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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Contributed by Chris Tiller on Nov 15, 2005
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“Jesus says in his society there is a new way for [people] to live:
you show wisdom, by trusting people;
you handle leadership, by serving;
you handle offenders, by forgiving;
you handle money, by sharing;
you handle enemies, by loving;
and you handle violence, by suffering.
In fact, you have a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
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A monk joined a monastery and took a vow of silence. After the first 10 years his superior called him in and asked, “Do you have anything to say?”
The monk replied, “Food bad.”
After another 10 years the monk again had opportunity to voice his thoughts.
He said, “Bed hard.”
Another 10 years
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 7, 2003
A farmer went into his house one day to tell his wife and family some good news. "The cow just gave birth to twin calves, one red and one white," he said. "We must give one of these calves to the Lord. We will bring them up together, and when the time comes, we will sell one and keep the proceeds
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 23, 2001
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An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. A pessimist fears this is true. The tire is only flat on the bottom. Winners see risk as opportunity. They see the rewards of success in advance. They do not fear the penalties of failure. The winning individual knows that bad luck is
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Contributed by Mel Shepherd on Jul 2, 2007
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One morning there was a terrible snowstorm and so here was this mother of three small children outside shoveling snow out of the driveway. A neighbor also shoveling snow at the same time yells out to her, “Why isn’t your husband outside helping you with this chore?” Well, she said, “Someone
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Contributed by William Hooper on Jul 7, 2007
Third, we need to forgive ourselves. In the award winning film called “The Mission,” Robert DeNiro plays a mercenary who has taken asylum in the local church after killing his brother in a fit of jealous rage. He eventually leaves the church and heads to a mission post located above the waterfalls
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Contributed by Richard Francis on Mar 29, 2008
The biggest hand dug well can be found in Greensburg Kansas, dug in 1880’s it took a massive effort and was over 109 feet deep and 32 feet in diameter, all of the walls were covered in stone paving and to prevent cave ins every 8 feet a brace was constructed out of 2 foot by 12 foot planks mortised
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Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 19, 2011
THE NO-MORES
"When you soldiers were downrange, it was the 'no-mores' that kept you going. You knew that eventually there would be no more sand; no more patrols; no more 130 degree temperatures; no more IEDs; no more constantly looking over your shoulder for danger in every Iraqi you saw.
"When
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 19, 2022
Let’s do a math problem. If a sheep was tethered to a pole on a rope that was 25 feet long, how many square feet would he have to graze? p r² . Let’s begin by squaring 25, we end up with 625. Multiplying by an approximation of p as 3.14, we end up with 1,962.5 square feet.
We are
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Contributed by Rick Stacy on Jun 3, 2002
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In April of 2001 an attorney friend of mine made a commitment to Christ. His life so changed in the last year that one his peers noticed. While he was in my friend office one day he asked what had brought about the change he saw. My friend told him that he had committed his life to Jesus.
The
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2002
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DON'T SWEAT MESSING UP
Most men think that they have to be perfect when they’re with their kids. This is not only not good, it's bad training. Better you should just continue being a mess-up. Fall off your bike. Drop an easy pop fly. Order a really dumb product from some lame infomercial you
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Contributed by Lynn Malone on Nov 28, 2005
Paul “Bear” Bryant. Bear Bryant said concerning his football team:
“I’m just a plow hand from Arkansas, but I have learned how to hold a team together. How to lift some men up, how to calm down others, until finally they’ve got one heartbeat together, a team. There’s just three things I’d ever
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Contributed by Mark Perryman on May 10, 2006
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A man went to his doctor for a checkup. The doctor did a very thorough examination and then asked the nurse to send the man’s wife into his office. The doctor said, “I have some very bad news, your husband is very sick. The good news is that there is hope. If you will take him home, cook him
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 11, 2001
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Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda describes his battle with bad habits: "I took a pack of cigarettes from my pocket, stared at it and said, "Who’s stronger, you or me?" The answer was me. I stopped smoking. Then I took a vodka martini and said to it, "Who’s stronger, you or me?" Again the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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As we begin our study today it is necessary that we understand that these temptations were very much real. C. S. Lewis made these insightful observations about temptation: “No man knows how bad he is until he has tried very hard to be good. A silly idea is current that good people do not know what
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Philip Yancey writes in his book, Prayer, that
“… Keeping company with God also includes expressing the times of trial and frustration. In Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye keeps up a running dialogue with God, giving credit for the good things but also lamenting all that goes wrong.
In one scene he
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Writing in The Christian Reader, Laura Conklin shares a family story. “My husband and I home school our two children, Seth and Glenna. One day, the lesson was on opposites.
“Glenna, who was six at the time, was being quizzed. I would say a word and she would give its opposite.
“When I said,
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