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  • How Mosaics Evangelize: Researcher George Barna ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    How Mosaics Evangelize: Researcher George Barna says recent Barna Group research finds that Mosaics (adolescents through 20’s) are much more likely to share their faith through ongoing discussions with friends and through e-mail and instant message conversations than older adults. He advises ...read more

  • Abortion Losing Favor: Americans Appear To Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Abortion Losing Favor: Americans appear to be shifting their attitudes on abortion. A new survey by Zogby International, found that 22% of Americans have views that are less favorable toward abortion than they held 10 years ago—nearly twice the number who say they’ve become more pro-choice over the ...read more

  • When I Had Youth I Had No Money; Now I Have The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
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    When I had youth I had no money; now I have the money I have no time; and when I get the time, if I ever do, I shall have no health to enjoy life. I suppose it’s the discipline I need; but it’s rather hard to love the things I do, and see them go by because duty chains me to my galley. If I ever ...read more

  • We Must Feel Toward Our People As A Father ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2006
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    "We must feel toward our people as a father toward his children; yea, the most tender love of a mother must not surpass ours. We must even travail in birth, till Christ be formed in them. They should see that we care for no outward thing, neither liberty, nor honor, nor life, in comparison to ...read more

  • How Many Children Are Aborted? Worldwide, 55 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    How many children are aborted? Worldwide, 55 million unborn children are killed every year. Around the world, every day 150,685 children are killed by abortion; every hour, 6278; and every minute, 105. Those are the reported cases. If you are an American citizen, no doubt your greatest interest is ...read more

  • A Group Of Elderly, Cultured Gentlemen Met Often ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    A group of elderly, cultured gentlemen met often to exchange wisdom and drink tea. Each host tried to find the finest and most costly varieties, to create exotic blends that would arouse the admiration of his guests. When the most venerable and respected of the group entertained, he served his tea ...read more

  • When My Son Jordan Was About 2 Years Old, I Had ...

    Contributed by Darrin Hunt on May 24, 2007
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    When my son Jordan was about 2 years old, I had to stop at the church office while he sat in the car with his mother. Out of the blue, he asked her, "Mommy, Is Jesus in the office?" My wife was taken aback, and rather than get into a long theological discussion with a 2 year old, answered, "No, ...read more

  • An Unknown Author Wrote, "Longfellow Could Take ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    "An unknown author wrote, "Longfellow could take a sheet of paper, write a poem on it and make it worth sixty thousand dollars. That is talent. Rockefeller could sign a piece of paper and make it worth millions. That is capital. A mechanic can take material worth $5 and make it into an article ...read more

  • There Is A Story About Four Preachers Discussing ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There is a story about four preachers discussing the merits of the various translations of the Bible. One liked the King James Version best because of its simple, beautiful English. Another liked the American Revised Version best because it was closer to the original Hebrew and Greek. Still another ...read more

  • Compassion Should Motivate Us To More Than Just ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Compassion should motivate us to more than just feeling sorrow for someone it should motivate us to action. Pity is a feeling, but true compassion demands an action. There is a funny story about Peter admitting people at the gates of heaven. Peter asks one man who appears, ‘Tell me one act of ...read more

  • Some Time Ago, I Was Informed That The Vacuum ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Some time ago, I was informed that the vacuum cleaner at home did not work. I checked the belts, etc., and all seemed fine. Then it came to me. I removed the hose and looked through it. No light came through it from the other end. I removed the clogged up dirt, and the vacuum worked fine after ...read more

  • One Morning There Was A Terrible Snowstorm And ...

    Contributed by Mel Shepherd on Jul 2, 2007
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    One morning there was a terrible snowstorm and so here was this mother of three small children outside shoveling snow out of the driveway. A neighbor also shoveling snow at the same time yells out to her, “Why isn’t your husband outside helping you with this chore?” Well, she said, “Someone ...read more

  • Third, We Need To Forgive Ourselves. In The ...

    Contributed by William Hooper on Jul 7, 2007
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    Third, we need to forgive ourselves. In the award winning film called “The Mission,” Robert DeNiro plays a mercenary who has taken asylum in the local church after killing his brother in a fit of jealous rage. He eventually leaves the church and heads to a mission post located above the waterfalls ...read more

  • For Over Fifteen Years I Have Been Asking People ...  PRO

    Contributed by Hal Seed on Jul 27, 2007
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    “For over fifteen years I have been asking people of all walks of life from Morocco to India and from Turkey to the Sudan about the implications of a son’s request for his inheritance while the father is still living. The answer has almost always been emphatically the same.” …the conversation runs ...read more

  • Verses 1 - 2: As The Deer Pants For Streams Of ...

    Contributed by Richard Francis on Sep 10, 2007
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    Verses 1 - 2: As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? What do you picture? A nice deer skipping up to a clear bubbling flowing spring and gently lapping up the refreshing water? Me I see a ...read more

  • Night Driving With Pouring Rain Is Difficult ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 16, 2007
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    Night driving with pouring rain is difficult driving. The water can create slippery surfaces and oncoming traffic¡¦s lights are reflected off the water with blinding effects. If you remove the image of oncoming traffic and place yourself on a deserted road with heavy rain, the experience becomes ...read more

  • A Young Customs Official Noticed A Woman ...

    Contributed by Rick Bezanson on Oct 26, 2007
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    A young customs official noticed a woman crossing the border every day on a motorcycle with a wooden box strapped on the back of the motorcycle. The guard knew she was trying to smuggle something into the country so he stopped her and searched the box. There was nothing in the box except sand, so ...read more

  • Clayton Bell Once Said: There Are Two Big Lies ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Nov 9, 2007
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    Clayton Bell once said: There are two big lies that Satan has been perpetrating ever since the Garden of Eden. The first is that God is mean, vindictive, a spoilsport whose main role in life is to keep us from being fulfilled and happy--when we step out of bounds, he takes delight in making us pay. ...read more

  • I Was Riding One Of Our Shetland Ponies, Trigger ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Willis on Nov 29, 2006
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    I was riding one of our Shetland ponies, Trigger or Sugarfoot. They were prone to buck you off from time to time and one of those occasions occurred. Well, as I hit the ground I heard someone call my name, “Bruce.” I rolled over to see who it was and no one did I see. However, when I looked ...read more

  • In Reflecting On Handel's Messiah, Joseph E. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2006
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    In reflecting on Handel’s Messiah, Joseph E. McCabe wrote: “Never again are we to look at the stars, as we did when we were children, and wonder how far it is to God. A being outside our world would be a spectator, looking on but taking no part in this life, where we try to be brave despite all ...read more