Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Apr 2, 2007
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Bobby is a small 4th grader who somehow caught the unwanted attention of a bully in the 6th grade. One day, the bully said, “After school I’m gonna beat you to a pulp.” With no apparent fear, Bobby simply said, “Ok,” and went on his way. What the bully didn’t know is that Bobby’s 11th grade
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Mennonite
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2005
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A 16-year-old named William left home to seek his fortune. His earthly possessions were tied in a bundle carried in his hand. One day he met an elderly canal-boat captain who listened to his story that his family was too poor to keep him, and the only skill he had was making candles and soap.
The
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Teen Sex Roughly 20% of young teens (ages 13-16) are sexually active; not counting those who don’t think oral sex is really sex. 12% have had oral sex. Only 15% of parents say their young teen is sexually active beyond kissing while nearly 30% of teens admit going there. About 85% of parents think
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Contributed by William Ellis on Aug 25, 2005
Mary was only 16. After all she had her whole life to live. As she stood there outside of the clinic she would never forget what she just did. Tears filled her eyes as she walked back to her car and looked into her own mothers eyes as she closed the door. I know mom said that it would be ok and
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Church Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2002
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Abraham Lincoln said of the war in his 2nd inaugural address in 1865 only weeks before his assassination: “Neither party expected for the war, the magnitude, or the duration, which it has already attained… Each looked for an easier triumph… Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 27, 2002
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I heard a story about 2 boys that were members of the same diving team at school, Bill Duncan and Joey Miller. They practiced diving together and Bill knew that he was just a mediocre diver but he was so proud of his friend Joey who was an excellent diver. The problem was that in practice Joey was
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Christian Church
Contributed by Luis Marquez on May 23, 2010
La palabra que se traduce en Isaias 41:13-16 como “gusano” también puede usarse como “escarlata”, es decir rojo. Esto viene de rabinos expertos que se remontan al siglo XI. Aquí se plantea que en el Salmo 22 se refiera a un gusano llamado “coccus ilicis” que se pega fuertemente al tronco de un
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Children under age 18 made up 26% of the U.S. population in ‘00. By ‘20, that number will drop to 24%. At the end of the baby boom in ‘64, kids made up
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Contributed by David Schaal on Sep 4, 2003
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Marine Corps Boot camp lasted 18 weeks when I was in the Corps. During those 18 week, we were never, ever called Marines. The very last week of Boot Camp was so exciting because we new we were going to graduate. Then our Drill Instructors handed us a patch to iron on our camouflaged uniform. The
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Oct 11, 2009
PETER O’BRIEN says that Col 3:18 ‘is an appeal to free and responsible agents to voluntarily subordinate themselves to their husbands since this is entirely proper within the new fellowship
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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In Ephesians 6 God directs us to take up our weapons and the full armor of God to fight the enemy. The first weapon we are directed to pick up is a shield of faith.
There are two Greek names for shields used by soldiers at that time. One is a small round shield called an “aspis.” The second
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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1 in 5 children ages 6-12 are regularly left without supervision after school. (Foster Letter
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