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  • The Quartz Hill Football Team Won The Cif ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 15, 2008
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    The Quartz Hill football team won the CIF Championship. The head coach, Pat Degnan, told his team all year, "Its not the X's and the O, but the Jimmy's and the Joe's." In other words, plays don't win football games; players do. In the same way, church doctrines and programs do ...read more

  • Christians Seems To Have Forgotten The Values And ...

    Contributed by Vincent Olaer on May 1, 2011
     | 2,175 views

    Christians seems to have forgotten the values and Biblical teachings about divorce and marital relationship. This is because people has been so concerned on the exemptions rather than the Biblical teachings itself. As a result, more and more people wants to justify their own personal view to ...read more

  • Modern-Day Pharisees

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Sep 6, 2011
     | 3,376 views

    MODERN-DAY PHARISEES These Pharisees were not true shepherds, but actually thieves and robbers. Killing the sheep, leading them to their destruction. How many so-called shepherds today are leading their flocks to destruction by giving them religion instead of relationship? By leading them in ...read more

  • My Name Is Dawn Stefanowicz. I Grew Up In A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chris Kelly on Oct 21, 2008
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     | 3,185 views

    "My name is Dawn Stefanowicz. I grew up in a homosexual household during the 60s and 70s in Toronto, exposed to many different people in Gay, Lesbian, bisexual, Transsexual subcultures and explicit sexual practices. My biggest concern is that children are not being discussed in this same-sex ...read more

  • Divine Jealousy

    Contributed by Joshua Blackmon on May 25, 2026
     | 58 views

    “It is true that Ezekiel’s performances arise out of perceived divine jealousy. Indeed the word quin’a, though appearing only ten times in the book, expresses the underlying motif of his ministry, and one’s interpretation of the word determines one’s perception of the God whom it describes. To ...read more

  • Anastasia's Father Lost His Job-Not Through A ...

    Contributed by Mack Armstrong on Nov 5, 2006
     | 1,613 views

    Anastasia’s father lost his job-not through a direct fault of his own. As a result of losing his job, the entire family had to leave their nice home and go live in an apartment. After a few weeks living in this rental, they were moved far away and made to live in a small town where it was extremely ...read more

  • 52-62% Of All First Marriages Will Eventually ...

    Contributed by Steve Smith on May 18, 2006
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    • 52-62% of all first marriages will eventually end in legal divorce. Untold others will experience emotional divorce and unsatisfying relationships. • 60% of all remarriages eventually end in legal divorce. • 43% of all marriages are remarriages for at least one of the adults. • 65% of ...read more

  • While Driving Back From My Parents, I Listened ...

    Contributed by Michael De Rosa on Nov 5, 2006
     | 1,595 views

    While driving back from my parents, I listened to a Christian Radio talk show. One of the guests described the relationship between faith and life. He told how the nominal Christians life was represented as a circle, with their faith being represented as a dot in the center of that circle. Then ...read more

  • I. Tadlock States, ‘the Loss Of Perspective Is ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 11, 2007
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    i. Tadlock states, ‘The loss of perspective is another cost of hurry sickness. Perspective means a balanced way of seeing things-the capacity to see people or things in their relationship to each other. You see things as they are rather than in some distorted manner. It’s hard to ...read more

  • The Craigslist Murder

    Contributed by Chris Mccarthy on Aug 17, 2010
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    THE CRAIGSLIST MURDER When Charlene Sanders drove home from a routine day of work April 28, the last thing she expected was that she would be telling family of her husband’s death later that night. At about 9 p.m. on April 28, Jim Sanders invited a young man and women into his home to view a ring ...read more

  • Ministry Meltdown

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 3, 2013
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    MINISTRY MELTDOWN My dear friends, when life seems overwhelming, don't get busy; get help! Otherwise, you'll just wear yourself out and those around you. That's what Bob Merritt, pastor of the Eagle Brook Church in Minnesota, was doing. In a recent issue of Leadership Journal he writes about ...read more

  • Obituaries  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Apr 14, 2009
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    OBITUARIES Jeruselem 33 AD Calvary Jesus Christ, 33, of Nazareth died Friday on Mount Calvary, also known as Golgotha, the place of the skull. Betrayed by Judas, Jesus was crucified by the Romans, by order of the Ruler Pontius Pilate. The causes of death were extreme exhaustion, severe torture, ...read more

  • Peace Isn't Just A Truce. General Mcarthur Said ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    Peace isn't just a truce. General McArthur said "A truce just says you don’t shoot for awhile. Peace comes when the truth is known, the issue is settled, & the parties embrace each other." Peacemakers don’t just try to stop conflict. They’re doing something far more meaningful, something healing ...read more

  • Blessed Are The Peacemakers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS General McArthur said "A truce just says you don't shoot for awhile. Peace comes when the truth is known, the issue is settled, and the parties embrace each other." Peacemakers don't just try to stop conflict. They're doing something far more meaningful, something ...read more

  • Financial Crisis

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 27, 2004
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     | 3,240 views

    . Bobby Eklund states: Families are in financial crisis, not always because of economic downturns or situations out of their control, but because we normally bring these problems upon ourselves. Families have readily accepted the notion that the best way to get things done is through debt. It is ...read more

  • I Have A Friend Who Works With A Church In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Jul 26, 2005
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    I have a friend who works with a church in Nashville. He was telling us a few weeks ago about a lady at his church who was really convicted by what she had been reading in the scriptures and hearing at church. She felt that she has no other choice but to take the love of God out to a dying world ...read more

  • He Was Graduated From The Finest Four-Star ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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     | 3,505 views

    He was graduated from the finest four-star Christian college. The product of a distinguished evangelical church, he had a good personal grasp of the Scriptures. From a strong Christian family, he was a personable and handsome green shoot -- the whole nine yards! Like many in his league, however, ...read more

  • The Diverse Disciples

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 25, 2010
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    THE DIVERSE DISCIPLES I have always been a bit of a loner. I was not the sort of person you wanted in your team. I didn't fit. If Jesus hadn't come into my life, I am sure I would have ended up as a starving artist or at least a hermit - a recluse with a long beard, black jeans, T-shirt and ...read more

  • Instead Of Trying To Sell Something, Fundraisers ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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    "Instead of trying to sell something, fundraisers should ask people what matters to them and what they’ve done in terms of giving that made them feel good." Sound advice from Joe Breiteneicher, VP at Philanthropic Initiative, Boston. He also says, engage donors /prospects and create relationships ...read more

  • Unwed Mothers Birthed 1.5 Million Of The 4 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,473 views

    Unwed Mothers birthed 1.5 million of the 4 million total births in the U.S. last year. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, 55% percent of births for those ages 20-24 were to unwed mothers; almost 28% for ages 25-29. Unwed couples seem to have a positive ...read more