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  • Cohabitation ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    COHABITATION STUDIES The Australian Institute of Family Studies had a Family Formation Project cited in this government report. The study found that after five years of marriage, 13 percent of those who had cohabited were divorced, compared to 6 percent of those who had not cohabited - that ...read more

  • Little ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    LITTLE THINGS This leads us to a simple but important principle: Our faithfulness in the little things will determine how faithful we will be with bigger things. There is a story about a huge bank where one of the employees was up for a significant promotion. He lost that promotion one day in ...read more

  • Men As Role-Models For Children

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
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    MEN AS ROLE-MODELS FOR CHILDREN I am still struck by a report I heard months ago by an educator studying the needs of the District’s school system. He had found, in studying the children, that up to about the third grade they were bright, ambitious, eager to learn; but that somewhere after that, ...read more

  • Struggling With God

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 13, 2009
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    STRUGGLING WITH GOD Just because God calls us or permits us to do something, it doesn't mean that we can afford to be complacent about it. Jacob’s return to the land of the promise was risky. If Jacob didn’t learn to be a little less conniving and little less arrogant, the old sibling feud would ...read more

  • Evangelism: Aquariums And Fires

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    EVANGELISM: AQUARIUMS AND FIRES The late Sam Shoemaker, an Episcopalian bishop, summed up the situation this way: "In the Great Commission, the Lord has called us to be--like Peter--fishers of men. We’ve turned the commission around so that we have become merely keepers of the aquarium. ...read more

  • Houses Of Refuge

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    HOUSES OF REFUGE There was no alternative to manslaughter. If you wanted to live, the only option was to flee to one of these cities of refuge. [HOUSE OF REFUGE, HUTCHINSON IS., FL] House of Refuge- The House of Refuge is the last remaining shipwreck life-saving station on Florida’s Atlantic ...read more

  • Christians And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    CHRISTIANS AND WEALTH According to data analyzed by Duke University sociologist Lisa Keister, the median net worth for conservative Protestants in ’00 was $26,000 vs. the $66,200 national median. "The one big difference is the conservative Protestants’ assumption that God is the owner of money and ...read more

  • Use Money Visually During This Illustration. The ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 17, 2009
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    Use money visually during this illustration. The Barna Research Group asked Americans about the importance of religion. The results say something significant about where people find security. Here is how many people of various income brackets answered “yes” to the question, “Is religion very ...read more

  • A Seminar Leader Wanted To Make An Important ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Feb 18, 2009
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    A seminar leader wanted to make an important point, so he took a wide mouth jar and filled it with rocks. “Is the jar full?” he asked. “Yes,” came a reply. “Oh, really?” he said. Then poured smaller pebbles into the jar to fill the spaces between the rocks. “Is it full now?” “Yes,” said someone ...read more

  • Mouthwash ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Feb 24, 2009
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    MOUTHWASH SALESMAN True story. My father, in the early 1950’s was a salesman for the mouthwash Listerine. He did OK. But, there was one man, Laramie, who sold the stuff like crazy. Laramie sold more Listerine than all the other salesmen put together. One afternoon, my father asked Laramie for ...read more

  • There Is No More Powerful Example Of Hating ...

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Mar 4, 2009
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    There is no more powerful example of hating someone for what we are guilty of doing ourselves than the story of David and Bathsheba. David sees Bathsheba and decides he must have her. She is a married woman, the wife of Uriah. David has many wives. To cover his sinful relationship with ...read more

  • How God Treats Repentant Sinners

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 12, 2009
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    HOW GOD TREATS REPENTANT SINNERS When Billy Graham was driving through a small southern town, he was stopped by a policeman and charged with speeding. Graham admitted his quilt, but was told by the officer that he would have to appear in court. The judge asked, "Guilty, or not guilty?" When Graham ...read more

  • Obedience And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
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    OBEDIENCE AND LEADERSHIP In the 11th Century, King Henry III of Bavaria was fed up the set up of being King. He applied to be a contemplative at the local monastery, via Prior Richard. The King told the Prior of his struggle, personal battles. The Prior said, "My King, do you understand that the ...read more

  • Private Convictions

    Contributed by Hugh W. Davidson on Mar 13, 2009
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    PRIVATE CONVICTIONS When I worked in Toronto for a food processing plant, I believed we had the best products on the market. I would tell my customers that my products were worth the twenty cents a pound more than my competitors, because they were better, and I really believed they were. Then ...read more

  • Who Is Best Among ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    WHO IS BEST AMONG YOU A Baptist minister was continually bragging to his other minister friends about the greatness of his church. No matter what they said, he always found a way to claim that the Baptists were better. Eventually his friends got tired of this, and decided to play a prank on the ...read more

  • What Is Your ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    WHAT IS YOUR NAME? The story is told of a soldier in the army of Alexander the Great, who was brought before the great world-conqueror for court martial. When the emperor had listened to the charges and the evidence, he turned to the soldier facing condemnation and said, "What is your name?" ...read more

  • Looking For Answers  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    LOOKING FOR ANSWERS Sometimes we look in the wrong places to find answers. The story is told of a drunk who was seen by a police officer looking for something. The drunk was down on his hands and knees and explained in slurred speech to the police officer that he was looking for his wallet. The ...read more

  • Temptation And Sin: Steve's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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    TEMPTATION AND SIN: STEVE’S STORY A young man was in a parking lot just shortly after being saved and he found a pack of cigarettes lying unopened on the ground near his car. His first thought was to keep them and smoke them as he had always done, but he felt prompted to do something different. He ...read more

  • A Wealthy Man Who Had Lost His Son In The War Put ...

    Contributed by Tim White on Apr 14, 2009
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    A wealthy man who had lost his son in the war put up his priceless art collection for sale by auction. The first item that was presented was not one of the great works from the masters, but a portrait of his beloved late son done by a local artist. The experienced and seasoned art buyers showed no ...read more

  • Try This Next Time You're Stopped By A Policeman ...

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Apr 15, 2009
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    Try this next time you’re stopped by a policeman for speeding. Try saying, “Officer, I’m sorry for speeding, but I’ve never robbed anybody. I’ve never cheated on my income tax, and I’ve stopped at every stop sign in town.” Do you think that would work to keep yourself from getting a ticket? ...read more