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  • There Was An Article In One Of The Magazines ...

    Contributed by Neil Partington on Jul 31, 2007
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    There was an article in one of the magazines where a one year old had such a serious medical condition that only an experimental medical procedure MIGHT help her. Otherwise she would die in a short time. Certain members of the family were strongly opposed to going ahead with it. The parents were ...read more

  • Story: There Was An Article In One Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,087 views

    STORY: There was an article in one of the magazines where a one year old had such a serious medical condition that only an experimental medical procedure MIGHT help her. Otherwise she would die in a short time. Certain members of the family were strongly opposed to going ahead with it. The parents ...read more

  • Lack Of Warning

    Contributed by John Boquist on Aug 9, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,663 views

    LACK OF WARNING Imagine if the highway department only wanted to put up highway signs that made people feel good about driving. Instead of speed limit signs with a number, they would say something like, "Whatever seems right to you." Gone would be any signs indicating potential danger such as ...read more

  • The Essential Message Of The Scriptures

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jan 17, 2009
    based on 1 rating
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    Dr. Walter Martin states with such clarity: "Into this whirlpool of stagnant human philosophy and perverted revelation came the Son of God who, through His teachings and example, revealed that there was such a thing as divine humanity, and through His miraculous powers, vicarious death and bodily ...read more

  • In The July 5, 2007 Edition Of The Arizona ...

    Contributed by Wyane Atkinson on Jul 10, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,467 views

    In the July 5, 2007 edition of the Arizona Republic, there was an article that addressed a long-standing assumption that many people have about the differences between men and women. The article asked the question, “Who talks more, men or women?” According to a recent experiment conducted by the ...read more

  • Sunday School  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 15, 2002
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    [Sunday School] When Robert Raikes started the Sunday School Movement, the Archbishop of Canterbury called together the bishops to see what could be done to stop him, for, he said, it was a violation of Exodus 20:8. In the late 1700’s "Sabbath (or Sunday) School Societies" were started here and ...read more

  • Baseball Player Al Schacht Slid Into Second Base ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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    Baseball player Al Schacht slid into second base and felt a low-thrown ball land under him. Under cover of the dust, Al quickly slipped the ball into his hip pocket. The opposing infielder vainly looked for the ball and finally figured it must have rolled into center field. As he and his teammates ...read more

  • New Luxury In Marketing Circles Today The Luxury ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    New Luxury In marketing circles today the luxury market is all the rage. And no wonder, affluent consumers have incomes 2.5 times the national average and they spend twice as much on all kinds of consumer goods and services. But, as the luxury market has caught the imagination of marketers and ...read more

  • There Is The Old Saying "When In Rome." The Idea ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sullivan on Feb 18, 2008
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    There is the old saying “When in Rome.” The idea of course is that if you are a particular area or with a group of people you act like they do. If you are with a sophisticated people you act sophisticated. If you are Red Necks you act like a Red Neck. If you are among Pagans then act like one. ...read more

  • H. In 3 John, 9 John Speaks Of Just Such An ...

    Contributed by J. B. Hall on Mar 30, 2008
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    H. In 3 John, 9 John speaks of just such an individual: “I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.” I. Diotrephes was opposing the Lord’s apostle because he wanted the preeminence [supremacy, superiority]! J. He actively resisted the ...read more

  • Several Years Ago, A Baseball Player Got Beaned ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    SEVERAL YEARS AGO, A BASEBALL PLAYER GOT BEANED IN A GAME. HE ENDED UP INJURED, SERIOUSLY, MISSED THE REST OF THE SEASON, AND WHEN HE CAME BACK THE FOLLOWING YEAR, HE WAS NOT THE SAME PLAYER AS HE WAS BEFORE. HE ENDED UP TRADED TO THE DETROIT TIGERS, AND PLAYED FOR THEM. IN ONE OF THEIR GAMES, THE ...read more

  • The Church's Greatest Troublemakers  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
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    THE CHURCH'S GREATEST TROUBLEMAKERS Preacher and Bible commentator, John Stott, said this in his exposition of Paul's letter to the Galatians: "To tamper with the gospel is to trouble the church... Indeed the church's greatest troublemakers (now as then) are not those outside who oppose, ridicule ...read more

  • Billy Graham Told Of A Meeting He Had With ...

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Dec 18, 2012
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    Billy Graham told of a meeting he had with German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, former mayor of Cologne, imprisoned by Hitler for opposing the Nazi regime, and later chancellor of the West German Federal Republic. Adenauer truly deserves the title of "statesman" as he picked up the broken pieces of ...read more

  • You Have Established A New Relationship With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rob Clifton on May 23, 2001
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    "You have established a new relationship with the powers of darkness. Whatever you were before you were a Christian- straight, horoscope reader, witch, warlock, or satanist- you are now a sworn foe of the legions of hell. Have no delusions about their reality or their hostility, but do not fear ...read more

  • Tavern Vs Church  PRO

    Contributed by Ervin Kimrey on Jul 17, 2007
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    "Tavern vs Church" The story is told of a man who got a permit to open the first tavern in a small town. The members of a local church were strongly opposed to the bar, so they began to pray that God would intervene. A few days before the tavern was scheduled to open, lightning hit the ...read more

  • But What Is Meant By This ‘mark Of The Beast'? ...

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Oct 16, 2008
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    “But what is meant by this ‘mark of the beast’? Various amusing answers have been given. These theories err in this respect, namely, that they interpret this mark as a single, individual, outward, visible sign that will appear on the forehead or hand of the wicked at one particular moment in ...read more

  • Their Own Moral Views  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 10, 2001
    based on 48 ratings
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    THEIR OWN MORAL VIEWS John Leo in U.S. News quoted a professor Robert Simon of Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. as reporting that "10 to 20% of his students... acknowledged the Holocaust but couldn’t bring themselves to say that killing millions of people was wrong.... one student told Simon, ’Of ...read more

  • Hannah W. Smith Wrote: "He Goes Before To Open ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 3, 2005
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    Hannah W. Smith wrote: "He goes before to open the way and we are to follow. It is never a sign of Divine leading when we insist on running rough shod over all opposing things." A.W. Tozer asked, “Is it forced? Or does it flow?” Now, this doesn’t mean we sit back and wait for God to show us the ...read more

  • Lyle Schaller, Church Consultant, Addressed The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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    Lyle Schaller, church consultant, addressed the influence and implication of consumerism in the church, at the recent Leadership Network conference, Gathering of Church Champions. He cited 3 major changes: (1) “Arrival of the ministry of the laity—lay people get satisfaction from ministry, not ...read more

  • United In Opposition: According To Barna ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
     | 1,849 views

    United In Opposition: According to Barna Research, there are many attitudes in which Christians are not distinct from non-Christians, but in their most recent study abortion and homosexuality are not among them. The survey found the following: 75% of born again adults say abortion should be ...read more