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  • Phillip Johnson, A Berkeley Law Professor, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 15, 2004
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    Phillip Johnson, a Berkeley law professor, lecturer and author of several books refuting evolution notes: “I have found that any discussion with modernists about the weaknesses of the theory of evolution quickly turns into a discussion of politics, particularly sexual politics. [Modernists] ...read more

  • In The Early 1990s When President George Bush Had ...

    Contributed by David Ward on Dec 7, 2004
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    In the early 1990s when President George Bush had John Sununu as his White House chief of staff, a reporter asked Sununu if his job was difficult. He quickly answered, "No." The reporter thought Sununu had misunderstood the question, so he asked again, and got the same reply. Sununu, a former ...read more

  • In The Comic Strip, Dennis The Menace, Dennis And ...

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Jan 11, 2005
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    In the comic strip, Dennis the Menace, Dennis and his little friend, Joey, are leaving Mrs. Wilson’s house with their hands full of cookies. As you may remember, Dennis is not always very considerate toward the Wilsons who are his next-door neighbors (especially Mr. Wilson). But Joey says, "I ...read more

  • Frank Layden, The Former Coach Of Utah Jazz In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 23, 2001
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    Frank Layden, the former coach of Utah Jazz in the seventies, had problems with a basketball player, and so he summoned the talented but troubled man to his office. Looking the player in the eye, the coach finally asked, "My son, I can¡¦t understand it with you. Is it ignorance or apathy?" What was ...read more

  • Dr. Karl Menninger, The Famous American ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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    Dr. Karl Menninger, the famous American psychiatrist, once gave a lecture on mental health & was answering questions from the audience. One man asked, "What would you advise a person to do if that person felt a nervous breakdown coming on?" Everyone there expected him to answer, "Consult a ...read more

  • Feelings  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Mar 12, 2002
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    FEELINGS When George B. McClellan was commissioned Major General of the Army, he wrote his wife, "I don’t feel any different than I did yesterday. Indeed, I have not yet put on my new uniform. I am sure that I am in command of the Union Army, however, because President Lincoln’s order to that ...read more

  • Simplicity Is The Answer For People Tired And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 20, 2002
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    Simplicity is the answer for people tired and weary. Simplicity is marked by a contented lifestyle that rests in God’s grace. It is the commitment to clear out, scale down, and realize the essentials of what we truly need to live well. The intimate search for wholeness is not found by ...read more

  • Augustine, While Puzzling Over The Doctrine Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
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    Augustine, while puzzling over the doctrine of the Trinity, was walking along the beach one day when he observed a young boy with a bucket, running back and forth to pour water into a little hole. Augustine asked, "What are you doing?" The boy replied, "I’m trying to put the ocean into this hole." ...read more

  • There Was A Little Church Located In A Small ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There was a little church located in a small town and there were few people attending. They didn’t want to close it down because there wouldn’t be any church for miles around. The church board decided to go to every house in the community and ask, “Would it matter to you if we closed the church ...read more

  • In 1986 Tom Hanks & Shelly Long Starred In A ...

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Aug 20, 2007
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    In 1986 Tom Hanks & Shelly Long starred in a movie called "The Money Pit." It’s a film “for everyone who’s ever been deeply in Love or deeply in debt.” One of my favorite lines: “Here lies Walter Fielding. He bought a house and it killed him.” Disagreements over money cause marital failures, church ...read more

  • Divorce Cost Us All Each Year About 1.2 Million ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    Divorce Cost Us All Each year about 1.2 million couples divorce in the U.S., costing taxpayers an estimated $30 billion in federal and state expenditures. Each divorce costs society $25,000 to $30,000 because of the increased costs of helping people with housing, food stamps, bankruptcies, problems ...read more

  • Amazon.com Has Notified Some Print-On-Demand ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
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    Amazon.com has notified some print-on-demand publishers that if they wish to continue selling books directly through their site, they must use Amazon-owned BookSurge to print their books. Amazon currently places orders through the POD publishers’ distributors. But soon, publishers will be required ...read more

  • Time Is Often Represented By A Straight Line ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 27, 2008
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    “Time is often represented by a straight line drawn on a page. We call this a time line. To get a grasp of what the eternality of God means, when you have drawn your time line you must picture God as the whole page on which the line is drawn”. (Green, M. P. (1989). Illustrations for Biblical ...read more

  • The Most Recent Pca Magazine, Byfaith, Reported ...

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Sep 17, 2008
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    The most recent PCA magazine, ByFaith, reported on Lynn Wheeler’s response to being made a quadriplegic in a car wreck. Rather than pout or withdraw, “Lynn continues to attend church every Sunday, though it requires getting up at 5 am to begin the preparations to leave the house. [And] She has ...read more

  • What People Put ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    WHAT PEOPLE PUT OFF According to a recent USA Today poll, the top five things people put off until the last minute are: House chores/yard work: 47% Holiday gift shopping: 43% Making doctor/dentist appointments: 35% Calling relatives: 31% Changing oil in the car: 29% I think there is one thing ...read more

  • If, Now, Christ Is Our Brother, I Should Like To ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 13, 2009
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    "If, now, Christ is our brother, I should like to know what we still lack? Brethren in the flesh have common possessions, have together one father, one inheritance otherwise they would not be brethren... All that Jesus has gained on this great day of his resurrection he has not acquired for himself ...read more

  • Difficulty Praying

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Aug 10, 2010
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    And I don't think that I'm alone in this struggle to pray. Even a great church leader like Martin Luther has said this about prayer, "At times I, who teach this and prescribe it to others, have learned from my own example that praying comes close to being the most difficult of all works" ...read more

  • * Letter Coral Got From Another Pastor’s ...

    Contributed by John Perry on Aug 18, 2010
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    *** Letter Coral got from another pastor’s wife one day. She was writing my wife a note in a card telling her what was happening in life for her. At the end of the note she concluded by saying ..... “Well, the baby is in his high chair, his dirty nappy needs changing, he’s got food all over his ...read more

  • Jesus Is Coming To Dinner

    Contributed by Charles Jones on Sep 3, 2011
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    JESUS IS COMING TO DINNER One of the greatest compliments an individual can pay to another is to invite him/her home to dinner. The Church reminds the world today that Jesus is coming again and the world should get its house in order, for the master of the universe is coming to dine in the hearts ...read more

  • Jesus' Birth

    Contributed by Kevin Barron on Dec 29, 2012
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    Steve McGuire, our retired county judge, mentioned to me the other day that when someone wishes him “Merry Christmas,” he will sometimes tell them, “I wish you a happy birthday for Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior!” He has seen, like all of us need to see, that Christmas was not just the lights ...read more