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  • Mulligan

    Contributed by Grant Van Boeschoten on Feb 1, 2008
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    "Mulligan" There are a lot of golfers out there who have convinced themselves that it is OK to cheat, they even came up with a name for it so that it didn’t sound so bad. It’s called a Mulligan, a do over, a second chance. Here is how it goes. You step up to the tee box to hit the ball and ...read more

  • Game Of Chance

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jul 9, 2010
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    GAME OF CHANCE A person recently said to me as they were dying that the Bible was just a series of myths and stories, and if I want to, I can choose to live my life assuming that it is. I can choose to treat heaven like a GAME OF CHANCE and the Bible as something less than a sure thing. I can ...read more

  • How Does The Branch Bear Fruit? Not By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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    "How does the branch bear fruit? Not by incessant effort for sunshine and air, not by vain strugglesIt simply abides in the vine, in silent and undisturbed union, and blossoms and fruit appear as of spontaneous growth. How then shall a Christian bear fruit? By efforts and struggles to obtain that ...read more

  • Marriage Seminar  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2007
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    MARRIAGE SEMINAR While attending a Marriage Seminar dealing with communication, Tom and his wife Grace listened to the instructor, "It is essential that husbands and wives know each other’s likes and dislikes." He addressed the man, "Can you name your wife’s favorite ...read more

  • Pastor Tim Keller, Ministries Of Mercy, 227: "It ...

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Aug 13, 2008
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    Pastor Tim Keller, Ministries of Mercy, 227: “It should be obvious how this applies to our work with the needy. Neither the ‘liberal’ approach (no conditions on aid to the needy) nor the ‘conservative’ approach (only helping the deserving poor) understand grace. Instead, our mercy ministry must ...read more

  • What God Has ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 20, 2009
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    What God Has Promised God hath not promised Skies always blue Flower-strewn pathways All our lives through. God hath not promised Sun without rain Joy without sorrow Peace without pain. But God hath promise Strength for the day Rest for the labor Light for the way; ...read more

  • God Thought About My Future Before I Even Had A ...

    Contributed by Randall Bergsma on Dec 5, 2006
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    God thought about my future before I even had a present! Let me explain. I know that some of you are already saving money for sending your kids to future education. And you don’t even have kids yet! You are pre-planning! That’s awesome. That’s the love of a parent, getting ready to give that ...read more

  • Dietrich Bonheoffer Once Asked This Question Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Dietrich Bonheoffer once asked this question of us, "Do we understand that instead we get a messiah who gives us power all right, but it’s a whole new kind of power, it’s THE POWER OF SUFFERING LOVE It’s a power that looks me in the eye, forgives my sin, my fear, my anger, my resentment, my ...read more

  • Andrew Murray Was Going Through A Personal Trial. ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
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    Andrew Murray was going through a personal trial. One morning while he was eating breakfast, his hostess told him there was a woman downstairs that was going through a great trial and wanted to know if he had any advice for her. Murray handed her a piece of paper he had been writing on and said, ...read more

  • A Pastor Had Gathered A Selected Group Of Workers ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    A pastor had gathered a selected group of workers to train them to witness for Jesus. A young worker was complaining to a veteran caller about one of the people he had visited. "I’ tried to tell him about Jesus, I tried to tell him about the love Jesus had for Him. I tried to tell him that Jesus ...read more

  • Follow The Example Of Deanna Shrodes, The Choir ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
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    Follow the example of Deanna Shrodes, the choir director of the North Carroll Assembly of God in Manchester, MD who takes her choir to bars and prisons. Why? According to Deanna, they go to places "where we were guaranteed to find hurting people." They are taking their message of hope ...read more

  • I Used To Work For An American Bank That Had The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jun 30, 2001
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    I used to work for an American bank that had the slogan "Quality Loyalty Consistency - QLC". This was drummed into its employees as a means of getting the most out of them. A colleague thought they were too demanding and countered the slogan - in private - with his own interpretation of what QLC ...read more

  • Definition Of Repentance Given By A 14 Year Old ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jul 6, 2004
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    Definition of repentance given by a 14 year old girl to her Sunday School class. “Before I was saved, I pleased myself, and wasn’t a bit sorry for my sins. In fact, I didn’t think I was a sinner at all, but when I accepted Christ, ...read more

  • Marriage In A Recent Religion & Ethics Newsweekly ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Marriage In a recent Religion & Ethics Newsweekly poll 71% of Americans agree “God’s plan for marriage is one man, one woman, for life.” Only 22% think divorce is sin while 49% say cohabitation is acceptable. Only 34% of evangelical Christians and 30% of traditional ...read more

  • Although There Were Hundreds Of People Who ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 19, 2007
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    Although there were hundreds of people who recognized Jesus as the Messiah on Palm Sunday, they were a small minority. By the end of the 1st Century, perhaps 20% of the Jewish population had accepted Christ, but the leaders and the majority did not. [Source: An essay by Dr. Louis Goldberg found ...read more

  • Spoken Blessings

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on May 22, 2008
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    SPOKEN BLESSINGS “A blessing becomes so only when it is spoken... Spoken words of praise and appreciation gives the child an indication that he or she is worthwhile and valuable. It is not enough to provide a roof over our children’s heads or to provide them with food and the material necessities ...read more

  • Here Is An Acrostic For ...

    Contributed by Michael West on Oct 2, 2008
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    Here is an acrostic for Pastors P-prays, preaches and practices the things of God A-acknowledges, accepts, adheres to the things of God S-Spirit filled, Spirit fed and Spirit led into the things of God T-trusts, tries and teaches the things of God O-obeys, operates and offers the ...read more

  • A Farmer Was Known For His Bad Language. ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 25, 2010
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    A farmer was known for his bad language. Parents always kept their children from him. However, he was invited to church, and accepted Christ! There was a great change in his language. He remarked, “I’ve been changed so much that even my horses don’t ...read more

  • The Definition Of Me

    Contributed by Scott Berry on Jul 21, 2011
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    THE DEFINITION OF ME Quote from the movie 'Spanglish' - "I've been overwhelmed by your encouragement to apply to your university and your list of scholarships available to me. Though, as I hope this essay shows, your acceptance, while it would thrill me, will not define ...read more

  • In A Charles Schulz Peanuts Comic Strip Charlie ...  PRO

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Feb 28, 2001
    based on 108 ratings
     | 2,335 views

    In a Charles Schulz Peanuts comic strip Charlie Brown was playing catch with Lucy to prepare their old hapless losing team for the new baseball season. Charlie Brown proceeded to throw a high ball across the field to her. Lucy was ready for the ball to fly into her mitt. She lifted her head up to ...read more

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