Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2002
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In the Roanoke Times 2001. For Stephen Kuropas, born with cerebral palsy, some things just take a little while. But that hasn’t stopped him from trying- or from succeeding. Last Sunday, after 12 years of attending classes, Kuropas, 41, graduated with an associate’s degree from Community College
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Contributed by Carla Powell on Feb 2, 2002
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Brother Lawrence was a French monk who lived from 1611
to 1691. You might think that a man who was born nearly
400 years ago would have very little to say to today’s
working people, but he had some great insights into our
theme of ministry in daily life. Brother Lawrence (The
Practice of the
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Lutheran
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 4, 2002
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“Moody’s Barroom Meeting”
D.L. Moody once entered a tavern in order to ask the bartender if his two little girls might attend his Sunday School. He was told that an atheist club met there every Thursday night and the owner of the bar was in no mood to offend them. Moody looked into the face of
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Alan Perkins on Feb 16, 2002
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There’s an ancient document from the second century called the "Epistle to Diognetus". It’s a letter from a Christian to a prominent pagan named Diognetus, in which the author, who is unknown, is describing and defending this strange new religion of Christianity. It reads, in part:
"The Christians
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Baptist
Contributed by Mike Leiter on Feb 18, 2002
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An elementary school teacher had a Christian student who was very outspoken about his faith. To prove a point one day, the teacher took this student to the classroom window, pointed to the sky and said, “Look up into the sky. Can you see God up there?” “No.” the student replied. “That’s because
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Vineyard
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2002
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OBESITY OR POVERTY
A February 2002 issue of National Geographic says the Worldwatch Institute has issued its annual State of the World report. Almost every global environmental indicator has worsened over the last ten years and the gap between rich and poor has gotten wider. Over 1 billion
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Contributed by Don Hawks on Feb 28, 2002
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John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement in 18th Century England presents this perspective on prayer in his sermon “On Prayer”:
When we say our prayers… if we do it for any selfish reason, it is not acceptable to God.
The purpose of your praying is not to inform God, as though he didn’t
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 1, 2002
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Worship
Isaac Watts wrote fifty-two books, twenty-nine of them on theology. But he is best remembered for his hymns. He wrote more than seven hundred, and even today the average modern hymnal will have twenty or more of his songs--276 years after they were written. When he died he was reciting one
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Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Mar 3, 2002
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation has a scene that illustrates what is probably the attitude of many Americans who pray.. Old Aunt Bethany "prays," but in reality, she is reciting the pledge of
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Baptist