Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2004
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“Who’s Job is it?”
This is a story about four people
EVERYBODY, SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, and NOBODY.
There was an important job to be done and
EVERYBODY thought SOMEBODY would do it.
ANYBODY could have done it, but NOBODY did it.
SOMEBODY got angry about this because it was EVERYBODY’S job.
EVERYBODY
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Contributed by Jeff Simms on Aug 11, 2004
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Rick Warren has said in his book “Purpose Driven Life” that there are 2 main problems when thinking about spiritual gifts. One is called “gift-envy”. This means that we compares our abilities and gifts to others. In doing that, we might feel tempted to feel jealous of others or feel dissatisfied
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Baptist
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 8, 2004
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As David Lieberman explains, “Self-esteem and Ego are inversely related—when one goes up, the other goes down…a person with low self-esteem is highly sensitive…The greater our self-esteem, the less hurt we feel when someone is disrespectful.”
• You can see how important this is to church life;
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Evie Megginson on Mar 14, 2005
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Alta Vail of Emporia, Kansas, tells in Sunshine magazine how she found a new way to pray while ironing. One day she was thinking about the different kinds of lines—bus lines, clothes lines, fishing lines, telephone lines. Why not a prayer line? she asked herself. So she strung a short rope across
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Contributed by Byron Maynard on Apr 22, 2005
I have been a pastor for nearly twenty-five years. During those years, one thing I have noticed in counseling with people, for many, their minds have become garbage dumps. It is the place where they dump past failures, bad information, broken down relationship experiences, etc. It is the place
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 1, 2005
Illus.: “In Prison With Three Books”
The editor of a well-known London newspaper sent a letter of inquiry to 100 professors, authors, merchants, and other professional people. The inquiry was, “Suppose you were sent to prison for 3 years and you could only take 3 books with you. Which 3 would you
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Wesleyan
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NEED NOT GO ON WITH THIRST
It is said that some years ago a vessel sailing on the northern coast of the South American continent was observed to make signals of distress. When hailed by another vessel, they reported themselves as "Dying for water!"
"Dip it up then," was the response. "You are in
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
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The Little Sisters of the Poor were going from door to door in a French city, soliciting alms for old people. One nun called at the house of a rich free-thinker who said he would give 1000 francs if she would have a glass of champagne with him. It was an embarrassing situation for the nun, and she
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
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The first date Jim (Elliot) asked me for was to a missionary meeting at Moody Church in Chicago, late in April. Not surprising that he would choose an event like this rather than a concert or dinner out. The speaker was one of the daughters of the famous missionary to Africa C.T. Studd. She told of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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Religious Beliefs: In ’03 A new Harris Poll reveals that, while the majority of Americans say they believe the basic concepts of the Bible, there’s also a growing acceptance of other religious beliefs—even among those who call themselves "Christian."
· 89% believe in miracles.
· 68% believe in the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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Tithing Down: The proportion of households that tithe their income to their church has dropped by 62% in the past year, from 8% in ‘01 to just 3% of adults during ‘02.
In ‘00, 12% of all born again adults tithed. The percentage rose to 14% in ‘01, but dropped to 6% in ‘02. Groups most likely to
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Contributed by Kelly Benton on Feb 9, 2006
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Has anyone in here actually seen the Titanic up close where it now lies at the bottom of the ocean?
We have all seen photos; we all have read or have even heard stories of the Titanic.
So I am sure we all agree that the Titanic is Real. In a sense, don’t we all have some sort of faith, that
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Contributed by Tim Stutler on Mar 27, 2006
"When researchers examined data from the late 1980s on 5,232 married adults, they found that 645 subjects reported marital dissatisfaction. When the unhappy spouses were surveyed five years later, those who had remained married were more likely than divorced subjects to state that they were happy.
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