Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2002
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A few years ago, a Dutch professor took time to calculate the cost of an enemy soldier’s death at different times in history. He estimated that during the reign of Julius Caesar, it cost less than one dollar. It cost Napoleon, $2,000. At the end of the First World War, it cost $17,000. During the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2003
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When Roy DeLamotte was chaplain at Paine College in Georgia, he preached the shortest sermon in the college’s history. However, he had a rather long topic--"What does Christ Answer When We Ask, "Lord, What’s in Religion for Me?" The complete content of his sermon was in one word: "Nothing." He
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Contributed by W F on Sep 16, 2004
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1) Learn when to Shut Up .
It is commonly known in the world of advertising that the most successful ad campaigns don’t try to change people: they try to reflect how people are already feeling. Advertisers know that consumers won’t respond to an ad unless the ad is a response to them. This is why
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1. Mc Manus states, “Once survival has become our supreme goal, we have lost our way…, the church is not called to survive history but to serve humanity. As with each individual, there is a difference between living and existing for the church…The church exists to serve as the body of Christ, and
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Even When He’s Silent
The Holocaust is one of the terribly traumatic episodes of modern history, yet it has also yielded some astounding stories of bravery and faith. In France a Jewish family were hidden by some concerned French nationals in the basement of their house. The Jewish family waited
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Contributed by Daniel Owens on Jan 8, 2008
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L.R. Agnew, a professor at UCLA Medical School, gave his students this scenario:
"Consider this family history:
• The father has a venereal disease
• The mother has tuberculosis
• They have had 4 children: The first of whom was blind
The second died as an infant
The third is deaf
The fourth has
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 26, 2008
Did you know that in June 2006 Israeli doctors and scientists successfully germinated a 2000 year old date palm, found at the Herodian fortress of Masada on the West Bank of the Dead Sea the seed was tagged the Methuselah.
Friends there is coming a time when another seed is going to be
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Baptist
Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jun 28, 2008
Janet Paschal, a wonderful gospel singer wrote a song that includes these words…
“They said it wouldn’t last
Said God’s word would pass away into mere history
They thought the church He built would end
Replaced by modern times and trends
But countless generations proved again
His truth keeps on
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Baptist
Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 6, 2011
THE PREVALENCE OF WAR
According to the statistics, there have 14,553 known wars from 36 BC to date. Since 1945, there have been over 70 wars and more than 200 significant outbreaks of violence. From 1958, over 100 nations have been involved in one way or another in armed conflict of some kind. In
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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When did you last hear anyone praying for revival, praying that God might open the windows of heaven and pour out his Spirit? When did you last pray for that yourself? I suggest seriously that we are neglecting this almost entirely. We are guilty of forgetting the authority of the Holy Spirit. . .
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 19, 2006
Apparitions of Mary
On the 25th of each month, Our Lady appears to the Medjugorje visionary Marija who then goes into a trance which sometimes can last up to 30 minutes. After the apparition leaves, Marija shares the message. Each
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Wesleyan
Anna Nicole Smith dominated the news the past few months. In her life we saw the very dramatic and pitiable effects of humanistic philosophy hyped and worked-out once again by Hollywood. Anna Nicole wanted two things in life – to
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United Methodist
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
HOPE NEEDS A FOUNDATION
A little over a month before he died, the famous atheist Jean-Paul Sartre, when trying to resist strong feelings of despair, would often say to himself, "I know I shall die in hope."
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Brethren
Contributed by John Harvey on Feb 12, 2004
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Phan Thi Kim Phuc
(Illustration from Still More Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks” Wayne Rice. Printed by Youth Specialties)
On June 8, 1972, a nine-year-old Vietnamese girl, her clothes flaming from gasoline bombs, fled the American-led assault on her village of Trang Bang. With her eyes
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