Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 29, 2007
In the movie, “Hook,” Robin Williams plays Peter Pan, who had left Neverland and had grown up to be a corporate attorney.
He is completely focused on his job, and ends up neglecting his son over and over.
There is a line that he quotes from time to time in the beginning of the movie that sets the
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Wesleyan
In one of the churches I served after seminary, Granny Parker summed up what I sense is God’s way of helping us along in the church. Granny is home with Jesus now. In this world she wasn’t very impressive; she only completed about 5th grade in school. But she had a heart for God and a PhD when
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United Methodist
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 24, 2009
Micaela played t-ball. Many of you know about the t-ball experience. One of the kids asked me if Micaela’s team was good. I chuckled because from what I see no t-ball team is “good.” They are there to learn some basics and have fun.
The biggest struggle that the coaches face is not kids who can’t
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Church Of God
Contributed by Jason Miller on Mar 29, 2010
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The great violinist, Niccolo Paganini willed his marvelous violin to city of Genoa on condition that it must never be played. The wood of such an instrument, while used and handled, wears only slightly, but set aside, it begins to decay. Paganini’s lovely violin has today become worm-eaten and
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Mennonite
Contributed by Richard Koskela on Oct 24, 2011
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A VERY YOUNG CHRISTIAN FAMILY
While traveling as a missionary on home assignment, I had the privilege of eating an evening meal with a young couple with two small children. When it was time for the children to go to bed, they asked me if I wanted to go with them to the children’s bedroom while
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Christian Missionary Alliance
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2002
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The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, is a monument to the Industrial Revolution in America. Created by Henry Ford himself, it chronicles Ford’s innovations that changed forever the nature of work in America. Ironically, next door to the Ford Museum is a different kind of monument – also
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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What happens when we learn about a really bad guy repenting? It happens all the time in prison ministry, yet many of us think those people aren’t worth saving. They had more chances than most of us are willing to give them, yet God hasn’t given up on them.
Jeffrey Dahmer was a convicted murderer
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COULD YOU IMAGINE? TUNA AND CRACKERS EVERY DAY?
A. There was a hard working young man. He was very poor.
He worked long and hard and saved his money.
He met a beautiful young woman and fell in love.
He later asked for her hand in marriage, and a few years later after saving and
working all the
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jul 19, 2004
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George Moore tells the true story of Irish peasants in the depression era that were hired by a wealthy benefactor to build some roads. When they started the job the men worked well, they sang their Irish songs and put their total energies into the job. They were so glad to be back to work again.
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Christian Church
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Have you ever heard the phrase “Like a dog worrying a bone.” Its an old English phrase that contains the picture behind the word worry. A dog will shake, chew, gnaw and lick and bite on a bone for hours, trying to wear it down. It’s a compulsion. The dog will work and work on that bone unless
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Contributed by Rick Pendleton on May 23, 2008
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In 1856, Auguste Bartholdi was inspired to begin working on what would become his most noted work of art.
He was approached by the French government to design a lighthouse to put at the entrance of the Suez Canal (Red Sea to the Mediterranean sea).
He spent ten years working on the design
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2002
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THE CORPSE OF SIN
When he was arrested in February 2002 for dumping off as many as 200 bodies in nearby woods, 28 year old Ray Brent Marsh, the operator of Tri-State Crematory told authorities that the incinerator had not worked for some time.
A spokesman for the company that made the
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Contributed by Darryl Bell on Apr 17, 2006
In Pakistan eighteen-year-old Mohan Shazad grew up making bricks for less than a dollar a day. To free himself from that near-slavery, he began selling Christian literature to the brick kiln workers.
“Late last September as Mohan was riding his bike home from a day of selling literature, two men
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 27, 2007
When I lived in San Antonio there was a lot of building going on and limestone was used in building a lot. It was everywhere, Dig a hole and chances are – limestone.
I had a chance to watch some of the stone masons in action. These guys were very fast in their work. As they built a wall, or a
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Don Jones on Feb 22, 2008
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Next, we live in a "Salt Water World". Survivors of naval battles have often told of the hardships on the high seas. The command is given, "Abandon ship!", and all the sailors either launch the life rafts, life boats, or in many cases jump into the water with only a life vest to survive.
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Baptist
Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jun 18, 2008
In one of his meetings, D.L. Moody was explaining to his audience the truth that we cannot bring about spiritual changes in our lives by our own strength. He demonstrated the principal like this: "Tell me," he said to his audience, "how can I get the air out of the tumbler I have in my hand?" One
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Holiness