Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2009
DECEPTION: THE TROJAN HORSE
I doubt you’ll recognize this man. His name is Heinrich Schliemann. In 1871, Heinrich Schliemann began to fulfill a dream he’d had since his youth. He started excavating an ancient city in Turkey. He was looking for the lost city of Troy. And to the amazement of many,
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on Sep 21, 2009
DECEPTIVE FLOWERS
I have a friend who is a pastor at a church in the lower 48 who was telling me about the flowers in his church. His church, like ours, will take the flowers that were in the worship service that morning, and give them to shut ins or someone who is in the hospital.
He said he
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Dana Visneskie on Feb 8, 2004
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Research from Barna concerning Leadership:
The Deception of Effective Leadership
Most pastors are content with the way things are going in their ministry. A national survey among pastors revealed that a majority feel they are doing an excellent or good job in leading people spiritually in
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Steaven Snow on Oct 12, 2004
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The Devil’s Great Deception
Last Saturday, two ladies from the church were out soul-winning. As they approached a large yellow house with quaint burgundy shutters, they noticed the ramp leading up to the front door. It led up to a large porch with a swinging gate. When they knocked on the
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 20, 2009
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Check-Out Line Deception
And in verse 7, Jeremiah is mad at God! He says "O LORD, you deceived me, and I was deceived; you overpowered me and prevailed. You tricked me!"
(From a sermon by Marc Axelrod, When You Are Mad at God, 10/20/2009)
This reminds me of the guy who was shopping at WalMart.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
Looks are so deceptive that people should be done up like food packages with the
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Contributed by Chad Prather on Sep 27, 2002
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Pride is dangerously deceptive. A while back I had been doing some work
on the computer when it crashed and I lost all my work. I came upstairs and
Vanessa was amazed at how good my attitude was. She said, “Are you
okay after losing your work?” I said, “Well, the computer certainly
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on May 31, 2007
Sin is deceptive. It is like an apple worm, which is really codling moth larva. On the outside of the apple you see a small hole, a little blemish. But when you open the apple up it is ruined.
There are few experiences that equal biting into a crisp, flavorful apple, but few worse than finding
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Methodist
Mac Hammond in his book “Doorways to Deception” says, “Satan cannot afflict you with the destructive effects of the curse unless you allow it by choosing, with your own free will, something that opens you up to those effects. Think about it for a moment. Satan is not called the father of
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Brian La Croix on Apr 26, 2009
So how do we avoid deception? There’s only one main way to do that:
By studying the truth.
I had heard years ago that bank tellers and such are trained to spot counterfeit money by studying the real stuff so much that they can spot the phony stuff right away.
I wasn’t sure if that was really
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
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On one occasion Norman “Kid” McCoy, who was welterweight boxing champion in 1896, was fighting a contender who had the misfortune of being deaf. Once McCoy discovered his opponent’s disability, he wasted no time in taking advantage of it. Near the end of the third round McCoy stepped back a pace
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Contributed by Ken Pell on Mar 14, 2011
THE LION KING: JESUS' CHURCH
Disney's movie "The Lion King" features a young lion named Simba who is destined to rule the jungle but finds himself "on the outs." As the story opens, his father takes him to "Pride Rock" (the equivalent of a throne) and shows him his inheritance ... he would rule as
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Nazarene