Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 24, 2002
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MY COUNTRY TIS OF THEE
The kindergarten teacher was showing her class an encyclopedia page picturing several national flags. She pointed to the American flag and asked, "What flag is this?"
A little girl called out, "That’s the flag of our country."
"Very good," the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
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Philip
Was born at Bethsaida, in Galilee and was first called by the name of "disciple." He labored diligently in Upper Asia, and suffered martyrdom at Heliopolis, in Phrygia. He was scourged, thrown into prison, and afterwards crucified, A.D. 54.
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Foxe, John. "Book
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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My wife was grading a science test at home that she had given to her elementary-school class and was reading some of the results to me. The subject was "The Human Body," and the first question was: "Name one of the major functions of the skin." One child wrote: "To keep
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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God is everywhere. However, He does not want you to reach out for Him everywhere but only in the Word. Reach out for it and you will grasp Him aright. Otherwise you are tempting God and setting up idolatry. That is why He has established a certain method for us. This teaches
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 8, 2007
Sir Walter Scott wrote:
High though his titles, proud his name,
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim;
Despite those titles, power, and pelf,
The wretch, concentred all in self,
Living, shall forfeit fair renown,
And, doubly dying, shall
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Faith is not an opinion, but a certitude. The substance of things hoped for, says the Apostle not the phantasies of empty conjecture. You hear the substance. You may not dispute on the faith as you please; you may not wander here and there through the wastes of opinion, the byways of error. By
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The Sea of Galilee receives but does not keep the River Jordan. For every drop that flows into it, another drop flows out. The giving and receiving go on, equal in measure. The other sea is shrewder, hoarding income jealously. It will not be tempted into any generous impulse. Every drop it
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Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 11, 2010
Charles Spurgeon said, “Though the winning of souls be a great thing, though the edifying of believers be an important matter, though the reclamation of backsliders calls for earnest attention, yet never, never, never may we cease from praising and magnifying the name of the well-beloved. This is
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
Legislation will soon be introduced to the U.S. Senate to regulate retailers’ charity affinity promotions. The intent is to make sure charities actually receive money pledged by companies. The proposed legislation would require retailers to notify charities they plan to use the nonprofit groups’
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Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 12, 2006
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In North Shore Baptist Church, in Chicago, the Sunday School Director and one of the deacons in the church was a man named James L. Kraft.
As a young man, just beginning, he wanted to be the most famous manufacturer and salesman of cheese in the world. He was going to be rich and famous, and he
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Baptist
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(Charles Spurgeon December 24, 1854) Do you know the full meaning of that name Immanuel, “God with us”? No, he who knows it best knows little of it. Alas, he who knows it not at all is ignorant indeed, so ignorant that his ignorance is not bliss, but will be his damnation. Oh! may God teach you the
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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NO JACKET REQUIRED
I shook my head in disbelief. This couldn’t be the right place. After all, I couldn’t possibly be welcome here. I had been given an invitation several times, by several different people, and had finally decided to see what this place was all about. But, this just couldn’t be the
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Adventist
Contributed by Vernon Murray on Mar 4, 2004
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Starting in 1817 in England, Mr. Edward Elwell turned a gun factory into a tool factory. His tools were made of the best iron and forged in one of the finest foundries of its time. His tools were made strong and they were made to last. So confident that these tools
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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LIVING BY FAITH
Faith is part of everyday living.
e.g. When you are ill,
you go to a doctor whose name you can’t pronounce.
He gives you a prescription you cannot read.
You take it to a pharmacist you have never seen.
He gives you
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Brethren
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