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  • God Wants To Spread His Word Through Us To The ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Mar 7, 2007
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    God wants to spread His Word through us to the World. He wants to use the whole man, spirit, soul and body. In 1936 a radio broadcast was transmitted to America from England. Just before the voice of King Edward VIII was to be heard, someone stumbled over a wire in the control room of WJZ (now ...read more

  • Defining Deviancy Down

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 15, 2007
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    Defining Deviancy Down U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan recently published a disturbing essay entitled “Defining Deviancy Down.” In the November 22 issue of The New Republic, commentator Charles Krauthammer writes that “Moynihan’s powerful point is that with the moral deregulation of the ...read more

  • Last Tuesday Night On Prime Time They Showed The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Last Tuesday night on Prime Time they showed the new Christ, De Jesus from Puerto Rico. He claims to be the better Christ and declares there is no sin, no Satan, and no one will go to hell. They interviewed several church members as to what they thought about their Christ. And they believe in him ...read more

  • I Read An Article In The Atlantic Journal The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I read an article in the Atlantic Journal the other day; it said, “The world is too big for us. Too much going on, too many crimes, too much violence and excitement. Try as you will you get behind in the race…It’s an incessant strain, to keep pace… and you still lose ground. Science empties its ...read more

  • In 1879 The Greatest Annual Loss Of Life In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In 1879 The greatest annual loss of life in the New England fisheries occurred, with 29 vessels and 249 fishermen lost at sea. During that year many women found themselves on lonely widow walks with and eye on the horizon hoping for the return of their loved one. A widow’s walk (or roofwalk) is ...read more

  • Recent Studies Find That Students Who Possess ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chris Scott on Jun 19, 2007
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    Recent studies find that students who possess high levels of Bible knowledge achieve at higher academic levels and are more likely to demonstrate positive behavior patterns than those with lower levels. The difference in GPA between students high vs. low in Bible literacy was 3.60 vs. 2.47. In a ...read more

  • From Illustrations Unlimited - ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 24, 2007
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    Illustration from Illustrations Unlimited - PEACE, PEACE: A true story: A retired couple was alarmed by the threat of nuclear war so they undertook a serious study of all the inhabited places on the globe. Their goal was to determine where in the world would be the place to be least likely affected ...read more

  • How Can You Be So Narrow-Minded?

    Contributed by Rick Balmer on Sep 20, 2007
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    “How can you be so narrow-minded?” The question jolted Steve from the newspaper he was reading in the teacher’s lounge. Jenna, the school librarian, was frowning and pointing at his coffee mug, which bore the message “One Way: Jesus”. Jenna was a follower of New Age religion. She believed there ...read more

  • In 1932 Aldous Huxley Published A Science Fiction ...

    Contributed by Glenn Newton on Jan 24, 2008
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    In 1932 Aldous Huxley published a science fiction novel entitled "Brave New World." In it he wrote about the year 2532. He described a world very different from his own. - Some of the characteristics he describes are: The practice of cloning being perfected - World controlled by science & ...read more

  • For Example, Did You Know That According To A ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 25, 2008
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    For example, did you know that according to a recent Barna survey of those who become Christians, 43% do so before the age of 13? Almost half do so before they become teenagers. This has huge implications on who we should focus upon and evangelize. Not only that but out of those who became ...read more

  • Savings Crisis

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    SAVINGS CRISIS Christian investment expert Hakeem Webb says many households are caught in a mindset that has them spending income they need to be saving, to keep up with the rising cost of their accustomed lifestyle. The Commerce Department reports Americans’ ’06 personal savings rate (disposable ...read more

  • Eu Religion

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    EU RELIGION In a recent European Union survey, 53% of EU citizens regarded religion as a significant element of their lives. 46% of people in the 27 EU member countries attach no importance to religion. About 49.5% of all EU citizens are Catholics, 12.7% Protestants, 8.6% Orthodox, 15.7% Muslims, ...read more

  • Bold Book Marketing Ploy? In The Package-Goods ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    Bold Book Marketing Ploy? In the package-goods world, offering free samples is usually a slam-dunk: Customers fall in love with the freebie and then turn into paying customers. But in the world of book publishing, the news that Harper Collins will give away free electronic versions of ...read more

  • The Rapid Decline In Housing Prices Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
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    The rapid decline in housing prices is distorting the normal workings of the U.S. labor market. Mobility opens up job opportunities, allowing workers to go where they are most needed. When housing is not an obstacle, more than 5 million working adults, nearly 4% of the nation’s workforce relocate ...read more

  • Us When We Were Down On Romney Marsh – And He ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Apr 19, 2008
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    us when we were down on Romney Marsh – and he went for a drive with Maddy. When he came home, he said to me: “Dad, is Mum all right?” “Yes”, I replied “Why do you ask?” “Well”, Jez replied “When we were driving across the Marsh and we came to some black sheep – Mum called them “rainbow “sheep. I ...read more

  • William Cary Was A Shoemaker When One Day He ...

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Dec 12, 2006
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    William Cary was a shoemaker when one day he heard of the millions of people in India who had not heard the Good News of Jesus Christ. He believed the great commission to “Go into all the world and preach the gospel.” He believed that that verse was speaking directly to him. So he volunteered ...read more

  • Being Subjected To Extended Aloneness Kills The ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 6, 2008
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    Being subjected to extended aloneness kills the spirit, introduces insanity, and destroys a person. Senator and former Vietnam POW John McCain describes the elation he experienced when he was reunited with fellow prisoners after a horribly long and brutal separation: "I was overwhelmed by the ...read more

  • This Week I Was Reading, "Relevant Magazine" And ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 4, 2008
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    This week I was reading, “Relevant Magazine” and I came across this news flash in their May/June 08 edition on page 38: “I Don’t Want Your Sex for Now,” “Tampa’s Relevant Church (which has no relation to RELEVANT Media Group) recently issued a challenge to married members of its congregation to ...read more

  • More ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    MORE ICE New satellite data shows that concerns over the levels of sea ice may have been premature. It was feared the polar caps were vanishing because of the effects of global warming. But US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data now show almost all the "lost" ice has come back. ...read more

  • Adoption Explained

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jul 7, 2009
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    ADOPTION EXPLAINED During the time that the New Testament was written, when a family adopted a child, there was no immediate big celebration of that adoption. But, when that child reached the proper age, there was a celebration, and at that time, the child was given every single legal standing as ...read more