Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
In Miami, two brothers aged 15 and 17 celebrated their parents’ weekend absence by cruising the family car into a poor section of town and shooting six-inch spear darts into the backs of people walking down the sidewalk – mostly elderly African-Americans. When they were arrested, the oldest boy
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 27, 2009
Gene Perrett gave this list of eight things to be thankful for:
1 - for automatic dishwashers. They make it possible to get out of the kitchen before the family come in for their after-dinner snacks.
2 - for husbands who attack small repair jobs around the house. They usually make them big
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Kerry O'neill on Mar 12, 2010
HURT VS. HARM
There is a wonderful book entitled "Boundaries" in which the authors differentiate two words - Hurt and Harm.
Think of these examples. If I were to eat an entire 2 pound bag of peanut M&M's (which I sadly am fully capable of doing!) would it hurt me? No, it would feel great!
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Contributed by John Shearhart on Aug 14, 2006
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Nicky Cruz was the leader of the toughest gang in New York City.
His Satanist parents abused him brutally, so he grew up a hardened man void of love and full of hate.
“I wanted to do to others what my mother did to me,” Nicky says. “I used to feel good when I hurt some people.”
But privately, he
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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USA Weekend recently surveyed 272,400 students grades 6-12. When asked about the most important influence in their lives, parents ranked first, religion second. 36% of the kids polled said they
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 20, 2009
DEMAND VS. CHOICE
A demand masked as a request is worse than a demand. Like giving kids a choice when there is no choice. "Would you like to go to Gramas?" implies of the option of choosing either way, and it is
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jul 17, 2002
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LOVE LETTER IGNORED- COMMUNION MEDITATION
When Robert Browning came into her life, Elizabeth Barrett was a 39-year-old invalid. Daughter of a jealous & dominating father, her first 4 books of poetry had been published when she was just 12 years old. At 15 she injured her spine, & the resulting
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Steve Smith on Dec 4, 2006
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ILL: Christmas Season
Listen to this parody of the Christmas season that I read this past week:
"And there were in the same country children keeping watch over there stockings by the fireplace. And lo! And was said unto them `Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy that is for
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Baptist
Contributed by Jeff Simms on Nov 12, 2003
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The first sermon I ever preached was in Yerington, Nevada in 1988. It stands as the worse sermon in recorded history. There was about 20 people present in that little desert church to hear me. I said everything I intended say in about 5 minutes. Then, I said it again and looked back down at my
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
Pro-Life Americans are increasingly pro-life, according to a Zogby poll that found nearly 70% oppose tax dollars being used for abortions and favor parental-notification laws. 66% believe abortion ends a
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Contributed by Brian Bolton on May 11, 2006
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It was BILLY GRAHAM who said: “Children will invariably talk, eat, walk, think, respond, and act like their parents. Give them a target to shoot at. Give them a goal to work toward. Give them a pattern that they can
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 16, 2008
"The family, though the smallest and seemingly most fragile of institutions (is) proving itself to be humankind's bedrock as well as its fault line (whose) strength lies in the cohesion and loyalty of the parent-child unit around which larger worlds of
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Salvation Army
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David Wilkerson's founder of Teen Challenge states from his book Sipping Saints:
1. Drinking is the world's most staggering problem. We face the horrible statistics of more than a million young Americans becoming alcoholics. Six million of their parents are already there. We have become a sodden
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Bryan Crumpler on Oct 2, 2009
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Americans are getting warned to death. Manufactures are growing increasingly wary of being sued when their products are misused, so they are attaching warning labels to hundreds of items.
For example, a Batman outfit bears this caveat: “Parents, please exercise
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Baptist
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