Contributed by Daniel Haas on Apr 4, 2009
In 2005, a grant was provided to the Ikengo Agriculture and Training Center in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. What began with the purchase of 20 pigs has resulted in 305 pigs in 2
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Congregational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
Christmas 83% of Americans say displays of Christmas symbols such as nativity scenes and Christmas trees should be allowed on government property as long as they are part of a display that includes symbols
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The Treasury of Bible Illustration notes this: The First and Hardest Lesson - “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten,” says Robert Fulgham’s popular essay and book. In truth, one of life’s most important and hardest lessons comes to us long before kindergarten. This lesson is painful
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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I like Jerry Cook’s vision: “To see the church become what Jesus was in the world – a center of love, designed for the healing of broken people, and a force for God.” (Love, Acceptance and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
Circular Entertainment Nokia predicts that by 2012 up to a 25% of the entertainment consumed globally will have been created, edited and shared within their peer circle rather than coming out of
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 8, 2006
Wed Apr 26, 5:16 PM ET
PHILADELPHIA - A man hired a crane to uproot half a dozen newsstands that were not his and move them to street corners where he had sought, but had not received, permits to do business, officials said.
"I believe he knew exactly what he was doing," Robert D. Solvibile,
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Independent/Bible
While taking a prisoner from a Guelph, Ontario, correctional center to be arraigned on charges of attempted armed robbery, police constable John Bolton noticed a cross around the neck of the convict. Knowing the man was not religious, he took a closer look. The prisoner attempted to conceal
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Glenn Hickey on Jan 25, 2008
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Some years ago the Minnesota Crime Commission released a statement which said:
‘‘Every baby starts life as a little savage. He is completely selfish, and self-centered. He wants what he wants when he wants it –– his bottle, his mother’’s attention, his playmate’s toys, his uncle’s watch. Deny him
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Baptist
Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 27, 2010
The devil’s counterfeit initially looks like the real thing. But its fake.
• A counterfeit faith stops when man’s capacity ends – a Biblical faith begins where man stops.
• A counterfeit faith depends of appearance, coercion, and deception – a Biblical faith depends on the reliability of Christ
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Nazarene
Contributed by Tim White on Apr 2, 2012
LOST IN THE NOISE
A youth pastor wanted to illustrate something to his students. He placed some valuable objects on small tables around the room. On one of the tables was a Bible. There was a $5 bill on another table. There was a kids' meal from a fast-food restaurant on one table. Other tables
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Baptist
Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 16, 2007
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Jim Rhodes: God’s Complainer
Driving through Mineral Wells, Texas, one afternoon in 1994, Jim Rhodes noticed many buildings standing vacant due to the shutdown of a local military base. "I always complain to God about things that bother me," says Rhodes, "so I asked him, ’Why aren’t these buildings
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
Adults Online The number of adults Online has grown from 9% in ‘95 to 77% in ’06 according to the Harris Poll. As this use rises, the demographic profile of Internet users continues to look more like
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