Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2001
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IRONY AT THE CROSS
Only at the cross of Christ does man see fully what it is that separates him from God; yet it is here alone that he perceives that he is no longer separated from God. Nowehere else does the inviolable holiness of God, the impossibility of overlooking the guilt of man stand out
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 12, 2003
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Employed by the human-development center of a corporation in the midwest, my friend trains employees in proper dress codes and etiquette.
One day as she was stepping onto the elevator, a man casually dressed in jeans and a golf shirt got on with her.
Thinking of her responsibilities, she scolded,
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Contributed by Guy Glass on Jun 2, 2003
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GOD SPEED
A very wealthy, religious little old lady was a soft touch for any panhandler she happened to meet on the street.
One day she met a very shabbily dressed man and impulsively pressed a five dollar bill into his hand, smiled warmly and whispered, “God speed.”
The next day the shabbily
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 8, 2005
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As a pastor I try to be creative in teaching my deacons how to be ready to give an answer for the hope that is in us, but i am not the most tidy leader. One of my deacons was trying to invite a man to our church to experience Jesus. The man refuse saying that he didn’t have much to do with
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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Men
Of the estimated 94 million American males 18 or older, only 26 million currently attend church.
An average man has 1 chance in 11 of going to prison.
He has $3,100 in the bank and makes $27,418 a year.
1 in 4 will cheat on their wives versus 1 in 8 for wives.
1.9 million
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I also thank God as does Joseph Bayly in PSALMS OF MY LIFE in these words:
Thank You God that
You see
armies march
a sparrow fall
hear
atom’s blast
a baby’s cry
smell volcano’s flow
a man’s sweat
feel
contour of mountains
a little lump
taste ocean’ salt
my
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Methodist
Contributed by Pat Cook on Oct 6, 2004
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I have heard Karl Ingersoll, another Grand Mananer and pastor of Fredericton First Wesleyan, say, “The measure of the greatness of a man’s love for God is not found in his attention to the things he has to do, but in his attention to the things he doesn’t have to do.” That is, your salvation
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Baptist
Enablement for Uncommon Things
Peter F. Drucker: No organization can depend on genius; the supply is always scarce and unreliable. It is the test of an organization to make ordinary human beings perform better than they seem capable of, to bring out whatever strength there is in its members, and
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Charismatic
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IN REGARDS TO "BLESSING THOSE WHO PERSECUTE YOU," D.L. MOODY, IN ONE OF HIS SERMONS, PORTRAYS THE LORD JESUS GIVING DIRECTION TO PETER AFTER HIS RESURRECTION ON THIS VERY CONCEPT. MOODY SAID, "GO, FIND THE MAN WHO THRUST HIS SPEAR INTO MY SIDE AND TELL HIM THERE IS A MUCH QUICKER WAY TO MY
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Free Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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D. L. Moody was visiting a prominent Chicago citizen when the idea of church membership and involvement came up. "I believe I can be just as good a Christian outside the church as I can be inside it," the man said.
Moody said nothing. Instead, he moved to the fireplace, blazing against the winter
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