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  • Bruce Wilkinson Shares This Thought In His Book ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 9, 2007
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    Bruce Wilkinson shares this thought in his book The Dream Giver: i. What keeps people from embracing and pursuing their God-given Dreams? I’ve noticed five common but deadly misconceptions: 1. “I don’t have a Dream.” 2. “I have to invent my Dream.” 3. “I have a Dream, but it’s not that ...read more

  • Last Year A Former Homeless Man Was Buried At ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Last year a former homeless man was buried at the prestigious St. John’s Episcopal Church, across from the White House. St. John’s is called the “church of presidents” since nearly every U.S. leader since James Madison has worshiped there. In an unusual memorial, former members of Congress and ...read more

  • The Big Question

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    THE BIG QUESTION “What things are important and what things are trivial?” Christmas night 2002, Jack Whittaker had five out of five numbers in the West Virginia Power ball drawing. Jack Whittaker had just won $314 million, the largest undivided lottery jackpot in history. He took the one lump ...read more

  • Spiritual Values In Collegians A Ucla Study ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
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    Spiritual Values in Collegians A UCLA study found college juniors are more likely to be engaged in a spiritual quest compared to when they first entered college as freshmen. The study showed 41.2% of freshmen in ’04 reported they considered developing a meaningful philosophy of life “very ...read more

  • Failure To Disembark

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Apr 14, 2010
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    FAILURE TO DISEMBARK There was an important business executive who boarded the New Orleans to Washington train. He had a very important business engagement and he needed to be awakened in order to get off the train in Atlanta about five o'clock in the morning. Since he was a heavy sleeper he found ...read more

  • Things ...

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jan 7, 2009
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    Things Neglected Once an ever waking thought Once an every day pursuit And then the day arrived Where it was passed by Maybe for just an instant But it’s worth diminished in that moment And in time it fell into the common ground Of those things neglected. One day the most valued thing of all In ...read more

  • Things ...

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jan 7, 2009
     | 1,811 views

    Things Neglected Once an ever waking thought Once an every day pursuit And then the day arrived Where it was passed by Maybe for just an instant But it’s worth diminished in that moment And in time it fell into the common ground Of those things neglected. One day the most valued thing of all In ...read more

  • Things ...

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jan 7, 2009
     | 1,784 views

    Things Neglected Once an ever waking thought Once an every day pursuit And then the day arrived Where it was passed by Maybe for just an instant But it’s worth diminished in that moment And in time it fell into the common ground Of those things neglected. One day the most valued thing of all In ...read more

  • Things ...

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jan 7, 2009
     | 1,647 views

    Things Neglected Once an ever waking thought Once an every day pursuit And then the day arrived Where it was passed by Maybe for just an instant But it’s worth diminished in that moment And in time it fell into the common ground Of those things neglected. One day the most valued thing of all In ...read more

  • Things ...

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jan 11, 2009
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    Things Neglected Once an ever waking thought Once an every day pursuit And then the day arrived Where it was passed by Maybe for just an instant But it’s worth diminished in that moment And in time it fell into the common ground Of those things neglected. One day the most valued thing of all In ...read more

  • Things ...

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jan 11, 2009
     | 1,498 views

    Things Neglected Once an ever waking thought Once an every day pursuit And then the day arrived Where it was passed by Maybe for just an instant But it’s worth diminished in that moment And in time it fell into the common ground Of those things neglected. One day the most valued thing of all In ...read more

  • Personal Property In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    PERSONAL PROPERTY IN THE BIBLE Larry Burkett, the founder of Christian Financial Concepts, points out that the bible--with more than 700 references to money--says more about economics than many other subjects. He writes: "Money is such an important subject that nearly two-thirds of the parables ...read more

  • Palm Sunday Praises Likened To The Fall Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010
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    Palm Sunday Praises Likened to the Fall of the Berlin Wall A few years ago there was a pastor visiting the U.S. He had lived in what had been East Germany - from the region of Thuringen, Germany. He spoke to us about November 9th 1989 - and important date in the history of Germany - the day that ...read more

  • Just As Recently As This Week, I Was Doing Some ...  PRO

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Sep 7, 2006
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    Just as recently as this week, I was doing some private devotions and during that time, I always try to read things that confront my own life. I happened to get an article from Leadership Journal, written by Gordon MacDonald. His writings always have provoked me, in fact his book Renewing Your ...read more

  • How Many Of Us Have Watched Trading Spaces On Tlc ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mitchell Skelton on Jun 10, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
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    How many of us have watched Trading Spaces on TLC or seen Bob Villa and became inspired to finally do something about our own tired and outdated homes? It’s easy to get inspired to do something. Once inspired by seeing a weeks work condensed into a one hour TV show we can easily envision the ...read more

  • After Studying About John Patton On Line I ...

    Contributed by Mark Clarke on Sep 6, 2007
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    After studying about John Patton on line I discovered that his steadfastness & success can be traced back to his home life where he lived with ten brothers & sisters in a 3-room cottage under the love & care of his mother and the faithful leadership of his father. Let him tell you in his own ...read more

  • Traditions  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jul 7, 2009
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    TRADITIONS When the Shema prayer (Deuteronomy 6:4-9) was recited during a service at an old synagogue in Eastern Europe, half the congregation stood up and half remained sitting. The half that was seated started yelling at those standing to sit down, and the ones standing yelled at the ones ...read more

  • On Profanity And Ungodly Language

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Apr 17, 2010
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    ON PROFANITY AND UNGODLY LANGUAGE Profanity and crude language are becoming more common on prime-time television programs. Many writers and producers seem to be intent on pushing the limits of how much immoral and offensive speech the public will allow. Profane and vulgar language is noise ...read more

  • What Is Our Tradition?

    Contributed by Perry Greene on May 20, 2013
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    WHAT IS OUR TRADITION? It is said that during a service at an old synagogue in Eastern Europe, when the Shema prayer was said, half the congregants stood up and half remained sitting. The half that was seated started yelling at those standing to sit down, and the ones standing yelled at the ones ...read more

  • The Fear Nots Of The Christmas Story

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 28, 2023
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    The "fear nots" used in the biblical narratives of the birth of Christ: The "fear not" of SALVATION: "And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings...which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a ...read more