Contributed by Alan Tison on Feb 21, 2008
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John Ortberg In his book, “Everyone is normal until you get to know them” speaks of this dilemma of getting close to one another without getting hurt. With the following illustration; The North American Porcupine is a member of the rodent family and has about thirty thousand quills attached to his
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More than a decade ago, Matt Thom, a few helpful young teens and me conceived of and set in motion a tree house for our back yard. The tree had a great section where branches came together but it wasn’t large enough for a good side platform. Instead, we placed four 12’ pressure treated 4x4’s around
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The church at this point has a few options at its disposal to confront this injustice (Idea here pulled from Jim Cymbala’s book “Fresh Power “ pg. 88,89).
a. They could start a demonstration – they could march on Washington and protest because there are 5,000plus in the church at this point in
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Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Jun 27, 2009
I want to give you a silly illustration of one way this can work. When I was a teenager and just starting to enjoy coffee, I liked to take a cup of coffee with me wherever I went. Of course, those of you who’ve seen me play softball are well aware that I have trouble walking and talking at the same
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Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Jan 19, 2026
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Back in the 60's ... a man named Laurence J. Peter ... visited several corporations ... and studied some of their management styles ... and characteristics.
As a result, ... he came up with a maxim ... which was later named after him ... called ... "The Peter Principle." (Pause)
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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Our doctrine of equality and liberty and humanity comes from our belief in the brotherhood of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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Life is at its noblest and its best when our effort cooperates with Gods grace to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day. It is a blessed baptism which gives the first
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