Contributed by Jim Luthy on Nov 12, 2002
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A song by the late 70’s, early 80’s rock group Styx describes the place many people find themselves spiritually these days. Listen to the words and see if any of these words or phrases correlate with your spiritual experience:
Another year has passed me by, still I look at myself and cry What
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There was a young man who grew up in the backwoods and as his years lengthened, he was sent to school. At first, school was fun to him. He enjoyed being around those children his own age and found great excitement on the playground. Little by little all of this soon was to change.
This young
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Troy Borst on Jun 29, 2011
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THREE LITTLE PIGS--FOLLOW UP
Once there was a mother pig who had three little pigs. The pigs left their mother’s pen to live out their lives in the best way possible.
The first little pig had not gone far when he decided to base his life on the pursuit of happiness. The pig did whatever made
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What is your attitude when you wake up? There are some who just get out of bed singing, “This is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it.” But there are others who just keep hitting the snooze button each morning.
I am a morning person. Since Seminary I have pretty much been
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 11, 2008
Get involved and be willing to learn. I think sometimes the greatest damage the Christians do to our collective witness is being unwilling to learn and listen to the perspectives of others. They think that they are to get involved but that ends up meaning that they are there not to help but make
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Church Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Abstinence Up U.S. Department of Health and Human Services officials, Wade Horn and Jeffrey Trimbath, publicly defend abstinence education programs. They claim the goal of such programs is to delay teens’ introduction to sexual activity, noting reliable statistics indicate that’s exactly what it
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Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Apr 22, 2009
Some folk must really get into their Sunday School lesson because they are so worn out by the time the sermon rolls around that they just can’t help but fall asleep! Or maybe they have worked up such a sweat during the music that they are plumb tuckered out! Perhaps those taking forty winks
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Frederick Douglass who grew up as a slave in Maryland in the early nineteenth century and experienced slavery’s every brutality. He was taken from his mother when he was only an infant. For years as a child, all he had to eat was runny corn meal dumped in a trough that kids fought to scoop out with
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Adventist
Contributed by Todd Schäve on Jun 27, 2001
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A handy tool for coming up with an acceptable solution is S.O.D.A.S.:
S-ituation (Define or agree on what the problem is that you will work on in a gentle and respectful manner).
O-ptions (Brainstorm together or come up with as many solutions as possible, for you never know what may work).
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Baptist
Contributed by Mary Lewis on Sep 19, 2001
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The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. He eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements, and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2002
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DON'T SWEAT MESSING UP
Most men think that they have to be perfect when they’re with their kids. This is not only not good, it's bad training. Better you should just continue being a mess-up. Fall off your bike. Drop an easy pop fly. Order a really dumb product from some lame infomercial you
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Contributed by Richard White on Oct 26, 2002
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When looking up Peacekeeper in an Encyclopedia one would find some of the following; various weapons like the Colt 45 called by Sam Colt “the peacekeeper” you would also find a missile system built during Ronald Reagan’s administration by the same name. You will find various soldiers, militia, and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 1, 2002
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A counterfeiter made a mistake in printing up some funny money. Instead of printing fifty-dollar bills, he mistakenly printed up thirty-dollar bills. Not wanting to let his paper and ink go to waste he decided to pass them off on "those dumb cajans in south Louisiana". His first stop was at Mr.
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Contributed by Nate Barbour on Jan 29, 2003
There was a girl that grew up in Jerusalem. One day, she and her father went shopping in the marketplace. She was holding tight to her daddy’s hand. Well, out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a shiny, new baby doll. She longed for it so bad. She let her Father’s hand slip out
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Contributed by Nate Barbour on Mar 25, 2003
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(The following is a parable that I made up as an introduction. It is fictional. For a story of similar proportion, see the movie RADIO.)
He was never an all-star athlete, although he wanted to be. He didn’t have what it takes. Bobby’s body was disproportionate; one leg was longer than the other
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