Contributed by Carla Powell on Mar 2, 2002
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A couple weeks ago, I attended a lecture at the University of Michigan
law school sponsored by Lord of Light Lutheran Church in Ann Arbor.
The speaker was Paul Simon, formerly a senator from Illinois. He
indicated that the word "idiot" comes from Latin words that mean
’someone who does not get
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Lutheran
Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Feb 20, 2002
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Not long ago I was meeting a friend for breakfast at a local restaurant. Out the window I saw a lady walking across the lane of traffice in the parking lot, when a car nearly hit her. She entered the restaurant, looked at me and said, “Jesus Christ! That lady almost ran me over!”
So I said,
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Jim Luthy on Mar 15, 2002
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I was at a Mongolian grill once with three other pastors, one of whom wasn’t eating. Another of the pastors was asking him why he wasn’t eating, wondering if he didn’t have money or wasn’t feeling well. The pastor did not offer that he was fasting and I appreciate this pastor’s effort not to make
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Contributed by Don Hawks on Mar 19, 2002
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Rick Warren states, and I agree, that the key issue for churches in the 21st Century will be church health, not growth. Because when a congregation is healthy it will grow. God wants his church to grow, and to the extent that we are healthy, to that extent we will
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Methodist
Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 22, 2002
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Some congregations, I understand, have even dropped the communion service from the regular morning worship hour, just inviting those who wish to partake to go to another room for the Lord’s Supper after the service or serving it during the week. The reasoning, I’m told, is that the strange practice
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2002
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I freed Germany from the stupid and degrading fallacies of conscience and morality. …We will train young people before whom the world will tremble. I want young people capable of violence – imperious, relentless and cruel.
Adolph Hitler
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Contributed by James May on Mar 24, 2002
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I remember a few years ago, that the Disney Channel presented a movie called “Flight of the Navigator”. It was a Sci-Fi movie where a young boy is abducted by an alien spacecraft. It seems that this spacecraft was piloted by a computer generated being that consisted only of one long mechanical
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Independent/Bible
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When I was in Bible College, a tractor trailer load of Tropicana Orange Juice was dropped off at the cafeteria every week. I wondered how a low-cost Bible College could afford so much expensive O.J. One morning in chapel, I found out how an older Italian man in broken English, gave his
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2002
I read a statement by William Lyon Phelps that sums it up: “If happiness were based on ease and freedom from worry, the happiest
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
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I believe in miracle, but not too much miracle, for too much miracle would weaken us, make us dependent on miracle instead of our obedience to natural law. Just enough miracle to let us know he is there, but not too much, lest we depend on it when we should depend on our own initiative and on his
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THE TWO FROGS IN THE CREAM. I love the story of the two frogs that fell in the ten gallon milk bucket. They swam for hours. The one frog said, "What is the use?" and he gave up and drowned. The other frog said, I cannot afford to give up. So the frog kicked and kicked until the cream turned into
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Brian La Croix on Apr 29, 2002
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One time in college, I was sitting at a table in the student union having some lunch, when I overheard a buddy of mine complaining about all the “furry foreigners” at our college.
I was blown away, and here’s the reason: his last name was Levondoski. You understand? He’s the descendant of
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Martin Wiles on May 5, 2002
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I recall one of the All in the Family episodes where Archie and Edith were having some discussion that had to do with God, and Mike-their atheistic son-in-law, asked the question, “What God.” Then their daughter, Gloria, said, “Yeah, what God.” Archie could not believe his ears. He knew his
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on May 6, 2002
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My name is Gossip. I have no respect for justice. I maim without killing. I break hearts and ruin lives. I am cunning and malicious and gather strength with age. The more I am quoted, the more I am believed. I flourish at every level of society. My victims are helpless.
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Contributed by Martin Wiles on May 8, 2002
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I recall one of the Andy Griffith episodes that I think illustrates very well the matter of giving. It seems Andy had been elected chairman of the needy children charity drive. They were taking up money at the schools for this charity as well as in town. Well, word got back to Andy that Opie had
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Baptist
Contributed by Jay Patton on May 16, 2002
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In the summer of 1988 I found myself temporarily assigned to Camp Pendelton, California Marine Corps Base. I’d requested to go to search and rescue school and I had gotten my wish. Search and rescue, in case you didn’t know, is pretty much as it sounds. Whenever someone turns up missing, or an
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Baptist
Contributed by Jerry Steen on May 16, 2002
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As a young pastor, I worked at a feed processing plant in Celina, Ohio. Each night when I went home, my boys would look at me and say, "Boy, dad, you sure are dusty!"
I grumbled within myself, but smiled at them and said, "Yes, I sure am dusty"
On a Saturday morning, I started washing my car. As
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Holiness