Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"Inevitably, the first word in the list is love, and Paul might well have contented himself with that word alone. Many of those that follow are special manifestations of love: long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, and the others are not far removed: joy, peace,
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Contributed by Chris Edmondson on May 26, 2007
The law of first things says that Whatever is done with the first determines the rest. Why is that so important to God? If He is God, He doesn’t need my sheep or my money! That’s true. He puts this principle in His word because He wants
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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The soldier’s first article of faith is summed up nowhere more eloquently than in an 1865 letter from William Tecumseh Sherman to U.S. Grant: "I knew wherever I was that you thought
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My first pastoral appointment was the Marissa and Zion United Methodist Charge in St. Clair County, Illinois, about forty miles southeast of St. Louis, Missouri. Zion had only three members and no electricity or running water. In past decades light had been provided in the sanctuary by kerosene,
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Methodist
Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
As part of a commencement address former First Lady Barbara Bush said the following to a group of graduating college students:
"As important as your obligations as a doctor, lawyer, or business leader will be, you are a human being first, and those human connections - with spouses, with children,
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
As the first American astronaut prepared to go into space, one reporter asked, “What are you depending on most in your venture?” No doubt, the reporter expected the astronaut to say something about the quality of his equipment, his navigational skills, or the
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