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One difference between Christianity and other world religions. Christianity teaches us that we are lost persons and can not find God by ourselves (e.g. the parables of the lost sheep and lost coin). So God’s Son, Jesus Christ came to find us out. In other world
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 9, 2002
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A young girl grows up on a cherry orchard just above Traverse City, Michigan. Her parents, a bit old-fashioned, tend to overreact to her nose ring, the music she listens to, and the length of her skirts.
They ground her a few times, and she seethes inside. "I hate you!" she screams at her father
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on May 24, 2004
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THE LOST SHEEP- COMMUNION MEDITATION
Have you heard the story of Shrek, the merino sheep that had evaded capture and shearing for 6 years? When he was finally discovered in his high mountain cave of New Zealand by musterer Ann Scanlan, he was almost unrecognizable as a sheep. The first thing his
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 11, 2004
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THAT’S WHEN THE ANGELS REJOICE
There’s a gospel song entitled, “That’s When The Angels Rejoice” written by Larry Bryant:
When the Model T first hit the street,
It didn’t bring all heaven to its feet.
And when the first computer was born,
They didn’t blow Old Gabriel’s horn.
There’s only one thing
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 11, 2004
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LOST IN AMERICA
According to the North American Mission Board Research Division, there are 192 million lost people in America today and that number is growing by almost 2 million
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 11, 2004
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FINDING DETROIT
Mary Brumbaugh’s husband, an airline pilot, often has difficulty locating items around the house. One day he asked Mary where the salt was. Annoyed, she responded, "How on earth can you find Detroit at night in a blizzard, but you can’t find the salt in your own kitchen?"
"Well,
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LOST AND FOUND
Our tummies rumbled --it was time for lunch. "What do ya say we head-in," I asked, as the girls strapped in. We careened down the mountain and caught the chairlift. My baby and I rode on one chair, behind her two, older sisters in another. The view ahead would make a great shot,
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Lutheran
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 17, 2019
Ann Punton writes, “Although everyone dressed more or less alike according to social standing, each village had some distinguishing feature. Bethlehem women wore a conical cap. When they married, their husband gave them a number of silver coins which they fixed to their hat. The coins were their
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Independent/Bible