Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Oct 29, 2003
Some day Susie and I hope to build our “dream home,” but before we do we have to overcome some obstacles. First we need to talk together about the house we picture in our minds. We both would like to build a house, but I’m sure that the house I want to build is not the same as the house she wants
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Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Oct 29, 2003
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When a puzzle is put together each piece is interconnected to the other pieces. Alone a piece is inadequate; a single piece cannot show you the whole picture. Likewise if one or more pieces of the puzzle are missing then it is defective; it’s lacking an essential part and is incomplete.
Being
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 14, 2004
One of the people I talked to told of an interesting incident that happened at a family gathering. She suddenly found herself under attack as some of the other family members decided to bring up everything that she had ever done wrong. They reminded her of things from long ago and accused her of
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Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Nov 30, 2004
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De-evangelizing the neighbourhood
I was at a conference a few years ago where they told the story of a church that looked as though they were really thriving: they had about 500 people attending, and had many outreach ministries reaching their community, and many people were coming to Christ and to
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Contributed by Bill Prater on Jan 5, 2001
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The U.S. standard railroad gauge (distance between rails) is four feet, eight-and-one-half inches.
Why such an odd number? Because that’s the way they built them in England, and American railroads were built by British expatriates.
Why did the English adopt that particular gauge? Because the
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 13, 2005
Islam is growing in the US, and has made its strongest inroads into the African -American community. More than 90% of the converts to Islam in the US are African-American males. They seen Christianity is
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
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Cultural Trends Alan Andrews, Director – U.S. Navigators, pointed out in a recent message on the state of American culture 4 cultural trends that the Church must face when sharing the Gospel: •Globalization; an essentially secular trend that promises materialism, affluence and pleasure through a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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Books Influence Pastors: A new Barna survey finds Rick Warren’s The Purpose-Driven Life and The Purpose-Driven Church (Zondervan) are the most helpful books protestant pastors have read in the last 3 years. Other popular titles were What’s So Amazing About Grace? by Philip Yancey (Zondervan); Fresh
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Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Feb 26, 2006
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ILLUSTRATION: After World War II, a group of German students volunteered to help rebuild an English cathedral that had been severely damaged by German bombs. As work progressed, they became concerned about a large statue of Jesus, whose arms were outstretched and beneath which was the inscription:
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nations compassion, unselfish caring,
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