Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 12, 2002
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ON TOP OF THE FENCEPOST
Alex Haley, the author of "Roots," had an unusual picture hanging on his office wall. It was a picture of a turtle on top of a fence post. When asked, "Why is that there?" Alex Haley answered, "Every time I write something significant, every time I read my words & think
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 10, 2003
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A sideshow strongman was exhibiting his prowess and as a final trick he squeezed the juice from a lemon between his hands and then offered ten dollars to anyone in the audience who could squeeze a single drop out of it. Several husky men tried, to no avail. Finally, a small bespectacled man came
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Contributed by Jerry Flury on Jun 26, 2003
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A car traveling on a super highway needs to have proper and balanced inflation in all four tires to travel safely. No one would venture to drive any distance with the left front tire inflated at 32 PSI, the right front at 28 PSI, the left rear at 36PSI, and the right rear at 10 PSI. That would be
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Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 24, 2003
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I worked in a hog-slaughtering factory for a year when I first came to plant this church. The boss’s adult son used to walk around wearing a white hat and barking orders at everyone but none of the workers respected him the way they did his dad. They knew he was just a pretender. If
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Mennonite
Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jun 4, 2005
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A Godly leader is not to be quick tempered or overbearing. Back in the days when I was a police officer I was an elder at our church. One Sunday I was asked if I would bring an offering meditation. At the last minute I discovered I would be working that day so our Pastor asked if I could get a 10
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Christian Church
Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Jul 19, 2005
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I am reminded of the story of the discussion at church camp for children where one of the counselors was leading a discussion on the purpose of God has for all of his creation.
They began to find good reasons for the clouds and trees and rocks and rivers and animals and just about everything else
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Apr 15, 2006
"Is there such a thing as absolute truth?" In his book, What American’s Believe, Barna reported only 28% of Americans expressed a strong belief in absolute standards. Barna concluded that nearly 3/4 of the American people believe that everything is relative and that man can set his own standards
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Contributed by Kent Tucker on Jan 15, 2007
a. People usually do not understand how wonderful the good news really is. They often think that they have to be a good person or a church-goer to get to heaven. They have tried that and it doesn’t work. People usually do not understand that coming to Jesus is like taking a shower. You don’t clean
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Apr 1, 2009
“Is it possible for God to cleanse me from all sin and enable me (for any extended period of time) to live above known, willful, and conscious sin?” A young lady asked, who had been raised in a holiness church. Dr Hermiz asked two questions. Is the atonement of Jesus inadequate to enable us to
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Contributed by Ramon Canals on Jun 5, 2009
I met a young girl who was brought up in the church, had all the advantages of christian home, loving father and mother. But she wanted to experiment the world. She wanted to have more freedom than what her parents were giving her and so she came to NY and as she tried to board the subway somebody
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The theme of development can be identified with the
inclusion-in-relation of all individuals and peoples within the one
community of the human family, built in solidarity on the basis of the
fundamental values of justice and peace. This perspective is illuminated
in a
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DO YOU KNOW THE SPIRIT?
"Consider these honest questions: How many Christians suffer from a spiritual life that is dry and mechanical? How many serve a Jesus, whom they know about from the Bible, but who is not a living reality in their experience? And do we ever wonder why Holy Spirit
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GIVING THE SPIRIT HIS DUE
"The Holy Spirit is underappreciated and under preached by the twenty-first-century church. There is a prejudice of sorts against the Holy Spirit that impedes many from learning more about him. The body of Christ is often divided into two sides. One side stresses the Word
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Dr. Billy Graham tells the story of a time early in his ministry when he arrived in a small town to preach a sermon. Wanting to mail a letter in those days, he asked a young boy where the post office was. When the boy told him, Dr. Graham thanked him and said, "If you will come to church
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