Contributed by Alan Chandler on Feb 25, 2002
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LOW EXPECTATIONS
“Indeed if we consider the unblushing promise of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak.
We are half-hearted creatures like an ignorant child who wants to go on making
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 19, 2002
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In Charles Schultz’s cartoon, “Peanuts,” Lucy is seen saying that if she was in charge of the world, she’d change everything. Charlie says, “That wouldn’t be easy. Where would you start?” Lucy looks directly at him, and without hesitation, points her finger at him and says, “I’d start with you!”
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2002
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THE REAL ISSUE
"Even a superficial study of church history reveals that the Spirit of God blows with hurricane force only through those prophets and lovers who have surrendered to the folly of the cross. If there is little power and shallow wisdom in our preaching, teaching, worship, and ministry,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
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Herbert Schlossberg, in his book Idols for Destruction, astutely observed: “Western society, in turning away from the Christian faith, has turned to other things. This process is commonly called secularization, but that conveys only the negative aspect. The word connotes the ‘turning away from
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 1, 2004
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V. Chuck Colson says, “The ship is sinking. We’re not going to have any society left if we don’t protect the marriage bond. And the homosexual movement is trying to unravel it. You’ve got to stop it. We have got to talk about this lovingly, openly and honestly. I think this is the #1
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Christian/Church Of Christ
If we could journey through the halls of hell and could talk to its inhabitants, we would find all kinds of people there: thieves, adulterers, liars, murderers, good people, moral people, respectable people¡ people who always obeyed the law. What are they doing there? Well, if we would ask them,
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jul 28, 2005
When I hired a car on holiday I was given a diesel engine vehicle and was told by the car hire representative, "Be careful to fill up with diesel, not petrol, because if you put the wrong fuel in, it will foul up the engine and will have to cleaned out at considerable cost to you!" It’s the same
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Baptist
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jan 18, 2008
When I hired a car on holiday I was given a diesel engine vehicle and was told by the car hire representative, ‘Be careful to fill up with diesel, not petrol, because if you put the wrong fuel in, it will foul up the engine and will have to cleaned out at considerable cost to you!’ It’s the same
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"I am much afraid that schools will prove to be the great gates of hell unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy
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The two books the devil hates most are Genesis and Revelation. Why?
• In Genesis the devil's doom is pronounced.
• In Revelation it’s carried out. It is the Devil's Obituary.
Satan would tell us Genesis is myth and Revelation is mystery—don't pay attention to either one! Did you
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 4, 2008
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I am drawn to realize that I must make room and give careful attention to the witness of the Scriptures. It is my attention to the Scriptures as the challenged, but undefeated Word of God that I will overcome the flood of doubts and opposition to my faith that will come in 2008. I need an anchor
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Robert Sickler on Nov 15, 2011
PET BELIEFS
The two professors stood nose to nose as they shouted at one another. "The craters on the moon are the result of volcanism," cried one.
"You are an idiot," screamed the other, "the craters on the moon are the result of meteor impact."
This scene played itself out all across
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Christian Church
Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 20, 2008
William Shakespeare once said, “The devil can quote Scripture for his purpose.” (Merchant of Venice,
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Wesleyan
St. Bonaventure says:
It is impossible for anyone to attain to knowledge of that truth unless he first have infused faith in Christ, which is the
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Catholic
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
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 18, 2002
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Frank Laden, 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
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Mennonite
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