Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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Pastors Older: Several Protestant denominations report that their corps of pastors is not just decreasing but aging, with less than 10% age 35 or younger, compared with rates as high as 24% a generation ago. More than 30% of pastors in several denominations are above 55, higher than a generation
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Apr 15, 2006
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Death is a huge chasm. But Jesus bridged that too. It is his sacrifice that is the bridge. Many stories allude to the power of sacrifice, one of the most recent is the Chronicles of Narnia, where the Lion Aslan, won’t stay dead!
{Video Clip: Chronicles of Narnia- Start: Chp.20:1:52:34 - End:
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Christian Church
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 24, 2006
Arthur Custance writes: “It is a curious fact that demons were notable for their physical strength, and it is also a curious fact that they had for some reason a fear of water. The instance of the Gadarene swine could conceivably be a case where the Lord permitted the evil spirit to enter animal
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Bill Butsko on Nov 18, 2006
“My Best”
There is an urge within my breast,
To give the Lord my very best,
In thought, in action, word and deed,
This has become my whole life’s creed.
I want to fit into His plan
Be of help to my fellow-man.
Plan the things that I should do
Before my work on earth is through.
It may be out in
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Christian Church
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 Bruce Howell on Dec 30, 2000
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One day I looked at myself—at the self that Christ can see;
I saw the person I am today and the one I ought to be.
I saw how little I really pray and how little I really do;
I saw the influence of my life—how little of it was true!
I saw the bundle of faults and fears I ought to lay on
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 6, 2007
I went to visit Malinda’s mother in the hospital two weeks ago, because her pastor was elected DS and hadn’t been able to be there. I felt I was to pray for her staff infection to go away, but not for the cancer they feared was back. I honestly reasoned God will not take the cancer away with her
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Daniel Lawson on Sep 2, 2007
Bill Faye, author of "Sharing Jesus without Fear," notes that Americans have found a new way to deny Christ: "It’s by keeping silent about him." Fay asked, "Do we really believe it when Jesus said that unless a person is saved, he’s damned?" And if we do, he asked, "How do we allow our people to
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Baptist
Contributed by Joel Vicente on Oct 16, 2007
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JUST BELIEVE by Joel Vicente
THOUGH TIME MAY BE TOUGH
AND THE ROAD REAL ROUGH
JUST BELIEVE
THOUGH YOU’VE CRIED MANY TEARS
AND WAITED MANY YEARS
JUST BELIEVE
IF GOD SAID HE WILL
THEN JUST BE STILL
AND BELIEVE
FOR GOD WILL TRULY DO
WHAT HE PROMISED YOU
IF YOU JUST BELIEVE
JUST BELIEVE IN HIS
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Baptist
Contributed by Darrin Fish on Dec 8, 2007
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• A six-year-old boy came home with a note from his teacher in which it was suggested that he be taken out of school, as he was “too stupid to learn.” That boy was Thomas A. Edison.
• Alfred Tennyson’s grandfather gave him 10 shillings for writing a eulogy for his grandmother. Handing it to the
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Christian Church
Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Dec 31, 2007
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Joe Craig, Tucson, AZ, was nearly 4 yrs old. He was well-behaved except for one habit--he didn’t like to wear shoes. When it was time for his first Vacation Bible school, his parents told Joe he must keep his shoes on at church. He nodded in agreement, but they worried about his ability to resist
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
I read the true story once about a woman who was babysitting for the 2 year old son of her preacher. The boy was sleeping in her home one night while the preacher and his wife were out of town and the boy woke up at 4:30 a.m. crying for his daddy.
“I didn’t know what to do until I remembered my
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
I read the true story once about a woman who was babysitting for the 2 year old son of her preacher. The boy was sleeping in her home one night while the preacher and his wife were out of town and the boy woke up at 4:30 a.m. crying for his daddy.
“I didn’t know what to do until I remembered my
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Walt Disney is given credit for an important one-liner: change is inevitable; growth is optional. Nancy Adler likens the challenge implied in this truth to a hot-air balloon ready for flight. The only thing preventing the balloonist’s soaring into the air is the load of sand ballast holding it
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Catholic
Contributed by Rhonda Feurtado on Jun 23, 2009
A pastor tells the story of visiting a refugee camp at Eglin air force base in the 1970s just after the Vietnam war where he found hundreds of refugees huddled under tents. Some were learning English, some were filling out government forms, some being taught to cook. Children were playing games. In
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Methodist
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 21, 2007
The Shepherd Psalm does speak against anxiety, worry, and fear. It calls for trust in God. Here’s an example of the wrong kind of faith.
Are you familiar with the Broom Hilda comic strip? Anybody ever seen it?
For an illustration of mindless faith I like the conversation that takes place between
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Pentecostal
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