Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"When should a parent turn authority over to a child? When the child stops reaching for authority and
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Contributed by Greg Buchner on Mar 21, 2005
Mark Noll, noted theologian and author once wrote…
“Over the long course of Christian history, the most depressing thing—because it is repeated so often—has been how tragically far short of Christian ideals we ordinary Christians so regularly fall.
Over the long course of Christian history, the
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Methodist
Contributed by Pat Cook on May 16, 2005
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Christian author Max Lucado tells a parable that was related to him by a rabbi whom he met on an airline flight. In the parable, a CEO has an office on the top floor of a Manhattan skyscraper. Most people have not seen him, but they have met his daughter, who works in the building for her father.
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Baptist
Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Jun 7, 2005
Robert Robinson, author of the hymn “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing,” lost the happy communion with the Savior he had once enjoyed, and in his declining years he wandered into the by-ways of sin. As a result, he became deeply troubled in spirit. Hoping to relieve his mind, he decided to
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Pat Cook on Aug 27, 2005
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I found a little poem by an anonymous author that sounds so familiar, it’s as if I could have written it. It says: “Lord, I’m so discouraged, I don’t know what to do; I have so many burdens, And I gave them all to you. But you didn’t take them, Jesus, will
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Baptist
Contributed by Ron Burtz on Dec 5, 2005
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Author Thomas Williams writes about an encounter a girl named Jill has with Aslan in another book in the series, “The Silver Chair”. Jill is alone and desperately thirsty in unknown woods, she comes upon a stream, but between her and the water sits the great Lion. Aslan tells her that she can
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Brethren
Contributed by Dean Johnson on Dec 6, 2005
The author, C.S. Lewis, was writing an analogy. He was saying “This is our world--it is not the way it is supposed to be.”
Why is there so much hate and distrust between people at your work or school or family?
Why do mothers miscarry, and why are babies born with deformities?
Why is there so
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Jeff Simms on Feb 6, 2005
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In his book “Winning With People” author John Maxwell tells this story, “Three sons left home to make their fortunes and did very well. One day, the three competitive brothers got back together to discuss the gifts that they were giving their elderly mother.
The first said, “I built a big house
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Author Dwight Small made an eloquent application of godly love to marriage: "Godly love is not born of a lover’s need, nor does it have its source in the one loved. God’s love empties itself to give what the other needs.
"Its motives rise wholly from within its own nature. Godly love lives in
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2007
Leo Tolstoy born 1828 and author of “War and Peace.” He was a great influence on Gandhi & Martin Luther King, Jr. He influenced them in their non-resistant movements for equal rights. Tolstoy once wrote a story about a successful peasant farmer who was not satisfied with his lot. He wanted more
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