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  • No To Same Sex Marriage: Support For An Amendment ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    No To Same Sex Marriage: Support for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would define marriage as “being between a man and a woman, thus barring marriages between gay or lesbian couples,” has risen to 57% in a recent Gallup Poll. This is the highest measured across seven times the question ...read more

  • Teach Creationism: 64% Of Americans Say That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Teach Creationism: 64% of Americans say that creationism should be taught alongside evolution in public schools according to a new Pew Forum on Religion poll. 38% favor replacing evolution with creationism. The poll found that 42% hold strict creationist views (living things have existed in their ...read more

  • People Buy Gifts To Enhance Their Emotional ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    People Buy Gifts to enhance their emotional connection with another, says Pam Danziger, president of Unity Marketing. Since the focus of gift giving is emotional, gifts that connect embody a feeling, rather than being something practical, the very best gifts are life’s little luxuries and ...read more

  • The Clip You Are About To See Is The Inauguration ...

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Apr 9, 2006
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    The clip you are about to see is the inauguration of John F. Kennedy—the transfer of leadership from the Republican president, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and the Democrat president, John F. Kennedy. As you watch this clip think about why the formal service is necessary. As you listen to Kennedy’s ...read more

  • As James Stewart, In His Book, The Life And ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Apr 15, 2006
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    As James Stewart, in his book, The Life and Teaching of Jesus Christ, wrote: "Everyone who studies this narrative has the strange feeling that the tables are being turned, before their very eyes. And that what they are seeing, is not Jesus on trial before the crowd, but Pilate, on trial before ...read more

  • Listen To This Quote By British Justice Peter ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 30, 2006
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    Listen to this quote by British Justice Peter Smith, that I found on Foxnews.com: "Merely because an author describes matters as being factually correct does not mean that they are factually correct. It is a way of blending fact and fiction together to create that well known model ’faction.’ The ...read more

  • The Lord's Peace Fills The Soul That Delights In ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 13, 2006
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    The Lord’s peace fills the soul that delights in Him, and its hunger is blessed with instant satisfaction. Envision this…a soul freed from a hundred distractions and desires by One Masterful attraction! While all the world is scrambling to explore the thousands of small rivulets, streams and ...read more

  • Bad ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    Bad Medicine In 1982, seven residents of the Greater Chicago area made an assumption that proved fatal. They all took a dose of Extra Strength Tylenol® that had been laced with potassium cyanide. What they thought was medicine proved to be poison. This crime, still being investigated as of this ...read more

  • The Phrase That Helps Remind Me Of Not Giving In ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 10, 2009
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    The phrase that helps remind me of not giving in to weariness (and we all get tired) is: Keeping on Keeping On. Again this is not praying the same prayer in order to wear God down, it is being consistent, constant, and unwavering even when we don’t feel like it. I’m sure the widow wanted to give up ...read more

  • D.

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Oct 6, 2009
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    “A human being has to work to live but has an insatiable appetite for more. This is common to both wise and foolish. Today the business world contains many clever people who work hard because they are obsessed with piling up money, while on the other side there are those who are ever alert for a ...read more

  • No Money- No Learning – But ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Dec 10, 2009
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    “No Money- No Learning – But Joy” A prayer meeting was being held at a mission chapel. A poor worker came and kneeled at the altar. He could not understand even the simple Gospel message. While others were rejoicing, he kept on saying, “Jesus! Jesus! Jesus” which was all the prayer he ...read more

  • Not Complete In Ourselves

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010
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    NOT COMPLETE IN OURSELVES Hear this from Professor Edward Everett in the 19th century: We ask the leaf, "Are you complete in yourself?" and the leaf answers, "No, my life is in the branches." We ask the branch, and the branch answers, "No, my life is in the trunk." We ask the trunk, and it ...read more

  • Mercy Is A Fascinating Thing. Let's Try To ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Mar 28, 2010
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    Mercy is a fascinating thing. Let's try to understand it better. I want you to remember a time when a friend or someone close to you avoided you, shrugged you off for some reason. Now imagine that person being in all kinds of trouble or having a lot of problems because of a bad choice that included ...read more

  • Artist August Rodin Has Created A Famous ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 3, 2010
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    Artist August Rodin has created a famous sculpture named, “The Hand of God.” Out of a rough piece of stone there arises a strong right hand, and lying in that hand are some figures of human beings beginning to take shape. It stands for the fact that God is at work in each and every one of our ...read more

  • What The Name

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2010
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    What the Name "Hoover" means in Finland At the end of World War I, Herbert Hoover, later to become President of the United States, led the allied relief efforts in Europe. He kept hundreds of thousands from starving, and a new word entered the Finnish language. In Finland, to “HOOVER” means to be ...read more

  • When To Begin Influencing One's Child For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2010
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    When to Begin Influencing One’s Child For Christ In a mothers’ meeting there was a big discussion on the theme: “How early in a child’s life ought one to begin to influence him toward God?” After a much spirited debate, a visiting grandmother was asked to make a comment. In essence, she said: “I ...read more

  • Joy Goes Deeper

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Aug 2, 2010
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    JOY GOES DEEPER "Joy is like the hidden note in the glass. Joy is tuning in to what God is doing around you, seeing the world through his eyes, picking up on his delight in us as his children. Anyone can find happiness for a while...Happiness depends on what is happening to you. Joy is different; ...read more

  • There Was A Girl Named Maria Who Had Broken Up ...

    Contributed by Pastor Steve Zimmerman on Aug 28, 2010
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    There was a girl named Maria who had broken up with Jimmy. She told him she simply didn’t want to be with him anymore. But after about a year of being broken up, she wrote Jimmy a letter. She said, “Jimmy, I miss you bad. I think of you all day and all night long. You dominate my mind and I ...read more

  • Think Steps, Not Programs

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Oct 5, 2010
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    THINK STEPS, NOT PROGRAMS In his book, Seven Practices of Effective Ministry, Andy Stanley writes: "Think Steps, Not Programs" (p. 88). The idea is this: Instead of having a strategic vision that focuses on programs, you have a strategic vision of a people-process, a pathway that takes people from ...read more

  • Home Is Just Beyond

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 20, 2010
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    HOME IS JUST BEYOND The story is told of a little girl who lived near a cemetery. Even though she had to pass through it after the sun was set she never seemed to be apprehensive. Someone finally said to her: "Aren't you afraid to go through the cemetery?" "Ah, no," she replied, "I am not afraid, ...read more