Contributed by Stephen Wright on Sep 12, 2004
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A boy and his father were out walking on a cold day, and the way was slippery. The little fellow’s hands were deep down in the pockets of a brand new coat. His father said to him: " You had better let me take your hand," but he could not persuade the boy to take his hands from the pockets of his
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Baptist
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Jim Jones – He started out as a pastor and became deceived and it lead to the death of 100’s.
This was a Christian destructive, doomsday cult founded and led by James Warren Jones (1931-1978). Jim Jones held degrees from Indiana University and Butler University. He was not a Fundamentalist pastor
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Contributed by Stephen Wright on Dec 12, 2004
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A man started out through a forest so thickly covered with trees that one day he could not see the sun or sky. After travelling for a long time he knew it was getting night time, so started for what he thought was home. He was so certain that his direction was right that he did not look at his
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Feb 22, 2005
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The late Mike Royco wrote a national column out of the Chicago Tribune and he once told about a friend of his who was falling in love and his friend said that he was going to take his girl to a Seaside resort, stay for the week-end. And he said, "If it clicks, "I’m going to ask her to marry me."
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Christian Church
Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Mar 1, 2005
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When Jesus first sent Peter and the others out to heal the sick, He gave them the necessary power to do it (see Matt. 10:1). The Greek word for this power is exousia, which carries with it the meaning that the power is not inherent but delegated by a higher authority. It is similar to the power an
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Contributed by Tim Richards on May 24, 2005
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God is willing to look out for us & take care of us. The truth is that we can trust God, even when we don’t fully understand Him. Let me conclude this morning’s sermon with a brief story from Franklin Graham’s fine book, Rebel with a Cause. It took place when young Franklin was still far from God.
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 7, 2005
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The new preacher, fresh out of college, had just moved into town. He was nervous but excited about all of the opportunities. After a few days, a nurse at the hospital called and said that he needed to come and visit Mabel. He had never met Mabel but she was a member of the church. On the way to
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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A little boy who lived far out in the country in the late 1800s had reached the age of twelve and had never in all his life seen a circus. You can imagine his excitement, when one day a poster went up at school announcing that on the next Saturday a traveling circus was coming to the nearby
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Contributed by Scott Weber on Dec 14, 2005
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I heard a story of a woman who was out Christmas shopping with her two children. After many hours of looking at row after row of toys and everything else imaginable. And after hours of hearing both her children asking for everything they saw on those many shelves, she finally made it to the
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Contributed by Paul Humphrey on Jan 3, 2006
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A preacher once told of his church taking out the towel dispensers from their bathrooms and installing electric dryers in their place. He said that someone had taped a note on one of the blow dryers which said, “Please
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United Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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Mormons out-give evangelicals by about 3 to 1. Mormons give an average of 7.5% of their income to the church compared to evangelicals 2.5%. Add to this the fact that all but 85 top LDS leaders are volunteers which frees up millions of dollars for their worldwide mission efforts. The average
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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Political Compromise: 6 out of 10 Americans feel elected officials possessing strongly held religious beliefs should compromise with fellow officials when voting on controversial topics such as abortion and homosexuality. Evangelical Christians are more likely to
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