Contributed by Craig Cramblet on Mar 1, 2008
“One Solitary Life"
Here is a man who was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another village. He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty. Then for three years He was an itinerant preacher.
He never owned a home. He never wrote a book. He never held an
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 11, 2018
It was a dramatic performance in Game 7 of the World Series about a month ago: Madison Bumgarner coming in as a relief pitcher and proceeding to sow up the win for the San Francisco Giants. An impressive performance.
Let’s go back to the spring – before the first pitch was thrown on the 2014
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Baptist
Main Idea: Jesus was a baby that changed the whole world.
Verse: “But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman…” (Galatians 4:4 NKJV).
Illustration: Once upon a time there was a village. In the village there lived many men. They were always mad at each
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Charismatic
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"A pastor tells of standing by his father’s tombstone and reading the words, "Born 1884 - Died 1970." It suddenly occurred to him how much the little dash between those two dates symbolized". (Herb Miller. Actions Speak Louder Than Verbs. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1988, p. 124). It is what we
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United Methodist
Contributed by Danny Rogers on Oct 9, 2006
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In a "Peanuts" cartoon strip, good old Charlie Brown says to Linus, "Life is just too much for me. I’ve been confused from the day I was born. I think the whole trouble is that we’re thrown into life too fast. We’re not really prepared." Linus asks, "What did you want . . . a chance to warm up
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Baptist
Contributed by Doug Lyon on Dec 11, 2006
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Here is a copy of my birth certificate. [Show document.] My birth certificate indicates that I was born in Rochester, NY in 1955. It objectively testifies to me that that I am a citizen of the United States. I don’t need to ask myself, “Do I feel like a U.S. citizen?” My birth certificate
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 13, 2005
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Here are some tongue-in-cheek food safety “facts” from New York’s Miner Institute:
Nearly all sick people have eaten carrots. Obviously, the effects are cumulative.
An estimated 99.9% of all people who die from cancer and heart disease have eaten carrots.
99.9% of people involved in car crashes
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Contributed by Gerald Steffy on Aug 28, 2009
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S EPITAPH
In one of his lighter moments, Benjamin Franklin penned his own epitaph. He didn’t profess to be a born-again Christian, but it seems he must have been influenced by Paul’s teaching of the resurrection of the body. Here’s what he wrote: "The body of Benjamin Franklin,
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Baptist
“What a Night”
That night when in the Judean skies
Thy mystic star dispensed its light,
A blind man moved in his sleep
And dreamed that he had sight
That night when shepherds heard
The song of angelic choir near,
A deaf man stirred in slumber’s spell
And dreamed that he could hear
That night
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Wesleyan
Contributed by N A on Sep 4, 2008
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"The historic Christian teaching holds that national Israel was a type or a forerunner of the church, and that the church replaced Israel on the day of Pentecost... God has but one plan of salvation. There is also only one body of God. This body is made up of every born again individual from both
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Contributed by Wayne Major on Jan 29, 2002
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I read an article a few years ago about Gene Stallings, former coach of a national championship football team at the University of Alabama, who had a son who was born with Down’s Syndrome. When the interview turned to questions about his son, he said absolutely nothing negative, and spoke only of
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Methodist
Contributed by David Green on Dec 19, 2004
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Malcolm Muggeridge explained with the speculation of the scenario of Christ’s birth in our post-modern world, “.....in our day, with family-planning clinics offering convenient ways to correct “mistakes” that might disgrace a family name, “It is, in point of fact, extremely improbable, under
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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Tithing Down: The proportion of households that tithe their income to their church has dropped by 62% in the past year, from 8% in ‘01 to just 3% of adults during ‘02.
In ‘00, 12% of all born again adults tithed. The percentage rose to 14% in ‘01, but dropped to 6% in ‘02. Groups most likely to
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Let me give you a for instance. How many people here today have been told by well meaning parents that they just don’t want to impose religion on their children, that they want to wait until they make up their own minds for them to choose?
I am not going out on a limb here, but if there is one
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Free Methodist
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
Willie Nelson has purchased the Methodist church of his youth in Abbott, Texas. Nelson, 73, had a celebration with guests that included longtime parishioners, friends and family for prayers and gospel singing. "Sister Bobbie and I have been going to this church since we were born," Nelson said.
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Wesleyan