Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 20, 2002
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I’ll never forget reading the economist Robert Heilbroner’s walk-through of what it would take to transform the average American home into the typical dwelling of the majority of the world’s inhabitants. We would have to begin by invading the house of our imaginary American family to strip it of
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 26, 2008
THANKSLIVING
Last week I shared with you a story about a young man with bipolar disorder that died while I was a chaplain. For those of you who were with us, do you remember that? How the parents stayed with him and were there for him even though he put them through so much hell. They were there
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Church Of God
Contributed by Ian Johnson on Aug 6, 2005
I am reminded of a story I heard some time ago of a missionary family who laboured in a certain field (Because it is an Islamic country I will not name it) for over 25 years they toiled for seemingly no fruit, then the whole family was martyred and that seemed to be that, But 70 years on in that
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 11, 2002
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YANKEE HONESTY III: Dennis Cleary, a representative in the Connecticut General Assembly, is running for his seventh term, but he’s running without the support of his own family. Relatives have taken out a newspaper ad noting "We are tired of Dennis ... Are you?" Family spokesman Jude Cleary says
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Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 28, 2008
“Clean House” show on Style Network
Each episode begins with a short montage introducing the subjects of the makeover. Homeowners typically are "victims" of a combination of poor housekeeping ability and lifestyle situations that exacerbate the problem. Most of the homes on the show are so messy
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Paul Kallan on Mar 5, 2003
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Once a friend of mine heard that a particular hindu family did not have anything to eat for a few days. He brought some rice and vegetables to this family. Even before he could leave the house, he saw the mother of the family dividing the provisions into two and taking the one half to her muslim
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Catholic
U.S. DEBT: OUR LEGACY
- US National Debt = over $14 Trillion (over $175,000 per family)
- US Total Debt = over $55 Trillion
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A minister brought home a 12-year-old boy named Roger. His parents had died from a drug overdose. There was no one to care for Roger, so this couple decided they’d just raise him as if he were one of their own sons. At first it was quite difficult for Roger to adjust to his new home--an environment
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2004
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"Economist Robert Heilbroner describes the luxuries a typical American family would have to surrender if they lived among the one billion hungry people in the Third World:
We begin by invading the house of our imaginary American family to strip it of its furniture. Everything goes: beds, chairs,
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Contributed by Fred Sigle on Jun 7, 2007
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Lamak was born into a wealthy, powerful Muslim family in South Asia. His family’s reputation put pressure on him to live like a Muslim. Everything changed when Lamak turned his life over to Jesus Christ while working in Singapore.
When he returned home four years later, he accepted the risks
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Todd Leupold on Jun 9, 2008
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Sooner or later, it seems that at least once in their life with God, every Christian gets infected with the virus of "false maturity." It's a weird virus in that it's symptoms are often easily seen and felt by others, but invisible and unfelt by the infected one!
Once infected, the poor soul
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Baptist
Contributed by A. Todd Coget on May 3, 2001
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[How God’s Children Change, Citation: Craig Barnes, author and pastor of National Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C.; from sermon "The Blessed Trinity" (5-30-99)]
When I was a child, my minister father brought home a 12-year-old boy named Roger, whose parents had died from a drug overdose.
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 25, 2009
On Dateline NBC Friday December 26, 2008 ‘A Twist of Fate’
From Publishers Weekly
In a widely reported incident in 2006, Laura Van Ryn and Whitney Cerak, students at an evangelical college in Indiana, and their families were victims of a ghastly mistake: the wrong girl was identified as the
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Samson Musyoki on Sep 22, 2007
Back in college, my agriculture extension lecturer used to warn us about our field work activities that we ought to be careful when visiting some homesteads. He emphasized on the significance of learning the peoples culture and traditions. This was due to the fact that in some families, several
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Pentecostal