Contributed by Ken Pell on May 31, 2013
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The New Birth (John 3 & 2 Cor. 5:17)
"Hoarders"
Have you ever watched the show, "Hoarders?" It's about people who have a hard time throwing things away. They simply collect and, eventually, the clutter overwhelms them.
The thing about a hoarder is that, unless there is a change within, the
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Nazarene
Contributed by Thomas Cash on Mar 4, 2011
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THE NEW BIRTH DAY
The day we come to Christ is our “New Birth” Day!
Spurgeon: "It was the beginning of life to me when I saw Jesus dying in my place."
The day of our salvation eclipses our birthdays, our graduations, our
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 16, 2008
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Dr. Kevin Leman in his The New Birth Order book shares a typical pattern of how children turn out based upon birth order; it is by no means without exception. Here is a typically scenario in a family of three children not too many years apart…
Usually the first born is a bit of a perfectionist
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2009
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BOICE ON THE VIRGIN BIRTH
One well-known Christian author, James Montgomery Boice, eloquently documents amazing things Jesus’ virgin birth, sinless life and sacrificial death accomplished for mankind as an amazing sign of His love.
Jesus endured a human birth to give us a new spiritual birth.
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Contributed by Kevin Barron on Dec 28, 2012
Steve McGuire, our retired county judge, mentioned to me the other day that when someone wishes him “Merry Christmas,” he will sometimes tell them, “I wish you a happy birthday for Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior!” He has seen, like all of us need to see, that Christmas was not just the lights
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United Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 5, 2004
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THE BIRTH FORETOLD
About 500 before Jesus was born - a man named Buddha came along. He established a religion we know of as Buddhism, and many people gathered around him and tried to live by his teachings. But before he was born, nobody ever said:
“Hey somebody is going to come along and he will
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Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
THE MIRACLE BIRTH
Mike Hermanstorfer was clutching his pregnant wife's hand in a Colorado hospital on Christmas Eve last year when she stopped breathing. Mike’s wife, Tracy, went into cardiac arrest during labor. Doctors told him, "We're going to take your son out now. We have been unable to
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 13, 2004
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“The fact of Jesus’ birth is the final and immeasurable proof that God
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2007
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Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects
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Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Mar 21, 2011
THE BIRTH OF THE POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN
A visit to a fledgling Head Start program in Marks brought home the reality of rural poverty to Dr. King and Ralph Abernathy. "We looked around the primitive schoolhouse and saw them watching us, wide-eyed and silent, having been told who we were," Abernathy
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United Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
DESPISED AT HIS BIRTH (cf. V. 3)
He was born a favored son when he was born to Rachel. It also was not Joseph's fault that he was being despised because of who he was born to, and also when he was born.
PRACTICAL APPLICATION: We are only born once, physically and all have the opportunity to be
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Historians have been puzzled about the census. The one taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria. While all this begins to explain why Mary and Joseph were in Bethlehem, Luke is making a point. The birth of this little boy is the beginning of a confrontation between the kingdom of God - in all its
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2009
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SKEPTICISM ABOUT THE VIRGIN BIRTH
A group of Bible scholars have unanimously agreed that Jesus had a human father, but they are uncertain who it was. Thus, according to these scholars, Jesus was not born of a virgin, was not conceived by the Holy Spirit, was and is not literally the Son of God,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2008
Teen Births Up The U.S. birth rate among teens 15 to 19 rose 3% in ’06, the first such increase since ’91. The finding surprised scholars and fueled a debate about whether abstinence-only sexual education efforts are working. Robert Rector, a Heritage Foundation senior research fellow, says that
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Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 22, 2007
Surgery for the “New Born”
Several years ago an orthopedic surgeon performed an operation on my son to repair a torn ACL. The operation didn’t restore his knee to its original condition, but it did allow him to walk, even though he still experiences pain from time to time.
Recently my wife had
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 24, 2009
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MARGARET’S STORY
A young woman named Margaret had spent decades battling depression and anxiety that were traced back to a horrible day in school when a Teacher, frustrated with her tardiness, made her stand in front of the room and invited all the students to come up to the board and write
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