Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 4, 2005
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David Brewer, a Justice of the United States Supreme Court, gave the court’s opinion in the 1892 case of Church of the Holy Trinity vs. United States: “Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be based upon and embody the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it should
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Contributed by Troy Borst on May 3, 2011
CHRISTIANS ARE KNOWN FOR...
If you were to Google the phrase "Christians are known for" what do you think the results would be? What are people who call themselves followers of Christ known for... whether good or bad?
The following are some of the results you would find:
... being trustworthy
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by James May on Sep 3, 2001
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I saw a movie recently titled “Oh Brother Where Art Thou” where three escaped criminals were on the run. One scene in this movie stands out to me more than any other.
While on the run they are involved in a baptismal scene at the river. Two of the criminals are baptized by the preacher and they
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Dana Chau on Jun 25, 2002
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A PREREQUISITE TO FORGIVENESS
A pastor finished his message early one Sunday, (and that pastor was not me) and he wanted to check his congregation’s understanding. So he asked, "Can anyone tell me what you must do before you can obtain forgiveness of sin?"
There was a short pause and then, from
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
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Doctors from Coral Gables, Fla., compared the efficiency of the heart’s pumping action in 18 men with coronary artery disease to nine healthy controls. Each of the study participants underwent one physical stress test (riding an exercise bicycle) and three mental stress tests (doing math problems
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 25, 2002
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In his book, None of These Diseases, Dr. S.I. McMillan says, "Medical science recognizes that emotions such as fear, sorrow, envy, resentment and hatred are responsible for the majority of our sicknesses. Estimates vary from 60 to 100 percent."
One patient was told by his
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Mennonite
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 6, 2004
In a church I know well one lady slapped another ladies child in the nursery. When the lady found out about it she was furious, but she didn’t want to say anything. Her pastor encouraged her to talk to the other lady about what had happened. When she confronted her in love, the other lady
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Wesleyan
Pete Peterson was the first U.S. ambassador to Vietnam after the war. But it wasn’t his first time in Hanoi. Peterson was a POW from 1966 to 1972 at the prison camp named "Hanoi Hilton". When asked how he could return to the land where he’d endured years of starvation, brutality and torture, he
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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