Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2001
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Make no mistake about it, the society in which we live does everything in its power to deny the fact of death. Every plucked gray hair, every chemical peel, every tofu diet, every bottle of Viagra, every tummy tuck is a putting
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 29, 2002
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Martin Niemoeller experienced it. One of Hitler’s least favorite people, Rev. Niemoeller was placed in prison and summoned to a special court. He was suddenly afraid. He had no idea what to expect! But according to Francis Gay, as he was taken along the seemingly endless corridor to the courtroom,
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Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Jan 7, 2003
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Charles Colson points out, “It is absurd for Christians to constantly seek new demonstrations of God’s power, to expect a miraculous answer to every need…this
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Christian Missionary Alliance
Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Jan 20, 2003
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"A religion true to its nature must also be concerned about man’s social conditions. Religion deals with both earth and heaven, both time and eternity. Religion operates not only on the vertical plane but also on the horizontal.
It seeks not only to integrate men with God but to integrate men with
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2003
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IT’S AMAZING YOU SHOULD COME TO ME...
A Jewish father was concerned about his son. He had not truly raised him to be grounded in the faith of Judaism… So, hoping to remedy this he sent his son to Israel so the boy could experience his heritage. A year later the young man returned home.
He said,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 15, 2003
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-The caterpillar lives the first part of its life crawling on the ground.
-After fulfilling its course, the caterpillar curls up and seemingly dies. Then out of that body a beautiful butterfly comes to life. No longer forced to craw
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. The New Republic in its January 27 issue reported that the number of products in a typical supermarket in 92 was some 30,000. In 1976 it was 9,000. Likewise in 1992’s produce section there was 285 products while in 1975 only 65. My how our choices have multiplied? When I was 10 years old
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Evie Megginson on May 11, 2004
In its early days, Dallas Theological Seminary was in critical need of $10,000 to keep the work going. During a prayer meeting, renowned Bible teacher Harry Ironside, a lecturer at the school, prayed, “Lord, you own the cattle on a thousand hills. Please sell some of those cattle to help us meet
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Baptist
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 18, 2004
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Pride is the dandelion of the soul. Its root goes deep; only a little left behind sprouts again. Its seeds lodge in the tiniest encouraging cracks. And it flourishes in good soil:
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Baptist
Contributed by Nathan Garcia on Mar 8, 2005
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This is from the movie American History X. It’s a story that touches close to many real life experiences. Derek’s father was killed trying to put out a fire in a crack house in an African American neighborhood. Derek slowly grew to hate “blacks”, and eventually he was controlled by hatred for
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Adventist
Contributed by Pat Cook on Oct 7, 2005
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But it’s more like the student in school who was asked to write a paper called, "What I’m thankful for on Thanksgiving." This one student wrote, "I’m thankful that I’m not a turkey."
He had nothing to do with it, but he was still thankful what God had done. Listen: you are who you are today, not
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Baptist
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 13, 2005
Islam is growing in the US, and has made its strongest inroads into the African -American community. More than 90% of the converts to Islam in the US are African-American males. They seen Christianity is
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Jim Kane on Nov 10, 2005
Power, and all the perks that goes with it, comes and goes. I am reminded of this in a humorous way in the autobiography of Colin Powell who related an incident that takes place the day after he retires from active duty as Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
‘I woke up the next morning without
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Church Of God
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 2, 2005
A bird had no interest in learning the song its master wanted to teach it while its cage was full of light. Its master covered the cage to darken it. He then whistled the same song over and over until the bird learned it by heart. When it could repeat it note for note, the owner uncovered the cage
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
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It’s easy to live a long life, at least in America. Look at the statistics: Out of every 100,000 persons, 88,361 reach 50 years of age, more than 70,000 make it to 70, and almost 17,000 get to 85 or more. Staying around a long time, however, should not be our primary goal. Rather, we should be
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