Iowa and then towed to a barn at the ...read more
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The Story Is About A Man By The Name Of Larry ...
Contributed on Jan 5, 2001
The story is about a man by the name of Larry Walters, a 33-year-old man who decided he wanted to see his neighborhood from a new perspective. So, he went down to the local army surplus store and bought forty-five used weather balloons. That afternoon he strapped himself into a lawn chair, to ...read more