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  • Revolution, George Barna's Newest Book, Describes ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Revolution, George Barna’s newest book, describes what he believes will be the most massive reshaping of the nation’s faith community in more than a century. “These are people who are less interested in attending church than in being the church,” he explains. He found that while some people leave ...read more

  • Decorate To Celebrate: Consumer Purchases Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Decorate To Celebrate: Consumer purchases of Christmas and seasonal decorations have risen sharply since ‘00, according to a new research report from Unity Marketing, Gifts & Decorative Accents Report, 2003:The Market, The Competitors, The Future Trends. Over 60% percent of consumers bought ...read more

  • Titanic: The Romance

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Mar 4, 2006
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    (Video Clip montage from Titanic - mpeg 2:58) It was that tragic, true story that served as the backdrop for the blockbuster film Titanic, which steamed past all other movies to become the top grossing movie of all time. It earned $601 million. It was the #1 movie in America for 13 weeks in a ...read more

  • A Member Of Alcoholics Anonymous Once Sent ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    A member of Alcoholics Anonymous once sent columnist Ann Landers the following: We drank for happiness and became unhappy. We drank for joy and became miserable. We drank for sociability and became argumentative. We drank for sophistication and became obnoxious. We drank for friendship and ...read more

  • Believing Things 'on Authority' Only Means ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    Believing things ’on authority’ only means believing them because you have been told them by someone you think trustworthy. Ninety-nine percent of the things you believe are believed on authority. I believe there is such a place as New York. I could not prove by abstract reasoning that there is ...read more

  • What Is Carnality? According To The Greek ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    What is carnality? According to the Greek dictionary, it means to have the nature and characteristics of the flesh (or more simply, it means "fleshly"). What, then , is the flesh? Sometimes it refers to the whole material part of man (1 Corinthians 15:39; Hebrews 5:7), and based on this meaning, ...read more

  • Images Are Highly Influential. They Become ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Jul 25, 2006
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    Images are highly influential. They become emblazoned on the wall of our minds and they evoke a wide range of responses. Millions of people will remember the fireman carrying the baby out of the ruins of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. Neil Armstrong taking that first step on the moon ...read more

  • Unconditional Love  PRO

    Contributed by Marc Carr on Aug 7, 2006
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    Unconditional Love Floyd Landis, embroiled in a doping scandal since winning this year’s Tour de France, raised a Mennonite in Pennsylvania, leans on his mother for support. “She’s the one that no matter what happens, to me or to anyone else in life, she will remain unchanged,” he said. “When ...read more

  • Taken Individually, The Events And Circumstances ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Sep 10, 2006
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    “Taken individually, the events and circumstances God allows may not, in and of themselves, appear to be of any value or good to the Christian. But Paul does not say that each event is good or even that each incident will produce that which is good. He informs us that all of the events, working ...read more

  • Listen To What Oswald Chambers Wrote About ...

    Contributed by Danny Rogers on Sep 23, 2006
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    : Listen to what Oswald Chambers wrote about this passage in his devotional My Utmost for His Highest. “A person will easily say, “Oh yes, I know I am a sinner,” but when he comes into the presence of God he cannot get away with such a broad and indefinite statement. Our conviction is focused on ...read more

  • Many Species Of Salmon Are Anadromous—they ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 27, 2006
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    Many species of salmon are anadromous—they spawn, or lay their eggs, in fresh water; the young migrate to salt water and grow up there; and the fish return to fresh water to breed after they reach maturity. Other populations or species of salmon are landlocked, spending their entire life cycle in ...read more

  • Revival Prayer Exalts God, Because It Puts Things ...

    Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Oct 24, 2006
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    Revival Prayer Exalts God, because it puts things in perspective: God is high and lifted up— It’s like flying up in a plane and everything is so small. It’s not that our problems disappear, but we realize from God’s perspective, it is nothing he can’t handle. I remember how honored and humbled I ...read more

  • There's A Story Of A Man Named Mr. Brown Who Ran ...

    Contributed by Bryan Dill on Oct 25, 2006
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    There’s a story of a man named Mr. Brown who ran a clinic for rich women who didn’t have much to do. They had been idle so long together that their nerves got the best of them. They imagined all sorts of things wrong with themselves as they grumbled about their aches and pains. Mr. Brown and ...read more

  • Last Night I Got A Wild Hair Around 7:00 P.m. I ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Oct 28, 2006
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    Last night I got a wild hair around 7:00 P.M. I wanted to fix a mechanical pencil that was broken and refill a ball point pen. These had been broken for the past 6 years but at that moment they were all that I had on my mind. I finished a good 45 minutes later victorious and filled with pride at my ...read more

  • Great Is Thy Faithfulness" Is Not The Result Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Jan 22, 2007
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    “Great Is thy Faithfulness” is not the result of some tragic event in Thomas Chisholm’s life but a powerful witness to his daily walk with Jesus as he experienced “morning by morning” new mercies from His Everlasting Father. Pastor Chisholm always trusted his Everlasting Father to take care of ...read more

  • There's A Secular Group In Britain Called "Join ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Feb 18, 2007
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    There’s a secular group in Britain called “Join Me” that came up with a novel approach toward helping people, called “Good Fridays.” Each Friday they to take to the streets and carry out Random Acts of Kindness for the benefit of strangers. As the founder writes, “They took to their task with ...read more

  • We Live In A World That Is Looking For Peace. ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Mar 13, 2007
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    We live in a world that is looking for peace. Most of us are more familiar with tension, stress and anxiety than peace. Lack of peace is the result of our complex, accelerated and stressed-out world. If you can complete these sentences with the appropriate word, you need to learn what resources ...read more

  • Several Years Ago The Minnesota ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Apr 4, 2007
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    Illustration: Several years ago the Minnesota Crime Commission released a statement that backs up what the Bible teaches about our human nature. In its report it stated that “every baby starts life as a little savage. He is completely selfish, and self-centered. He wants what He wants when He ...read more

  • One Year In Youth Ministry, I Held An Event For ...

    Contributed by James Chandler on Apr 5, 2007
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    One year in youth ministry, I held an event for our youth known as the “30 Hour Famine.” We went for thirty hours without food. We only drank juice. Each young person had adults sponsoring them and the money went to needy children in third world countries. By about the twentieth hour, I was ...read more

  • James S. Stewart Tells Of An Oil Painting ...

    Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Apr 9, 2007
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    “James S. Stewart tells of an oil painting depicting Faust engaged in a chess game with the devil. Faust, you will recall, was the man who gambled his life with the devil and lost. The look on Faust’s face in the painting is one of abject despair. He has been reduced to a few pawns, a knight, and ...read more