Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
Take That Vacation: The Families and Work Institute released recent study revealing more than 25% of workers report they’ve passed up some of the vacation time to which they’re entitled because of job demands. The study found that those who don’t use their vacation time are far more likely to
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Contributed by Patrick Nix on Jul 9, 2010
The word ‘love’ conjures up so man different things today. A modern dictionary lists 28 various uses for the word: tender affection, warm attachment, intimate passion, strong predication, & amorous benevolence. Yet not of these are complete to define / describe what the Bible speaks of as a
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Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 14, 2010
GALLUP ON COMMITTED CHRISTIANS
Fewer than 10 percent of Americans are deeply committed Christians, says pollster George Gallup, who adds that these people "are far, far happier than the rest of the population."
Committed Christians, Gallup found, are more tolerant than the average American, more
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NEED OR GREED
Clovis Chappel in his book "Feminine Faces," wrote that when the Roman city of Pompeii was being excavated, the body of a woman was found mummified by the volcanic ashes of Mount Vesuvius. Her position told a tragic story. Her feet pointed toward the city gate, but her out
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SIN LIKE A MUSHROOM
In Oregon's Malheur National Forest, a fungus spreads through tree roots across 2,200 acres, making it the largest living organism ever found. Popularly known as the honey mushroom, the Armillaria Ostoyae started from a single microscopic spore. Yet it's been weaving its black
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 6, 2021
An old farmer wrote to his son in prison: “This year I wont be able to plant potatoes because I can’t dig the field. I know if you were here you would help me.”
The son wrote back:”Dad don’t even think of digging the field because that’s where I buried the money I stole.”
Police read the letter and
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jun 6, 2022
HERE ARE 8 LIES OF THE DEVIL CONCERNING HELL. Unfortunately, many of these lies are found in pulpits, churches, seminaries or college campuses.
1.Hell is not a place, it is a state of mind (16:22 – “he died”).
2. Hell is annhiliation. When you die, you no longer exist!
3. Hell is
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission, which in the 1960’s became what is today the missions agency OMF International, knew the secret of strength through weakness. Complimented once by a friend on the impact of the mission, Hudson answered, “It seemed to me that God looked over the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Consider Charles Colson, the aide to Richard Nixon who was sent to jail for Watergate. As a result of his experience as a convicted felon, Colson founded Prison Fellowship, now the world’s largest Christian outreach to prisoners and their families. Prison Fellowship has more than 50,000 volunteers
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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How much power can people in agreement have?
The answer: the power of life and death.
During the brutal reign of Joseph Stalin, who murdered 30 million Russians and bought godless communism to Russia, Stalin, let it be known that he planned to murder the Jews of Russia.
When the believers in
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Contributed by Susan Blader on Aug 18, 2007
The Coffee Pot at Cana
Mae Fortson relays the story of her church coffee pot. Whoever drank the last cup would often fail to replenish the pot for the next person.
The secretary wanted to motivate her staff to be more responsible, so she taped a neatly-typed plea to the pot. It read: “If
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Disciples Of Christ
Contributed by Daniel Lawson on Sep 2, 2007
Bill Faye, author of "Sharing Jesus without Fear," notes that Americans have found a new way to deny Christ: "It’s by keeping silent about him." Fay asked, "Do we really believe it when Jesus said that unless a person is saved, he’s damned?" And if we do, he asked, "How do we allow our people to
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Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 6, 2007
There was a group of scientists in a mountainous area, and they employed a little boy to be their guide because he knew where an eagle’s nest was. They found the nest at the bottom of a crag on the side of the mountain and saw there were several eggs in it. Those scientists really wanted one of
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Baptist
Contributed by Darrin Fish on Dec 7, 2007
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Two Ladies on a Train
• Years ago a man found himself on a train between two ladies.
• And Unfortunately for him the two ladies were arguing constantly about whether the window should be open or shut.
• The lady farthest from the window argued that she would die of heat stroke if it wasn’t
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Christian Church
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Story: The legendary Malcolm Muggeridge was a British journalist, author , satirist and media personality
He was also a Marxist before he found Christ.
During the Cold War he travelled to Russia to write a story about the Communist party and the decline of religion in that atheistic regime.
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Anglican
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