Illustration: In the days before Connecticut became a state, the colonial Legislature was in session when a thick black cloud blocked out the sunlight. Someone shouted, “It is the Day of Judgment! Let’s go home and get ready!”
But another member of the Legislature, who happened to be a deacon
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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National Day Of Fasting
In 1995 U.S. Senator Mark O. Hatfield presented a resolution designating Monday of Thanksgiving week as "National Day of Fasting." He and Stan Mooneyham, President of World Vision International called on all Americans to experience hunger
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 22, 2008
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WAIT THREE DAYS
On that beautiful Easter Monday morning I noticed the old flower lady sitting in her usual place inside a small archway. At her feet, corsages and boutonnieres were parading on top of a spread-open newspaper. The flower lady was smiling, her wrinkled old face alive with some inner
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Clark Tanner on May 1, 2008
THE DAY IS HOLY ALREADY
"Let the church members behave like Christians seven days a week, and it is likely that the Sabbath will take care of itself. For how do you make a day holy? By seeing that it is holy already and behaving
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Orthodox
Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 21, 2008
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FATHER'S DAY CALLS
THE ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY reported that the volume of long-distance calls made on Father’s Day is growing faster than the number on Mother’s Day. The company apologized for the delay in compiling the statistics, but explained that
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 26, 2008
Wikipedia tells us this about Memorial Day:
"Memorial Day is a United States Federal Holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May (observed in 2008 on May 26). It was formerly known as Decoration Day. This holiday commemorates U.S. men and women who have died in military service to their
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Gene Gregory on Feb 17, 2009
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GOD'S VALENTINE'S DAY
If yesterday is like Valentine's Days of the past, over $1 billion was spent on chocolate, $1 billion on cards, and 218 million roses were sold in the pursuit of or in an attempt to demonstrate love.
The Bible tells us that God sent the first Valentine. He showed what true
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Baptist
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Dr. James Dobson’s Focus On The Family recently aired this true story from Dr. Bob Reccord, president of the International Missions Board:
A pastor friend in Texas was in a hurry after work. He had to get to the mall for some items, go to his daughter’s school to pick her up, take her home, get
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Episcopal/Anglican
Just imagine you’d spent days and days doing a 1000 piece jigsaw and just when you thought you would finally finish it, you found there was a piece missing. How would you feel?
It wouldn’t matter that 999 pieces were perfectly in place, you’d still notice the piece that was
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Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by Jesse Bennett on Nov 5, 2008
The day after Election Day I heard a lot about the candidate that won the election being a candidate for change. There were a lot of generalizations used about change but really nothing specific about his plan for change.
I will say one thing is for certain, “change is coming, things have
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jun 15, 2001
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[Are Fathers Necessary?, Citation: Charles Colson, How Now Shall We Live (Tyndale, 1999)]
In How Now Shall We Live, Chuck Colson notes the disturbing realities that plague children who grow up without a father:
Children in single-parent families are five times more likely to be poor, and half the
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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A New York family decided to leave the crowded city and head for the wide-open spaces. They bought a ranch out West, where they intended to raise cattle. A month later some friends visited the ranch and asked if they had picked out a name for the place. Well, said the man, I wanted to name it
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United Methodist
Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 31, 2000
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Hilda Houlding co-ordinator of the Calgary Family Service Bureau, made this comment “An affair is often an attempt to find a little bit of paradise on the side, pursuing the belief that if one just finds the right sexual partner there will be instant happiness and everything will fall into place.
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Adam Cruse on Jul 18, 2001
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A missionary and his family were forced to camp outside on a hill. They were carrying money and they were fearful that thieves might rob them. After spending time in prayer, the finally fell asleep. Several months later, a man that had been injured was taken to the mission hospital. He asked
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Baptist
Contributed by Dana Chau on Sep 7, 2001
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Paul Harvey tells the story about a family on Christmas Eve. This family had a tradition where the Mother and children would go to the Christmas Eve service, and the Father would stay home and read the paper. When the family returns home from church, they would all gather to open up their
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 13, 2001
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Ann Weems wrote: "It was a family treasure. That golden vase, the priceless vase that had belonged to my great-grandmother & my grandmother & now to my mother. The vase sat on the mantle, out of reach of little fingers. However, I managed to reach it. I climbed to reach it, & I broke it. I
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Martin Wiles on May 5, 2002
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I recall one of the All in the Family episodes where Archie and Edith were having some discussion that had to do with God, and Mike-their atheistic son-in-law, asked the question, “What God.” Then their daughter, Gloria, said, “Yeah, what God.” Archie could not believe his ears. He knew his
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 3, 2002
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Culture Has Moral Confusion about Families
In a recent column, commentator Dennis Prager observes that he was recently asked to write an article defending the traditional two-parent family. He wonders what has happened to our society that such a concept even needs to be defended? He notes:
"In
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