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  • One Nation Under God Also Has Her Foundation ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Jul 8, 2006
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    One Nation Under God also has her foundation under-girded in Prayer. 1Timothy 2:1-2 says, “I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone -- for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and ...read more

  • Stanley Hauerwas And William Willimon Open Their ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 19, 2006
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    Stanley Hauerwas and William Willimon open their book Resident Aliens with the following: Sometime between 1960 and 1980, an old, inadequately conceived world ended…and a new world began. When and how did we change? Although it may sound trivial, one of us is tempted to date the shift sometime on ...read more

  • He Was Raised In The Church Of Christ. Early In ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 17, 2006
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    He was raised in the Church of Christ. Early in his life, he developed faith, but at one point his parents split up. He ended up with his grandmother and abandoned what faith he may have had. He later said that accepting the theory of evolution enabled him to pursue his twisted urges. He ...read more

  • Jenna And I Boarded A -1:00 A.m. Flight In Tel ...

    Contributed by Matthew Bushnell on Nov 29, 2006
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    Jenna and I boarded a -1:00 A.M. flight in Tel Aviv which would carry us back to the States. Travelling is always hectic, but that night it was especially bad. The plane was packed and we were delayed because of extra-tight airport security. As we boarded, I realized that our seats weren’t ...read more

  • The Papoose

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2007
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    The Papoose I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now…John 16:12.” Those precious words of our Lord Jesus Christ in John 16:12 bring back a memory from my past. When our middle son was very young, he fell and cut a rather deep gash in the area between his lip and chin. ...read more

  • Michael Brown, "Go And Sin No More" 20 Reasons ...

    Contributed by Todd Pugh on Feb 6, 2007
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    Michael Brown, “Go and sin no more” 20 reasons not to sin 1) Sin does not satisfy a. Proverbs 27:20 Hell and Destruction are never full; So the eyes of man are never satisfied. b. Hebrews 11:25 talks about, “the passing pleasures of sin,” 2) Sin leads to More sin 3) Sin Leads to Worse Sin 4) Sin ...read more

  • I Know That Most Of You Who Are Older Recognize ...

    Contributed by Ray Searan on Feb 21, 2007
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    I know that most of you who are older recognize the name of Patrick Henry. But I’m afraid that many of our school children do not. Patrick Henry was a famous statesman and orator of colonial Virginia. In 1764 he was elected to the House of Burgesses where he became a champion of the frontier ...read more

  • I Know That Most Of You Who Are Older Recognize ...

    Contributed by Ray Searan on Feb 21, 2007
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    I know that most of you who are older recognize the name of Patrick Henry. But I’m afraid that many of our school children do not. Patrick Henry was a famous statesman and orator of colonial Virginia. In 1764 he was elected to the House of Burgesses where he became a champion of the frontier ...read more

  • Right Now I Am Reading Dale Carnegie's "How To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    Right now I am reading Dale Carnegie’s “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living”. He has some good stuff. I typed up one of the pages and put it on my mirror. It’s called “Just for Today” it goes like this: “Just for Today” 1. Just for today I will be happy. Happiness is within. Happiness is a ...read more

  • We Never Know Who Will Respond To The Love Of ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 17, 2007
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    We never know who will respond to the love of God and Good News of Jesus Christ, and it is not our job to figure it out, only to keep reaching out to others and sharing the Good News. Mark Early tells the story of Gracia Burnham’s ordeal. She and her husband Martin were missionaries in the ...read more

  • Bill Hybels, Pastor Of Willow Creek Community ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Bill Hybels, Pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in the Chicago area, was attending a luncheon in a Southern state. Sitting across from him was an African-American built like a football player. When he introduced himself and the African American told him his name and it was distinctly Muslim. ...read more

  • I Was Reading This Week In The Little Devotional ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I was reading this week in the little devotional book “This Day with the Master” by Dennis Kinlaw and I read the devotional for April 27th. I would like to share this with you this morning. In Ephesians 5:1-2 we are told to “be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love.” “One day as I ...read more

  • Charisma" Magazine Had An Article On Martyrs In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    "Charisma" magazine had an article on martyrs in the 1990s. For many contemporary Christians, the word "martyr" evokes images of ancient saints being torn apart by lions in a Roman coliseum. Yet martyrdom did not end with the fall of the Roman Empire, or with the collapse of Soviet Communism. The ...read more

  • The Story Is Told About "New Year's Day, 1929, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The story is told about “New Year’s Day, 1929, Georgia Tech played UCLA in the Rose Bowl. In that game a young man named Roy Riegels, Team Captain, recovered a fumble for UCLA, that had been fumbled by Stumpy Thomason from Georgia Tech. Picking up the loose ball, he lost his direction and ran ...read more

  • The Story Of The Flowers - Graveside Committal ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    THE STORY OF THE FLOWERS - Graveside Committal Service Earl Wheatley of Meridian, Mississippi, shared a funeral observance that has proved quite effective. Before the funeral he tells the funeral director that he needs three flowers: a red one, a white one and a yellow one. These three flowers ...read more

  • A Well Known Christian Wrote, "The Last Days ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    • A well known Christian wrote, “the last days are upon us. Weigh carefully the times. Look for Him who is above all time, eternal and invisible.” That was not written by a modern prophecy expert. It was written by a man named Ignatius about 110 A.D., just a couple of decades after the apostle John ...read more

  • The Following Is A True Easter Story By Roger ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The following is a true Easter story by Roger Hawthorne One of the first Easters of my ministerial career began with a blizzard. I was still a student pastor, and we had arranged to have an ordained pastor come to serve communion. There was a question if he would be able to make it through the ...read more

  • Imagine You Are On Your Way To Church One Sunday ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Imagine you are on your way to church one Sunday morning. You have had a more difficult week than normal. You are physically, emotionally and spiritually drained. You realize that you are running on fumes and are looking forward to getting your tank filled up so you can face the world again Monday ...read more

  • A Missionary On Furlough Told This True Story ...

    Contributed by John Montgomery on Jun 21, 2007
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    A missionary on furlough told this true story while visiting his home church in Michigan... "While serving at a small field hospital in Africa, every two weeks I traveled by bicycle through the jungle to a nearby city for supplies. This was a journey of two days and required camping overnight at ...read more

  • The World Wide Web Is Amazing All That ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jun 24, 2007
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    The world wide web is amazing all that information being passed down phone lines coming down onto our screens from all over the world right into our homes, I don’t really know how it works, its mind boggling, But I know it does work and I enjoy it. Over the last few months in our house the ...read more

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