Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2002
The first section,(at West Point Military Academy) was studying the time-space relationship later formulated by Einstein as his Theory of Relativity. The text was complex and, some cadets were unable to comprehend it, one young cadet committed the pages to memory. When he was called upon, he
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Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Apr 26, 2002
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Tommy Tenney, in his new book tells this story.
He believes that God spoke to him and said, “You know, Tommy, your favorite worship services and My favorite services are not the same. You leave you services full and satisfied, but when you leave, I’m still hungry.”
He writes, “God whispered this
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
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MAY THE FORKS BE WITH YOU
Luke and Obi-Wan are in a Chinese restaurant having a meal.
Skillfully using his chopsticks, Obi-Wan deftly dishes himself a large portion of noodles into his bowl, then tops it off with some chicken and cashew nuts.
All this is done with consummate ease you’d expect
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 22, 2003
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When you fully comprehend that there is more to life than just here and now, and you realize that life is just preparation for eternity, you will begin to live differently. You will start living in light of eternity, and that will color how you handle every relationship, task, and circumstance.
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Nov 3, 2003
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"In the Clint Eastwood movie "High Plains Difter", Clint was coming up against a whole town of people who had a dark secret they thought they had safely hidden, but he knew their secret and was about to expose them. A woman he was with warned him that the people were afraid, and she said, “that
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Orthodox
Contributed by Tom Doubt on May 17, 2004
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There are many ways to address problems. North Dakota Indian tribe wisdom[sermon-fodder.com, 9-27-03]: If you discover you are riding a dead horse, dismount.
We often expand this basic tribal wisdom in our church life and personal life. If we find ourselves on a dead horse, we simply change
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Baptist
Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Nov 4, 2004
A young soldier was going off to fight in World War II against the Japanese. As his father put him on the train and waved good-bye, he turned with bitter tears and said, "If my son is killed, I hope every Jap in the world is killed!" Yet the fact that the father was a Christian made it difficult to
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Baptist
Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 22, 2004
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If we could shrink the earth’s population to a village of one hundred people; here’s the way the world would look:
There would be 57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 from the Western Hemisphere, and 8 Africans.
50 would suffer from malnutrition and one would be near death. Only one would have a college
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Robert Walter on Dec 24, 2004
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Have you ever stopped to consider that the incarnation was a mission trip? Jesus thought our wellbeing was important enough that he left his home turf on high to come, not just to a foreign land, but in a foreign form. Missionaries to another country will often adopt native dress and customs to
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Lutheran
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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After cleaning out his office files one Monday afternoon, a federal employee was faced with mountains of old documents and reports. He stacked them on top of his wastebasket with a sign reading: “Rubbish.” The next day, the papers were still there, so he added the words: “Please remove.” On
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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Keith Drury, religious trend watcher and professor at Indiana Wesleyan University, makes 25 predictions regarding the changing landscape of Christianity and the Church in the U.S. in the Sep/Oct ’98 issue of Christian Management Report. Here are few directly pertaining to the religious
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Contributed by Brian Eatock on Feb 12, 2006
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A young soldier was going off to fight in World War II against the Japanese. As his father put him on the train and waved good-bye, he turned with bitter tears and said, "If my son is killed, I hope every Jap in the world is killed!" Yet the fact that the father was a Christian made it difficult to
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Holiness
Contributed by Peter Bines on Sep 19, 2006
True spirituality is not just natural temperament, it’s the work of God’s Spirit changing our hearts. Our old Tabby cat Smokey (who sadly had to be put down) was simply not a lap cat. Whatever you did you simply couldn’t coax him to sit on your lap and be nice. You see, it just wasn’t in his
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Oct 27, 2006
Sam Jones went home one day and his wife said to him, “Sam, I want you to go see the old sheriff who is dying.”
Sam answered his wife, “Honey, you know he has never believed in God. He is an infidel.”
Stirred on by his wife’s persistence, Sam went to see the sheriff.
After visiting with the
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Baptist
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Bruce L. Shelley adds, “From the year 312, he favored Christianity openly. He allowed Christian ministers to enjoy the same exemption from taxes as the pagan priests, he abolished executions by crucifixion; he called a halt to the battles of gladiators as a punishment for crimes; and in 321 he made
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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