Walker Percy, in his book Lost in the Cosmos, describes a scenario that can help us be a little more introspective. Imagine you’re bringing your garbage can out one evening. You roll it down your driveway, out to the street and you see your neighbor, John.
You say hi, and he says hi.
Then he
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Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
For those of you who weren’t here a couple of weeks ago - before he became a preacher John Newton was a wicked man. If there was something evil he could do... and he could figure out a way to do it… he did it.
In fact, his wickedness was so obvious, that when his ship, the Greyhound, was caught in
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on Dec 24, 2008
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LIGHTING CANDLES ON CHRISTMAS EVE
Every time on Christmas Eve that I light my candle, I catch myself staring into the flame – I can’t seem to help it. There, I hold one small ordinary candle with a small flickering light. In of itself, my little flame doesn’t cast much light, but I don’t know,
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In the city of Chicago a blizzard was setting in. A little boy was selling newspapers on the corner. The people were in and out of the cold. The little boy was so cold that he wasn’t trying to sell many papers. He walked up to the policeman and said, "Mister, you wouldn’t happen to know where a
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2001
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"There is no doubt in my mind that there are many ways to be a winner, but there is really only one way to be a loser and that is to fail and not look beyond the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2003
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THE SOURCE OF NATIONAL SECURITY
"It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation’s humble acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence."
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Oct 14, 2009
“On Monday murder is wrong. On Tuesday there are special circumstances. On Wednesday there are psychological factors to consider, eg. a rough childhood. On Thursday it’s the
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Orthodox
Contributed by Charles Wallis on Nov 17, 2008
In a local mall, someone noticed that the lingerie store with scantily clad women on the windows was next door to a children’s store. Could it be a coincidence that the
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
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"Holiness does not consist in mystic speculations, enthusiastic fervours, or uncommanded austerities; it consists in thinking as God thinks, and willing as God wills."
John Brown, Nineteenth-century
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Gene Gregory on Nov 21, 2005
A Christian of years ago put it this way, “Many experience displeasure when they see others in possession of spiritual goods. They feel sensibly hurt because others surpass them on this road, and
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Baptist
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