Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2002
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SING TO THE CHILDREN
A tradition that Evelyn Knowles has chosen for posterity is to sing to her babies. The very first time she held each of her newborn grandchildren cheek to cheek and heart to heart, they heard their grandmother softly sing-- Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 20, 2002
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I’ll never forget reading the economist Robert Heilbroner’s walk-through of what it would take to transform the average American home into the typical dwelling of the majority of the world’s inhabitants. We would have to begin by invading the house of our imaginary American family to strip it of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2002
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PLEASE DON’T RETIRE
We’ve got a dangerous practice in America called "retirement." It’s a blessing in some ways, but it’s also dangerous because it implies that your productivity stops when you get to be 62 or 65. It’s dangerous in the church because people look forward to retiring so they can get
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Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Sep 10, 2002
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SAVED FROM OUR RUBBLE OF SIN- COMMUNION MEDITATION
The September 11, 2002 issues of TIME magazine has a touching article about 31-year old Genelle Guzman. Genelle was the last of just four people caught in the debris of the Twin Towers to be found alive.
After the planes hit the World Trade
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 22, 2002
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THE BABE OF ROARING CAMP
Bret Harte wrote a story entitled “The Luck of Roaring Camp”.
The story goes that Roaring Camp was supposed to be the meanest, toughest mining town in all of the West. It was reported that there were more murders and thefts than any other place around. It was a
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 25, 2003
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The Shame of War.
While living in Weil der Stadt, West Germany in 1989, my wife and I had a very profound experience with the local high school students.
In order to make learning English a little more fun, the High School English teacher made an arrangement with the local theatre. The students
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Contributed by Jeff Ruth on May 17, 2003
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In our text we have and example of going back and the tragic results. The Israelites come to the border of the promised land. Moses sends out twelve spies. They scope out the scene. They come back and give their report. Ten of them said, ”We have seen this good land. We saw great walled cities. And
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Baptist
Contributed by Larry Elder on Jul 11, 2003
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At the age of 16 years, I was a member of Royal ranger Outpost # 4 Highland Assembly of God, Albuquerque, New Mexico. This was a top notch Ranger Ministry. The Trail Rangers consisted of 15 -17 year old boys all eager to learn and know about the outdoors.
Repelling down 120-foot shear cliffs
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by John Hamby on Aug 11, 2003
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Patsy Clairmont in her book “Under His Wings” tells a moving story of the reality of dealing with grief. “We buried my friend’s 26 year old son last week. An accidental gunshot took Jeff’s life. We have more questions than answers. We are offended at people who have all the answers and no
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Baptist
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 17, 2003
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Dr. J. Harold Smith tells the story of a fourteen-year-old girl, who refused to give her heart to Christ at a revival meeting he once preached. During the invitation time, he felt impressed of the Spirit to extend the altar call. He noticed this young lady, who was obviously under conviction,
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Baptist
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ONE LITTLE BOY GREW A NEW APPROACH TO THE GAME.
We have this little boy at church, Seth Keown, Seth is 6 years old and plays PeeWee football.
Our son is the coach of the Packers. Our grandson Matthew plays on the same team with Seth.
There are only two teams in this league, the Packers and the
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 17, 2004
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Hubert Finny
On September 19th 2002 we visited Heartland Retirement center to visit with
a gentleman by the name of Hubert Finney. A good sister in our congregation at Carrey’s Run Church of Christ had been talking to Hubert about becoming a Christian. Hubert was 88 years old and on Oct. 15th,
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Apr 23, 2004
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“The show went on; many had been slain (in the Roman Colosseum), and the people, madly excited by the desperate bravery of those who continued to fight, shouted their applause. But suddenly there was an interruption. A rudely clad, robed figure appeared for a moment among the audience, and then
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Orthodox
Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jun 11, 2004
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When I was a kid, I discovered among my parents’ books an ornately illustrated volume of the 10 Commandments. It looked like it was probably a reproduction of an illuminated manuscript that had been painstakingly created by medieval monks. The writing was big and old fashioned; the language was
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Baptist
Contributed by Brad Bailey on Aug 3, 2004
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As an infantry company commander in Vietman in 1967, I saw Viet Cong soldiers surrender many times.
As they were placed in custody, marched away, and briefly interrogated, their body language and facial expressions always caught my attention. Most hung their heads in shame, staring at the ground,
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Nov 4, 2004
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Counting the Cost - Paying the Price by Bobby Welch-----Bakari was born and grew up in a Muslim tribe near the Indian Ocean in Southern Kenya. On a Wednesday night last March, Bakari was persuaded to attend a Baptist church. Bakari was only willing to go to a church because of personal illness, and
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