Contributed by Mark Jackson on Jul 23, 2002
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Several research studies estimate that five to ten million Americans have been at least transiently involved with cultic groups. A study which randomly surveyed 1,000 San Francisco Bay Area high school students found that 3% of students reported that they were
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Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Jul 7, 2003
72% of teens who reported having sexual intercourse said they did it in the homes of their parents or their partners parents. Six out of ten of those having sex in homes believe their parents know about their sexual behavior. When parents say nothing about wrong
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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This past week, Josie received a rather interesting story via the e-mail that I would like to paraphrase for you this morning. Unfortunately, I do not know the name of the author. However, I do know that it was written by one of the students who witnessed this experiential sermon in a small
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Contributed by Mary Lewis on Sep 24, 2001
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Dale Hays tells of a Haitian pastor who told his congregation this gruesome parable:
A certain man wanted to sell his house for $2,000. Another man wanted very badly to buy it, but because he was poor, he couldn’t afford the full price. After much bargaining, the owner agreed to sell the house for
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Contributed by Wes Richard on Oct 5, 2009
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HANG A WHITE HANDKERCHIEF
I once read about a young man who had run away from home because he could not get along with his parents. Somehow, his parents were able to get a message to him, inviting him back home. He wrote back, saying that he was coming home and if they were sure he was welcome,
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-Stephen Ambrose wrote a book in 2000 entitled Nothing Like It In The World. It is the story of the Transcontinental Railroad that was built from 1863-1869. In that book he describes what happens during the building of the rails that led West.
There were a series of wagons that were pulled by
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 17, 2008
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When the titanic was under construction the design team had a five hour planning meeting. In which four hours 50 minutes were spent discussing the interior decorations and Ten minutes was given over to life boat provision.
Look what happen to the titanic it sank and it will happen to you also
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 13, 2002
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Hypocritically, professing belief, performing rote rituals, calling oneself a member of a religion without attempting to follow holy prescriptions, participating in church … with a “social” country-club fervor – these can all be an evasion of holy duty, yet another form of idolatry, as practicing
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Contributed by Eric Ledermann on Jul 23, 2002
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Poem by Will Carleton
“Boys flying kites haul in
their white-winged birds;
You can’t do that way when
you’re flying words:
‘Careful with fire,’ is good advice
we know,
‘Careful with words,’ is ten times
doubly so.
Thoughts expressed
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Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Sep 8, 2009
ENJOYABLE GIVING
A panhandler asked a woman for money, and she dug in her purse and handed him a dollar bill. As she did, she admonished him, "I’ll give you a dollar—-not because you deserve it, but because it pleases me."
"Thank you, ma’am," he
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Contributed by Lynell Friesen on May 24, 2001
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Dr. Barnhouse used this illustration to portray this simple truth to his congregation and I would like to share it with you.
A young man, suffering from amnesia, lived a new life amid his old surroundings; he could remember nothing that had happened before he fell off a haywagon. As he fell,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 29, 2002
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We have bought into the idea that the busier you are, the more important your life is. A recent book, Time for Life (Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997), surveyed ten thousand people and found that, after tracking their true working hours, they actually worked fewer hours than they thought.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Chuck Swindoll tells about a study of teenagers and peer pressure. The design of the study was simple. They brought groups of ten adolescents into a room for a test. Each group was instructed to raise their hands when the teacher pointed to the longest line on three separate charts. What one person
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Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
ILLUSTRATION
The example of EVIL in the 20th century.
1. 6,000,000 Jews murdered in gas chambers.
2. 7,000,000 gypsies/others
3. Russia slaughtered 20,000,000 Ukrainians
4. 1.5 million Armenians killed
5. tens of thousands
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