Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2001
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"What archaeology has done," says Josh [McDowell], "is to verify some of the history contained in the Bible. For instance, two of the cities mentioned in the Bible, Sodom and Gomorrah, have been for many years considered mythological by the intellectual community. However, recent excavations at
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2001
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"Even though the two copies of Isaiah discovered in Qumran Cave 1 near the Dead Sea in 1947 were a thousand years earlier than the oldest dated manuscript previously known (A.D. 980), they proved to be word for word identical with out standard Hebrew Bible in more than 95 percent of the text. The
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Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 3, 2001
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Richard Halverson, the chaplain of the U. S. Senate, pointed out something that bothers a lot of people and excites a few. He said,
“Jesus Christ said more about money than about any other single thing because, when it comes to a man’s real nature, money is of first importance. Money is an exact
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Wesleyan
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In the 1950¡¦s comedy classic ¡§I Love Lucy,¡¨ one episode dealt with Lucy¡¦s lack of cooking skills. She had no clue how much yeast to use. She kept dumping it in¡Kone box, two, three. She left the bread in the refrigerator for a while as she talked on the phone. When she returned the kitchen
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United Methodist
Contributed by Mark Haines on Jan 19, 2002
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Eleven years ago, Walter Levine was diagnosed with multiple myeloma – a type of bone cancer. Today he dedicates his life to helping others beat the disease. He says, “Ninety-nine percent of everything you do in life is attitude. If you have a relationship with God and you have the right
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 10, 2002
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There was a tool company that manufactured drill bits. Faced with financial losses, company executives gathered to discuss the problem of declining demand for drill bits. The CEO challenged his people: "How can we revive the bit market?" After an embarrassing long silence, one member of the team
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Contributed by Alan Braun on Mar 22, 2002
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One key to Patton’s success was that he learned how to deal with his fear. He declared, “The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That’s the time to listen to every fear you can imagine. When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your
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Baptist
Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 20, 2002
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Title: Look to the Stars
One night Abraham Lincoln suggested to a young man that they take a walk along a country road. Lincoln lifted his eyes to the heavens full of stars and said, "I never behold them that I don’t feel I am looking into the face of God. A man might look down upon the
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 7, 2002
The legendary Bear Bryant once told a second string quarterback to go in the game and run out clock. The quarterback ran two plays, then throws a pass intercepted by an All American safety. The quarterback, who is the slowest man on field, catches him on 1 yard line. Other coach asked, how? And
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Baptist
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GOD'S HOMING DEVICE
It is interesting to note how many creatures of nature have what scientists have called a homing instinct.
“The question has sometimes been raised whether or not man ever possessed this same homing instinct and lost it through the ages in his preoccupation with other things”.
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United Methodist
Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 25, 2002
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Charlie Brown and Linus.
Charlie brown asks Linus "What would you do if you felt that nobody liked you?"
Linus responds "Well Charlie Brown I guess I would take a real hard look at myself, ask if I am doing anything that turns people off, How can I improve myself? Do I need to
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Mennonite
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2002
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If faith never encounters doubt, if truth never struggles with error, if good never battles with evil, how can faith know its own power. In my own pilgrimage, if I have to choose between a faith that has stared doubt in the eye and made it blink, or a naïve faith that has never known the firing
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Contributed by Paul Durbin on Feb 16, 2003
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One day, my son Jonathan came home from preschool with a picture of Adam and Eve he
had colored. He began to tell me the story of creation, and it seemed as though he had
his facts down pretty well. "Adam and Eve disobeyed God because they ate the fruit God
told them not to eat," he
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Feb 23, 2003
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CAN'T BUY ME LOVE
A minister was speaking to the Sunday school about the things money can’t buy. “It can’t buy laughter and it can’t buy love” he told them.
Driving his point home he said, “What would you do if I offered you $1,000 not to love your mother and father?” Stunned
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Annie Armstrong was called indefatigable. She never tired of serving God and serving People. In 1893 because of her belief in the powerful hand of God to change lives and our world she wrote over 18,000 letters many by hand.
She was the driving force in founding the lottie Moon Christmas offering,
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