Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 22, 2003
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The triumphal entry has about it an aura of ambivalence, and as I read all the accounts together, what stands out to me now is the slapstick nature of the affair. I imagine a Roman officer galloping up to check on the disturbance. He has attended processions in Rome, where they do it right. The
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Contributed by Brad Beaman on Jul 29, 2003
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One thing church unity does not mean is uniformity. It does not mean we force everyone into the same mold. I saw a cartoon, which pictured a youth talking to a religious leader. The youth had spiked hair, an earring and a chain around his neck and all the trendy clothes. Apparently this youth had
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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From time to time, lobsters have to leave their shells in order to grow. They need the shell to protect them from being torn apart, yet when they grow, the old shell must be abandoned. If they did not abandon it, the old shell would soon become their prison--and finally their casket.
The tricky
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Contributed by Sean Harder on Jul 8, 2009
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THE DEFINITION OF A BBQ
It’s the only type of cooking a "real man" will do. When a man volunteers to do the ’BBQ’ the following chain of events is put into motion:
1) The woman goes to the store.
2) The woman fixes the salad, vegetables, and dessert.
3) The woman prepares the meat for cooking,
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 15, 2002
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[Sunday School]
When Robert Raikes started the Sunday School Movement, the Archbishop of Canterbury called together the bishops to see what could be done to stop him, for, he said, it was a violation of Exodus 20:8.
In the late 1700’s "Sabbath (or Sunday) School Societies" were started here and
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Contributed by Tony Abram on Nov 9, 2007
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Clayton Bell once said: There are two big lies that Satan has been perpetrating ever since the Garden of Eden. The first is that God is mean, vindictive, a spoilsport whose main role in life is to keep us from being fulfilled and happy--when we step out of bounds, he takes delight in making us pay.
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Contributed by C Jordan on Apr 27, 2008
JOB'S REPENTANCE
"Job repented, not of any past sins that might have caused his (trouble), but of his mistrust of God in the midst of it. Ultimately, God never answered Job’s questions. Job never actually found out why all of this loss and horror had occurred. It was as if the answer to Job’s
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2005
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The Smithsonian is vast collection of museums that could take weeks to see, but we hurried through two or three of the most popular. One of our favorites was the Air and Space Museum, which features everything from the original Wright brothers’ aircraft to displays of advanced space exploration.
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Contributed by David Daniels on Jan 23, 2001
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In 1988, the Houston School district nominated bus driver Lillie Baltrip for a safe-driving award. As she was driving a busload of her colleagues to the awards ceremony, she turned a corner too sharply and flipped the bus over sending herself and 16 others to the hospital. Now, do you think she
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Contributed by Guy Caley on Dec 15, 2001
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Perhaps the greatest illusionist and escape artists who ever lived was Harry Houdini. He was known for his tremendous physical condition, and could withstand blows to the abdomen by tensing his muscles. While performing in Canada, however, he was challenged by a student who didn’t give him time to
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Contributed by David Schaal on May 20, 2004
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A natural example of this point can be found by looking at the two seas in the Holy Land. The Sea of Galilee freely receives and gives out water. It has an abundance of life, nurturing many different kinds of fish and plant life. The water from the Sea of Galilee is carried by way of the Jordan
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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American adults who have not attended a church or faith community in the past year are less likely to be concerned about the U.S. moral condition, much less likely to believe they are making a positive difference in the world, less optimistic about the future, less likely to believe the Bible is
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Contributed by Michael Wiley on Feb 4, 2009
Paul prayed three times to have his thorn removed. We don’t know what the thorn was.
The Greek word used in the original text meant thorn or stake.
Some believe it was some sort of chronic ailment that plagued him (thorn in the flesh).
Some believe it was all the ongoing trials of the previous
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The two books the devil hates most are Genesis and Revelation. Why?
• In Genesis the devil's doom is pronounced.
• In Revelation it’s carried out. It is the Devil's Obituary.
Satan would tell us Genesis is myth and Revelation is mystery—don't pay attention to either one! Did you
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Contributed by Chad Wright on Apr 15, 2002
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In 1865 after the Civil War, America officially banned slavery. In modern headlines every once in a while you will read of a child held hostage by his own parents. Usually, the child is abused and neglected. One or both of the parents beat and starve the child. Some children have been chained like
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Nov 7, 2002
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Many years ago, a captain of an English ship sailing near Turkey was caught in a storm. As there was no harbour nearby he let down the anchor, but the wind blew so fiercely that it began to drag the anchor. It couldn’t get a grip on the sandy seabed and so the ship began to drift. Another anchor
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