Contributed by Richard Jones on Nov 3, 2000
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A pastor and his wife decide to have the church deacons and their wives over for dinner. It was quite an undertaking, but the pastor and his wife want to be "Salt and Light" for the leaders of their church. When it comes time for dinner, everyone is seated and the pastor's wife asks her little four
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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The courage of Civil War leader Stonewall Jackson in the midst of conflict can be a lesson for the believer. Historian Mark Brimsley wrote,
“A battlefield is a deadly place, even for generals; and it would be naive to suppose Jackson never felt the animal fear of all beings exposed to wounds and
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Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Mar 13, 2023
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God the Father Loves His Children ... and He is also quick to .... encourage His children. (Long Pause)
I learned that ...as a parent ... the hard way.
As a father ... you want the best for your children ... you want them to succeed.
To succeed ... at everything they do.
Kristin ... our first
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Dec 21, 2009
D.M. Stearns was preaching in Philadelphia. At the close of the service a stranger came up to him and said, "I don’t like the way you spoke about the cross. I think that instead of emphasizing the death of Christ, it would be far better to preach Jesus, the teacher and example."
Stearns replied,
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Contributed by W F on Jul 3, 2006
What bricks and mortar are to a building, a marriage is to a community in which it lives and loves. There can be no doubt that a community will crumble and collapse if marriage is allowed to crumble and collapse. And history is strewn with example after example of this.
The Roman empire is just
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Let no pleasure tempt thee, no profit allure thee, no ambition corrupt thee, no example sway thee, no persuasion move thee to do anything which thou knowest to be evil; so thou shalt
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Feb 12, 2007
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Ghandi said “I could accept Jesus as a martyr, an embodiment of sacrifice, and a divine teacher, but not as the most perfect man ever born. His death on the cross was a great example to the world, but that there was
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Contributed by Dave Kinney on Sep 13, 2008
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Pastor Dave Kinney said, "Can you imagine how different our marriages would be if every community, every church member, lived to bring glory to God? Men, if we set the example, I’m
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Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 1, 2001
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I’ve been reading a book by Robert Putnam, a professor at Harvard. The book is called "Bowling Alone," and in it, he documents the decline in community life in American over the last four decades. The title comes from a trivial but telling example: the percentage of adults who belong to a bowling
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jun 30, 2001
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"I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I’d rather one would walk with me than merely show the way. The eye’s a better pupil and more willing than the ear; Fine counsel is confusing but example’s always clear. And the best of all the preachers are the ones who live their creeds, For to
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Contributed by Steven Cannon on Jul 27, 2007
Jas 3:3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. Jas 3:4 Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds,
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Herod, the usurper tyrant, learned neither from Aristotle nor Moses and is thus known more as a bloodthirsty murderer than as the rebuilder of the Jerusalem Temple. This unnatural act of mass murder, which our political leaders today imitate in the form of
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