Contributed by Erik Stadler on Jan 12, 2011
STARBUCKS SOCIETY
Sometimes people describe today as the culture of "Starbucks" or the "iPod" society? We have been taught to look at ourselves as individuals, and the preferences of the individual are more important than the group. At Starbucks you can stand behind somebody and they can rattle I
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Lutheran
Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 21, 2011
TANCHO AND THE BELL
The Emperor Charlemagne wanted to have a magnificent bell cast for the church he had built. An artist named Tancho was employed by the church to make it. He was furnished, at his own request, with a great quantity of copper, and a hundred pounds of silver for the purpose. He
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Christian/Church Of Christ
FAITH AND AN ELEVATOR
If I stand on the ground floor of a 27-floor building and press the button for an elevator, I am confident (I have faith) that the elevator will arrive. Indeed, it does, and the door opens.
I am now presented with a vehicle that, I am confident (I have faith), will take
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 17, 2008
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When I was about six years old, I heard the pastor preach a message about the "Second Coming" of Christ. He emphasized the initial part of Christ’s return, what we like to call the "Rapture of the Church". He explained in great details the events that would transpire: people disappearing, worldwide
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Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 30, 2008
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World War II had ended. On September 2, 1945 General Douglas MacArthur spoke to the world from the Battleship Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay, “Today the guns are silent...the skies no longer rain death...the seas bear only commerce...men everywhere walk upright in the sunlight. The entire world is
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In His book, “Experience God in Worship,” Christian Author George Barna says that the main reason millions of people in America go to church every week is not to worship God, but is instead to have a pleasing experience. He goes on to say that… “most Americans go to church to satisfy or please
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Baptist
Contributed by Daniel Harman on Mar 28, 2008
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HEALTHY BENEFITS
It’s no wonder, then, that MEDICAL RESEARCH have found that those who have friends tend to be HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, and LIVE LONGER than those who do not.
Solid scientific evidence indicates that friendship can extend life. People with plentiful social support have stronger immune
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Davon Huss on May 6, 2008
Being subjected to extended aloneness kills the spirit, introduces insanity, and destroys a person. Senator and former Vietnam POW John McCain describes the elation he experienced when he was reunited with fellow prisoners after a horribly long and brutal separation: "I was overwhelmed by the
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"Jesus has gone before us. In the words of John 13:1, He has made the crossing from this world toward the father and summons us to come after Him. We will do this definitively when, at the hour of our death, we will have to summon up whatever resources we have in order to cast ourselves into the
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Methodist
Contributed by John Boquist on Aug 3, 2008
The English word "image" in the Greek is like our word icon. Now you know from your computer that an icon is a little picture that represents a larger program. In the same way, Jesus is a man who represents the fullness of God. He not only represents God, He is God.
Another way the word was used
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Contributed by Brian Harvison on Aug 16, 2008
We are living Life, Liberty and the Pursuit
But sometimes we are pursuing the wrong things in the wrong direction.
Did you hear the story about the elderly lady that had heard on the news about a car driving the wrong way on the interstate
She was so worried that her husband was in danger that she
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