Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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Vernon Grounds writes, “A friend told me of an incident that happened while he was in seminary. Since the school had no gymnasium, he and his friends played basket ball in a nearby public school.
Nearby, an elderly janitor waited patiently until the finished playing. Invariably he sat there
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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Several years ago I met a gentleman who served on one of Walt Disney’s original advisory boards. What amazing stories he told! Those early days were tough; but that remarkable, creative visionary refused to give up. I especially appreciated the man’s sharing with me how Disney responded to
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It is said that the famous master of a musician, Mendohlson, was visiting one of the historic cathedrals in Central Europe one day and that in this cathedral was a priceless pipe organ. Mendohlson ventured in and happened to find the organist playing the instrument. He asked if he could be
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
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Church For Fanatics
One man wrote "I was a supply preacher for a small town Texas Church, coming in early Sunday, preaching a sermon to the congregation, and then leaving after lunch. Arriving early one Sunday I sat down at a local donut shop, opened my Bible and went over my sermon notes. "
A man
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Wesleyan
For if any are hearers of the word and not doers, they are like those who look at themselves in a mirror; for they look at themselves and, on going away, immediately forget what they were like."
As I read this text I couldn’t help but think of friends and relatives that slowly lost the connection
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Disciples Of Christ
Contributed by John Akosile on Jun 1, 2009
Paul says: "Our sufficiency is of God, who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life." The true ministry is God-touched, God-enabled, and God-made. The Spirit of God is on the preacher in anointing
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Jun 29, 2009
H. G. WELLS ON THE VALUE OF HUMANS
Can we doubt that presently our race will more than realise our boldest imaginations, that it will achieve unity and peace, and that our children will live in a world made more splendid and lovely than any palace or garden that we know, going on from strength to
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Baptist
THE CHURCH MUST SERVE THE TRUTH
The Church does not have technical solutions to offer [10] and does not claim 'to interfere in any way in the politics of States.' [11] She does, however, have a mission of truth to accomplish, in every time and circumstance, for a society that is attuned to man, to
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Catholic
Contributed by Larry Moyer on Aug 5, 2009
YOU CAN’T JUSTIFY WORRYING
So often we try to justify worrying. I know a man who said, "Don’t tell me worrying doesn’t do any good. Everything I worry about doesn’t happen."
One man defended his worrying by saying, "I find it helps to worry. The people who worry never get ulcers." And one
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 7, 2009
FOUR CHRISTMASES
Four Christmases is a movie (I haven’t seen it) about one couple who has to go to 4 Christmas celebrations; One for her mother, one for her father, one for his mother, one for his father because all of them are divorced. Does anyone see a problem with this? However, for many
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010
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CALVINISM V. ARMINIANISM
The story is told of a group of theologians who were discussing the tension between predestination and free will. Things became so heated that the group broke up into two opposing factions.
But one man, not knowing which to join, stood for a moment trying to decide. At
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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SHAPING TO FIT "UP THERE"
A Christian man who in a time of business recession lost his job. He then also lost a sizable fortune, and his beautiful home. To add to his sorrow, his wife died, and having no children and very few relatives, he found himself very much alone. The man was a Christian and
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Brethren
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 30, 2010
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BURNING DOWN OR SMOKE SIGNALS?
A shipwrecked man was once washed ashore on an uninhabited island. Using the few things he managed to salvage from the wreck and from whatever he could find on the island, he painstakingly built himself a hut. That little hut was the only protection he had from the
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Brethren
Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
BACKSLIDING IS MISERABLE
It is a miserable thing to be a backslider. Of all unhappy things that can befall a man, I suppose "backsliding" is the worst. A stranded ship, a broken-winged eagle, a garden overrun with weeds, a harp without strings, a church in ruins--all these are sad sights. But a
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 3, 2011
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GOOD GOD, GOOD NEWS
Promoting his recent book "Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived", Rob Bell asked these questions:
"How could that God (who condemns people to eternal punishment) ever be good? How could that ever be good news?"
Well, let’s ask the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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