Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2006
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature; and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and, like the grave, cries, “Give, give!” The great fish swallow up the small; and he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Sep 21, 2006
When we were in Canada the rechargeable battery of our mobile ran down and unfortunately the charger we use in the UK didn’t work there but a kind shopkeeper charged it up. This reminded me that we need help from others in our lives – our parents, friends in church, our minister and Sunday School
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Baptist
Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
Side note:
All kinds of people claim to have spiritual experiences.
Just because someone claims something – doesn’t make it valid.
Neighbor – I have daily discussions with my dog
About the middle east.
My guess is that you would not grant him the benefit of the doubt.
But if that same
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
I found a book called “Love Hunger” and I started reading it.They talked about how an empty heart will cause some people to over eat to fill it but the reality is they are overfilling the stomach – not dealing with the heart issue. I continued to read from this book and listen to some of the
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by David Heflin on Feb 13, 2007
Spiritual Lasik
I have heard people talk about how LASIK dramatically changed the way they saw everything. They could see with greater focus and vividness, in a way they never imagined. Lasik harnesses the power of light in the form of a laser. It is heat that cuts into the retina to correct the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Mar 28, 2010
Jesus’ mission we're told in Luke 19:10 is to “Seek and save what was lost.” Lost doesn’t mean “damned or doomed,” says William Barclay. In the New Testament it simply means to save people in the wrong place. Barclay continues that “a thing is lost when it has got out of its own place into the
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 16, 2010
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A NEW MAN AFTER THAT SERMON
The minister’s sermon on this particular Sunday was considerably longer than normal. However, it was so well prepared and inspiring that he just knew it would be a big hit with the congregation.
At the end of the service he stood shaking hands with the people as they
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 18, 2010
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STATS ON FORGETFULNESS
I was relieved recently to find out that I’m not the only one who forgets things. According to researcher Karen Bolla, everyone does at one time or another.
These are the six things people most often forget:
• (6). faces 42%
• (5). what was said 49%
• (4). words 53%
• (3).
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Brethren
Contributed by Jun Suyat on Apr 25, 2011
WHO DID YOU COME TO WORSHIP?
Henry Ward Beecher was one of the great preachers of the 19th Century. He was ill one Sunday, so a substitute pastor walked up to the pulpit as the worship service began. Seeing that Dr. Beecher would not be speaking that day, a number of people got up and headed for
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Nazarene
Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 27, 2011
THE MISSION
In the movie The Mission, 16th c. Jesuit monks have been working with the Guarani Indians, bringing them not only the gospel but agriculture and medicine and music. Across the ocean, the Treaty of Madrid transfers the land from Portugal to Spain. The Jesuits are evicted, the Indian
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Rick Boyne on Oct 9, 2012
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There was a missionary in China who rode the bus everyday with the people. She was very friendly and open with her faith and dearly loved the Chinese. Trying to obey the oppressive Chinese law, she wouldn’t pass out Bibles indiscriminately, but always give one to someone who asked her, usually
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Baptist
Contributed by Tim Secrist on Oct 24, 2012
OUTA-ORDER
A man pulled into a gas station, walked over to a soda machine, and stared at the sign, which read, "Soda: $2.00."
"Two dollars for a soda--that’s incredible," the man said.
"Wall, it ain’t really two dollars," said the attendant. "That machine’s broke. I put up an outa-order sign,
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Contributed by Ken Henson on Nov 26, 2012
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THE PUBLIC
Cicero's (106 - 43 BC) was one of the most powerfully, persuasive people of his day. He had this to say about the public in 1st Century BC, Rome.
The poor: work and work,
The rich: exploit the poor,
The soldier: protects both,
The taxpayer: pays for all three,
The wanderer: rests
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Contributed by Perry Greene on Feb 13, 2013
IS YOUR CHURCH AN ENCYCLOPEDIA?
There is a story about a man who was walking down the street. He passed a used-book store, and in the window he saw a book with the title, "How to Hug."
He was taken by the title and, being of a somewhat romantic nature, went in to buy the book. To his chagrin, he
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Quest Study Bible states, "Judges is filled with sensational stories, as exciting as any of today’s headlines. For sheer melodrama-gruesome murders, sexual exploits, superhuman feats of strength, a bizarre mutilation-no tabloid can offer you more. But beneath the sensational stories are eternal
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Don Jones on Oct 14, 2007
First, realize for us, "The Lord’s coming is near". For us, the believer, it is temporary while we wait for the reward. We have such a great reward coming even the streets are described as streets of gold. The kingdom of God where there will be perfect love, perfect peace, where every tear wiped
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Baptist