Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 3, 2003
Sarah Michelle Gellar, star of the TV show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," said this "I consider myself a spiritual person. I believe in an idea of God, although it’s my own personal ideal. I find most religions interesting, and I’ve been to every kind of denomination:
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Baptist
Contributed by Mark Winter on Jan 18, 2003
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In the NT, the word for peace means “to reconcile or join.” Some missionary Bible translators were working very hard to find a word for peace in a particular tribal language. At last, a native who was working with them found a combination of words that captured the concept—“a heart that
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Methodist
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jul 29, 2007
Reginald Bibby, the Canadian guru of statistical study, tells us in his book, “Restless Gods” that “People from British Columbia to Newfoundland are providing some interesting evidence of the existence of God, on something of an unconscious level. These kinds of findings point to a great
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
Media Wary 57% of American parents are more concerned about their children’s overuse of media than smoking, drinking, sexual behavior, being overweight or developing eating disorders, finds a Common Sense Media poll. 68% think media influences the health and well-being of their kids with TV as
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Contributed by Mark Roper on Jun 1, 2008
The Word of God is a treasure Map
Their was a wonderful movie from 1963 “It’s a Mad Mad world” It was about a madcap cross-country rush to find buried treasure marked by the letter “W”.
It was four palm trees leaning that resemble the W. At the W the treasure was found.
We have a
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Church Of God
The animal called an ermine that inhabits upper northern Europe. Its hair is snow white. When hunters find its nesting ground, its home, they smother it with tar, which is pitch black, then when the hunting dogs chase the ermine, it will run to its home but not enter it so that it will not
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Apr 26, 2009
Dick Lucas says, "It is through great endurance that the servant of God commends himself. By it he learns to hold his position under attack, and quietly to persist in the paths of righteousness and truth. Through patience, the Christian learns forbearance and self-restraint,
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Richard Francis on May 10, 2009
Peterson observed further “The story of David is not a story of what God wants us to be, but a story of God working with the raw material of our lives as he finds us” and he also then writes “Naivety regarding sin is dangerous as we follow Jesus, but an obsession with sin is decidedly unhealthy. It
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jun 10, 2009
Here are some funny philosophies I found while working on this message:
“To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there’s no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.”
“It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.”
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 9, 2001
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Two men were marooned on an Island. One man paced back and forth
worried and scared while the other man sat back and was sunning himself.
The first man said to the second man, "aren’t you afraid we are about to
die." "No," said the second man, "I make
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Contributed by Alan Perkins on Jan 27, 2002
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On "Prairie Home Companion," with Garrison Keillor, they frequently advertise a product called Powdermilk Biscuits. "Powdermilk Biscuits, heavens they’re tasty! You can find them in your grocers, in the big blue box with the stains that indicate freshness. Powdermilk Biscuits: they give shy people
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2002
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When the Port Authority in New York and New Jersey ran a help-wanted advertisement for electricians with expertise at using Sontag connectors, they received 170 responses – even though there is no such thing as a Sontag connector. The Authority ran the ad to find out how many applicants falsify
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 7, 2002
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After an evening out, some parents returned home to their children, whom they had left with the baby sitter. They were pleasantly surprised to find the kids fast asleep. When the sitter had been paid—just as she was walking out the door—she communicated this detail: "Oops—almost forgot to
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Aug 1, 2005
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Bruce Wilkinson, author of Prayer of Jabez, said:
Sexual immorality is a threshold sin. On one side of the threshold is immorality and on the other is purity. On one side are guilt, lying, deceit, addiction, and shame, an on the other side are freedom, honesty, transparency, liberty, and a clear
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