Contributed by Troy Borst on Mar 5, 2009
SOCIOLOGICAL COMMUNITY
I would like to begin this morning with the definition of the word community. A community is "a local grouping within which people carry out a full round of life activities."
A community includes:
(1) a grouping of people
(2) within a geographical area
(3) with a
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by John Perry on Apr 17, 2010
Out at the Fonterra factory where I’ve been working some shifts they make yoghurt. The milk is pumped into huge stainless steel vats & they add culture, heat the mix & about 6 hours later the milk & culture is basically turned into yoghurt. But between every batch of yoghurt the vats are washed
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Pentecostal
Contributed by John Weeks on Dec 9, 2006
I have visited Japan three times in the past several years. It is a fascinating place of great contrasts – primarily – great beauty contrasted with great sadness. You see from my observation, the Japanese culture is one of materialism, self-satisfaction, rigid order and sexism – all of this
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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There is no greater honor than to be the instrument in Gods hands of leading one person out of the kingdom of
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Contributed by Martin Wiles on May 8, 2002
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I read a book some time ago entitled Wisdom Hunter. Randal Arthur, a missionary, wrote it. It told of a pastor who was involved in a denomination that controlled its people with traditions and their interpretations of God’s Word. He became disgusted with that and even turned away from God. Finally,
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Baptist
Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Jan 3, 2013
"Beauty is the scent of God on the universe, a keyhole-peek of the kingdom in the here and now and a
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Lutheran
Contributed by Craig Simonian on Aug 27, 2001
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A classic example analogy of this is its parallel to the end of WWII.
- D-Day (June 6, 44). The Allied forces invade Normandy, breaking the back of the enemy and ensuring their total victory. Yet, the war lingered on even though the Nazis were defeated.
- Yet, it wasn’t till V-Day (May 7, 45)
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Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 8, 2007
The Humanist’s Prayer
Lyman Abbot once paraphrased the Lord’s Prayer to reflect the philosophy of those without God. We might call it the Humanist’s Prayer:
Our brethren who art on earth,
Hallowed be our name.
Our kingdom come,
Our will be done on earth,
For there is no heaven.
We must get
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"There is something awfully sad and strange about a culture in which teenage sex is condoned so long as it is safe, while teenage smoking is denounced as categorically wrong. Sex has become a mere
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Families must continue to be the foundation of our nation. Familiesnot government programsare the best way to make sure our children are properly nurtured, our elderly are cared for, our cultural and spiritual
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Contributed by Bode Ayodele on Sep 5, 2007
This reveals that there is a deliberate attempt by the kingdom of darkness to ensnare us by the words of our mouth. No wonder the bible states in James
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Pentecostal