Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Feb 14, 2002
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Someone once asked Jay Kesler, former president of Youth for Christ International, if he believed that God could make a fish big enough to swallow a man.
As a college president and above average in intelligence, in a world in which we have learned to split the atom and go to the moon and send
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In forty years of involvement in his church, Wilt Durant had led one person to Christ. You know what they say, if only one person comes to Christ its worth all the effort, right?
When he retired in 1992, he moved to Rogers, AR and joined Immanuel Baptist Church. One Sunday, his pastor preached on
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Pentecostal
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But what an incredible gift from God your body is! If you compared it to a machine no other machine comes even close to its design, precision and functionality.
Consider the skeleton system. Two hundred and six bones compose the skeleton, about half of which are in the hands and feet. Most of
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Contributed by Douglas Vincent on Jan 27, 2004
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Prior to his death, Roman Catholic Priest Henri Nouwen articulated, I believe, the struggle for many of us who are responsible to lead and serve in God’s Church. One voice says to succeed and achieve. It is the voice Nouwen says he spent most of his life heeding. He taught at Notre Dame,
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Contributed by Douglas Vincent on May 28, 2004
Prior to his death, Roman Catholic Priest Henri Nouwen articulated, I believe, the struggle for many of us who are responsible to lead and serve in God’s Church. One voice says to succeed and achieve. It is the voice Nouwen says he spent most of his life heeding. He taught at Notre Dame,
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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U.S. Donor Profiles: According to Campbell research, the following are typical profiles of U.S. donors. (1) Gender: 60% female, 40% male. (2) Ethic Origin: 85% Caucasian, 7% African American, 3% Hispanic, 1% Asian and 4% other. (3) Median Age: 54. Of course individual organiza-tions donor profiles
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
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Lonely Americans have a third fewer close friends and confidants than 20 years ago, a sign people may be living lonelier, more isolated lives than in the past. In ‘85, the average American had 3 people in whom to confide important matters vs. 2 in ’04, finds an American Sociological Review study.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
The Porn Facts Utah family counselor Jill Manning says, “I can unequivocally tell you pornography, especially Internet pornography with its violent, demeaning, or highly explicit messages, is damaging, not only for youths, but for many adults as well. Its affects on a person’s social and sexual
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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The Porn Facts Utah family counselor Jill Manning says, “I can unequivocally tell you pornography, especially Internet pornography with its violent, demeaning, or highly explicit messages, is damaging, not only for youths, but for many adults as well. Its affects on a person’s social and sexual
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on May 11, 2007
A few blocks below my college was a restaurant that served only breakfast – and it was a great breakfast, cheap. What made this breakfast unique was that, except for the manager, everything was handled by mentally handicapped folks. They were the cooks, the waiters and waitresses, the busboy, the
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Mother Teresa was a 18-year-old Yugoslavian girl named Agnes Bojaxhiu (boy-AX-ee-oo) when she left home to become a nun. Over the next 20 years, she taught middle-class high school students, and was often described by her colleagues as “average.”
She felt God calling her in 1946 to serve India’s
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Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by Darren Ethier on Apr 9, 2002
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NOT THE GIFT, BUT THE GIVER
A man told a story about the time his son’s sixth birthday was approaching. He had mentioned he wouldn’t mind a party, and as his son usually was very specific about the kind of presents he liked. The dad asked him what he could get him. Bill expected a well-planned
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