Contributed by Mark Eberly on Feb 4, 2008
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Our lives are filled with signs and symbols. It has been estimated that we observe over 15,000 images a day. I believe more and more that we need Spiritual signs to help us negotiate this world more so than ever. Baptism is one such important sign. It is sign
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Church Of God
Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 20, 2008
Listen to this great quote my Andrew Murray:
“Never forget for a moment that it is sin that has led to the great transaction between you and Christ Jesus; and that each day in your fellowship with God, His one aim is to deliver and keep you fully from its power, and lift
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
THOMAS FLEMING IN "READER’S DIGEST" SAID, : “I AM CONVINCED THAT FORGIVENESS IS ONE OF THE UNTAPPED - AND LEAST UNDERSTOOD - SOURCES OF HEALING POWER. ESSENTIALLY, IT INVOLVES A DECISION TO ABANDON THE IMPULSE TO GET EVEN. THOUGH THE IDEA MAY SEEM PASSIVE TO SOME, GENUINE FORGIVENESS IS A POSITIVE
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Contributed by John Herrmann on Nov 14, 2008
Barbara Brown Taylor writes "Fear is a small cell with no air in it and no light. It is suffocating inside and dark. There is no room to turn around inside it. You can only face in one direction, but it hardly matters since you cannot see anyhow. There is no future in the dark. Everything
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Lutheran
Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 18, 2008
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A man approached a little league baseball game one afternoon. He asked a boy in the dugout what the score was. The boy responded, "Eighteen to nothing--we're behind."
"Boy," said the spectator, "I'll bet you're discouraged."
"Why should I
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jan 26, 2009
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LIGHT OR GO BLIND
A man was driving through a mining region one Sunday when he noticed a large number of mules in an open field. When he inquired about this unusual sight, he was told that the work animals had been brought up from the dark passages below to preserve their
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 16, 2009
A. C. DOYLE ON GUILT
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, writer of the Sherlock Holmes novels, was quite a prankster. One day he played a prank on five of the most prominent men in England. He sent an anonymous note to each man, which simply said, "All
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Contributed by Elliot Ross on Jun 5, 2001
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The Touch of the Masters Hand.
It was battered and scarred, and the auctioneer
Thought it scarcely worth his while,
To waste much time on the old violin,
But held it up with a smile.
"What am I did for this old violin?
You will start the bidding for me?
A dollar, a dollar, who’ll make it
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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Perhaps you read the email that made the rounds the week of Sept of 11th. It was called “What a Difference a Day Makes." It is particularly appropriate during our national holiday of Thanksgiving:
On Monday, we e-mailed jokes.
On Tuesday, we did not.
On Monday, we were fussing about praying in
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2002
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SOMETIMES A COSTUME IS JUST A COSTUME
Who am I this time?
That’s the question millions of kids and adults ask themselves in anticipation of Halloween each year.
Their answer can say a lot about what’s going on within them, many experts say.
In other words, think of Halloween as the ultimate
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 15, 2004
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Intelligent design
...imagine you are driving through South Dakota and suddenly come upon a mountain bearing the unmistakable likenesses of four American presidents, looking just as you remember from your history books. Would you, would anyone, conclude that these shapes were the product of wind
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Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 22, 2004
Carol’s husband Jim was killed in an accident. Jim, age 52, was driving home from work. A teenager with a very high blood-alcohol hit him. Jim died instantly, while the teenager was treated and released! It was Carol’s 50th birthday and Jim had two plane tickets to Hawaii. He was going to surprise
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