Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Dec 10, 2008
June 25, 1963 the Supreme Court struck down legislation that would allow school prayer. The case was Engel V. Vitale. It was a 22 word prayer that went like this:
"Almighty God we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee, and we beg Thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers, and our country".
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Nov 6, 2009
FOLLOWING IN THE STEPS OF CHRIST
"Believers will never suffer for others' salvation, including their own. But they will suffer for Christ's sake, and His example is their standard for a God-honoring response. The word translated 'example' is hupogrammon, which literally means 'writing under' and
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Contributed by Steve Wilson on Jun 6, 2012
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A 33-YEAR-OLD GREAT
About 2,300 years ago Alexander the Great marched his army from Greece to India. Though the distance was long, his army was unstoppable. The only reason he stopped was that his men became homesick and wanted to return to Greece. That march had long ranging influence. The Greek
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Baptist
Sexual Addiction is from the dark side and those who struggle with it need deliverance. This is only possible by surrendering your life over to the Lord Jesus Christ – Lets look at the symptoms of a sex addict:
1. Sexual acting out despite serious consequences and repeated attempts at
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
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Abilene Christian University researchers, Dr. David Lewis and Dr. Carley Dodd have recently concluded a cross-generational study (six different tests) to measure fathers’ positive and negative influences upon teens’ spirituality. The found that "every time" dad’s role "as teacher came out be the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 29, 2003
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Many of you watch the TV sitcom, “Everybody Loves Raymond.” In a rerun episode I saw recently Raymond’s brother Robert and his fiancée Amy were having a brunch for Raymond’s family one morning. Unexpectedly Amy’s parents showed up. Her parents are depicted as very conservative, narrow minded
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Contributed by Manuel Amparo on May 10, 2006
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Father Graham was an old-fashioned gentleman beloved by everyone, and his influence in the little town was great, so good and active was he.
A young man of the village had been badly insulted, and came to Father Graham full of angry indignation, declaring that he was going at once to demand
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Contributed by Peter Bines on Sep 14, 2006
The English Anglican evangelist George Whitefield was preaching at Moorfields fair in 1742. As he did so stones, dirt, rotten eggs and pieces of dead cat were thrown at him from the crowd. He vividly describes a group who were intent on putting an end to his preaching: ‘…having got a large pole for
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Abstinence Up U.S. Department of Health and Human Services officials, Wade Horn and Jeffrey Trimbath, publicly defend abstinence education programs. They claim the goal of such programs is to delay teens’ introduction to sexual activity, noting reliable statistics indicate that’s exactly what it
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CONSISTENT LIFE
I recently heard of four scholars who were arguing over Bible translations. One said he preferred the King James Version because of its beautiful, eloquent old English. Another said he preferred the American Standard Bible for its literalism, the way it moves the reader from
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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MISSED BY THAT MUCH
The story is told of a man who rushed into a suburban railroad station one morning and, almost breathlessly, asked the ticket agent: "When does the 8:01 train leave?"
"At 8:01," was the answer.
"Well," the man replied, "my watch says it's 7:59, the town clock says it's 7:57,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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John Hess Yoder writes in Leadership magazine:
While serving as a missionary in Laos, I discovered an illustration of the kingdom of God. Before the colonialists imposed national boundaries, the kings of Laos and Vietnam reached an agreement on taxation in the border areas. Those who ate
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Contributed by Thomas Cash on Dec 17, 2009
Listen to part of the June 2006 editorial of Christianity Today, written when The Da Vinci Code was being released in theaters:
“The tendency to grasp at excuses for not making a commitment to (God) was illustrated by National Public Radio commentator Peter Manseau. He compared the Gospel of Judas
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