Contributed by Steve Malone on Mar 26, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A cartoon has been found in the ruins of ancient Rome showing how crazy the Christian message seemed to the people of that time.  It’s a caricature of Jesus’ crucifixion, showing a man’s  body hanging on a cross – but the body has a head of a donkey.  Standing to left of this cross is a
                    
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                    Contributed by C Jordan on Sep 7, 2007
                
                
                
                    STORY:  When Matt Redman’s pastor banned music in their church to teach them about worship, he wrote the song, The Heart of Worship.  “I’ll bring you more than a song, for a song in itself, is not what you have required.  You search
                    
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                    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 25, 2008
                
                
                
                    A cartoon has been found on a wall in the ruins of ancient Rome showing how crazy the Christian message seemed to the people of that time.  It’s a caricature of Jesus’ crucifixion, showing a man’s body hanging on a cross - but the body has the head of a donkey!  There’s also a figure of a
                    
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                    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 9, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    I asked an elderly woman once, “If I go to church and the preacher says nothing worth hearing, is it any use for me to go?”
“Of course not,” she replied curtly.
But a young man overhearing our conversation intruded, “I don’t see why a man,
                    
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                    Contributed by John Harvey on May 31, 2006
                
                
                
                    “Everyone eventually surrenders to something or someone. If not to God, you will surrender to the opinions or expectations of others, to money, to resentment, to fear, or to your own pride, lusts, or ego. You were designed to worship God—and if you fail to worship him, you will create other things
                    
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                    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    How often have you heard, “Limited time offer” or “This offer won’t last long”?  The idea is that if you don’t act soon you will miss out on this chance of a lifetime.  The only problem is that sooner or later they are making the same offer all over again, or by chance you might even hear that now
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 2, 2007
                
                
                
                    Neo-Paganism today (over a million in US/Canada).   One example, Hellenic Neo-Paganism.  This is from a UK Neo-pagan website:
What Gods Do You Worship?
Most of us worship at least the Twelve Olympians, in either Their Greek or Roman forms, as well as other divinities (e.g. Gaia, Persephone, Pan,
                    
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                    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 2, 2009
                
                
                
                    IDOLATRY IS ABOUT "GETTING"
William Barclay makes this important observation about ancient idolatry: "The essence of idolatry is the desire to get. A man sets up an idol and worships it because he desires to get something out of god. To put it bluntly, he believes that by his sacrifices and his
                    
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                    Norman Rockwell painted another famous picture which revealed the value of being able to go and worship God freely in America. The two Big Wars during Norman’s lifetime helped him to be reminded of how blessed we were to worship God freely. 
i.	He painted this picture along with three others after
                    
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                    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 14, 2009
                
                
                
                    OBJECT LESSON: PLANTED IN GOD'S LOVE
Items needed:
Table
Seeds (enough for all listeners)
Large pot with potting soil
Set up the table with the seeds and pot arranged on it where listeners can get to them during the invitation, perhaps in the front of your worship area. Then introduce the
                    
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                    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 2, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    	Most United Methodists are aware that one of our practices is the use of unfermented juice of the grape for Holy Communion. While some other Protestant bodies share this practice, the possibility of the practice goes back to the late 19th century and a Methodist dentist named Thomas Bramwell
                    
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                    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Apr 28, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    	For me, my belief in God was reaffirmed recently by something I would not have expected.  While I was in England I visited St. Paul’s Cathedral.  Worshiping in that great cathedral your eyes are drawn to the great dome.  It is actually three domes, one on top of the other, with the highest and
                    
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                    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 18, 2000
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A cartoon has been found on a wall in the ruins of ancient Rome showing how crazy the Christian message seemed to the people of that time.  It’s a caricature of Jesus’ crucifixion, showing a man’s body hanging on a cross - but the body has the head of a donkey.  There’s also a figure of a young man
                    
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