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  • Cargo Cults

    Contributed by Craig Sully on Apr 7, 2010
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    CARGO CULTS First noticed in the late 19th century, the concept of the cargo cult came to prominence in the years immediately following WWII. As the Japanese and American armies began to island hop their way to victory and defeat across the Pacific, they literally took over these small territories ...read more

  • The Prayer Police

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 16, 2011
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    THE PRAYER POLICE A little over 3 years ago, a group of students at an Alabama high school recited the Lord’s Prayer together in the lunchroom, which prompted a suit by the parents of another student. In response, Judge Ira Dement, on October 29, 1997, termed the action "religiously based ...read more

  • Fear Restrains

    Contributed by Shine Thomas on Aug 28, 2017
     | 3,686 views

    Janez Rus lived in Germany during the days of the Nazi ruler Adolf Hitler. During that time he was a young shoemaker, looking to make his name prominent. Because of the power of the German government, he participated in public supports of the Nazi regime in hopes of gaining recognition. But after ...read more

  • A Christian's ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    “A Christian’s Prayer” “Statesmen Who Fear God” The children of God can most certainly desire godly leaders and call out to the Lord for those who walk in the fear of the Lord. The last words of King David in 2 Samuel give us this truth, “The God of Israel spoke, the Rock of Israel said to me: ...read more

  • Sheila-Ism?" Matthew 25:14-30 Key Verse(S) ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Apr 6, 2005
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    “Sheila-ism?” Matthew 25:14-30 Key verse(s) 24:“Then the man who had received the one talent came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.’” Taking the safest route is something that my father always ...read more

  • The Whipping  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The Whipping. There was a school with a class of students that no teacher had been able to handle. Two or three teachers had been run off from this school in one year by the unruly students. A young man, just out of college, heard about the class and applied to the school. The principal asked the ...read more

  • Builders For Eternity  PRO

    Contributed by Gene Barron on Mar 1, 2001
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    Isn’t it strange that princes and kings And clowns that caper in sawdust rings And common people like you and me Are builders for eternity? Each is given a bag of tools, A shapeless mass, a book of rules; And each must make ‘ere life is flown, A ...read more

  • A Man Who Was Raised In A Cult (A Cult Is A Group ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 10, 2002
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    A man who was raised in a cult (A cult is a group that changes either the person of Jesus or the redemptive act of the cross) over a period of years gradually rejected the rules and works of religion. One day he cried out to a friend, "You’ve ...read more

  • Anybody Can Quit. As A Matter Of Fact, Quitting ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 28, 2004
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    Anybody can quit. As a matter of fact, quitting seems to be the rule of thumb for a lot of people, especially when it comes to marriage and family. Ten years ago for every wife who left her family, 600 husbands did. Today for ...read more

  • Because It Is So Arranged Does Not Mean Events ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 5, 2005
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    Because it is so arranged does not mean events did not happen just as they are spelled out; as the International Bible Encyclopedia points out, “the discovery of a cuneiform text…referring to a court official of Xerxes I called Marduka’ would seem to rule out the ...read more

  • God … Has Created Us Perfectly Free To ...

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 18, 2007
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    God … has created us perfectly free to disbelieve in Him as much as we choose. If we do disbelieve, then … we must take the consequences in a world ruled by cause and effect. (Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957), Edythe Draper, Draper’s Book of Quotations ...read more

  • As Philip Yancey In His Book Entitled "Prayer" ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    As Philip Yancey in his book entitled “Prayer” says: “Jesus taught a model prayer – the Lord’s Prayer but otherwise gave few rules. His teaching reducees down to three principles: Keep it honest, keep it simple and keep it up ...read more

  • The Most Crippling Time For The Church Is Summer ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 17, 2008
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    The most crippling time for the church is summer time and vacations. People are traveling and spend their tithe, or drop it in a church they are visiting. Too many come home and having been away for weeks over the summer, have no sense of obligation to “make up” the shortfall in ...read more

  • 91% Of Americans Admit To Lying Regularly To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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    · 91% of Americans admit to lying regularly to the people closest to them. · 77% see no point in observing the Sabbath. · 74% would steal items from those who would not really miss them. · 55% would consider cheating on their spouse · 93% of adults and teens say, “they and nobody else determine ...read more

  • St. Augustine, While Puzzling Over The Doctrine ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    St. Augustine, while puzzling over the doctrine of the Trinity, was walking along the beach one day when he observed a young boy with a bucket, running back and forth to pour water into a little hole. Augustine asked, "What are you doing?" The boy replied, "I’m trying to put the ocean into this ...read more

  • When The Kimberly-Clark Corporations Sent ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 16, 2009
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    When the Kimberly-Clark corporations sent observers to watch parents and toddlers use their diapers, they asked questions, listened to the parents, and noted the struggles that many toddlers and parents were having. They sent the info back to the research and development department and they came up ...read more

  • Steps Of Bible Study

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010
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    STEPS OF BIBLE STUDY Bible study starts with Observation: What does it say? Then we move on to step 2 with Interpretation: What does it mean? Then we move on to step 3 with Correlation: How does it fit with the Bible as a whole? Finally, we end with Application: How do I use it in my life? ...read more

  • Bible Tax: Another Sign Of Cultural Change And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
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    Bible Tax: Another sign of cultural change and values shift. Commonwealth Court in Pennsylvania ruled this month that the state’s sales tax exemption for bibles and other religious material is unconstitutional. This ends a 41 year old exemption and is expected to yield ...read more

  • One Day Vice President Calvin Coolidge, While ...

    Contributed by Todd Stiles on Oct 12, 2006
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    One day Vice President Calvin Coolidge, while presiding over the Senate, heard one senator tell another senator angrily, “Go to Hell!” The offended senator complained to Coolidge, who, while leafing through a book, simply looked up ...read more

  • The Primary Objective, Indeed The Only End Of The ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 11, 2010
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    The primary objective, indeed the only end of the liberation from slavery, is worship, "which can only take place according to God’s measure and therefore eludes the rules of the game of political compromise" suggested by Pharaoh. "Israel departs, not in order to be a people like all ...read more