Contributed by Ken Pell on May 19, 2013
PROTECTING HIS BATS
Japanese-born big-leaguer Ichiro Suzuki is one of the best hitters in baseball. He has led the Major Leagues in regular season hits on seven occasions.
To state the obvious, you hit a baseball with a bat. Ichiro Suzuki seems to be more aware of that obvious fact than other
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Nazarene
Contributed by Rick Boyne on May 6, 2018
When I was a little boy, I had a whole set of Tonka Toy cars, trucks, dump trucks, tractors, and even an excavator! It seems like we always had a pile of dirt to play in, or at the very least our gravel driveway. I could play with them in the mud; I could play with them in the garage; I could play
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Baptist
Main Idea: When a person is caught sinning, he or she often tries to make an excuse, but the reality is that no excuse can justify a person’s sin.
Verse: “Then the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate” (Genesis 3:12 NKJV).
One day my wife Jessica
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Charismatic
Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 31, 2022
As a lawyer, as a congressman, as Governor of Ohio, and as President of the United States, William McKinley had a close relationship with his mother. He either visited her or sent a message to her every day. When she became seriously ill, he arranged to have a special train standing by, ready to
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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Moments with mothers ... and with grandmothers.... Often become the foundation ...of memories ... that in turn ... become stories ... that are shared within the family... for many years.
And as Children ... I have found ... we relate....... to our mothers ...differently .... through the
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Anglican
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 10, 2002
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JESUS DIED FOR MARY TOO--Communion Meditation
Mark Lowry, a Christian comedian observed that Mary’s silence at the cross always amazed him. If he were being crucified in the middle of town, his mother would have "Pitched a fit", but Mary never said a word. Lowry wondered if maybe what made the
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You know, it does you no good to find a treasure if you don’t know what you’ve got. Now, I’m the kind who always thinks a treasure might be around the corner. I haven’t ever bought lottery tickets or anything like that, but I used to always play those prize-winning games they had at McDonalds.
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Christian/Church Of Christ
The following cases of rebellion have been highlighted by the article Characteristics of A Culture in Rebellion Against God by Dr. Phil Stringer (Florida)
1. A case in point on rebellion: Homosexuality is the ultimate form of rebellion against God. It involves not only rebelling against the
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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THE STEWARDSHIP OF TIME
John Taylor recently invented a clock called the chronophage. Literally it means "time eater." It was donated to Corpus Christi College at Cambridge. It combines the Greek word for time, "chronos," and the word "phageo," meaning "to eat". A monster-looking grasshopper with
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