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  • Unfortunately, Some People Assume They Must Get ...  PRO

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jan 16, 2007
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    Unfortunately, some people assume they must get all their Bible teaching from some kind of religious “expert.” The idea is that Joe Average is bound to get it wrong if he tries to understand the Bible for himself, so he needs an expert to interpret it for him. Which reminds me of a story I ...read more

  • Unfortunately, There Are Some People Who Have No ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Apr 8, 2007
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    Unfortunately, there are some people who have no hope at all. They live in a kind of existential pessimism and despair. Bertrand Russell was a brilliant thinker, but because he made no room for God in his thoughts, he could not figure out the mystery of life. He once said, “When I die, I ...read more

  • I Want To Share With You The Top 10 Motivational ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joe Fornear on May 5, 2005
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    -I want to share with you the Top 10 motivational tips of the cynic. 1) Motivation – If a pretty poster and a cute saying are all it takes to motivate you, you probably have a very easy job, the kind robots will be doing soon. 2) (Snowflakes). Individuality –Always remember that you are ...read more

  • Make Two Fists Right Now, Please. Squeeze Your ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Flowers on Jun 2, 2005
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    Make two fists right now, please. Squeeze your fists as hard as you can. Tighter. Tighter. Don’t let go until I tell you to. Just hold it there for a while. Are you getting tired? Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. Just a little tighter. Okay, now let go. First did you notice the pain in your ...read more

  • The Legend Of A Cherokee Indian ...

    Contributed by Bill Burress on Dec 28, 2009
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    The Legend of a Cherokee Indian Youth’s Rite of Passage? A father takes his son into the forest, blindfolds him and leaves him alone. The youth is required to sit on a stump the whole night and not remove the blindfold until the rays of the morning sun shine through it. He cannot ...read more

  • I Remember Years Ago That A Man Wrote A Nasty ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 4, 2010
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    I remember years ago that a man wrote a nasty letter to me and included in it a curse and all kinds of false accusations. To this day, I don’t know why he wrote it. It was so vicious and untrue, but he had built up a case against me and it all bubbled out in this letter. It included distorted views ...read more

  • Memorizing Vs. Applying Scripture

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    MEMORIZING VS. APPLYING SCRIPTURE Dave Veerman, Campus Life, Wheaton, IL, related this story: A while ago our family began to memorize Scripture, one verse a week. Because my daughters were ages ten and six, I thought this was about the right speed. We keep the verses on cards in the middle of ...read more

  • Stories Of God's Provision

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 14, 2010
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    STORIES OF GOD'S PROVISION John Brentz, a friend of Luther, and one of the stalwarts of the Reformation, incurred the hatred of Charles V who made many attempts to kill the minister. Hearing that a troop of Spanish cavalry was on the way to arrest him, he cast himself upon God in prayer. At once ...read more

  • Ravi Zacharias: A Lecherous Heart

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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    RAVI ZACHARIAS: A LECHEROUS HEART One of the most powerful stories I have ever heard on the nature of the human heart is told by Malcolm Muggeridge. Working as a journalist in India, he left his residence one evening to go to a nearby river for a swim. As he entered the water, across the river he ...read more

  • Knots In Your Life

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 21, 2011
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    KNOTS IN YOUR LIFE The Baxter boys, Paul and John, liked to play in the woods near their home. They like the woods because they always found something they had never seen before. That's the way it was when they discoverd the tree with the knot tied in it. The knot was about halfway up the tree. ...read more

  • A Second Chance  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 8, 2011
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    A SECOND CHANCE Some years ago, two teenagers with a long history of crime and misbehavior robbed a YMCA on the lowest East Side of New York City. On the way out they saw a young man at the telephone switchboard. They were frightened and assumed that the man must be calling the police. They held ...read more

  • Learned Helplessness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2011
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    LEARNED HELPLESSNESS Learned Helplessness is a term I came across in my reading this week. It is a technical term originally used in reference to animal psychology but is also appropriately applied to human behavior as well. Learned helplessness describes an animal or a person who has learned to ...read more

  • Love As A Token

    Contributed by Adrian Rogers on Jul 19, 2011
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    LOVE AS A TOKEN Woodrow Wilson was on a train. He was in Billings, Montana. He was making whistle stops. He was the President of the United States. He was on that last coach. He was on that platform there out behind. You have seen pictures of them. His wife was next to him. There were important ...read more

  • A Unique Excuse

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2011
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    A UNIQUE EXCUSE A man who bought a brand new Mercedes and got out on the interstate. It was a convertible and the top was down, the breeze was blowing through his hair, and he decided he would open it up to see what it could do. The needle hit 80 miles an hour, then 90, then 100, then 110, then ...read more

  • Spiritual Consumerism

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
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    SPIRITUAL CONSUMERISM In February 27 2009 article from the website “Slate” titled, “Why American churchgoers like to shop around” also caught my attention. That article cited statistics from a Barna Group survey that revealed that one in seven adults changes churches each year, and another one in ...read more

  • Wear The Pants  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 7, 2011
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    WEAR THE PANTS Levi-Strauss recently ran an ad campaign that targeted men for a line of Dockers pants (June 2011). Maybe you've seen some of the ads. One of them was called a "MAN-ifesto," and the script went like this: "Once upon a time, men wore the pants, and wore them well. Women rarely had ...read more

  • Spiritual "Glory Hole"

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Dec 8, 2011
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    SPIRITUAL "GLORY HOLE" On a wall in our home hangs a picture of the GHOST-TOWN of Bodie, Nevada. While out west visiting family my wife stopped by and became intrigued with the place. It became an abandoned town after the gold rush gave out. In its hey-day, it was all anyone could have ...read more

  • Jesus Is The Amplifier

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 2, 2012
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    JESUS IS THE AMPLIFIER Jesus said: "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 So... without Jesus I can't do anything? Now, that doesn’t mean you and I can’t do things that might be impressive. ...read more

  • What Happens At Home

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2012
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    WHAT HAPPENS AT HOME Howard Hendricks used to say to us men in seminary preparing to lead churches, "If your Christianity isn't working at home, don't export it." It was his way of saying, "If you can't make your faith work in your own family, then please don't try to make it work in the family of ...read more

  • Ten Dollars Is Ten Dollars  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2012
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    TEN DOLLARS IS TEN DOLLARS A man named Stumpy and his wife Martha went to the state fair every year and every year when Stumpy saw the antique bi-plane he would say, "Martha, I'd like to ride in that airplane." Martha always replied, "I know Stumpy, but that airplane ride costs 10 dollars, and ...read more