Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Feb 2, 2009
WHO DO YOUR KIDS LOOK UP TO?
In 2003, two very interesting quotes were in the newspapers. Parents had been polled and asked who they thought the most influential role-models were in the lives of their preteen sons. The answer: bad boy Bart Simpson was named the top-role model. Parents of children
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Christian Missionary Alliance
HOW MANY MISS THE POINT THAT THESE ARE TEENAGERS!
The Book of Daniel is about a young man and his teenage friends who grew up in a time when his country, Judah, southern tribes of Israel, was judged by God for their idolatry. God allowed the most ungodly leader and nation in the world, King
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Chris Surber on Feb 24, 2009
When Christina and I were recently in Florida we visited Disney World for a few days. It was a great time though we did have a few interesting experiences. On the first day at Disney we awoke early to dine with several of the characters. After breakfast with Goofy we headed to Hollywood Studios
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Christian Church
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Apr 16, 2001
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Last year there was an article in “World” magazine about the Promise Keepers rally in Washington, D.C. Here is a sentence from that article. "If Promise Keepers hasn’t done anything else right in its brief 7-year history, it will still get enormous credit for this: The more Promise Keepers has
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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Children often receive a confidence boost from their mothers when they are down. Wherever a child may have a sense of low self- esteem, a mother build that child’s confidence through her words of encouragement. Enrico Caruso is but one example. As a child his mother encouraged his talent for
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United Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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Top 10 Family Issues 1. Anti-Christian Culture: Stripping away of Christian heritage and traditional values. 2. Divorce: Ongoing wave of broken marriages and families—inside and outside the church. 3. Busyness: Participation in numerous activities crowding out quality family fellowship. 4. Lack of
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 3, 2008
Not of Works
Grace, triumphant in the throne,
Scorns a rival, reigns alone;
Come and bow beneath her sway!
Cast your idol works away!
Works of man, when made his plea,
Never shall accepted be;
Fruits of pride (vain-glorious worm!)
Are the best he can perform.
Self, the god his soul
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Contributed by Tim Smith on May 28, 2009
Robert Lewis writes, “In 1851, many of the most accomplished engineers in the country thought James Roebling was out of his mind. That year, he began to work on the unthinkable: building a bridge over the Niagara River Gorge. Disaster was nearly universally predicted. There was the sheer
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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One of the most influential Christians who exhibited “Grace Living” and touches lives as powerfully today as he did in the late 1700 and early 1800’s is John Newton, the writer of “Amazing Grace.” His own evaluation of himself was, “a wretch who was once lost but then was found, saved by amazing
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 8, 2001
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In my "Reader’s Digest - Jesus and His Times" (copy write 1987 - from which much of this information is derived), there is a picture of a "Mikvah" that has been discovered in Masada (the ancient fortress built by Herod which held off the Romans for so long after the fall of Jerusalem in 70 A.D.).
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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I read the story about a football player whose performance exceeded the expectation of others. "…. In the last two minutes of the game, with the score against his team, makes a touchdown. He runs faster than his legs can carry him, and farther than he has ever dreamed of running. When he comes
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United Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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The Devil always fights the church when the church is on the move. Charles Spurgeon used to say that Satan never kicks a dead horse. Satan knew that the church was on the move, so he attacked it. In Acts 2 we read that 3000 people were converted. Then what happened? According to Acts 4, Satan came
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Contributed by Gene Gregory on Sep 19, 2006
Years ago a young minister visited Dundee, Scotland, deeply concerned that his ministry was producing such meager results. He decided to visit the scene where years before Robert Murray McCheyne had ministered in such evident power of the Spirit of God. McCheyne died at the age of 30, but not
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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The Top 10 Issues Facing Today’s Family (1) Anti-Christian Culture: Stripping away of Christian heritage and traditional values. (2) Divorce: The ongoing wave of broken marriages and families both in and out of the church. (3) Busyness: Participation in numerous activities crowding out quality
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