Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 22, 2009
MAKE THE MOST OF OPPORTUNITY
Teach your children about the Lord early and often. Why? From birth to 18th birthday is 6570 days. These will pass quickly. Add to this that teaching opportunities are limited during the first two years (infancy), and the last four (due to adolescence), days
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Dean Courtier on Oct 12, 2009
REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS
Hugh Evan Hopkins said "The problem of evil arises largely from the belief that a good God would reward each man according to his deeds and that an almighty God would have no difficulty in carrying this out. The fact that rewards and punishments, in the way of happiness and
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 24, 2002
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In 1960, Israeli undercover agents orchestrated the daring kidnapping of one of the worst of the Holocaust’s masterminds, Adolf Eichmann. After capturing him in his South American hideout, they transported him to Israel to stand trial.
There, prosecutors called a string of former
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
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"The neglected heart will soon be a heart overrun with worldly thoughts; the neglected life will soon become a moral chaos; the church that is not jealously protected by mighty intercession and sacrificial labors will before long become the abode of every evil bird and the hiding place for
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Contributed by Davidson Goh on Aug 7, 2007
If this statement is true – we are people with great potential to do evil.
Take a moment to examine ourselves – did we ever do this in our lives:
- Did you ever want to cheat?
- Did you tell a lie to cover up something you did which was not right?
- Did you ever
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
IT IS A WELL KNOWN FACT, THAT HOLLYWOOD IS FIXATED ON A WORLD ENDING SCENARIO, EVIDENCED IN THE 1998 MOVIE: ARMAGEDDON, WHICH CHARACTERIZES GOOD AND EVIL AS AN ASTEROID TWICE THE SIZE OF TEXAS, AND BRUCE WILLIS, THE GOOD GUY, WHO SAVES THE WORLD FROM DESTRUCTION.
H. ARMAGEDDON GROSSED $201,573,391
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Contributed by Martin Wiles on Apr 30, 2002
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George Barna’s research of 1996 and 1997.
1. Many professing Christians believe that people are inherently good, that our primary purpose is to enjoy life and that our most important responsibility is to take care of our family.
2. 81% believe that the Bible teaches that God helps those who help
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Baptist
Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
ILLUSTRATION
The example of EVIL in the 20th century.
1. 6,000,000 Jews murdered in gas chambers.
2. 7,000,000 gypsies/others
3. Russia slaughtered 20,000,000 Ukrainians
4. 1.5 million Armenians killed
5. tens of thousands
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Baptist
THE AUTHORITY OF THE BODY
When Preacher John Wesley was a student at Oxford Unversity, he was shocked by the amount of drinking done by the students. (Wonder what he would think about college students today?)
After writing to his mother, Susanna Wesley, for her counsel, he received the following
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 16, 2008
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WHY DOES GOD ALLOW HARDSHIP?
We live in a mixed-up, messed-up world. Sometimes terrible things happen that don't make any sense at all, and we wonder why?
Steven Curtis Chapman is one of the best known singer-songwriters of contemporary Christian music. Over the last 15 or 20 years his songs have
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Baptist
Contributed by Scott Maze on Feb 15, 2007
Jackie Robinson was the first black
major-league baseball player.
He was the victim of racial hatred nearly everywhere he played baseball.
There were fast balls thrown at his hear and curses and slurs hurled at him from the dugouts and stands.
One day, playing at home in Brooklyn, Jackie
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Baptist
Contributed by Dan Waite on Nov 25, 2005
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“The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” C. S. Lewis noted that the effect of the rule of the White Witch, which represents evil, is to cause it to be “always winter but never Christmas.”
Winter eventually wears on even those who love it. It becomes burdensome and is occasionally
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Free Methodist
Contributed by Brian Menear on Feb 23, 2007
Some Christians don’t believe in Hell or The Devil. We should have 3 problems with that.
1 Calling God a liar-It is written in his Word, therefore it is true.
2 Calling Jesus a liar-He talked about it so it’s true.
3 Setting themselves up for a big shock
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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